by Bruce | Jan 7, 2008 | Tech Trends
Sure the Consumer Electronics Show has all the latest gadgets – but if you don’t need a new phone, camera, or TV it is mostly just a bunch of noise. But questions on my mind lately have been: When will Silverlight 2.0 actually ship to production? and How...
by Bruce | Jan 4, 2008 | Tech Trends
I’ve been looking for a microscope for home (for mostly Biology stuff) but you always seem to have to choose between what is basically a cheap plastic toy, an older-style optical model with no built-in lights (let alone a digital camera) or some really expensive...
by Bruce | Dec 27, 2007 | Tech Trends
I’ll post more about this soon, but I wanted to see if this “virtual chumby” worked on the blog. My “geek present” this year was a “Chumby” (www.chumby.com). In short it is a mini touch-screen device that you...
by Bruce | Dec 5, 2007 | Tech Trends, Things that inspire me, Things that make me think
I’ve got to try this out soon – if it works it could really be brilliant. The idea is that you take a number of pictures (3+) of something touristy (i.e. something that people and cars are going past and getting “in the way”). ...
by Bruce | Nov 27, 2007 | Tech Trends, Things that make me think
Sometimes a picture does say 1000 words. This outlines the problem many American schools had with $1000 laptops – could easily be the same thing with “$100” laptops. The problem with education isn’t a lack of technology, or even a...
by Bruce | Nov 25, 2007 | Tech Trends
I didn’t get up early for shopping on Friday, but there were some really good deals (including percent off coupons) that helped buy even the basics. If you needed a big flat screen TV, a laptop, a GPS, or any other big ticket item then there were deals to...
