Archive for the 'tech' Category

Slate: A Factory in Every Foyer

April 22, 2014

Tried a #3DPrinter & All I Made Was Plastic Goo. Good comparison to sewing machines, ie it’s not mass-market #tech
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2014/03/solidoodle_4_testing_the_home_3_d_printer.html

Why Privacy Is Actually Thriving Online | Threat Level | WIRED

April 18, 2014

Why #Privacy Is Actually Thriving Online. Mentions social
#steganography, using slang to hide messages in plain sight
http://prod2.wired.com/2014/03/privacy-is-dead

Automatic Link driving assistant can now auto-post to Facebook, other apps

April 14, 2014

Automatic Link driving assistant can now auto-post: bluetooth between #car & #iPhone allows easy car data collection
http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/26/automatic-link-ifttt

Hands On With Carousel: Dropbox’s New Photo-Organization App

April 10, 2014

http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/carousel-hands-on-dropbox

FYI: The Cofounder Of 23andMe’s Next Project: Mining Your Quantified Self

April 6, 2014

Cofounder Of 23andMe’s Next Project: Mining Your #QuantifiedSelf. @lindaavey’s @WeAreCurious creates a forum for this
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3027630/the-cofounder-of-23andmes-next-project-mining-your-quantified-self

The Face Behind Bitcoin – Newsweek

April 5, 2014

The Face Behind #Bitcoin. Satoshi Nakamoto, hiding in plain sight w. >$100M. Interesting to read his strenuous denial
http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/03/14/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto.html

High-Tech Solutions for House and Apartment – NYTimes.com

April 1, 2014

High-Tech Solutions for House & Apartment: Your home tweeting its temperature, the future internet of things
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/realestate/high-tech-solutions-for-house-and-apartment.html #sensors

What Happens When Amazon and Google Go to War? — Daily Intelligencer

April 1, 2014

What Happens When Amazon and Google Start a Price War Over the Future of the Internet? Large #AWS price cut!
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/03/what-happens-when-amazon-and-google-go-to-war.html $GOOG

RoomScan creates floor plans automatically – TUAW

March 24, 2014

http://m.tuaw.com/2014/03/23/roomscan-creates-floor-plans-automatically

Alternatives to Adobe Products

March 3, 2014

Pixelmator (photoshop Mac alternative): http://www.pixelmator.com Has a vector mode:
http://www.pixelmator.com/blog/2013/05/14/introducing-vectormator/

Latest version of GIMP for Mac OS X does not require X11:
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

Dreamweaver & Illustrator alternatives:
http://www.onextrapixel.com/2013/06/18/10-best-alternatives-to-adobe-dreamweaver/ http://www.onextrapixel.com/2011/03/15/10-best-alternatives-to-adobe-illustrator

http://pikimal.com/html-editor

It’s sort of like Dreamweaver for $130
http://www.artisteer.com/