Shock tactics for anti-social mobile use. A handset that sends an electric shock if you talk too loudly has been designed to combat anti-social phone use. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
Cost ‘barrier’ to future phones.
Cost ‘barrier’ to future phones. A study of how real people interact with their mobiles reveals that third generation phones might not take off as the operators hope. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
I’ve updated my site to
I’ve updated my site to use a new Theme from Bryan Bell which I like. Thanks to Bryan for making some great themes available for everyone to use.
eWeek: “Panther” to arrive in
eWeek: “Panther” to arrive in September. Sources familiar with the forthcoming release of Mac OS X “Panther” have told eWeek that Apple will … [MacNN | The Macintosh News Network]
My Segway HT i167
My Segway HT i167 arrived last week, though I only found time to start using it yesterday. I’ve had a lot of fun, and so have many of my co-worklers. I glided (the common term for riding a Segway HT) around Palo Alto for a while today and met lots of people. I’m still a little nervous about using it in public, but people have almost all been very interested and positive about it.
I hope the Palo Alto City Council doesn’t follow the model of San Francisco and ban its use on sidewalks without actually learning about the device and what it’s capable of.
Death Valley Challenge
If you’re looking for a great time driving off-road in the last weekend of March, check out the Death Valley Challenge. Enjoy a weekend racing around Death Valley in a scavenger hunt with other 4×4 owners. Having spent a weekend in Death Valley myself, I highly recommend it.
I’ll be at the The
I’ll be at the The Hayes Mansion in San Jose for my Segway training. Jorg will be coming along with me since he’s the electric vehicle buff. I don’t really plan on using a Segway myself, but I think it’s going to be great for my Dad. I’ve learned a lot about the Segway HT at the SegwayChat.com.
Hollister Hills – March 2003
I joined a bunch of Land Rover owners for some fun at Hollister Hills SVRA last Sunday. We had a great time, and there are plenty of pictures both at my online photo album as well as on the NorCal Land Rover page.
No, my blog’s not dead…just
No, my blog’s not dead…just returning from it’s sabatical. I’ve been working on a new standards compliant version, and I just haven’t found time to finish it. Now that my parents have left I’m hoping to put some work into it and get it up before the end of the month.
Tantek has posted a great
Tantek has posted a great discussion on his weblog about Mozilla 1.2’s “new” feature of type ahead selection of links on a page. I was there when Steve Falkenburg implemented this feature in Mac IE 5.1 back in June 2000. We have been shipping this feature in Mac IE 5.x for OS 9 and OS X since Mac OS X v10.0. Oh well, I guess Mozilla needs to borrow as many features as it can get to try to remain competitive.