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Don't even bother. It's like reading COMPAQ instruction manuals or wikipedia articles on entries such as "RAM" and "bits". I came across this book because one of those socio-technology-slash-Lawrence-Lessig type books kept making reference to it. Boring. With a... more

I have just finished reading Lewis Mumford's "Authoritarian and Democratic Tecnics" and am quite refreshed at Mumford's point of view. Mumford seems not to be a primitivist but a moderate who seems weary of certain types (or uses) of technology.... more

A $63,000 plasma screen. Now that's just wrong. El equipo, a un costo de $62,999, estará para la venta por pedido especial en las tiendas Sears locales, y ya se han vendido unas tres unidades para consumo en el... more

A water baloon blowing up in slow-motion A live-recorded solo guitar. (One of the neatest I've ever seen.) The opening scene of Gladiator played out on Halo 2 "Open Source" commercials as part of a Chevy Tahoe promotional campaign. ("GM... more

I spent three hours traveling through a barrage of Wikipedia links. I had maybe three windows open, each with about 30 tabs. I'd go one by one, read the entry, open all links of interest in new tabs, and proceed... more

SAN JUAN (EFE) – An annual report presented by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) on Tuesday revealed that 47% of the software installed on the island during 2005 was illegal. In that same year, software piracy also cost local businesses... more

Bhalonious Monk says: CSS is so authoritarian. "Use my fonts bitch." Bhalonious Monk says: But that's good. The masses wouldn't know what fonts to use anyways. Bhalonious Monk says: Jaja. Out trying to save the world! says: lol... more

My new fix: old Twilight Zone episodes.1) Download µtorrent at utorrent.com. 2) Go to TorrentSpy.com and search for "Twilight Zone" or any other program. Click away and enjoy!I'm using Nero Vision to make four and five episode DVDs.... more

Just trippled my RAM and installed a USB 2.0 PCI card. Got a high-speed DVD-RW drive as well. Ordered one of those flexible gel-like keyboards and some wireless headphones from e-bay. Oh boy.... more

Cool software: Context Menu Editor. Get rid of all the right-click clutter. Freeware. The best thing since piracy.... more

Nice wallpaper, eh? The German Exil Music website had a wonderful listing of high-resolution album covers (most of which are from Putumayo releases.) Click on the link to go straight to their album listing. (The page is difficult to navigate... more

MozDev.org offers countless Firefox search plugins, many of which have made my surfing experience a lot more pleasureful. Here are my favorites: (search for them on mozdev.org, since I can't for some reason directly link to them.)Wikipedia Google Print Technorati... more

Two neat FireFox extensions: Google Image Re-Linker allows you to click on Google Image search results and jump straight to the full-sized image. GooglePreview allows you to see a thumbnail preview of [normal] Google search results. Context Search adds your... more

Aparentemente es común para las compañías que redactan diccionarios y enciclopedias el poner entradas falsas para poder detectar a quienes copien su información, así que cuando se regó la voz de que la nueva edición del New Oxford American Dictionary... more

Image stolen from albizu.com.... more

1. Have a 24/7 broadband connection 2. Go to www.bittorrent.com and download the BitTorrent program 3. Go to TorrentSearch.com and do a search for "Earth 2" (or just click here.)' 4. Copy and paste the "Download Torrent" link and... more

Check out the RadicalCartography.net, and interesting site for those who are fascinated by maps, sociology, and foreign policy. The above map depicts the development of the City of Boston. Other maps include the extent of the "U.S. Empire" and... more

Finally! A FireFox extension that grants me the same functions as GoogleBar's "Up a directory" icon. Seesh! Check out "Diggler."... more

Many cities want to offer broadband networks at low cost, or free. In the early years of that experiment, in 2002, Bristol, Va., strung fiber-optic wires for broadband, cable television and telephone service. In Utah, 14 counties have collaborated on... more

NEW YORK -- An organization of more than 8,000 authors accused Google on Tuesday of "massive copyright infringement," saying the powerful Internet search engine cannot put its books in the public domain for commercial use without permission... "By reproducing for... more

After years of hearing references to the grandeur BitTorrent, I have finally taken five minutes out of my schedule to downloaded it. While my minimum-speed DSL and the scarce results of my search queries force me to wait a whole... more

While commercial services attempt to move existing business models to Wi-Fi, many groups, communities, cities, and individuals have already set up free Wi-Fi networks, often adopting a common peering agreement in order that networks can openly share with each other.... more

You might think I'm a dork... but go ahead and call me that as I read my sacred RSS feeds while jamming some Jimmy Smith on my hammock, biach!Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to announce that my entire house... more

[Gasoline Retailers Association President Efrain] Reyes said that as of Wednesday night, consumers would pay 85 cents to 90 cents per liter of gasoline. PRWowI insist that such price hikes are necessary. What else is going to propel the search... more

Yea, I believe in open-source, the Free Culture Movement, freeware, and the liberation of much intellectual property. "Then why are you so passive towards Microsoft and other copyright monoliths?" Well, that's why there exists piracy and hacks, no?... more

Just got a USB cable for my cellphone. Was hoping to be able to upload some more custom MP3s but ran into problems trying to get a hold of a driver for my Motorola. Dammit. After two days of surfing... more

Google does not seize to amaze me. Google Video allows you to search recent video and television transcripts. Geez.... more

...the European regulators ordered the company to offer computer makers and consumers the option of buying a version of XP without Microsoft's Media Player. Microsoft is currently in the process of complying with that regulation. But there is a problem.... more

Google Print... more

By the end of April, the government plans to roll out Connected PC, a program to help millions of low-income Brazilians buy their first computers. If the president's top technology adviser gets his way, the program may end up offering... more

I received an iPod from my brother this last weekend. For all of you with a bad memory, it was not too long ago that I was putting down the whole iPod "coolness" craze. While I find a billion gigs... more

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said this week that the country's public administration will switch to open source software over the next two years, according to reports... Cost is not the only deciding factor for companies in Latin America choosing to... more

Indymedia Uruguay is to become an official news outlet for the leftist Frente Aplio government of Tabare Vazquez. While Indymedia writers tend to be a little too radical for my taste, I am quit happy to see the a "new... more

Those with such faith assume that the new technologies will ultimately succeed, but in fact some of them may succeed and others may not. They assume that the new technologies will succeed quickly enough to make a big difference soon,... more

The Sony Vaio U101 ultra portable laptop features a pointing stick on the right-hand side of the chassis above the keyboard, and the mouse-click buttons on the left-hand side also above the keyboard. This allows the user to operate the... more

Dr. Mario, Nintendo Level 20 by myself or against my buddy Flux.... more

Google does not seize to amaze me. Their new Google Print project that is currently under way is an amazing effort to scan millions of library books (many of which are out of print) with the intention to submit their... more

I'm not sure how much the Puerto Rican government spends every year treating water but a few years ago Puerto Rico's water authority paid $500,000 in federal fines and invested another $500,000 in the upgrade of 40 water treatment plants... more

The 128mb smartdisk that I ordered for my MP3 player arrived today. I've noticed a drastic drop in the quality of my play list. When your MP3 HD is expanded by 200% it does not reflect the best-of-the-best track listing... more

(^_^) Japanese smilies.... more