Why You Should Love QR Code, A Tale of Stickers, Bits & Freight Trains

April 21, 2010

My barcodes bring all the… Everyone knows about barcodes. Little stickers, white background, black vertical lines. They are information tattoos applied to nearly every product, and nearly every thing in our lives. Walk in to a store, you pick something up, the clerk passes the barcode over the scanner, bleep bloop there’s your total, pay [...]

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an open letter to 4-door jeep owners

March 16, 2010

Dear 4-Door Jeep Owners, I know it’s not your fault, but I think it’s time for a chat.  I think things have gotten out of control, and I’m scared for all of us.  This is why I write to you all with a heavy heart. When you buy a Jeep there are certain unwritten rules.  [...]

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eff offers checklist of ereader rights, what you should know

February 16, 2010

https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-books-and-your-rights EFF has released a wonderful checklist that sheds some very important light on the topic of digital books, and your rights. You may be asking yourself, who gives a hoot?  Well, lots of people do.  More importantly you should care, and you should know and understand what is happening when it comes to this [...]

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set phasers to awesome

February 1, 2010

Ever watched Star Trek? Ever watched Star Trek The Next Generation or Deep Space Nine? Ever notice those data pads? Ever notice how the pads aren’t used for anything overly excessive except for informational/planning actions? Ever notice how if the characters wanted to do something of value, a pad may have been used, but ultimately [...]

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of twenty-ten, resolutions

January 4, 2010

I’m glad that most people appear to be pronouncing the new year correctly.  Two-thousand-ten sounds terrible.  Twenty-ten is much more pleasant. Considering everyone likes to make New Year Resolutions, I have decided to go against the grain and simply not make any.  Take that society!  I stab at thee with nothingness!  I should point out [...]

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