Origins of Cell Phones

ZDnet has an interesting interview with Martin Cooper who patented some technology in the development of cellular phones.

Google This and Google That

Googlism and GooglePeople let you use the Google API to learn some interesting things. Try them out. Enter your own name for example. Then learn if the “world” loves you or hates you.

Flash for Flash’s Sake is Wrong

Flash is a tricky technology. In the right hands, it’s amazing. Done poorly, it’s at best a bad experience and at worst, negative PR. Now, Macromedia wants to take Flash out of the browser. I feel the idea has benefits but again, only if the hands building the application understand the right way to build interactive applications. Flash for the sake of sizzle is wrong.

Are We Winning the War?

I found this piece on Slate titled, How To Tell If We’re Winning in Iraq, insightful and balanced. Interesting stuff as more and more Americans look to see how the war is going.

War in Iraq Starts

The war on Iraq to remove the Hussein regime began last night. Don’t how long this endeavor should take, but I do know that this is not the real Saddam. It’s like that game show, To Tell the Truth. Will the real Saddam now stand up! Forget it, he won’t because he’s already hiding under a rock in some sympathetic neighboring country.

Solar Power is Hot

Solar power is a no-brainer. So why haven’t we seen consumer solutions? I don’t know. But here’s one of them straight from the man himself, Bob Vila.

Hurry Up and Wait

Search your 20GB hard drive for a file and it takes minutes. Search literally millions of pages on Google and it takes a couple of seconds. Why is that?

Abortionists Deserve Recognition

Only 3 days left. ‘Til what you ask? Not St. Patrick’s day, that’s on the 17th. Ash Wednesday? Nope, just had that. Well what then? National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. Send flowers. Send cards. Heck, step in a give them a day off.

Scrolling down their list of sponsors, I found it odd that Ms. magazine was in the mix. I expected radical-left groups like the ACLU and People for the American Way (what a misnomer), but I thought Ms. was like another Cosmo. Guess Ms. is more concerned with terminating an unwanted pregancy than things like this month’s Comsmo advice question: “Should I have a one-night stand to lose my virginity?”

Maybe Cosmo and Ms. are more similar than I thought.

“Mobile Gaming Gets More Attractive‚Äù

Still on mobile phones… if adding PDA functionality to your phone isn’t enough, Nokia and others are betting that you’d like to use your phone to play games. Not just games like Minesweeper or Bejeweled, but competing online much like with the new game consoles. Now, I don’t know about you, but playing online games on a computer with a 19″ monitor is one thing. Moving to a console with its limited input devices is a step down. So then with a mobile phone, you got an even smaller monitor and a bunch of tiny buttons. Yeah, that screams gaming excitement!

Sweet Matrix Phone

Like gadgets? Yes? Like blogs? Yes? Then Gizmodo.com is for you! Fan of The Matrix? Gizmodo led me to the new Matrix phone by Samsung.

Fire and Ice

If you’re even stuck in Greenland and freezing to death, you might take this guy’s advice and use the ice to start a fire.