Category Archives: technology

Installing OS X without being booted from the DVD

I needed to install os x on a new drive (I’m replacing my 250GB drive with a 500GB one). Not wanting to be without the computer during the entire install process, I dug around in the install disc for the … Continue reading

Mind boggling

This is just so stupid. MPAA shows how to videorecord a TV set from timothy vollmer on Vimeo. The description from Vimeo: At the DMCA 1201 hearings at the Copyright Office at the Library of Congress, representatives from the MPAA … Continue reading

Mc Donalds billboard interactions

This is just so clever. It would’ve been a a few years ago as well, but I doubt it would’ve gotten even close the same spread. what’s nice about it is that it also is with fairly simple technology (a … Continue reading

RIP a remix manifesto, version 1 now online

The documentary RIP: A remix manifesto which makes the point that the copyright laws are outdated when the technological tools have been democratized, almost anyone can get the tools to create. I’ve been waiting for it to come online, and … Continue reading

Pretty sinewave synthesizer

Addictive and pretty. Check it out at aM laboratory.

Lawrence Lessig is trying to change the congress

By creating a donors strike organized from his site Change Congress. Change congress is calling a donor strike! Special interests pump millions of dollars into elections, giving them more influence over our political system than the rest of us. Can … Continue reading

Google Voice: Coming soon

Google Voice is a service that gives you one number for all your phones, voicemail that is easy as email, and many enhanced calling features like call blocking and screening, voicemail transcripts, call conferencing, international calls, and more. Google Voice … Continue reading

Electric Man Cord Outlet

Different powerstrip. Via picocool.

MC TXT

Folklore, Baldi, NYC (aka Never Yet Contested) and Rick Vindaloo, with the support of technological ringmaster Paul Notzold, comprise hip hop act MC TXT. By encouraging the audience to send text messages to a large screen on stage, these mobile-minded … Continue reading

If you ever thought of making a typeface

You’d consider this good news indeed. Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType package is to share the tools used by Adobe font developers for wrapping up PostScript fonts as OpenType/CFF font files, and adding OpenType layout features. These tools are … Continue reading