Can you catch a Virus from an E-Cigarette? Perhaps you need a USB Condom A computer virus that is, and you can. Seems there is a reported case, on Reddit, of an e-cigarette delivering a payload of malware once plugged into the USB port. A cheap device from China it seems. No shocker there. So what should we learn from this especially given the post I did yesterday on… Read More
SimCity in VR? No, not yet, but that doesnt mean it could not happen With the Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard, and Samsung gear VR there are many options for low cost VR. As a long time SimCity mayor, my first thought was, how cool would it be to explore my city in VR! So I waited. Nothing. Why? As you already know, SimCity is full 3D, you can navigate… Read More
I want my XTV! Ok, that was horrible and I should be bludgeon with a heavy brass object, however, once I explain what xTV is, perhaps you will forgive me a little bit. “ok, fine then, what is xTV?” XTV is a internet video service for the enterprise. (IPTV) But it’s not useful to just enterprise users. Imagine you have… Read More
Will Delete replace Erase in our common lexicon? I was listening to NPR and they played an interview with a futballer who answered a question misunderstanding vampire for umpire. After he realized the mistake he laughed and said please delete that. And it struck me, 10 years ago, we would said erase. I’m pretty sure whatever device they were using for the interview… Read More
Categories: Five Points on How to Position Technology The following is a summery post from Hugh Seaton, you can go there to read the full version. However there are a few points I want to reinforce. When a company bring a technology to market, they have to think about how to talk about their offering.For a start-up company, this can be especially challenging… Read More
The “Yo” app is the most basic unit of communication. It’s still silly though During lunch I was having a conversation with a group of people at work around the app ‘Yo’. I’m sure you have heard of it by now, basically it is a simple 1 button app that sends the message “Yo” to someone(s) from your address book. The basic idea came from a request from an… Read More
How to make a monster pancake with a rice cooker Yes, you read that right. You can create a massive huge super monster pancake using your rice cooker. That is assuming you have one of course. If not, with a few modification you can use a bread maker as well. The cool part is you can add a number of ingredients like fruit, nuts, chocolate,… Read More
Filed under WTF; Comcast has turned 50,000 routers in to public hotspot WITHOUT permission This is so crazy, I really have to question if its true, but based on the story out of Seattle PI by Dwight Silverman, seems like this is really happening. Comcast is planning on turning 150,000 comcast routers in Houston into citywide wireless hotspots! And without prior consent! WTF?? According to Comcast, there is complete… Read More
The return of Reading Rainbow is on! The LeVar kickstarter effort crosses the $1 Million mark! Yes its true. In 24 hours ‘Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere.’ kickstarter crossed the $1 million mark. As of this writing its past $ 2.5 million and still climbing! This is a great success for LeVar and his team in LA, but there is something larger here. The understanding that reading is… Read More
WHY would facebook buy Oculus.. Unless… Second life a la Facebook? Sounds crazy but perhaps not as much as you might think. The main expressed reason Facebook bought Oculus is the ‘platform’. Basically trying to get in front of the next shift in hardware. When Facebook launched they were king of desktop, but then mobile takes over and they had to play a bit of catchup. … Read More
Saying ‘I love you sweetheart’ does not always end well {Update: Sigh. So my wife read this and she said a Japanese wife living in the US got this from her husband and shared it on a Japanese site. Every now and again, subtleties of language cause a mix up. Still pretty funny though. } I have been dating and recently married to a Japanese… Read More
What your company can learn from a Pirate Hollywood has not done a great job showing what Pirate are, and what a Pirate’s life is like. It was not all ‘yo ho ho and a bottle of rum’. In fact, Pirates were some of the most organized, democratic and creative people of their time. However, despite being so organized, they were still Pirates… Read More
Game controls built into a slim phone case. Why are we not funding this?? Actually, I expect a kickstarter any minute now. But THIS is a great solution. Just like a normal clam case but with controls. Natch! Now, as its shown here, it would not work because there is no way to support the flap, but if there was a solid hinge with a restriction, it could work. … Read More
Hacking a building the AEC way Have you seen the game trailers for Watch Dogs? In the game, the player is a cyber-vigilante that explores a connected ‘smart’ city and accesses its 2D and 3D information like a high tech Batman. As an example of this, the game even has a website called We Are Data that shows real geo-located information… Read More
Leaving iPhone for Android. The last straw, my Pebble watch I have been using the iphone 4 for a long time now. It works well. I had it jailbroken and customized to do what I want. Never did update to the iPhone 4S and also skipped out on the five because I was too invested in the old docking station. So much so, I had… Read More
AEC Hackathon – Where Techies and Builders Change the World I feel it right to be upfront and say we are about to go on a journey. The matter at hand is something that has become very close to me and it directly affects anyone that lives and works in a house or building. In a few weeks there is going to be a first… Read More
My Cat is addicted to Crack It did not happen over night. Back when I first got Brandi, my orange fur ball, I did what most single guys do at the time. Go to the store and buy whatever dry cat food was on sale. She was not thrilled with it, but liked it well enough. And life was good. However,… Read More
The Smiths meets Peanuts (Charlie Brown) A while back I wrote about a funny site that took Peanuts comics and replaced the text with random tweets. Well some decided it would be a cool idea to do the same thing but instead replace text with lyrics from the Smiths. Now, if you are not a full blooded Smiths fan, these will… Read More
How to get name tag adhesive off a shirt after you washed it. Tip #954 It was only a matter of time. I go to a fair number of events, not as many as others, but enough. And every now and again I will put on a name tag. Since I do not go to that many and I do not always put a paper name tag on, I sometimes… Read More
Top Gear reviews the Ford Fiesta. Chase through a shopping mall and then a beach invasion. Yes, a nice clean standard car review from the stodgy conservative folks at Top Gear. The Ford Fiesta, even the green one, is not terribly exciting. However, give enough resources and cooperative shopping mall, it can be done. Still not sure how they convinced the Royal Marines to allow a beach landing during a what… Read More