Seamless 3-monitor Display
Posted: August 28, 2006 Filed under: Gadgets 3 CommentsI’ve used 2 (sometimes 3) monitors at my desktop for so long now that I’ve come to consider having a second display indispensable. One of the problems with using more than one monitor is the bezels; no matter how closely together one places the displays or how carefully angled, there is always a split somwhere in the middle. Enter the Radius 320 – a 50″ diagonal 4800×1200 monster of an LCD display…with no seams! There is no pricetag evident on the site; I take this to mean, “If you have to ask…”
xkcd Does It Again
Posted: August 28, 2006 Filed under: funny, Nerd Stuff 1 CommentThis one had me laughing out loud this morning…
Software Licensing
Posted: August 8, 2006 Filed under: General Leave a commentIf this isn’t an argument for open source software, then I don’t know what is: Giant Robot Imprisons Parked Cars
The gist: a giant city-owned robotic parking garage in Hoboken traps hundreds of cars inside. Why? …because the license for the software that runs the robots expired.
[Found on Dvorak Uncensored; also seen on BoingBoing]
Nerd Webcomics
Posted: August 7, 2006 Filed under: funny, Nerd Stuff Leave a commentI’ve been keeping an eye on xkcd – “A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language” – for a while now. It’s kind of hit-and-miss for me, but today’s post made me laugh out loud…