Interesting opinion piece by British Sci Fi Author, Charlie Stross concerning the downhill slide in scriptwriting for big-budget sci-fi TV series. To resolve a difficult plot line, simply insert technology. Charlie's Diary: Why I hate Star Trek.
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Got a dead Time Capsule, one that's dies before it's time? Register here | Time Capsule Memorial Register. I haven't bought a Time Capsule, but having had a number of AirPort Express units just suddenly die on me with no...
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Here's a good look back on the not too distant past, with the first public release of Aqua - it's revolutionary transparency effects, that classy pinstripe and beautiful integration with Classic apps... From: Mac OS X DP3: Trial by Water -...
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If you haven't seen it elsewhere, or haven't seen it in iTunes yet - there's iPhone software update 3.1.2 available now. iPhone OS 3.1.2 may cure iPhone "coma" - Ars Technica.
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This is very cool - using mechanical actuators to work a piano's keyboard (a proper piano, not an electronic one) they generate recognisable speech. Make: Online : Mechanical reproduction of digitized speech on a piano.
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A post on why the Kindle now being sold worldwide isn't to everyone's liking - this is from the sci-fi author Charlie Stross. Basically, Amazon are screwing down the price on eBooks and it's not Amazon that are hurting from...
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I missed this when it was originally posted, but it's worth checking out as it takes something like Content Aware Scaling to the next level: John Nack on Adobe: Image science radness o' the day. In particular, check out the...
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