Posted in Information, Internet, Inventions, Web on March 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’ve worked with computers for decades and backing up has always been a hassle - both at work and at home. I used to have a tape system for home but it became impractical years ago when hard drive space far outpaced the expense of tape drive technology. In recent times I’ve been using external [...]
Posted in Computers, Fiction, Information, Inventions, Kindle, Science Fiction on February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve always loved science fiction but keeping up with the genre is a big damn job. I constantly worry I’m going to miss a breakthrough novel with the impact of Neuormancer or The Life of Pi or Replay just because I was wasn’t keeping up with the times.
As a young bookworm I read several [...]
Posted in Inventions on January 15, 2008 | No Comments »
The news is full of reports on the failures of electronic voting machines. After the 2000 election everyone expected inventors would jump on the problem and produce a full proof voting machine. That hasn’t happened. I’m wondering if there isn’t a simpler solution. Why not use the cell phone for voting.
Imagine [...]
Posted in Inventions, Kindle on December 15, 2007 | No Comments »
My Kindle started out as a crutch for my handicaps, but it’s becoming a cybernetic tool to supplement my brain. Necessity really is the mother of invention. The Kindle has come at just the right time to be a multipurpose tool.
I miss my epic bookworm days of youth. Most of my current reading is done [...]
Posted in Inventions on November 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I don’t know why this doesn’t exist already, but I’ve been Googling my brains out trying to find fine art masterpieces for sale to be used as desktop backgrounds. I’m shopping for a 24″ LCD monitor with 1920 by 1200 resolution and I want it to be my personal Desktop Art Gallery. A good example [...]
Posted in Inventions on October 7, 2007 | No Comments »
Once you own a DVR, a digital video recorder, sometimes thought of as a TIVO, you’ll understand what a magnificent device it is for television lovers. The functionality is so useful you’ll want one on every TV set you own. However, that doesn’t mean DVRs can’t be improved.
Within a very short time you’ll want more [...]
Posted in Global Warming, Inventions on September 1, 2007 | 11 Comments »
I think crystal balls are showing households should become more energy independent, or at least, less dependent on distant sources of energy. The first line of attack on this problem is to just use less energy, but another solution, which for me is a long term solution, is to produce energy locally. This is neither [...]
Posted in Inventions on August 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In our age of technology new inventions flood the market daily, but the pace still isn’t fast enough for me. I can always think of new things I wished I owned or services that I wished existed. Here’s an example. I’d like an internet company where people could register photos by date and location, for [...]
