How to Opt-Out of online advertising tracking: Ever notice that all it takes is one search on or, god forbid, one visit to a product or service web site and for the next few weeks everywhere you go on the…
Another high power, low cost SBC: Beagle Bone Black
I just received a Beagle Bone Black, which is being used for prototype development for an open-hardware, open-software M2M project we are sponsoring. Following are some photos of the board and a group shot with a few of its…
Raspberry Pi vs APC, Round One
The Intro: After nine months of anticipation, a Raspberry Pi arrived yesterday. It arrived on the same day and in the same UPS truck as a Via Technologies APC. Both had been eagerly awaited by the market in general and…
Apple’s Steve Jobs on Stealing Great Ideas
Here’s Steve Jobs talking about stealing other people’s inventions: Excerpt: “We … have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.” Steve Jobs and Apple stole the mouse and graphical user interface (GUI) from Xerox PARC and marketed…
The Trackpoint Story
Most of us use computers and other technological devices every day. Most of us never give a passing thought to where that technology came from, who thought of it, who developed it, who engineered it and who brought it to…
This Year’s Annual SXSWi Survival Guide
It’s that time again. For all the SXSW rookies or those who can’t clearly remember what they experienced at last year’s Geek Bacchanalia, here’s this year’s guide to SXSW Interactive survival and success: When you’re here, always call it “south…
The Answer is 124
The question is: If you start with a laptop that has Windows Vista, that is, Windows Vista that has never, ever been updated since the day it was brand-spankin’ new, how many updates does it take to get it…
One More Shot
On Saturday, 2 July, 2011 Steph decided to surprise me with a trip to witness the final space shuttle launch. On Tuesday, 5 July, she told me about the trip by way of a hand-made book. Read the rest…
How Computers Make Us More Productive
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Doug’s Tip Makes Engadget – the D620 Story
Steph was on TV on Wednesday and I get a mention on Engadget on Friday. Quite a week for us. http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/dell-latitude-e6410-e6510-finally-make-it-to-us/ (click on any photo for larger size)