An article at MedGadget reminded me of what the nurse told us during our hospital tour. She said all newborns in Santa Clara Valley Medical Center are tagged with RFID chips at their ankles to prevent theft.
Nuts.
Also, all parents and babies are being triple tagged with labels in case someone pulls a fast one on someone else’s baby. No exchanges at this hospital. Great.
I read about this before but didn’t really pay attention. This may not make carpal tunnel syndrome a thing of the past, but it could take porn surfing personal computing to a whole new level. Imagine how much more effecient it would be to fully utilize both hands to perform the same tasks on the computer? Dang it, I want want one.
It uses a camera as well as the tactile pad to track both motion and action of user’s hands. Forced feedback on the pad allows more precision and control on what’s going on. The company, Taciva of California, is trying to find someone to license the technology for the mass market. My feeling is, “WHAT? It’s not licensed yet?”
A couple of video demos can be found on the site.
Thanks to Brian for the site.
Installed “Related Posts” plugin. But the process wasn’t as easy as advertised.
I had to:
1. Edited
2. Manually added
parameters in
I also added the cute little 
image after all the links in the content. It looks okay now. But I have a feeling they’ll get old soon.
To get the effect, I did the following:
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2. Added
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padding-right: 7px;
background: url('images/kubricklink-out.gif') right top no-repeat;
}
But I noticed the above code did not apply the image to the links in the
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pages. So I added
1 | .entrytext a[target="_blank"] |
to the code, making it look like this:
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padding-right: 7px;
background: url('images/kubricklink-out.gif') right top no-repeat;
}
In addition, I also implemented WP-Touched plugin for inline post editing without having to go to the Admin panel. Works great!
Edited
by adding
Update:“WP-Touched” crashes browsers sometimes. I haven’t been able to consistently replicate the problem yet. But it’s been crashing Firefox 1.0.5 and Safari 2.0 (412.2).
I guess it’s only a matter of time before everything else also turns into portable porn machines (via Tokyopia).
But this is not the only thing “sexy” in the news. The Feds have been onto the “GTA: San Andreas” case for a couple of weeks now. To serve those of you who actually follow my blog, a video can be found at here along with mods.
Like I said, everything is going porn these days. A quick Google revealed a site that has everything to turn your game consoles into little pornertainment centers.
This is a simple trick that’ll load Safari a bit faster:
1. Quit Safari if it’s running.
2. Go to terminal and type the following in one line:
3. Launch Safari again.
References can be found at MacOSXHints.com.
Months after Google saved the life of a hostage in Iraq, people continue to find new ways to make the most out of it.
A New York City driver arguing a traffic ticket in court used Google Maps to get out of paying the ticket.
Thanks to a weak Wifi signal in the courtroom, he was able to prove the street in question was a two way street (not what the officer claimed) and the Judge dismissed the ticket.
The original article can be found here.
The site was launched to celebrate the first moon landing by mankind. Google Moon highlights several key spots where previous landings were made.
But seriously, this is getting out of hand. Slow down, Google. Map the Earth’s ocean before you go into the outer space.
Tip: Zoom in really close to see the main ingredient that made up the moon. 🙂
Apple’s Exposé (more info here) was probably one of the most important windows management breakthroughs since “Alt + Tab”. Not too long after Apple released it along with Panther, developers soon found ways to simulate the effects in Windows.
Case in point:
On the Opensource side, developers haven’t been standing idle. They also have come up with remarkable apps with similar tricks.
Before we jump the gun and accuse everyone else for stealing introducing Apple’s innovations in other platforms, I must confess that I first saw an Expos%uFFFD-like functionality on a Linux system even before the introduction of Panther. And according to this document at Microsoft’s very own UI Research lab, a similar functionality had been in existence long before Mac OSX. Unfortunately the project just never made it to various releases of Windows.
Now let’s take it a step further and examine some up and coming technologies. First up is Fold n’ Drop project from a French lab. The idea is to treat windows as pieces of paper. A user can fold, flip and leaf through them. There’s demo video and a Java demo app you can test it out. Very neat. And someone’s already made it work on a Windows Machine.
Another pretty cool application is from Sun Microsystems. Porject Looking Glass manipulates the Desktop and its windows each as 3D objects. It has features even a Mac user will envy. I was hoping to see some of them to be implemented in Tiger.
A demo is available for playback.
Other emerging implementations:
I am sure there are plenty more advanced UI projects in the labs. If anyone knows any that’s not here, please do share them with me.
Speaking of emerging technologies, IBM’s “alphaWorks: Emerging technologies” website has been in my bookmarks for the longest time. It’s a site that features the latest technologies at IBM labs that are available for licensing.
I have had this file for at least three years. I remain convinced that this is the most creative resume layout I have seen. And I have seen a whole damn lot of resumes back in the days…
Click to see the entire picture.
The only annoyance I have complaints about his site is the maximize browser window script. God damn it, I like the way my browser looks.
Today I received a surprise present from another enthusiast of Steve Job’s Stanford speech. It’s the back cover of the last issue of the “Whole Earth” magazine Steve Jobs referred to in his speech.
WOW!
I will revamp the speech audio download site soon to include the full size picture of the cover along with other helpful details.
The text is a bit hard to read. It says “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” A special thank you is extended to Dave Williams for sending me this picture.
I gotta hand it to the Japanese designers. They can consistently come up with products that can put a smile on my face. These tiny little jackets are just so cute. I wonder if this will sell in the United States.
The maker of the product is selling them for 2,000 Yen with a maximum order of 1,000 units. Yeah~ right… I am sure they will turn down a 10,000-unit order.
According to a report at ZDNet, the investors, John Doerr and Ram Shriram, who had the foresight to help make Google the king of search, are betting on the next big thing: Zazzle.
The concept behind the company has been around but never quite efficiently implemented — mass customization. The company partners with artists and other companies that own popular copyrighted images (say, oh, Mickey Mouse) to create customized merchandises ranging from stamps to t-shirts. It’s really a rather fascinating idea.