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  • 11 Apr 2008
    Can $5 Improve Reader Comments?
  • 10 Mar 2008
    Storage Analysis
    GB/$ for different sizes and types of media. Updated every hour from Newegg. Wait, wait, $89 for half a terabyte?
  • 19 Feb 2008
    Toshiba quits HD-DVD business
    In one month, Warner, then Netflix, then Walmart, and now core-manufacturer Toshiba have all abandoned the HD-DVD. It's not too soon to declare that the war is over, and Blu-Ray is the victor.
  • 9 Feb 2008
    Polaroid Abandons Instant Photography
    Time to stock up on a pile of 779. They're going to manufacture enough film to last them through the end of next year, and then..
  • 6 Jan 2008
    Warner Backs Blu-ray, Tilting DVD Battle
    Don't know how I feel about this. It fits more data than HD-DVD, but it's regioned. The mandatory scratch-proof coating is a nice touch. I guess it's good just to know the fight will eventually end.
  • 28 Dec 2007
    Randomness in Linux
    Brian K questioned my use of rand(), which lead to a discussion and an investigation into random algorithms. Perl's srand() uses /dev/urandom to seed the PRNG, and it turns out that urandom is really clever.
  • 31 Oct 2007
    Eye-Fi Card
    This SD card has wifi. It can upload directly from your camera to Flickr.
  • 17 Oct 2007
    Airlines announce bar code standard for cellphone check-ins
    Wow, this will be slick. But don't worry, you won't be able to do it until about the same time you can pay vending machines with Bluetooth or use QR codes in the US.
  • 8 Oct 2007
    The Pet Shop Boys embed QR codes in music video
    We were just talking about the many things we could do with QR codes at work the other day. It's a shame they're almost entirely unsupported in the US.
  • 17 Sep 2007
    Femtocells
    Last year, I had Chris post to AskMetaFilter for me to figure out if there was something like this. Yesterday's Boston Globe says they should be available by next year.
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