Three guys have apparently created their own Rockband with their modified iphones. Rockband is one thing, grown people playing video game controllers that look like musical instruments that actually sound like pieces of plastic banging together, but to play rockband on modified iphones is probably the geekiest thing i’ve heard of in a long time.
What’s [...]
Entries from March 2008
March 11, 2008
geekiest thing ever?
March 11, 2008
First Felony conviction for Spamming
Jeremy Jaynes was convicted of illegal spamming and is the nation’s first conviction according to wired.com. He is sentenced to nine years in prison, which seems like an awful lot for illegal spamming. I’m not really sure what makes illegal spamming illegal, but i think it has something to do with how he sent the [...]
March 11, 2008
Anonymous Post responsible for suicides?
An article from mashable.com, revealed that a Kentucky congressman is trying to require that all post on the Internet be identified and that anonymous posts would become illegal. This seems like a good idea to hold everyone accountable for what they say, but really its a poor attempt to correct a problem that [...]
March 11, 2008
Rewire Your Life Day?
An article from chronicle.com discusses one Michigan State professor’s effort to not use technology for one day. She does end up using her telephone because she was at work for the day, and to not use a telephone at work is probably impossible.
I think Rewire Your Life Day is a genius idea, and it [...]
March 11, 2008
Porject Canoe & More Commercials
Aren’t there enough commercials out there already? Are Americans turning into walking zombie-consumers? Yes and yes. This article about the new Project Canoe, which the major cable companies are beginning to develop, really reminded me how important commercials are to America’s economy and that millions, or probably billions, of dollars are put into advertisements [...]
