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Comcast DOCIS 3.0 rolled out in Calvert County

I’m here waiting for my new DOCIS3.0 modem to arrive from the Comcast man (1.5 hours into my 3 hour install window). So in preparation I decided to do one last ‘normal’ cable modem test before the new one comes in.
Actually the speeds today are not that bad. I guess everyone is off [...]

Trapped and injured in an earthquake? There’s an iPhone app for that

Dan Woolley was trapped under the rubble of the Haiti earthquake without much information about what to do.  He was in pain, but not sure of his overall situation.  He needed help, and believe it or not, it was just a finger slide away.
His iPhone.
Woolley used his iPhone as a flashlight (a totally under-appreciated function) [...]

More Google Wave Invites

I have five more google wave invites if anyone wants one.
You aren’t missing much though…

How to download a Youtube video with Safari and convert it for your iPhone

You know, I get asked this all the time, so here are the instructions.

Find the Youtube video you want.  
Click PLAY.
While the video is playing, goto the top of the page and open WINDOW–>ACTIVITY 
Take a look at all the elements of that page (you may have to click the ‘carrot’ to display)
Find the one that [...]

Haiti People Finder: Technology in Chaos

Google is offering a “Person Finder” solution for websites to help folks stay in touch with those who are missing in the Haitian earthquake disaster.
This simple code allows you to have a I’m am Lost I am Found kind of solution to any website (though it is acting up a bit at the moment).
Here is [...]

How satellites are being retasked to help the Haiti rescue mission.

 
 
I’ve taken a bit of a break from digital media blogging this week.  The jetlag from Vegas/CES and the fact the Haiti story is just so much more important than new TVs has led to me blogging about that disaster instead.
One of the interesting things I’ve been reading about is the actual process by which [...]

My Brent Spiner (Cmdr. Data) photo from the IWSIV party

Yea, it was low light and all I had was an iPhone, but I did manage to snap a quick picture of Brent Spiner from the It Won’t Stay in Vegas Party in Las Vegas last week.  I also met Levar Burton and quite a few tech celebrities like Robert Scoble, Leo Laporte and Dr. [...]

A third wave of H1N1? We’ll know in a few weeks

The predictions have been out there for some time that we would get a third wave of this most recent novel H1N1 pandemic.  Previous pandemics have behaved similarly, and the idea that H1N1 will ‘obey’ the general flu season is something that was shot to hell as it spread around during the last Summer.  Still, [...]

So just how much money is there in search in China?

Of course with yesterday’s “New Course” announcement there has been a lot of talk about Google surrendering the market to Baidu or other search engines in China.  But I was curious and decided to take a quick look at the numbers right now for revenues in search in China.  I was actually quite surprised at [...]

Google: I’m shocked, shocked to find that evil is going on in here!

Well this was not unexpected.
Google has announced, on their English-language blog, that because of cyberattacks directed against certain human rights figures who use Google email accounts, Google is going to stop filtering their searches and if the Chinese government doesn’t like it, they are going to pull up stakes from China.
I’m shocked, shocked to find [...]

3D TV or Die: Television’s last gasp gimmick to slow IPTV?

So everyone who went to Vegas came back talking about 3D televisions, and I guess I probably should as well.
The folks who saw 3D tv and who were awestruck basically fell into two categories:  gamers and sports fans.  The gamers were really excited about some of their favorite titles ending up in HD, and the [...]

Some cool things at CES missed by the major media

I’m at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas and very tired after a long day of travel and walking around a massive massive convention hall.  The LVCC was built in phases so you’ll walk through a huge hall, then into a small hallway and then suddenly find yourself in another massive hall, and then some [...]

What will be the cool things at CES this year?

The gadget blog dvice.com has their 5 Tech Trends at CES, though I’m not sure I agree with the ordering.  3D Tv (?), Pico projectors (to put your iPhone video on the wall), ebooks (dull), tablets (not until Apple speaks) and connected everything (probably).  It doesn’t mention mobile tech which will be getting a lot [...]

A brilliant idea, but…

Lots of startup excitement around the house this weekend, and a bit of cussing.
Over the last few days I’ve been researching an untapped area of the ‘Green tech’ movement.  Something that would make quite a bit of sense, would be quick to market, and something that would have multiple channels to revenue, let alone venture [...]

Off to Vegas, again

Every year I went to CES (and this is about the seventh trip) I’ve said “oh god, why do I come!” The crowds, the chaos, and usually the weather (it actually snowed one year).
But sometimes it is fun. One year I took Doc Searls around showing him what it was like to be a [...]

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