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This Dilbert is a bit old, but it is still good! Enjoy.
I saw this beautiful lithograph by Tom Everhart in a gallery in the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas last week-end.
S2 Art printed 500 signed and numbered lithographs on a special 'atelier' lithography machine in New York. It is about 5 feet wide with incredible colors, and is called 'Snooze Alarm Boogie'. I was sooooo tempted to buy it. Tom Everhart was a friend of Schulz, and is the only artist authorized to depict the cartoon characters of Schulz's. His art is called "Expresstoonism".
I recently tried out the the new T-Mobile PocketPC Phone - serviced by VoiceStream/T-Mobile with GPRS connectivity. Although it was quite nice doing a 3-way AIM chat while in a taxi on the way to work, I ended up returning it for the Sony Ericsson T68 (with bluetooth and GPRS).
The reason for this was mostly related to the fact that the PocketPC is just not that good a phone. Using on-screen keys (no tactile feedback) and having to worry about carrying your phone is just no good at all.
Here is a
great discussion on why the future is in small phones with bluetooth connectivity (like the T68) to your PocketPC and your laptop.
Kyocera is coming out with a new phone/organizer, the 7135, that looks awesome. Not sure yet when this will be released, but the stereo headset, built-in expansion card slot, and color Palm OS 4.1 seems like a winning combination.
I have been going back and forth on the PDA/phone thing... Do I want a PDA with phone capabilities, or a phone with PDA capabilities. Well, I think this one might just sway me.
This is one way to learn about semiconductors! From
britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm:
"It is a little known fact, that Ms Spears is an expert in semiconductor physics. Not content with just singing, in the following pages, she will guide you in the fundamentals of the vital laser components that have made it possible to hear her super music in a digital format."
This little Sony PCG-U1 has a 6.4-in., XGA TFT-LCD screen, features a 820g body. Wow.
The major specifications include a Crusoe TM5800 867MHz microprocessor, main memory of 256MB (maximum: 384MB), hard disk of 20GB, a network connector supporting 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX, two USB ports, and an IEEE1394 port. The standard battery runs about 2.5 to 4 hours. The external dimension is 184.5mm x 139mm x 30.6mm, and runs Windows XP Home Edition.
This had to happen at some point. The Senseboard Virtual Keyboard will ship early 2003 for around $150. Aparently, it did not work too well at Comdex. It works by tracking the muscle movements in the palm of the hand. When you extend your left pinky finger in midair and strike it down as if you were going to strike the "Q" key Senseboard displays the letter "Q" on the monitor.
18 Apr 02 - 01:56Soundbug
The
Soundbug attaches to any flat surface and transforms it into a speaker. Just plug it into a headphone jack, and attach it to a flat surface like a window or tabletop. The sound is then vibrated through the surface, turning it into a huge speaker. Very cool idea.
This is a pretty impressive site for Developers, Architects, and Managers of IT projects. I like the idea of user ratings on the contents (Oracle does the same on Metalink, and MS on TechNet...). Good topics like Web Services, Asynchronous application, Complex Database things etc.
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories has created a wirelessly-enabled glass that can automatically notify bartenders and other servers when you need a refill.
"Each glass contains a microchip that derives power from a radio-frequency coil inside the base. The glass is coated with a conducting material that enables it to serve as a capacitor, which monitors changes in the level of liquid it holds...The microchip not only continually reads the change in capacitance and uses the embedded coil to notify when the customer needs a refill, it also contains a code that identifies a specific glass and the table where it is being used. Information from the smart glass can be sent to a handheld device carried by the server, for instance, or to a receiver behind the bar."
I think
Lapvantage has a great idea here. They supply a little program to rotate your display. Combined with this (ugly?) stand, you can now have a portrait display with your laptop! Price is around $80, though...
Gomadic Corp. has recently released their new iPAQ Power Sync cable. Now you can power and synch your iPaq through your USB port. For $15, I think this 3-foot long cable is great.
VKB just announced a full-size fully functional virtual keyboard that can be projected and typed on any surface at the CeBIT fair in Hanover, Germany.
RIM is coming out with a new Blackberry, the 5810, now with a built-in phone. This looks like quite the toy. According to
anywhereyougo, it will run on VoiceStream or AT&T here in the US, and will cost $500, with service pricing around $40 per month for voice and data.
Found
this funny page with a spoof of the Enron Voice Mail system. Check it out...
The silvery device features 8 MB of memory, an expansion slot, a USB port for faster synchronization and a monochrome screen. It operates on a rechargeable lithium battery... wow. Looks like it will be selling for around $449.
A new TouchPad, called the
cPad, from Synaptics, with a touch-sensitive LCD screen where the notebook's TouchPad would be. Could be used as an application launcher, calculator, calendar display, sticky notes.
I really like this. Very bold move launching it in this economy, but that is Steve Jobs for you. With the new iBook (which I LOVE) and the new Operating System (Mac OSX) I think Apple might just be getting back into the game. Read more in the
Time.
I saw this beautiful lithograph by Tom Everhart in a gallery in the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas last week-end. S2 Art printed 500 signed and numbered lithographs on a special 'atelier' lithography machine in New York. It is about 5 feet wide with incredible colors, and is called 'Snooze Alarm Boogie'. I was sooooo tempted to buy it. Tom Everhart was a friend of Schulz, and is the only artist authorized to depict the cartoon characters of Schulz's. His art is called "Expresstoonism".