See You Later, Faith in Humanity
By Jesse Singal - Nov 21st, 2008 at 1:14 pmGizmodo:
Here’s a story nobody likes to see. 19-year-old Abraham K. Biggs overdosed on pills on a live webcam stream before hundreds of people on…
Posts Tagged ‘tech’
An Exceedingly Nerdy Anniversary
By Jesse Singal - Nov 20th, 2008 at 12:54 pm[Late update: There's a full article on the anniversary here.]
Half-Life, one of the greatest, most groundbreaking video games ever made, was released a decade…
Is Your Computer Slowly Killing You?
By Jesse Singal - Nov 20th, 2008 at 10:42 amThe MacArthur Foundation just released a study on teen Internet usage, reports The New York Times. Since it “describes new-media usage but does not measure…
The RIAA Is Evil
By Kay Steiger - Nov 19th, 2008 at 5:55 pmJesse notes that Tennessee’s universities are forced to spend millions on anti-pirating software even though they’re expecting to increase tuition and lay off teachers. As…
Priorities
By Jesse Singal - Nov 19th, 2008 at 5:12 pmVia reddit, Threat Level reports:
Combating music piracy at Tennessee’s public university system is more important than hiring teachers and keeping down tuition costs.
Just-signed…
Wireless Possibilities
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 17th, 2008 at 9:50 amThe idea of creating free wireless networks for major cities has been much discussed, but for one reason or another–usually the logistics of installation or…
Want to Work for Obama? Better Not Be Committing a Felony in a Facebook Photo
By Jesse Singal - Nov 13th, 2008 at 11:12 amFrom The New York Times:
Want a top job in the Obama administration? Only pack rats need apply, preferably those not packing controversy.
A seven-page…
Mirror’s Edge Looks Nice, but I’m Still Waiting for an Engrossing Curling Simulator
By Jesse Singal - Nov 12th, 2008 at 12:04 pmI’m fascinated by the new game Mirror’s Edge, which shipped yesterday for Playstation 3 and XBox 360, and which will come out for PC later…
A New Way to Waste Time
By Kay Steiger - Oct 31st, 2008 at 9:51 amThere’s this online game that you can play called Political Bash ‘08. It seems similar to Risk or Axis and Allies, but the team names…
There’s a Reason They Call it “High Speed”
By Daniel Strauss - Oct 28th, 2008 at 12:24 pmBoth Ezra Klein and Kevin Drum are weighing in on a possible high speed rail connecting L.A. to San Francisco. Kevin argues that it wouldn’t…
The Trans Gene
By Dylan Matthews - Oct 28th, 2008 at 11:54 amResearchers have found that genetics may be a partial cause of male-to-female transsexualism:
DNA analysis from 112 male-to-female transsexual volunteers showed they were more likely…
College Computing Comes Full Circle
By Emily Rutherford - Oct 27th, 2008 at 5:44 pmThe early days of computer use at American universities revolved around huge mainframes running the Unix operating system, which was developed as a multiuser system.…
Terror Via Tweets
By Jesse Singal - Oct 24th, 2008 at 12:59 pmGizmodo has an interesting post, via Danger Room, on the scary possibility of terrorists using Twitter as an organizing tool. If we were serious about…
“I Reserve My Right to Party With Putin”
By Ned Resnikoff - Oct 24th, 2008 at 10:10 amThe above video comes via my friend Famous Andrew (who is not quite famous yet, but will be very soon).
It’s a pretty awesome video,…
Worst. Holiday. Ever.
By Jesse Singal - Oct 21st, 2008 at 11:56 amToday, apparently, is Global Anti-Piracy Day, at least according to Microsoft. (Why, it seems like just yesterday was GAPD ‘07, doesn’t it?)
Sez Gizmodo:
They’ve…
