Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The new 9.10 release of the Ubuntu operating system, codenamed Karmic Koala, is now officially available for mass consumption. http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/910features/ I’ve been a full time Ubuntu user for almost two years now, and after upgrading all of my computers at home to 9.10 this past weekend I have to say that […]
As revolutionary as the Wii experience has been to the gaming community, we have only begun to scratch the surface of what’s possible. Johnny Lee is a Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University and over the past 6 months he has developed a number of innovative uses for the Wii remote, particularly taking advantage of […]
I’ve recently become hooked on the TED Talks lecture series, and seeing as how their moniker is “Ideas worth spreading,” I figure it would be prudent for me to do just that by providing a link and personal recommendation to the loyal reader(s) of my blog. If you’re not already familiar with TED, here is […]
I recently started using an open source internet video player called Miro (www.getmiro.com), and I have to say so far I’m pretty impressed. Out of the box it starts you off with an extensive channel guide that lets you browse and search from a huge list of internet video feeds and podcasts. It allows you […]