Category Archives: Geekery
Google I/O collects data using over 500 networked sensors
I hypothesize that the next phase is an app that does this for them without the discrete sensor devices. “At its developer conference, the company has a set up a network of 525 sensor motes. Each small electronics board monitors … Continue reading
I love the Internet
I read a few tweets tonight from people about a new show: “Are You Tougher than a Boy Scout”. This is where it gets cool: I looked it up on my DVR using an app on my phone an set … Continue reading
Can You Spare Two Minutes?
Whimsy and statistics: unlikely bedfellows. Continue reading
Breakin’ the Law
I’ve had this conversation with my wife (who’s an attorney, thankyouverymuch) at least once. She used to operate under this philosophy of “where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” I tried to explain to her that she had no idea how many … Continue reading
Cold Dust Girl (Shot in 1000FPS video)
Sure, its from 2007, but its a catchy song with a neat video. MUSIC VIDEO FOR HEY CHAMP “COLD DUST GIRL” from MTP, Inc. (Michael Thelin Produc on Vimeo.
Comparing Trees
No, not those kind of trees. I’m talking about trees a-la computer science trees. Yeah, those. The ones that consist of nodes and paths, and help to store, sort, and process data. The same ones that enable Facebook’s Graph Search. … Continue reading
My First Facebook App
I feel like a kindergartner with a new Erector set. I just installed the Facebook plugin to my WordPress blog. This involved me creating an app on Facebook and copy/pasting a few simple values from here and there. Now when … Continue reading
Almost-Perfect Presence Information
The Internet of things is accelerating the rate that everyday people are exposed to near-perfect information about distant events and places. This is recently manifested in the Little Lamp concept, a new Kickstarter project. The implementation is dead simple: plug … Continue reading
Investing in Your Business, at Google Scale
Google spent $1b on capital infrastructure in 3 months. That’s roughly equivalent to 10 million 1TB hard drives bought at retail from your neighborhood electronics retailer. I’m not saying they only bought hard drives, but you get the point. Imagine … Continue reading
Need a Reason to Clean up Your Facebook Profile?
http://actualfacebookgraphsearches.tumblr.com/