10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:
1. Quantifying Basketball’s Intangibles, With Some Help From Computers
Since the N.B.A.’s inception, the performance of its players has been measured by a somewhat archaic rubric system. Points, assists and rebounds — the plays that meet the eye — are quantified, but the game’s data supply does not expand much beyond the limited horizon of those meager numbers.
More @ NYTimes.com
2. Downloading IE8 will help feed hungry Americans
Microsoft has announced that for every completed download of Internet Explorer 8, they will donate the financial equivalent of eight meals to the Feeding America network.
More @ Neowin.net
3. Linux-Based Cell Phone Netbook Dream Machine
I don't like cell phones for two reasons: in the US the services cost too much and have too many restrictions, and cell phone users are annoying. Running around yakking non-stop like teenagers, blaring gawdawful tinny ringtones at maximum volume, and just try to hold a face-to-face conversation-- it's a constant battle to keep their attention because they just HAVE to read their text messages NOW, and take calls, and put people on hold until everyone they know is lined up waiting.
More @ LinuxToday
Since the N.B.A.’s inception, the performance of its players has been measured by a somewhat archaic rubric system. Points, assists and rebounds — the plays that meet the eye — are quantified, but the game’s data supply does not expand much beyond the limited horizon of those meager numbers.
More @ NYTimes.com
2. Downloading IE8 will help feed hungry Americans
Microsoft has announced that for every completed download of Internet Explorer 8, they will donate the financial equivalent of eight meals to the Feeding America network.
More @ Neowin.net
3. Linux-Based Cell Phone Netbook Dream Machine
I don't like cell phones for two reasons: in the US the services cost too much and have too many restrictions, and cell phone users are annoying. Running around yakking non-stop like teenagers, blaring gawdawful tinny ringtones at maximum volume, and just try to hold a face-to-face conversation-- it's a constant battle to keep their attention because they just HAVE to read their text messages NOW, and take calls, and put people on hold until everyone they know is lined up waiting.
More @ LinuxToday
4. Bluetooth motorcycle control panel with arduino
5. Why Apple keeps iPhone specifications quiet
In marked contrast to the PC market, where differention primarily centers around gigabytes, GHz, and Intel Inside branding, Apple is working to keep attention on the iPhone's software, with a curious avoidance of any mention of the make or specification of its internals, apparently for competitive reasons.
More @ AppleInsider
6. Schwarzenegger's Push for Digital Textbooks
By next fall, Governor Schwarzenegger intends to make free, open-source digital textbooks available for high school math and science classes throughout California, a move that he says will help reduce the more than $350 million the state spends annually on educational materials.
More @ ABCNews.com
7. Snack time with the new iGoogle for Android and iPhone
We like iGoogle because it lets us "snack" on interesting information all day long. We can read a little bit of news here and there, glance at finance portfolios, take a look at the weather forecast, and then do a Google search. It doesn't require a big commitment of time and energy — it's simply there for us whenever we need it.
More @ Googleblog
In marked contrast to the PC market, where differention primarily centers around gigabytes, GHz, and Intel Inside branding, Apple is working to keep attention on the iPhone's software, with a curious avoidance of any mention of the make or specification of its internals, apparently for competitive reasons.
More @ AppleInsider
6. Schwarzenegger's Push for Digital Textbooks
By next fall, Governor Schwarzenegger intends to make free, open-source digital textbooks available for high school math and science classes throughout California, a move that he says will help reduce the more than $350 million the state spends annually on educational materials.
More @ ABCNews.com
7. Snack time with the new iGoogle for Android and iPhone
We like iGoogle because it lets us "snack" on interesting information all day long. We can read a little bit of news here and there, glance at finance portfolios, take a look at the weather forecast, and then do a Google search. It doesn't require a big commitment of time and energy — it's simply there for us whenever we need it.
More @ Googleblog
8. Pre gets NES emulation in Linux; our thumbs are in for a world of hurt
9. The King is Dead, Long Live the King
Aside from being a Really Cool Idea, I don't have a lot to say about netbooks themselves. I've got an Android phone (thanks, Google), and I like it, and it would be nice to see the operating system move from the cell phone world onto other hardware. Netbooks are a logical step. But what's the next step after netbooks?
More @ OreillyRadar
10. How to Lose 30 Pounds in 24 Hours: The Definitive Guide to Cutting Weight
This post will explain exactly how it’s done — the techniques, the “drugs”, the science — and include excerpts from a series of articles I wrote for Powerlifting USA in 2004 called “The New Technology of Water”.
More @ FourHourWorkWeek
Aside from being a Really Cool Idea, I don't have a lot to say about netbooks themselves. I've got an Android phone (thanks, Google), and I like it, and it would be nice to see the operating system move from the cell phone world onto other hardware. Netbooks are a logical step. But what's the next step after netbooks?
More @ OreillyRadar
10. How to Lose 30 Pounds in 24 Hours: The Definitive Guide to Cutting Weight
This post will explain exactly how it’s done — the techniques, the “drugs”, the science — and include excerpts from a series of articles I wrote for Powerlifting USA in 2004 called “The New Technology of Water”.
More @ FourHourWorkWeek
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