Hydroscooter
by jpreardon on May 31, 2003
Old news is still good news: Josef Zeitler of AQWON-MOTORS has developed a hydrogen powered scooter which was presented at the ’03 Hannover Fair in April. The scooter can travel at speeds of up to 31 mph and can be (…)
This Weekend
by jpreardon on May 30, 2003
Big Apple Barbecue Block Party: Saturday and Sunday 12:00 – 18:00 Carnival In Red Hook: Saturday and Sunday 13:00 – 18:00 Greenwich Village Festival: 6th Avenue from 8th to 14th Streets Saturday 10:00 – 18:00 Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibition: (…)
Skills to Pay the Bills
by jpreardon on May 29, 2003
The New York Times reports that researchers have found players of “first-person-shooter” video games to have much better visual attention skills than non players. The article states that better visual attention skills are helpful in many different tasks such as (…)
University to Offer Virus Writing Class
by jpreardon on May 28, 2003
The University of Calgary will be offering a course this fall titled “Computer Viruses and Malware” where the focus will apparently be on developing malicious software. Of course this is to better understand malicious software so that it can be (…)
Wireless walker
by jpreardon on May 21, 2003
Bill Koslosky MD, the Wireless-Doc took a walk last weekend to check out how prevalent Wi-fi access is in Manhattan. I’m glad to hear that the Verizon coverage is good. I’m not sure I’m ready to drop my cable modem (…)
Spam actually has an audience?
by jpreardon on May 21, 2003
Spam has been getting loads of press lately, most recently there was news of Earthlink’s new challenge/response system, then Mailblocks announced that they are suing Earthlink for patent infringement (that is a story unto itself). What surprised me was an (…)
Shazam!
by jpreardon on May 20, 2003
No, Gomer Pyle is not making a cameo appearance today. Shazam Entertainment offers a unique service in the UK and Germany that allows users to dial a number and let their mobile phone listen to a few seconds of a (…)
Eyes on Broadway
by jpreardon on May 19, 2003
An unfortunate mishap left my glasses in such rough shape that not even geek tape could help them. Since it was Sunday I didn’t think my chances of seeing anything at work on Monday were very good. I went down (…)
You can't get there from here
by jpreardon on May 19, 2003
After being burned a couple times this weekend, I have added a link to the MTA subway service updates page. It is updated each Friday. Does anyone have a wireless version of this?
Tele-Taxi
by jpreardon on May 18, 2003
After being involved in a taxi collision due in part to the driver paying more attention to his phone conversation than the street, I tried to remember the last time I jumped in a taxi where the driver wasn’t jabbering (…)