Archive for the ‘tech’ Category

Ian Frazier: Can Mushrooms Help Us Get Rid of Styrofoam? : The New Yorker

Saturday, May 18th, 2013

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/05/20/130520fa_fact_frazier RPI startup makes biodegradable packing material from a fungus + Ag. wastes. http://bit.ly/12K5UoK via @NewYorker, @ToyPortraits Might be useful for other building materials.

Google Knowledge Graph : The New Yorker

Friday, May 17th, 2013

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/05/google-knowledge-graph.html?mobify=0

Bloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping – NYTimes.com

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

MT @nytimes: Bloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping http://bit.ly/16u7fVX If Google/AOL/Yahoo likewise, would tell reporters our email access?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/business/media/bloomberg-admits-terminal-snooping.html

NYTimes: Real Estate or Utility? Surging Data Center Industry Blurs Boundaries

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

http://nyti.ms/10lV6yc

Bland New Jersey buildings are commanding rents four times as high as Class A high-rises in Manhattan, but it isn’t the space that attracts. It’s the electrical capacity.
QT:”Why pay $600 or more a square foot at unglamorous addresses like Weehawken, Secaucus and Mahwah?”

International Space Station to boldly go with Linux over Windows – Telegraph

Sunday, May 12th, 2013

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10049444/International-Space-Station-to-boldly-go-with-Linux-over-Windows.html

3d printers that can almost replicate themselves! Building… with Free, Open-Source Hardware

Saturday, May 11th, 2013

Pearce, Science Mag, Sept ’12
https://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6100/1303.summary

The Evolution of the Web, in a Blink : The New Yorker

Saturday, May 11th, 2013

Netscape => IE => firefox => chrome

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/05/the-evolution-of-the-web-in-a-blink.html

Melissa Terras’ Blog: Is blogging and tweeting about research papers worth it? The Verdict

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

http://melissaterras.blogspot.com/2012/04/is-blogging-and-tweeting-about-research.html

adobe cs future

Monday, May 6th, 2013

http://www.zdnet.com/adobe-goes-all-in-on-the-cloud-ditches-creative-suite-7000014953

The Touch-Screen Generation – Atlantic Mobile

Monday, May 6th, 2013

http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/the-touch-screen-generation/309250
A very positive view of the ipad relative to TV and video games