Wii Remote Hacks

These have been around for a while, but this is still cool.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/johnny_lee_demos_wii_remote_hacks.html

CDC Overview

I follow Marketplace pretty closely. Here's a great overview of the CDO mess that is at the root of this crisis.


Crisis explainer: Uncorking CDOs from Marketplace on Vimeo.

Family Guy Matrix

Work Life Balance

Microsoft Healthcare Vision

Here's a concept video that Microsoft made a while ago.

Azyxxi on YouTube

I found out the cat's out of the bag, so I may as well post this.

Engineering

Too funny. We definitely need more engineering talent in the US.


Nice Idea - The most popular videos are here

IKEA

A new house requires new stuff. We've got an exciting weekend planned with a vist to The Home Depot, Bed Bath and Beyond, and IKEA. Get the reference?

First Mobile Blogger Post

Test Post

Netflix Prize

Need some seed money for that startup? Prove you're smarter than everyone else and you can get $1M for your company. http://www.netflixprize.com//download

Let me know if you want to join my team.

Progressive Health Coverage

Massachusetts is about to release their innovative health care coverage for its citizens. This sounds like a good start but I wonder if corporations will start ditching their healthcare coverage for employees as is suggested in the article. Alternatively, wages may start to increase now as this essentially lowers the supply of discretionary spending and reducing purchasing power since everyone is affected.

Let's hope that this works!

Google 411 (Free)

Google just launched their free 411 service. It's pretty good from my tests. That 1-800-GOOG-411 or 1-800-466-411.

Linux Mobile Phone

OpenMoko is going to be a good substitution to the iPhone.

The Knack

I haven't heard this for years! Someone sent this to me back in about 2000 when I still held an engineering position.

This should have been Vista

I haven't previewed Vista yet, but this seems far more advanced.

Lucky Rally Watchers

I always wondered if any of the spectators got hit. Here's the answer. Apparently all these folks had a Pulp Fiction moment like Samuel Jackson.

Navizon v3 Released

Got GPS? Got a cell phone that runs java or windows mobile? Have wi-fi? Navizon is one of the best ways to keep track of your location and to share it with your friends. The newly release version 3 adds a much improved map (Google) and a much easier way to see where your friends are. Additionally, this version seems much more stable than v2 and v1.

You can purchase the premium version for $19.99 after a 15 day trial or get someone's bluetooth GPS and drive around for a while to build up 10,000 points to get 1 reward point worth $19.99 to your PayPal account. You can continue to map out your area or another state and get additional points as well. Hello Nashville! (I'm travelling there this week)

Enjoy!

Updated Locator

I've written a Google Maps implementation integrating in my Navizon location. This should show my current or last known position on Google Maps. So while I'm commuting or when I want people to know where I am, you can click on the Navizon badge to the right to see where I am.

Enjoy!

Social Networking

So I read an article this weekend stating that there is a simple way to tell your age - What's your email to IM ratio? Over unity (1) and you're probably 35 or older. Way over unity, and you're ancient. Approaching 0 and you're probably 2.

The point here is that if you want to tap into the young professionals and keep on the tech curve, you have to start IM-ing and finding use of other social networking tools.

One new app that is based off an existing idea is Twitter. This is probably one of the easiest apps that I have seen to use and understand.

For all of you that know me out there, please sign-up and start becoming a techy youth!

Wireless Power

One of the biggest inventions that I thought would come during my lifetime was Wireless Power, that is transmitting power without a cord or plug. This seems to have been conceptualized in the MIT Labs and could be in production in a couple years. This is very exciting to see and hopefully it will reach cell phones and portable devices in the near future.