After a nice easter weekend vacation to NYC I am back in the saddle. Forgive me Father for I have sinned, it has been over two weeks since my last post. But not to dissapoint I have some interesting stuff here for you to read. It's a lot to put into one post but it has been building up for quite sometime now and the amount of links should keep you busy while I think up a much more witty post to put up.
First let me give a shout out to the Rainbow Traceurs, the Parkour group I have been recently inducted into. What is Parkour you may ask? Simply put it's an elegant, efficient way to move about the worlds obstacles to your many destinations. You want to go upstairs in a park or building? Instead of taking the stairs maybe you can scale the banister and hop to a wall near by to get to the level/floor you originally intended to get to. If you go to google video and search for parkour you will see what I'm talking about. Or if you have seen that scion commecial where the guys are racing through a parking garage trying to catch their moving vehicles, that would be an example of Parkour. I actually had to do a small tryout for this group which involved me climbing out of the stairwell of a train station. Pretty simple until I got to the last bar and it had spikes on it. Suckin it up and fearing falling if I let go I made it with only a little injury to my hands that has been lessening over the last few days. All the same, if anyone is interested I would be down to start a Rochester division of the Rainbow Traceurs if I can get the license from Matt Pinto, it's founder. Anyway onto the links:
For Starters we have a self parking car, pretty novel. Personally I like the challenge of parallel parking but finding a nice spot then being able to phone your buddies to tell them you'll be right into the club while your car is parking itself is pretty much the shit.
Another one about cars, this is a nice article about how you should never blindy trust your GPS, lest you find yourself on the edge of the mountain with an all to scenic view. I once used mapquest to get to a football stadium and ended up at someone's house. No lie.
Finally, some tech from Star Trek:TNG is going to make it to us mere technologically undeveloped humanoids. A scientist is postulating the creation of synthehol and suggesting there really is no reason that it cannot be created. Can you imagine the boom in the bar and alcoholic industry if you could get wasted without a hangover? I fear what it would do to our health as the sale of street meat and hot dogs late at night would soar.
I have been reading a lot about the DMCA, DRM and patents in the last few weeks. A pretty good article here by Paul Graham asking "Are Software Patents Evil" ? You be the judge, pretty long but very good and interesting.
And for all my gamer friends out there (Lodzo, Nuggetor) here's a link to a humurous but very poignant piece about the situations found in modern games that we are all sick of. The Gamer's Manifesto is a rant on everything you have always hated about games that really did not have to be features of games, i.e. hitting an invisible ceiling while soaring through the air on any SSX game. I have read this thing twice and it really doesn't get very old. Also pretty long so block off some time for it.
More ST:TNG news here with an article about the blind regaining their sight. There are a few caviats, but overall once we get this thing looking aesthetically pleasing (read:Jordi's visor) we will truly be entering the bionic age of humans.
Lastly, an interesting concept for a cell phone that not only uses normal cell tower service but a wi-fi connection as well so that when you are at home your cell phone can act as a landline, sort of. Best thing about this, call does not drop when switching from wi-fi to normal cell network. A golden age of Tech has arrived!!
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