"This was my favorite video to shoot in Berlin. I love all this visionary stuff. What's really cool is that Phil not only has a vision, but also the ability to communicate it and make it happen with the extensive R empire HP has amassed." - Sparky
"It's hard to argue with free money. Surprisingly I *don't* want the money, but would be honored if you would make a donation to the Red Cross in my name :)" - Sparky
Remotely deliverable pain, now in a convenient jeep mounted form factor. The Raytheon people seem rather short sighted to not get how something like this is just plain and simple a bad idea. - Sparky
Great tips for anyone who gets involved in an unfortunate run-in with the police. Particularly if you are innocent remember to follow these simple rules and it will help things go much more smoothly. - Sparky
My favorite author Cory Doctorow's short story on Salon.com about what would happen if Google and Homeland Security teamed up for the ultimate in invasive personal search. - Sparky
Typographic art! Justin uses old typwriters (heavily modified I'm assuming) to create beautiful images that have surreal and organic qualities. - Sparky
An iPhone derived Intel prototype of what looks like the ultimate portable device. It looks a bit too long for my tastes, but I certainly wouldn't mind a slightly larger all-screen iPhone! - Sparky
Neat! Typography control at a very granular level on the web - it's very cross browser compliant, downgrades gracefully, and generally is a web designers dream! - Sparky
OK - this is cool: cooking food with magnets. This new induction range from GE allows you to cook food in cast iron and magnetic stainless steel pots without heating up the surroundings, or even the range itself. I wonder what this kind of magnetic field - Sparky
A new study shows that 1 in 3 American's would rather have the internet than sex! The study also dives into what is more important to people: TV, their cell phones, or the internet. - Sparky
NYT blog post about the iPhone, it's cost's, and the kickbacks Apple is getting from carriers. The point that the iPhone price could drop further is an obvious one, but some of the details are interesting. - Sparky
Lifehacker links to both an article and a great diagram on packing for vacation via the wrapping method. These claim that this makes for more compact packing, less wrinkles, and from the looks of it a great way to protect a laptop or similar equipment in - Sparky
The folks at Navizon have created a 3rd party application for the iPhone (jailbreaking required) which using cell phone tower latency and triangulation to approximate your location and pass it to the iPhone Google Maps application. Not quite as accurate a - Sparky
I'm an IMAP fan myself, but webmail is here, and it's obviously here to stay. Lifehacker's write up on the two providers and some analysis on what each one gets right. - Sparky
I need this so badly my spleen hurts. Not only does the guy have the coolest looking home theater setup ever, but he's stocked to the gills with Meridian gear! - Sparky
Brow beating and chest puffing aside this may mean that CS3 won't work with Leopard out of the box. I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in feeling that I'll have to wait for this to be addressed prior to upgrading to Leopard - as cool as Apples OS 10.5 looks I - Sparky
Our dear friend Jack Thompson is at it again - this time saying that the latest Grand Theft Auto game is a specific threat to his physical security. - Sparky
For once I agree with the oft-outspoken Dan Savage - this gay restroom sex sting business is getting out of hand. I'll be the first to agree that sex in a public restroom is just plain wrong - but a proposition of another man clearly isnt. - Sparky
Mozilla is spinning Thunderbird off into MailCo, a $3m startup aimed at making Thunderbird the worlds most powerful open source mail client. Hopefully this move will see Thunderbird upgraded to be more of a competitor to Outlook and other corporate messag - Sparky
