The future is here...

I totally want one of these when it's released...

Yea... I know people will call me "Star Trek" after they knock me over and steal my lunch money. Its cool.

Ohh... lists!

First off, check out http://www.econsultant.com/ as they have a pretty awesome list for just about everything.

Anyway, I was going to buy a domain and move this lil blog into the prime time, but I didn't want to spent a bundle (I'm cheap.) I found this list, and liked it enough to blog about. That is all, I guess.

1. Netfirms : $4.95/yr (.com .net .org)
   
2. Hostway : $6.95/yr (.com .net .org)
   
3. FrugalName : $7.95/yr (.com .net .org)
   
4. Namecheap : $8.88/yr (.com .net .org)
   
5. AIT Domains : $7.99/yr (.com .net .org)
   
6. Go Daddy Software, Inc. $8.95/yr : (.com .net .org)
   
7. RegisterFly $8.95/yr : (.com .net .org)
   
8. PlanetDomain $12.99/yr : (.com .net .org)
   
9. Dotster $14.95/yr : (.com .net .org)
   
10. DirectNIC : $15/yr (.com .net .org)

Alrighty then.

I love grafitti...

So, many of you know that I enjoy street art lots. I think I started this passion back when I was a child, during trips with my family into New York City. The subway trains all colorful and wild really appealed to me. Anyway, now-a-days I'm big into the "stencil" movement and political tied messages ala Banksy. I frequent The Wooster Collective website as it updates often (way more often than my lame ass blog.) Anyway, I saw this one this morning, and I laughed out loud.


As many of you remember, Kanye made a statement during a Hurricane Katrina Relief special that said something to the effect of "Bush doesn't care about black people." or maybe he said hates... I don't recall. What was funny about that statement was that Mike Myers was standing next to him, pale as a ghost after the statement. Myers being Canadian originally was probably scared of deportation...

Anyhoo... that's all for now. Pip pip and cheerio!

Microsoft's iPod killer?

Enter the "Zune"

From what I've read this morning on the usual blogs, it has AM/FM tuner, runs a UI similar to Windows media center, and all the other usual mobile media player stuff. Here's the kicker IMO, see that scroll wheel in the middle? It's not a wheel at all, but 4 buttons arranged in a circle. Weak Sauce.

http://www.comingzune.com/ I will mentiont that the website confuses me.

Anyway, I'll take one if it happened to be sent to me, but I don't think that's going to happen. Besides, I love my iPod. Really. We're thinking about taking our relationship to the next level. Unprotected ear buds...

Another in a long line of credit card posts...

Okay, so the line of credit card related posts isn't that long. Anyway...So awesome. If you take a little trip over to the website, not only to you get this awesome credit card, telling the world that you're cute, but also a little mysterious, but you also get a wicked awesome Hello Kitty Phone Pocket. And here I thought the pocket in my pants was good enough...

Whoops, not wearing pants today.

Pip pip!

Cool New Tech

SecureID on a device you'll be sure not to lose. Well... less likely to lose I guess...

InCard

OFF. It's not just for killing bugs anymore...

In my usual format of regurgitating information from other, more reputable news sources on the Internet, I present to you OFF. OFF or Owner Free Filing System is a new P2P application as well as a system in which to provide sanctuary from litigious bastards.

In their own words:

“Basic synapsis: The Owner Free Filesystem (OFF) is a system in which all files inserted are given several additional representations via multiple use encoding and exhibit a digital state of being that has depreciated the file’s status to “ownerless” and no longer belonging to one person. A file inserted into OFF will intrinsically become part of several other files, and a block’s (see technical details) representation depends solely on its coupling with other blocks. This is known as a ‘brightnet’ where nothing held within an “OFF Cache” can be considered copyright infringing, and thus can be shared and traded freely without fear of repercussions.”

I love this idea, and really hope we can find a way to share files again, without fear of the legal ramifications. However, the issue here is that the people making and enforcing the law are also the people loose money with information is shared freely on the Internet.

The folks over at The Big Hack wrote a funny letter about this subject.

ARRRRRRGGGGGG!!!!

**Update**

What you're missing:
Before you do anything, you pass a large amount of data, which is hashed into 128k chunks.

When you go to 'get a copy' of something, those 128k chunks are rearranged according to the new content. Not actually copied, but arranged so that they identically resemble the file you're after. Much of the data you get isn't even downloaded - as such, there's very little evidence of your transaction.

Say you don't have chunks that match the hashes you're after; that's fine. You download those chunks from other peoples stuff; their music collection, their wedding photos, the novels they're working on.

How are they arranged? Well, for a given file, there's the data and the recipe. You download the recipe - which could also be data if it matches another recipe - and your computer arranged your data and that of others into the file you're after.

So, no, it's not technically copying.

Also, it's not very detectable, and theoretically uses less bandwidth the more you hoarde.

To be honest, I think it's a quantum leap in P2P technology.

For that special lady in your life who has everything...

Best Gift Ever

A "I'd rather not be named" lady I work with showed me this today. Apperently a "friend" emailed it to her. I don't believe it.

If you know me, expect one of these as a gift this holiday season.

More Awesome Food!!

Okay, so it may be hard to see from this picture, but the head liners for this little food stand at the Orange County Fair are as follows:

Deep Fired Twinkies - I've actually had the pleasure of eating these before. They are very tasty, and one of the only foods you can actually feel making you fat. Pretty cool!

Deep Fried Veggies - Nothing to see here folks, move along.

Deep Fried Avocados - Woah! That's new. I wonder how they pull this one off. They must be using under ripe avocados or something. I bet they are tasty tho...

Krispy Kreme Chicken Sandwich - Great Ceasars Ghost! A chicken sandwich on a Krispy Kreme doughnut?!?!? I have never even thought to think of such a wonderous and mysterious food creation. How do you eat it? How is the chicken cooked? Are there condiments? This one really baffles me. So, naturally I'll hit the web to discover more...

So the idea of using Krispy Kreme doughnuts as buns for your sandwitch is not new it seems. Enter the Luther Burger! Snopes Wikipedia & Urbanhonking all jump right into the subject. The short version is that one day R&B Legend Luther Vandros was making a cheese burger and did not have any buns, so he used a couple of doughnuts. Now I can love the man and his music!

This is so awesome that I will be making these my next BBQ. Its a shame I'll be forced to use Krispy Kreme's that are not fresh... (the Krispy Kreme in the Pru closed... damn fine location too...)

Pip pip!
(my blog is totally roaring these days... its too hot to go outside!)

Call me crazy...

... But I would actually eay something called Beef Whiz. All the time. On everything. Yea...

OMFG BACON!!!!

I've got nothing...

Ahh, the phrase made famous my yours truly. It describes my recent life oh so perfectly. I have nothing to report, discuss or even comment on. My summer since July 4th has been completely uneventful. My days are filled with sleeping late, teaching a class or two, slinging drinks and eating foods that will some day catch up to me. I'm sorry.

I know my fans are in a state of unrest due to my lack of content on this little blog. There's not much I can do for you. I could repost some bullshit I've seen elsewhere, but I think I'm past that stage.

Oh, well I guess something interesting has happened recently. I company I worked with not to long ago just had it's release party. Eons is a social networking / life planning / post life planning website for the 50+ crowd. I met up with these guys while I was doing some work for a VC in cambridge, and they have an amazing team of people. The media seems to be focusing on their "death notices" functionality, however the site and idea are WAY bigger than that. Check it out! (yes, some of my readers are near or over 50 years old, shocker?)

Hrm... what else... Uhh...

Yea... I got nothing.