Ugly Computer: Archive

“Nothing can be said abut the sea.”

– Another Beauty - Adam Zagajewski (Scroll up and read from p75)

Jul 28th

“Brain scans of a speaker and listener showed their neural activity synchronizing...”

– Good Connection Really Does Lead to Mind Meld | Wired

Jul 27th

Jul 26th

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Jul 26th

“Owners of the iPhone will be able to legally break electronic locks on their...”

– New gov’t rules allow unapproved iPhone apps

Jul 26th

Jul 23rd

Wikileaks' estranged co-founder becomes a critic... →

John Young (cryptome.org) talks about his involvement in the first days of wikileaks and the circumstances around his early departure.

Jul 21st

Jul 19th

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Top Secret America | washingtonpost.com →

Fantastic massive site detailing “1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies work on programs related to counterterrorism, homeland security and intelligence.”

Jul 19th

FreeType Project Cheers TrueType Patent Expiration →

Jul 19th

Jul 16th

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Jul 15th

Lexington: Where has all the greatness gone? | The... →

This column wishes respectfully to propose a temporary ban on references in political debate to both American greatness and American exceptionalism. […] The case for the ban is that both terms have been emptied of serious meaning, converted into slogans.

Jul 15th

Google's new weapon in fighting Apple App Store --... →

App Inventor for Android is released. Sounds fantastic. Android has this while iPhone won’t even allow Scratch. Seriously.

Jul 14th

Video relay calling breakthrough uses FaceTime to... →

this is a neat but ineffectual (wifi? iphone only?) step in the right direction. see comments.

Jul 14th

Jul 13th

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Jul 13th

NYC DOT Looking for Developers With DIY Ideas

alphaonelabs: The New York City Department of Transportation needs your help! We want to provide more and more useful information to the traveling public about traffic and transportation. We know we’ve got a lot of the raw data, we need you to help us separate the wheat from the chaff. Here at the DOT we’re plugged into all of the comings and goings of the city - we’re constantly monitoring...

Jul 13th

For Air Safety, 400 Prospect Park Geese Are Killed... →

Pretty low, pretty grim, Agriculture Dept. … And uh, Isolde, Times? This was NOT “euthanizing.” You wrote it twice, and you are wrong. CO2 deaths are painful (but cheap)… this was anything but a mercy-killing to relieve their suffering. Oh look, you blog post is even titled blah blah Euthanize. Sad, Isolde, get a language.

Jul 13th