Archive for January, 2010
Is Obama serious?
Posted by thak in business, economics, government, philosophical, politics on January 22, 2010
Vox Popoli: Is Obama serious?. I’m not holding my breath, but taking on the banks and the Fed would be fantastic, regardless of his political affiliation.
Of course, I don’t believe he’ll do it for a second. Too much money and power involved.
Misa Digital Guitar
Misa Digital Guitar Makes Your Rock Band Peripherals Feel Inadequate – PC World. Holy crap. This is awesome. 
IT train wreck
Posted by thak in business, jobs, philosophical on January 21, 2010
InfoWorld | Run IT as a business — why that’s a train wreck waiting to happen. Fantastic article. And very much why I’m not in IT any more.
Why Did the “Stimulus” Fail to Help the Economy?
Posted by thak in business, economics, government, philosophical, politics on January 20, 2010
The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty » Why Did the “Stimulus” Fail to Help the Economy?. And there you have it. Short, sweet, and directly to the point.
OnLive Video Game Service
YouTube – [Part 1 of 5] Steve Perlman -”The Process of Invention: OnLive Video Game Service”. This is absolutely crazy. I thought it was all smoke-and-mirrors, and then this video explained that this guy was one of the developers of QuickTime. Which made it a lot more believable.
Very, very impressive stuff.
I still prefer mod-able games, so I’m not sure how much I’d use it, but the ability to rent PC games is a great idea.
Wealth, Poverty, and Natural Disasters
Posted by thak in business, economics, government, philosophical on January 18, 2010
The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty » Wealth, Poverty, and Natural Disasters. Some interesting thoughts.
Predict Me, I’m from the Government
Posted by thak in government, philosophical, politics, security on January 17, 2010
Mikey Hicks, 8, Terrorist?
Posted by thak in freaky, government, philosophical, politics, security on January 14, 2010
Mikey Hicks, 8, Can’t Get Off U.S. Terror Watch List – NYTimes.com. Absolutely ridiculous.
This is what your fabulous government has come to.
FIGHT THE POWER.
Why Whole-Body Imaging Won’t Work
Posted by thak in business, government, philosophical, politics, security on January 12, 2010
Airnergy Harvests Wi-Fi Energy
Posted by thak in components, freaky, gadget, hack on January 11, 2010
The RCA Airnergy Charges Gadgets Using Energy Harvested From Wi-Fi Hotspots. Wow. This is freaky.