Flametoad

At my day job, I’m on a committee that organizes an annual conference. Yesterday prior to our meeting we were e-mailed three documents that would be discussed. I printed them out, took them to the meeting, made a few notes on my notepad, then tossed them in the recycle bin when I got back to [...]

In this video, titled “The REAL Daily Prophet?”, we get another introduction to e-ink. What’s cool about this clip is that we’re given an look at color e-ink displays capable of playing video. This is a huge step forward. Once these guys are on the market (sadly we have to wait another 3-5 years), I [...]

In yet another case of old meeting new, the Britannica blog has an essay on a unique bookstore that pays homage to printing at its finest. If you love books–the weight, the smell of ink, the feel of a hardback cover–then this store is for you. According to the article, the Librissime in Montreal specializes [...]

Two articles caught my eye today during my morning skimming of feeds. First, GalleyCat reports on a proposal for a radical realignment in how university presses operate . The proposal suggests that universities leverage their material into searchable, online collections. The report suggests that these works could be sliced and diced into smaller segments of [...]

I find it hilarious–yet utterly predictable–that third world school kids are using their free laptops provided by the One Laptop Per Child foundation to view pr0n. I’m only surprised that they skipped LAN parties and DOOM and went straight to the hard core stuff.