Mark Oeltjenbruns' Radio WeblogThe glass isn't half full or half empty, it's too big!(Untitled)- March 18, 2003 Handheld video. Archos AC340 audiovideo player.. Saw this in Wired this month. Looks cool - at least a heck of a lot cooler than the previous stuff archos has put out. "The AV340 looks like it might be the real deal when it comes to watching video on the go: it can store up to 80 hours of video on its 40GB hard drive, has a 3.8-inch LCD screen, also plays both MP3s, and, with an optional attachment, can even be transformed into 3 megapixel digital camera." via Gizmodo nick...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106094/2003/03/18.html#a1560 (Untitled)- March 18, 2003 hong kong flu. BBC: A global warning has been issued about a virulent flu and pneumonia sweeping hospitals in Hong Kong and Vietnam. Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog This worries me since it seems to be an airborne virus. Easy to spread, hard to stop.http://radio.weblogs.com/0106094/2003/03/18.html#a1559 (Untitled)- March 18, 2003 Is the Brain Equivalent to a Turing Machine. From the NewScientist.com: "The world's first brain prosthesis - an artificial hippocampus - is about to be tested in California. Unlike devices like cochlear implants, which merely stimulate brain activity, this silicon chip implant will perform the same processes as the damaged part of the brain it is replacing. The prosthesis will first be tested on tissue from rats' brains, and then on live animals. If all goes well, it will then be tested as a...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106094/2003/03/18.html#a1557 (Untitled)- March 18, 2003 More about RFID-based e-money. In response to my post about RFID-enabled railroad passes in Tokyo, several readers of this blog pointed out: Robert Renling points out: "We have this is sweden also on most public transport systems." Number5 points out: Public transport systems like metro and bus in Guangzhou, China started to adopt these RFID systems this year. As to small amount payment, there is another way: mobile phone. You can buy drinks or snacks auto seller machine by send sms to a...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106094/2003/03/18.html#a1558 (Untitled)- March 18, 2003 Scott Love tells the story of outliners. Scripting Newshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0106094/2003/03/18.html#a1556 (Untitled)- March 18, 2003 Unknown. "Barnum was wrong - it's more like every 30 seconds." Quotes of the Dayhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0106094/2003/03/18.html#a1555 (Untitled)- March 18, 2003 George Burns. "Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair." Quotes of the Dayhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0106094/2003/03/18.html#a1554 (Untitled)- March 18, 2003 Ed Macauley. "When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win." Motivational Quotes of the Dayhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0106094/2003/03/18.html#a1553 (Untitled)- March 18, 2003 The Work of the Chariot. "When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in the worlds of time." Motivational Quotes of the Dayhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0106094/2003/03/18.html#a1552 (Untitled)- March 18, 2003 Seb does it again. Towards Structured Blogging. Lately I've been thinking about how we could evolve blogging tools to allow people to author more structured (dare I say semantic) content, so that other people could find their stuff that they find of interest more easily. Right now what we have, globally speaking, is pretty much a huge pool of blog posts, each implicitly tied to a particular weblog author and with a date slapped on. Now, say I've written a review of the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106094/2003/03/18.html#a1551 |