My iPhone now works as a remote control for my laptop anywhere in the house, provided it’s on the same WiFi network. The laptop, in turn, can stream to speakers in the living room hooked up to the router. If I start morphing into Justin Long, you have permission to put me [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Personal'
Geekgasm
April 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Personal · Tech and Tech Policy
Hoover Bleg
March 20th, 2008 · 5 Comments
One thing that’s recently become clear to me is that I really need to read a biography of J. Edgar Hoover. Anyone care to recommend one?
Tags: Language and Literature · Personal · Privacy and Surveillance
Free at Last, Free at Last
March 7th, 2008 · No Comments
Lemme just second Tom Lee: Jailbreaking = teh awesome. Not sure why I didn’t do it earlier. If you’ve got an iPhone you haven’t unlocked yet, go here.
Tags: Personal · Uncategorized
How to Be Shrill
March 5th, 2008 · No Comments
The FISA battle is giving me some perspective on how the process of beshrillification unfolds:
(1) Republicans make a series of dubious or straight-up false claims in support of their position.
(2) Because the matter is complex, a relatively small number of people are actually paying close enough attention to know how and why the statements are [...]
Tags: Personal · Privacy and Surveillance
The Memory’s First to Go
February 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: Personal
The Writer as Ulysses Lashed to the Mast
February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
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Go Cosmos!
February 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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Tim Blair
January 15th, 2008 · No Comments
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Three Generations
July 13th, 2007 · 3 Comments
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Home Again, Home Again, Jiggetty Jog
July 5th, 2007 · No Comments
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