Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
As a parent, you get used to instructional books that teach children about such things as how babies are made, emotions, and other mature themes in children-safe formats. Bright colors, ambiguous wording, and lots of smiling reassuring people help nail the point down.
With Super Bowl XLII recently passed, ...
Posted in Technology, Videos, Cool Sites, Funny | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Years ago, people had no idea what a CAPTCHA was. Around 2000, the term came into existance, as an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart". The first CAPTCHA was developed by Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas Hopper and John Langford ...
Posted in Technology, Just Shocking | 1 Comment »
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
For those of us that were young when the Nintendo and Super Nintendo were the most popular video game consoles around, many of us grew so used to the games like Zelda, Super Mario Brothers, and other otherwise simple games. We could recite tactics, strategies, and level layouts in ...
Posted in Technology, Just Shocking, Fun Games, Funny | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 10th, 2007
Automation is the new wave of the future. We have everything from our food to our own bodies implanted with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chips nowadays. RFID chips allow us to let machines handle the scanning and security. But while the machines can tell you if something ...
Posted in Social Engineering, Technology, Just Shocking, What Do YOU Think?, Overheard Gems | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
A dear friend of mine had her entire family belongings taken from them during a house fire in her early youth. Now picture that for a moment with the fires in California burning. Sit back and wonder if you no longer had pictures to show you what you ...
Posted in Technology, Tragedy, Just Shocking | 2 Comments »
