Whuffie

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41158832009-11-11T06:52:53.226-08:00WhuffieThoughts and machinations about the concept of ''Whuffie'' so penned by sci-fi author Cory Doctorow in ''Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom''. Also other various semi related sci-tech comments.xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.comBlogger398125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-45671367085856529262008-09-09T09:21:00.000-07:002008-09-09T11:33:26.662-07:00More on "The Move"

The move is not yet entirely complete (several months later) but I have established the host, and the platform, and have recently published the new graphics. (Which I think are cool because I designed them. And THEY ROCK!)I am currently pimping the CSS and am about to update links and blogroll. If you specifically would like to be listed or not please let me know.In the meanwhile be sure to

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-1445586487565260082008-02-10T17:46:00.000-08:002008-02-10T18:08:36.783-08:00Moving

Alas,5 years now with Blogger. I have outgrown Blogger and the software (though free) is not versatile enough for what I am wanting out of this site. So I am moving it to a managed Wordpress site on my own server. This is going to be a neat upgrade and I am excited about the future of this channel, I hope you will be excited as well. Please update your bookmarks and subsribe to the new RSS feed.I

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-151816600124083652008-02-10T16:46:00.000-08:002008-02-10T16:52:57.214-08:00DataPortability

DataPortability - Connect, Control, Share, RemixThis video is a continuation of a previous conversation about Google's Server Farms and how people will store information in the future.

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-54969235547398470032008-02-08T11:21:00.000-08:002008-02-08T12:07:07.632-08:00Failure of the Watchers?

When personal information continues to aggregate at blinding speeds in the hands of our government, sentient people ask, what is privacy and why should it be valued? Transparency is the manifesto for those on the cluetrain, and many are espousing that privacy is only for criminals. Truly valuable men and women have nothing to hide and therefore freely give away privacy to anyone?This is fine if

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-1545888595788107252008-02-07T14:40:00.000-08:002008-02-07T14:42:30.485-08:00"My Own Kind of Freedom" Fanfiction

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-61736827672077674542008-02-07T08:24:00.000-08:002008-02-07T08:34:54.588-08:00The Future of Color

Soon metal may never require paint. Researchers are now testing high output laser abrasions that refract light to a controllable color. Black or blue gold, aluminum, even multi color. The article suggests one could have their family laser etched on to the hood of the car at the factory. Never requiring paint, polish, or maintenance.This is good for our environment. While the power requirements

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-41223149144997934432008-02-04T18:04:00.000-08:002008-02-04T18:11:39.743-08:00Manned Cloud

Manned Cloud is a flying hotel proposed by French designer Jean-Marie Massaudvia Futurismic

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-81434371628606083402008-02-04T16:44:00.000-08:002008-02-04T17:32:38.000-08:00FBI Criminal Fingerprint Database Merges with Biometric Public Database?

"This had started out being a program to track or identify criminals," he said. "Now we're talking about large swaths of the population -- workers, volunteers in youth programs. Eventually, it's going to be everybody."Barry Steinhardt, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Technology and Liberty ProjectObviously updating our technology is an imperative. However the power of that new

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-78509643878166404092008-01-31T10:08:00.000-08:002008-01-31T10:20:07.729-08:00Ebay Removes Whuffie/The Demise of Ebay?

According to this info from Ebay about changes in 2008 negative and neutral feedback will be removed from Feedback for sellers and buyers. They claim that too many people were afraid to leave negative feedback for fear of retaliation.Brilliant. Theres a trust metric shot to hell. I guess that leaves an open door for a new auction site based on Ebay's model with an intact use of social trust. Or

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-66423504604620284032008-01-30T13:30:00.000-08:002008-01-31T08:01:44.496-08:00Creative Economy Workshop: Robot man Caleb Chung

I recently attended Creative Economy workshop Luncheon featuring keynote presentation from Caleb Chung owner of Ugobe's Robo pet "Pleo". (Prior to the luncheon Artie Gogats presented from his book Business Creativity.) The event was held at the Capital City Development Corp Office in downtown Boise, Idaho.Mr.Chung's presentation was fractal in that the sum of his life's work to date is comprised

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-72477512970175991632008-01-24T00:22:00.000-08:002008-01-24T00:23:39.453-08:00Google Android Platform for Cell Phones

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-37737897595691984652008-01-22T19:50:00.000-08:002008-01-22T19:56:45.109-08:00Wireless Memory Card

If this is a legitimate product, this is a big deal. Sending photos and video automatically to your computer, blog, or Flickr will become a standard. Automating captured data changes things.via aleeshka.com

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-89033380857049720792008-01-21T13:31:00.000-08:002008-01-21T13:42:49.870-08:00NYT: Israel Goes Electric

“With $100 a barrel oil, we’ve crossed a historic threshold where electricity and batteries provide a cheaper alternative for consumers,” Mr. Agassi said. “You buy a car to go an infinite distance, and we need to create the same feeling for an electric car — that you can fill it up when you stop or sleep and go an infinite distance.” full story

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-61114413398832142122008-01-02T13:31:00.000-08:002008-01-02T15:02:28.302-08:00Gawker's New Sci-Fi Blog

"io9s were marketed as cheap time machines in the 2070s. They were actually just low-grade input/output devices for the brain that tuned tachyon waves and gave users vivid images of possible futures. The things were so addictive, and drove so many people insane, that io9s were eventually outlawed. Today the word is just slang. io9ers are the early implanters who obsessively upgrade themselves

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-76827234287623046372007-12-28T23:30:00.000-08:002007-12-28T23:34:38.944-08:00Everything Is A Screen: Guitar Hero

Remember when I said "we get it, everything is a screen"? Well here is 'nother toy fur me list.

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-75450651010343190342007-12-25T15:43:00.000-08:002007-12-25T15:55:20.133-08:00iRobot Soldiers Inlist in the US Army

Major contract signals shift from experimental deployment to new use of force. What happens when they become self aware? Deathbots are great when the enemy doesn't have them.

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-86799679195739264822007-12-12T17:56:00.000-08:002007-12-12T18:03:28.216-08:00Sarcos ExoSkeleton

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-77149656512648560602007-12-07T10:33:00.000-08:002007-12-07T10:40:34.831-08:00Ray Kurzweil: Futurist

"..we will reach the Singularity, a moment when technology is advancing so rapidly that 'strictly biological' humans will be unable to comprehend it."I hate it when that happens, wait a minute...what?Brian O'Keefe gives a good write up on Ray Kurzweil. Inventor of the flat bed scanner, author, and visionary futurist.

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-21952493514837228862007-12-06T12:49:00.000-08:002007-12-06T12:56:34.096-08:00Swarming DIY Quick Response Emergency Aircraft

The Raw Feed reports that Bill Lishman has invented a rescue tricycle story hereI like the citizenship behind the low cost solution for emergency aircraft, The invention would be far cheaper, faster and more flexible than current methods of getting helicopters to deliver supplies for disaster relief.

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-2668142892880273352007-12-06T10:58:00.000-08:002007-12-06T12:42:31.249-08:00Futuristic Eye In The Sky Scam

My friend Dean sends me this story from the Associated Press. A couple has been convicted of bilking people for cash claiming that they can scan their bodies via satellite imaging and that government agents will repair any maladies found while you are sleeping. This is great Utopian science fiction.

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-74108233289323902672007-11-27T02:00:00.000-08:002007-11-27T15:03:02.090-08:00Google to Replace Everyones Massive Storage Hardrives

Wired magazine touched on this last year, and noted that the 'Goog had moved it's headquarters not far from where I am along the Columbia river for it's abundant low cost hydroelectric access (needed to power it's massive server farms).According to a report today from the WSJ Google will be offering mass storage for free and larger amounts at a fixed cost and could be operating within a few

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-1434986008736422452007-11-24T23:30:00.000-08:002007-11-24T23:42:15.903-08:00Green Cycle Could Catch On

Cool recumbent manga-style electric motorcycle charges in six hours goes 180K before needing recharge. via StrangeThingsFromJapan

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-57946693717886437452007-11-22T00:22:00.000-08:002007-11-22T00:26:51.757-08:00North Korea Needs Segways?

"Imaginary Scenario based on real event" the best part is the last.via thedaytheytriedtokillme

xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-86132182990301447052007-11-21T23:56:00.000-08:002007-11-22T00:04:32.741-08:00

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xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740609774694632574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115883.post-4190528725678411132007-11-19T23:47:00.000-08:002007-11-20T12:21:29.243-08:00Personal information of 25 million people lost

Guilty of not regularly backing up your files? HMRC doesn't back up it files either apparently.Living breathing humans known as individual citizens:0 Ministry of Information: -2. Orwellian debacle: Priceless. For everything else there's Socialism."They simply can not be trusted with people's personal information,"In other news I noticed that according to the websitevaluecalculator.com Whuffie

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