The second trailer for the next Star Trek movie is out. I looks like quite an exciting action movie. The trailer almost has the same tone as the Transformers movie. Definitely not the Star Trek I used to know and love, but hey, I’m open to a series “reboot”.
Archive for the ‘Asides’ Category
Adobe Acrobat.com
Aug 04, 2008
It seems that Adobe doesn’t want to be left out of the Web 2.0 office application fad with it’s Acrobat.com. It provides document writing, desktop sharing, PDF creation, and a neat online PDF reader. All of this was made possible by employing the formerly Macromedia’s Flash technology. I was initially excited about the online Acrobat [...]
DHS Can Detain Your Laptop for No Reason
Aug 02, 2008
The United States’ Department of Homeland Security now has the power to detain a traveler’s laptop indefinitely at the border, without any cause for suspicion. This is frightening, especially since all of my work and personal life is stored inside this machine. Not to mention that I use Linux, which might set off a cyber-terrorist [...]
Toronto Traffic Cameras using Google Maps
Jul 22, 2008
I was looking for traffic conditions prior to my drive to Toronto and found that the Ministry of Transportation uses Google Maps to display the location and images from the highway traffic cameras around Toronto. Very neat!
Batman: The Movie
Jul 18, 2008
In anticipation for the Dark Knight, here is a clip of the dynamic duo from the original Batman starring Adam West and Burt Ward. A batcopter, a batladder, four cans of ocean repellent batspray… “Holy Sardines!”
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Developers are charged $99 for iPhone SDK
Jul 16, 2008
So the iPhone aka “something big” according to Roger’s has been released, and one of its greatest strengths is it’s extensible application platform. The iPhone SDK is available for free… but in order to have your application run on an actual iPhone, it will cost a developer $99 and an Intel powered Mac. Hmm.. great [...]
Pseudo-Random vs. True Random
Jul 16, 2008
A visual comparison between using the PHP rand() pseudo-random generator and the numbers generated by random.org, a truly random generator.
Stephen Hawking moving to Waterloo, perhaps
Jul 16, 2008
We may have a celebrity moving into Waterloo… Stephen Hawking!
Streets of Waterloo
Jul 14, 2008
If you’re looking for some Waterloo school spirit, check out the UW rap anthem.
Server Move and Redesign
Jul 14, 2008
Switched providers and updated design. I found the old design far too distracting, so I hope this one is an improvement!
Sylar to play Spock in Star Trek XI
Jul 27, 2007
Zachary Quinto will play Spock in the upcoming Star Trek movie. Sylar is definitely one of the most memorable characters in Heroes, so I have high hopes for the new Spock!
Intel Metro Laptop - Thinnest laptop in the world
Jul 11, 2007
Crazy. I don’t know why there’s this obsession over thin electronics (like the Moto RAZR), but the Intel Metro laptop is insane. Take a look. I love my chunky Thinkpad Z61p, but hey, if Intel can pack as much power as my Z61p into that small package, then I’m all for thin
Suspend2 now known as TuxOnIce
Jul 10, 2007
The Suspend2 project has been renamed TuxOnIce in order to differentiate itself from the actual process of suspending to ram and suspending to disk. TuxOnIce screams geekiness.
Lenovo T61p Announced
Jul 10, 2007
The Lenovo Thinkpad T61p has just been announced. It has the option of a WUXGA (1920×1200) screen, and comes with UWB, the successor to Bluetooth, which allows for 100 megabit transfer speeds… meaning the possibility of wireless port replicators. Imagine hooking up the laptop with your desktop keyboard and monitor, wirelessly. That’s cool. I think [...]
