Archive for the ‘General’ Category
24 Feb
Goldifer, Maisy & Goldie
23 Feb
Polaroid ‘Instant’ Killed after 60 Years
Today is the anniversary of Edwin Land’s introduction of the Land Camera. Inventor and scientist, Land developed the first process that could make a finished print in 60 seconds. This year’s anniversary, though, is bittersweet; Polaroid Corporation announced this month that all instant films will no longer be produced after 2008. read more | digg [...]
23 Feb
Researchers crack FileVault, BitLocker with canned air hack
Encryption of data on PCs, including encrypted disks, is vulnerable to a RAM-based attack, according to a new paper by a group of Princeton researchers. read more | digg story
19 Feb
Smash Bros. Tournament Coming to Toronto
Hot on the heels of the US announcements, it has now been announced that there will be Smash Bros. Brawl Tournaments in Canada as well. w00t! read more | digg story
18 Feb
Twitter Twoosh Game
Tweet140.com: An inane Twitter game aimed at ranking Twitterers based on number of “Twooshes,” i.e., tweets sent using exactly 140 characters. Fun in an OCD sort of way. I like silly games like this. The twitter client I use, Snitter, plays a section from the Hallelujah Chorus when you write a twoosh. I like that. [...]
15 Feb
Wal-Mart to officially discontinue HD DVD sales by June
You know that this really means the end for HD-DVD when Wal-Mart is not going to sell it anymore. I can only imagine that the Blu-Ray group is extremely happy they won the format war. It’s the whole SONY Betamax vs. VHS fight all over again, only this time, SONY won. It’s questionable whether one [...]
18 Dec
Jackson to produce Hobbit movies
“Peter Jackson, Oscar-winning director of the Lord of the Rings movies, has signed a deal to produce two films based on JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit.” Oh boy oh boy! This is good news. It looks like Jackson’s dispute with New Line is now over. Yes! Well, this is something to look forward to in 2010, [...]
29 Nov
The Secret to Raising Smart Kids
“Hint: Don’t tell your kids that they are. More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort —not on intelligence or ability—is key to success in school and in life.” A continuation of my previously highlighted article about Praising kids and achievement in school and in life. This from an article in [...]
26 Nov
TiVo comes to Canada, but lacks HD
Canuck TV lovers have something to look forward to this holiday season, as TiVo is officially launching in Canada with the 80-hour Series2 DVR. HDTV watchers will continue to wait patiently, though, as no plans for Canadian HD products were announced… read more | digg story
16 Nov
Bell, Telus drop data price to counter iPhone?
Rivals to Canadian provider Rogers Wireless are dramatically lowering the prices for data access as a defensive measure against the iPhone even before the device is announced for the country, according to a new report by the analyst firm Seaboard Group. A comparison of the access rates required needed to download 1GB of data shows [...]
