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Malcolm Gladwell on learning from spaghetti sauce
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Loading ...Malcolm Gladwell is the best-selling author of “The Tipping Point” and “Blink”. In this talk, filmed at TED2004, he explains what every business can learn from spaghetti sauce. (Recorded February 2004 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 18:15) - More TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com
Holographic Interface
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...This short feature by Ivan Tihienko demonstrates the simple of the possibilities of having the holographic shadow instead of a pda or a cell phone, or a computer for that matter. Holographic Interface - round interface - Ringo from Ivan Tihienko on Vimeo.
The Future Has Always Been Crazier Than We Thought
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Future Has Always Been Crazier Than We Thought with Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Author Nassim Nicholas Taleb discusses his book, The Black Swan in relation to predicting the future, learning from the consequences of the unknown, and the power of randomness.
The Century Of The Self
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...In this award winning documentary for the BBC Adam Curtis’ examines the rise of the all-consuming self against the backdrop of the Freud dynasty. I’m not sure how much of this I agree with, but it is interesting nonetheless. “This series is about how those in power have used Freud’s theories to try and control [...]
Windows Media Center on a Leopard network
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...If you have a Leopard network and want to integrate Windows Media Center this article from Hack A Day takes you step by step through the process. …We’ve been using Microsoft’s Media Center for a few years now and have grown to like it a lot. We’ve also noticed that more and more Apple computers have [...]
8 hacks to make Firefox ridiculously fast
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...TechRadar.com has some tips to help you double your browser’s speed in just five minutes …Firefox has been outperforming IE in every department for years, and version 3 is speedier than ever. But tweak the right settings and you could make it faster still, more than doubling your speed in some situations, all for about five minutes [...]
Subprime Mortgage Crisis Accurately Explained
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...John Bird and John Fortune (The Long Johns) brilliantly, and accurately, describing the mindset of the investment banking community in this satirical interview.
Sept. 19, 1982: Can’t You Take a Joke? :-)
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...With a short post to a computer-science department bulletin board at Carnegie Mellon University, on September 19, 1982 at 11:44 AM, Scott Fahlman became the acknowledged originator of the ASCII-based emoticon. …1982: At precisely 11:44 a.m., Scott Fahlman posts the following electronic message to a computer-science department bulletin board at Carnegie Mellon University: 19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E [...]
Assume the Position
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...In “Assume the Position” Robert Wuhl delivers a memorable lecture that playfully delve into some of the facts, myths, and myths-turned-facts that have permeated American History. This inventive comedic “lecture” mixes current pop culture with historic events and personalities to explore subjects such as America’s leaders, pop icons, strange-but-true facts of society today, and much [...]
iHologram - iPhone application
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The application works by assuming a constant viewing angle (35-45 degrees), typical for when the device is placed on a tabletop. The 3d scene’s perspective is then warped using anamorphic perspective, making the object appear to jump off the screen. davidoreilly.com iHologram - iPhone application from David OReilly on Vimeo.
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