November 20, 2009

Buying a New Television

Humorous flowchart. I have a 19" tube-type TV next to my computer, and I'm happy as as clam.

Dumping Java cache improves browser performance

"If your browser takes forever to open, it could be due to an overloaded Java cache."

November 18, 2009

Allmyapps Bulk-Installs Your Favorite Apps, Makes System Rebuilding Less Painful

"Windows/Linux: One of the most irritating things about reinstalling your operating system is installing all the non-OS applications you love. Allmyapps lets you select all your favorite apps and roll them into a bulk installer to make rebuilding easy."

November 13, 2009

Send stealthy, encrypted missives via the web with Norbt

"Your recipient must correctly answer the secret question. Once they do, your note is decrypted and displayed for their eyes only."

November 10, 2009

Digital Tattoo Interface Turns Your Skin Into A Display

"She lightly pushes a small dot on the skin on her left forearm to suddenly reveal a two by four inch tattoo with the image of the cell phone's digital display, directly in the skin of her arm. She answers the call by pushing a tattooed button on her arm. While she's talking, the tattoo comes to life as a digital video of the caller. When she finishes, the tattoo disappears."

November 09, 2009

How Mr. Q Manufactured Emotion

"As a person walks from Tomorrowland to Fantasyland, for example, each of the hundreds of speakers slowly fades in different melodies at different frequencies so that at any point you can stop and enjoy a fully accurate piece of music, but by the time you walk 400 feet, the entire song has changed and no one has noticed."