Month February 2007

Sleeeep

A company named Zyren has an interesting "clock" that they are marketing as the sleep system Night Cove that controls the ambient light in your environment. As a huge fan of sleep I can only imagine the endless hours of well managed, scientifically crafted sleep it could provide - just the thing for the wonky winter nights in Alaska. Despite my torrid love affair with sleep I remember the days when I was a morning person and I miss them. [via]

More to Touch Means More to Love

Jeff Han and the Multi-Touch display get a lot of coverage and for good reason. The technology is a revolutionary way to interface with computers and strikes a particular chord with visually-oriented folks. The latest video is of a larger…

The Wisdom of Six

...on The Meaning of 8. The Sneeze is featuring a review of Cloud Cult's new album The Meaning of 8 - by the resident 6-year old and music guru. Overall he gives an enthusiastic thumbs up and provides some pure insight. It is an absolute joy to read.

While your over at The Sneeze check out "Steve Don't Eat It" where all your questions about the strange mystery food on the grocery shelves are answered - or where you are just grossed out.

Pulveria – Whaa?

While surfing the grid today I came across and island named Pulveria. I half expected to land in the middle of some intense game world, but instead I found myself in front of a few Vivox booths (they should have…

Playing Nice with Vista

Linden Lab has announced that they plan on having a Vista-friendly client ready in a few weeks. Though a few people claim to be able to run SL on Vista it certainly still a crap shoot. The first efforts have…

Where’s Web2.0?

There are probably a whole lot of Web2.0 collections out there but go2web20.net is certainly the most Web2.0 of them that I have come across. There’s a whole lot of time-killin’ potential if you’re planning on visiting.

A Series of Pipes

Over the past week or so I have been getting re-acquainted with my Yahoo account ever since Flickr decided I needed to tie my two accounts together. Lo and behold I discovered their mashup service Pipes. I can’t help but…

Noteable: Velociraptor

Although I couldn't make it to the NMC Teachers' Buzz this morning, I did log in to see just how much the NMC area has grown. So many islands - and a lot of talent too. While exploring I came across an amazing velociraptor built by Ravenelle Zugzwang located on Service. I didn't even know prims could do things like that!