recent advancements in multi-touch computing has led the way to developing better interfaces for human-to-computer interaction, in which the interface essentially disappears. today, microsoft announced their surface product that will be released to commercial clients at the end of this year. of course the technology is awesome and begins to open the door to many [...]
may28.being a true seattlite
leonel (friend visiting from nyc who i went to architecture school with) has been in town since late wednesday and we’ve been going out every night hitting up several bars and clubs here in seattle. i haven’t been out all that much because several people i talk to say the club scene is not all [...]
just some follow-up quotes to my ‘america’ post the other day (this is a topic that is really frustrating me at the moment… just have to get it out so don’t feel that i’m wanting you to agree with my vision). not sure why i continue researching stuff like this as it only seems to [...]
yes, it’s true… the recent spike in gas prices is indeed beneficial to us in the long run regardless of whether you see it or not. in fact, i would argue that prices need to increase even more in order to prevent them from falling below $3-4/gallon ever again. by now you probably think i’ve [...]
may20.seattle weather returns
alongside the lies, failures, blunders and war crimes committed by the united states in the iraqi war is the prevailing ignorance displayed by a majority of the population here. this newsvine discussion looks at the united states occupation and tactics thus far during the iraqi war and asks, “how do you live with it when [...]
if you aren’t up with the latest buzz in the biking world, may is bike to work month across the country. today is the primary “bike to work” day and while running some errands this morning it was definitely nice to see tons of more bike commuters heading into work…trading their exhaust expelling cars in [...]
in a business week article today (found on newsvine of course), it appears that microsoft now wants to ‘kill’ open source in the software industry. microsoft believes that many of its patents are violated by open source software and are targeting compensation for such infringments from linux and companies that use linux, such as novell, [...]
