.: Above The Aether :.

Part of me thinks the whirlwind of hype surrounding the iPhone is absolutely ridiculous. Another part of me (the nerdy, gadget-loving part) wants one anyhow. Will the iPhone revolutionize mobile communication as all of the commericals promise? Who knows. However, there are phones out today that can do all of the things the iPhone is [...]

OK, this is a pretty cool service.  Do you want to get out of a cell phone contract to get that new iPhone? You can swap your cell contract with someone looking to do the same at CellSwapper. This is a genius idea.  I’m surprised someone hasn’t come up with it sooner. -Dave

Russian-controlled computers on the international space station were rebooted today. These computers control frivolous things like oxygen and water and seem to be limping along now. Insert random Microsoft Windows joke here. Read the whole story here. -Dave

I’m not sure this will be interesting to anyone, but I felt compelled to describe my love-hate relationship with email as a form of communication in the workplace. I hate email. You see, I get around 300-500 emails every day at work. About a third of these are generated by automated server processes and are [...]

From PhysOrg: A team from MIT’s Department of Physics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN) has experimentally demonstrated an important step toward accomplishing this vision of the future. The team members are Andre Kurs, Aristeidis Karalis, Robert Moffatt, Prof. Peter Fisher, and Prof. John Joannopoulos (Francis Wright Davis [...]

Google has recently launched a nifty Street View feature in their Google Maps product. This essentially gives the user a street level view of the surroundings. It’s very cool for finding landmarks if you are cartographically challenged and need a building or reference point to guide you. Go to google maps and click on the [...]

I stayed up until midnight last night noodling around with my new laptop. Justine is usually my egg timer for when I’ve been in front of the computer too long. Most nights she wanders into the office and reminds me that I should go to bed at some point. Last night she left me to [...]

This is of interest to approximately three of my friends and most likely stupid for everyone else.  Check it out: RADIO CONTROLLED DALEKS! Ok, my excitement has already subsided. -Dave

It’s dawned on me that I can’t possibly keep up with all the RSS feeds in my Google Reader. I subscribe to 192 feeds. The refresh rate on them varies from multiple times a day (Lifehacker=16 posts per day) to maybe once a month. My account looks like someone shoved a grenade into a watermelon [...]

Manmelter 3600ZX Sub-Atomic Disintegrator Pistol The Rayguns: Dr. Grordbort’s Infallible Aether Oscillators, is a line of 1:1 scale antique-styled sci-fi hand weapon props, conceived by Weta Workshop’s Designer Greg Broadmore and meticulously built by Master Model Maker David Tremont. With charming, 1900s contraption styling and finish, the Rayguns evoke the nostalgia of a lost age [...]