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If only T-Mobile would do this, amirite? Seriously, you get what you pay for at $30/mo.

4 days ago on Google unveils 'Project Loon,' an experiment to bring balloon-powered internet to 'the entire world'

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Almost a quarter century back, Intel promised a 64bit future with IA64 (Itanium). The reason: “x86 can’t do that”.

“Just a couple years ago”, Intel shipped its first AMD64 processor, because IA64 was not finding traction. That same year, Intel dumped its Xscale (ARM) division, just months before the smartphone market was set to explode.

It remains to be seen whether this dedication to their own architecture will be Itanic.

10 days ago on DisARMing mobile: is Intel finally ready to live inside your phone?

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1.3 billion is walking around money for Tim Cook. I think Apple actually won the bid, but balked when nobody could make change for a billion dollar note.

10 days ago on Google to buy Waze for $1.3 billion to bolster its maps lead, say reports 10 recommends

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In many cases, graffiti is the artifact.

Desecration, looting, and destruction existed long before Facebook, the smartphone, or even cameras existed. Vanity, greed, and pride are human elements no less powerful than earth, wind, fire, and water.

13 days ago on National Park blames rise in graffiti on social media

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It’s useless in the air, but perhaps handy on the other end of my destination.

Why waste money and/or time checking a bag just because I’m carrying a Leatherman? Knives are banned under a double standard that doesn’t apply to people carrying much larger blades like scissors (up to 4 inches) and ice skates.

14 days ago on TSA drops plans to allow small knives on planes 1 recommend

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I’m not entirely sure it’s representative of all wheelchair users, much less other people with accessibility needs.

But in that case, would it be too much to also ask for signage noting that people use bicycles (quite visibly), and they are not just inanimate objects on the road?

25 days ago on New York City planning to use a new, more progressive handicapped symbol 1 recommend

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I have two responses to this comment:

1) I don’t work in the medical profession and I’m not a health/food nut, but I’ve definitely known about this for years.

2) If I hadn’t heard of it before, one of my two responses to the article would have been “ick”, especially the part about using a tube through the nose.

26 days ago on No shit: can fecal transplants save 14,000 lives a year? 1 recommend

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The media also seems to be perpetuating the irritating use of “hashtag” in conversational English (and perhaps other languages).

…handed over the reigns reins…

#HASHTAGCORRECTIONS

26 days ago on Ashton Kutcher on Twitter: 'the media kind of fucked it up' 1 reply

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Healthy teeth can’t hide the stench of secret meetings, rushed votes, and millions of dollars plucked from thin air. I voted against the means, not the end of fluoridation. You better believe it’s in my toothpaste.

And yes, Portlanders DO cherish their local, fresh Bull Run water, made from pure mountain snow.

28 days ago on After heated battle, Portland residents reject bid to fluoridate city drinking water 1 reply 3 recommends

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Whatever the merits, Shia LaBeouf is film cancer.

28 days ago on Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac' digitally stitches actors' faces to naked body doubles 1 recommend