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Date: November 27th, 2008

Jeff Han on advances in human-computer interfaces

27 November, 2008 (11:35) | Science, Technology | By: ricjames

Some time back I rather stumbled across a fascinating site filled with videos of 10-15 minute long talks on a huge variety of topics. The site is called TED.com and it’s worth a look or two. You’ll find people talking about politics (yes, there’s an Al Gore video about climate change), science, math, psychology, business, [...]

Whoops! Forgot the new poll…

27 November, 2008 (09:21) | Blogging, Science, Technology | By: ricjames

I put up a new poll, by the way, and this one’s got nothing to do with politics. (Unlike the previous ones about the VA Attorney General race or what computer operating system people use.) This one’s all about cars. Electric cars, that is. So the question isn’t a matter of whether electric cars are [...]

New Blackberry not taking the country by storm?

27 November, 2008 (09:16) | Technology | By: ricjames

The company phone I’m issued is a PDA phone allowing us to have access to our full company directory, our e-mail (in real time), and to access parts of our company’s intranet. Oh, yes – it also actually makes phone calls. The IT department eased carefully into providing this capability, at first supporting exactly 1 [...]