November 2006 Archives
Greg Linden's post on the issues surrounding small displays (cell-phones etc.) reminded me of a point Edward Tufte makes quite frequently: Current display technology is crap. Even modern computer monitors don't offer the resolution of paper. Cell-phone displays offer an abomidable resolution in too small a size. Display resolution clearly isnt the only issue—size, color-accuracy, and refresh-rate play a huge part. I believe that technology should open us to the world, and so I'm opposed to the idea that a tiny display with huge resolution could be held close to the eye. This is not a solution, but a hack—and a poor one at that. Projection is an interesting idea, both holographic mid-air sci-fi style, and direct-to-the-retina sci-fi style. From what I've found, the eye-glass displays are still bulky and of terrible quality (think mid-90s arcade style VR helmets, only a little smaller). In any case, I'm rooting for some kind of projectiong, either direct-to-the-eye, or eye-glasses projection - offering a layering method. Think of the possibilities, what with all the virtual Earth software (GOOGLE Earth, etc.), LBS applications, and so many other emerging fields that are made for pervasive and ubiquitous computing.
Daniel Wallace is mad. Mad as in crazy, and mad as in angry at open source projects offering their software at an unbeatable price. So what can one such person do? Sue the bastards. He lost, of course, giving 10 points to the human race and America's legislative system. The judge must have found this as ridiculous as I have, mocking Wallace and shutting down his arguments with candor.
Just launched WoodgrainFronts—a music blog. There are a couple other authors on the ball, aside from myself, so it'll hopefully be quite diverse. Enjoy the music.
Great new audio synthesis interface popping up around the blogosphere. Jeff Hanh on oscilators.
via City Of Sound
UPDATE :: project site can be found here — thanks Fino.
A german ISP (T-Online) was ordered (by the courts) to delete customers' IP logs upon request. T-Online is apparently a major German ISP, making the decision carry much weight. This is the exact opposite of what is currently going on in the US, where the government wants direct access and archival of constituents' IP logs.
Just picked up a Holux GPSlim 236 on Amazon. Writing a couple scripts for it now, will post a review in full once my apps are functional.
