Internal Mono(b)log

Found this application while poking around the net…

Developed by Xeric Design on behalf of Brainwave, pzizz is a remarkable new application that combines several proven techniques to give you the most refreshing and revitalising ‘nap’ possible. We have combined Neurolinguistic Programming with enchanting music, voice, sound effects and a binaural beat to induce a wonderfully relaxed state.

A quick trial that I just did was pretty sweet. I can see this being amazing for those nights you can’t get to sleep or when you just need to unwind for a bit.

Check it out: [Pzizz](http://www.timepalette.com/pzizz.php)

[This](http://artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/) is one of the most amazing keyboards I’ve ever seen. Boy! Do I want one of these!!! Wonder if it works on Mac – it should!!!

Typically I don’t enter into the “My OS is better than your OS battle”; however, today I came across something in OSX that just made me smile (something rare when using Windows – smiling that is).

The latest OSX incarnations introduced the “Dashboard” – a set of widgets that are typically offscreen, but that can be activated with a key press or mouse gesture. Today, while poking about the net, I discovered a WordPress dashboard widget that allows me to publish blog entries from my dashboard.

Yup, that’s it… not earthshattering, but like I said, it made me smile.

IHT.COM is running a story about a guy who is being charged with unauthorized access to a computer network (a 3rd degree felony) for using someone else’s *unsecured* wifi connection.

Now perhaps I’m oversimplifying this a bit, but… If I’m walking down the street and I come across a tray of cookies on a table at the end of someone’s driveway, I may be inclined to grab one. They’re being offered for free, it would seem.

I would apply the same thought pattern to using someone else’s *unsecured* wifi to access the Internet. There are quantities of documentation on the web telling consumers how to secure their WIFI node if they’re concerned about it being used by others. Failure to lock down your wifi access point, is in essence giving its use away for free. I feel this is especially true if the person using your access point is *only* using it to get access to the Internet and while on the ‘net they’re not doing anything bad (like spamming, etc.). Since most Internet consumers pay flat rate for their connection, the person donating the use of their WIFI access point is loosing nothing.

Nothing stolen = No crime.

Ok… this is too geeky (even for me)!! Yes a Scrolling LED Beltbuckle, capacity 6 messages of 256 characters each.

More details here

Ok… I’m in lust. Technolust that is…

The Solar Flare Messenger Bag features an integrated solar charging solution designed to accommodate the most common consumer electronics currently used today. The stylish messenger bag is a quality, durable product with or without the solar charging feature. It features multiple pockets for a cell phone, PDA, iPod, or other accessories. The bag features many sections for carrying papers, files, books, and a laptop computer. Other features include a padded shoulder strap, padded back section, side water bottle pockets, an elastic lanyard for keys, and a quick release clip.

The solar charging solution provides up to 2.5 watts of power to trickle charge your high-tech toys using an existing 12V auto adapter.

Now don’t get me wrong… I’m frequently happy to leave all technology behind and hide from the work-a-day world, but if you *have to* bring technology with you. What better way to get away and bring it along at the same time.

Link from Linuxelectrons.com

Ok enough doom and gloom and instead a solution, or at least the thought behind a solution.

Many people in North America have seen images of fields of wind turbines spinning silently and generating power to heat and light our homes, power our computers, etc.. Unfortunately there are very few of us who have actually, in person, seen such a “field of green (power)”. Realestate prices being what they are, this isn’t really too much of a surprise. Here, in Southern Ontario, to find a site that would be appropriate for wind generation that isn’t already over built and heavily populated would be challenging at best.

Everyone agrees that Green Power^TM is going to be a necessity going forward, so here’s a solution:

Put arrays of wind turbines on platforms in the middle of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.

You could build them onto similar structures as oil drilling platforms that sit off the coasts in oceanic waters and probably put 4-9 turbines per platform. There are no buildings, trees, hills, or other obstacles to interfere with the wind out there. You won’t have to deal with people complaining about the noise, lost realestate or threats to birds. These stations could run, mostly unattended and be serviced by helicopter when required.

Ok, sure, I don’t have the hundreds of millions of dollars required to do this, but there must be corporations out there who do. As prices for nuke, coal, natural gas, hydro based electricity get higher and higher, this *has* to start looking attractive.

Yesterday in the car on the way into The City, we were talking about the concept of “The Chip” – a human-computer interface consisting of a chip installed in the brain that is always connected to the ‘net and has at its disposal all the computational and search power that exists there.

At first, it sounds like an interesting idea. Hook into all that information, the ultimate “always on” experience. Then we started looking at the downsides. Can you imagine how bad it’d be if some hacker breeched the firewall on the chip. People’s brains would start getting spammed, or used by hackers that need space to store files, or worst be the subject of denial of service attacks…

Maybe “the chip” isn’t such a good idea afterall 🙂

I’ve been a MT user since I started blogging just over a year ago. I like MT, the interface is clean and authoring, administering, managing is pretty quick and easy.

I decided to try WordPress for this blog and I have to say… WOW! The install literally took less than *5 minutes* and was so simple that I think that anyone could manage it. The theme management puts MT to shame and thankfully there is built in comment spam protection.

It’s going to take me a bit to customize my templates to my liking, but generally, wordpress seems to be “the cat’s meow”™.