We start with Moore’s Law, which states (roughly) that the number of transistors which can be placed on an integrated circuit doubles every two years. In other words, electronics component density will allow computers to double their efficiency to size ratio every two years. This means that devices can keep getting smaller, and that devices [...]
As texting on mobile devices continues to take the world by storm, more and more people are confronted with the complications of using an interface to communicate. And of course, cursing themselves for the mistakes they make. Is this typed correctly so far? Let’s run a spellcheck: No, the word “texting” hasn’t made it into [...]
For our American friends across the ditch, as well as various other parts of the world, Halloween is coming up. So what better time to examine the spooky remains of former technology greats, whose limbs are still twitching when we thought we’d shotgunned them to the ground? Here’s a list of technologies that we could [...]
A fun, satirical practice you’ve probably heard of is the Darwin Awards. These are handed out every year to individuals who have picked a spectacularly dumb way to eliminate themselves from the gene pool. In other words, people who did themselves in through their own lack of brainpower. But we’ve noticed that you could [...]
There’s nothing wrong with calling technical support for whatever product or device you have in front of you. You paid money for it, you expect it to work, you want it fixed. Even the geekiest of gadget geeks dial them up every now and then. But we’re posting this to remind consumers that there’s [...]
To continue our look at technology companies which, if they were people, could have won a Darwin Award, here’s the other five. These aren’t companies that just plain lost the game fair and square, even if they gave it their best shot. These are companies which should have been winners, but did a really great [...]
“Our ship is broken. Can you make it go?” – the Pakleds, Star Trek the Next Generation, episode ‘Samaritan Snare’ Every now and then in our exciting world of technology, we pause amidst the rapid pace of change to notice those technology innovations that don’t seem to catch up. The what-ifs, the might-have-beens, and the [...]
Around the office, we call it “low-budget entertainment”. Relieving the mind-mulching tedium of office work by playing with something. It can be low-tech, too. You can make a rubber-band and paper-clip boxing ring on top of an empty ink-cartridge box, fold two orgami men from notepad paper, and set them up inside the ring for [...]
