This past weekend I attended the MMFX [ Manufacturing Material Effects ] symposium in Indianapolis, IN. This conference presented ideas about how developing digital technologies have and will impact the development of design and thinking, specifically, but not limited to, architecture. At the conference it was suggested, not for the first time, that [...]

A small taste of reality came two weeks ago with all the rain. At my rented house we got 18 inches of water in the basement. Washer, dryer, deep freeze, furnace all broken and needed to be replaced. All cardboard boxes icky and wet, had to be thrown away to the trash [...]

Lewd comments and paternity tests seem to be on every media pundit's mind this week. Reading around in the various blogs and watching commentary/news shows, the talk is all about whether the media spends too much time covering these seemingly worthless events. Celebrity weight loss/gains. Rosie v. Trump. Anna Nicole sexual exploits. These events are [...]

Bioscrypt, a Toronto-based company who has pioneered the field of visual recognition and authentication, has developed a new product to use a users' face as the access control tool.  This new webcam-type device utilizes 3D face recognition technology to authenticate users.  So in order to access someone else's computer, I simply need to make a rubber mask of their face, right?Maybe it's not quite that easy.  Bioscrypt has developed their system to use 40,000 points of recognition in a 3D mesh.  It will also accommodate varying head positions and a wide range of lighting conditions.  But just how …

I think that the fact that YouTube might be the new face of the political scene, is just a statement about American culture and how far we are willing to push the envelope. We are constantly looking for a new way to put out an old message from the incessant amount of song re-makes, to [...]

I give only kudos to Apple Computer and EMI Group for their announced deal Monday. Although I know the discussion of dropping DRM protection stems back Apple CEO Steve Jobs' suggestion earlier this year, I'm truly excited to see that a major label has signed on to the idea. Finally, the big daddies heard the people [...]

Definitely agree with you. As a foreigner living in NYC, I think I can pinpoint a few discrepancies between American media and international outlets: - American media is subjective. You should have noticed on your trip that even British media, although deeply involved in the Iraqi conflict, always report from a third person point of view. They [...]

In the past three months, I've had the privilege of watching the news in 22 different countries. Right now, for example, I just got back to my hotel room in Vienna and turned on BBC World. In every country, from Egypt to the U.A.E. to Malaysia to Cambodia to Russia, I've been [...]

I'll be the first to admit that my blog posts are often...less than positive. I have been blessed with the cynical gift - that is, the ability to find something to complain about in nearly any situation. Well, time now for a change of pace. I've actually found something I like. [...]

I will admit that I am somewhat of a self-proclaimed geek. I enjoy reading gadget blogs, drooling over the latest products from Apple, spending hours coding websites using a plain text editor, and sharing in the ever so popular Mac vs. PC debate. I dress as fashionably as my budget will allow and keep myself well groomed. According to Ricky Montalvo, I may be a technosexual. What is a technosexual you may ask? Montalvo, the man who coined the term, says a technosexual is a term for people who are into lifestyle, fashion, home, grooming. But we take (it) one …