For everything from family to computers…
I’m jealous! 🙁
NY Times has an article (free registration req’d) that reports how Koreans have been watching live TV for free on small portable devices (incl. cell phones!)!!
Oh I wish we did that here! But no… we have to be charged for such services! Shucks… It’s cool see such leaps in advances of technology… clearly, we the USA have to do more than catch up!
We will be left behind soon at this pace… and I read that Germany will soon have 50 Mbps Internet service! 😮 Man…
Every Saturday morning at 9:00 am, on Houston’s Public Radio station, 88.7 FM, National Public Radio‘s THE best show comes online…
It’s a talk show from two brothers who consult on car troubles from the callers all over the US. However, what’s so fun and great is their interactions… with each other and the callers! Though they may sound old (and they are), they are so much fun to listen to! I have never had a radio show that I wanted to tune in so badly! They now have podcasts so I’m tempted to get them as well (check out their website)…
Not only that, they are very good at what they mainly talk about: cars. I pick up so many things about it that it’s just unbelievable! Give them a try if you haven’t already… I am a big fan now!
Two Korean students came up with rather interesting idea!
Read the article here… Very cute and interesting indeed… only possible from the nerdy minds of MIT! 😉
What is it that men like myself have with shiny things?! Is it just me??
I love shiny watches for one… silver is preferred! My computer case is silver (and shiny)… Hee… it’s like I become possessed or something whenever I see shiny silver surfaces! 😀 Prime example… I upgraded my external hard drive to a 300-GB version with SATA connection. The external case is Vantec NexStar 3. It’s a beaut. And it’s shiny aluminum case! And on top of all this, the HDD LED indicator light is blue to match my case! Whoopee! So is this just me or are you guys also a “shiny fanatics”?! 😮
… it would entail a computer consulting/building/repairing services.
For retail stores like BestBuy and CompUSA to charge like $50 for a measley memory upgrade (which involves opening the case and removing and placing in a stick or two of memory for total of 5 minutes!) is ludicrous to me. In fact, it’s despicable! 😡
So much in fact, that if I ever came into large amount of money, I want to start my own non-profit computer services. It would encompass advice and consulting on what to upgrade, best value, and other general things. In fact, I’d NOT charge for memory upgrades! Sheesh… The sheer greed of these corporations gets on my nerves! I’d definitely be about affordability mixing with quality services.
We would tell where the consumer could get the best prices be it online or retail stores, what’s good value and not. And my advice would entail around the customer’s actual non-bloated needs!
Ok… thanks for letting me vent off… 😉
The past 30 years have been just simply amazing… Technology as we know it continues to change and all these “technological evolution”… it brings a constant question to an engineer like myself: “Is technology advancement really an advancement?”
I had written a sociology paper about 12 years ago in college. I will provide a link to that later but in the mean time, there are two things that we must address to categorize such existence of “technology advancement”. First is the impact on human emotion and attachment and second is the spiral effect of technological impact on the society.
Frankly, I have doubts. I don’t trust myself nor the humanity. We are bound to make mistakes in the “name of science” just like we did with the nuclear bombs. So long as we are humans (and especially without God in the picture), such horrendous “progress” will always abound. Sooner or later, greed and atrocity kicks in. Full speed.
I don’t look forward to that… This also brings in the counter question: “Should we continue developing technology at all?” Humans are like creatures of habit. It’s in my gene and our nature to continue this path. We can only pray that we don’t make mistakes and ask God for humility and guidance. Careful retrospective looks must continuously be applied…
Well? What say you? Share…
Well, take a look at this…
What is that you ask? It’s a computer that my daughter made! She sees me so much on computer that she decided to make her own! Awesome!! 😀
Next image we have is …
Anna listening to my favorite classical music piece: A. Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons”. Here’s my son, JJ, listening as well!
The headphone HD-535 is by the famous German company called Sennheiser. Their headphones are simply awesome. The detail that gets recreated on these phones is simply just amazing! I am a newbie audiophile in that sense. 😉 I always rip my music CDs at 192 kbps VBR (Variable Bit Rate) using Exact Audio Copy, a freeware, and LAME encoder. What comes out is near-CD quality MP3 audio! Yummy!