Looking at genius in the rearview mirror

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939600/steve_jobs_the_rolling_stone_interview

Absolutely brilliant how he saw some of this stuff so clearly. I know
for a fact I linked this article to my students, along with the 'Rip
mix burn" stuff to get their opinion of it at the time.

So what's next???

Jason Calacanis says we are losing empathy on the web

http://calacanis.com/2009/01/29/we-live-in-public-and-the-end-of-empathy/

Actually this is nothing new but Jason's idea about Internet Aspergers
is an interesting take on this. The web is probably the MOST
civilized bastion where this is occurring tho, other online services
are much worse. If you want to have your eyes opened to what he means
spend an afternoon on Xbox 360 or in a typical MMORPG. The lack of
flesh and blood feedback to the insults and hate online acts like an
accellerant, because there is no punishment and because the hate feeds
hate, it keeps amping up.

He calls for an end or curtailing of anonymity to solve this, I'm not
so sure. There has to be a method of eliminating hate without the
loss of privacy for those who aren't out of line.

Image Stabilization in iMovie 09 is the real deal, Kindle 2

check this out, very impressive:
http://www.macworld.com/article/138480/2009/01/imovie_09_image_stabilization.html

Not bad for a first attempt at moving this to the desktop from the
capture device. Doesn't negate the need for a pan/tilt head for
serious movies but for family shots it's worth the cost to upgrade to
the new iLife alone I think. More examples here:
http://flickr.com/photos/neven/3231965235/
http://beaucolburn.com/post/73597921/flippingsmooth

Oh, and the face recognition in iPhoto will keep your CATS organized
too. Can they haz cheezburgers?
http://www.maclife.com/article/news/iphotos_faces_recognizes_cats

We'll talk a lot about Mac Vs. PC and Mac AND PC in this class. All
of my business stuff is PC based but I have 3 Macs at home and a
dedicated PC only for videogaming. If it weren't for games I'd be all
Mac at home.

Kindle 2 coming in 2 weeks. We'll see how that goes, I wasn't all
that impressed with the first one.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/amazons-kindle-2-will-debut-feb-9/

Some interesting links

New IE might not suck so much:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/01/26/internet-explorer-8-release-candidate-now-available.aspx
I'll stick to Firefox tho I think.

Kanye West says don't use the same dumb password for all your accounts:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/26/kanye_west_hacked/

Continuing the recession bad news, IBM slashes 2800:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123300431170916831.html

Spooky Memory primer:
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/01/spooky-memory-at-a-distance-with-quantum-teleportation.ars

Title says it all:
http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/01/man-buys-used-ipod-gets-60-pages-of-sensitive-military-data.ars

PSP2 coming soon, maybe:
http://i.gizmodo.com/5139947/the-psp2-coming-soon-and-featuring-a-touchscreen
The rumored features sound interesting and I will be shocked if it
isnt multitouch/accelerometer enabled, but if it doesn't have two
analogue pads that will just be lame.

http://i.gizmodo.com/5139723/snow-shoveling-robots-where-were-you-during-my-childhood
http://i.gizmodo.com/5139559/19-examples-of-the-best-gaming+themed-furniture

Get ready for superbowl sunday:
http://i.gizmodo.com/5139579/tips-for-hd-and-3d-viewing-on-superbowl-sunday

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/01/nsa-whistlebl-2.html
http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2009/01/14-gigapixel-im.html

Best hack ever. I really hope this kid can do the same for the Nikon D300:
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/01/hack-adds-hi-de.html

HDTV transition dumbly delayed:
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/01/senate-pushes-b.html

Israel hacks.... antelope???!?!?
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/01/israel-unleash.html

Just when you think you've heard the dumbest thing ever... along comes:
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/01/new-bill-asks-f.html
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2009/01/our-intrepid-leaders.html
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/01/congress-gets-bill-to-make-cell-phone-cameras-go-click.ars

The mac turns 25
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/video/2009/jan/22/mac-25-andy-hertzfeld
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_tech/~3/PlUn3zL1Ad8/index.html

Gigapixels:
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2009/01/gigapixel-tokyo.html
http://www.davidbergman.net/blog/2009/01/22/how-i-made-a-1474-megapixel-photo-during-president-obamas-inaugural-address/
http://specials.washingtonpost.com/inauguration/mosaic/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/01/20/us/politics/2009-inauguration-zoom-photo.html
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/44.president/inauguration/panorama/capitol.monday/
http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/we_are_all_gonna_die/slider.html

More:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mashable/~3/Kvaulfr_Pyk/
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mashable/~3/Gc7OfIZ79mc/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/25/AR2009012502179.html?wprss=rss_technology
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/27/disagree-with-a-flig.html
http://waxy.org/2009/01/pirating_the_2009_oscars/

FW: [IP] Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide - NYTimes.com

From New York Times via Professor Farber’s IP list

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From: David Farber [mailto:dave@farber.net]
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 3:28 AM
To: ip
Subject: [IP] Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide - NYTimes.com

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/technology/internet/23worm.html?_r=1&hp

 

By JOHN MARKOFF

 

A new digital plague has hit the Internet, infecting millions of personal and business computers in what seems to be the first step of a multistage attack. The world’s leading computer security experts do not yet know who programmed the infection, or what the next stage will be.

In recent weeks a worm, a malicious software program, has swept through corporate, educational and public computer networks around the world. Known as Conficker or Downadup, it is spread by a recently discovered Microsoft Windows vulnerability, by guessing network passwords and by hand-carried consumer gadgets like USB keys.

Experts say it is the worst infection since the Slammer worm exploded through the Internet in January 2003, and it may have infected as many as nine million personal computers around the world.

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Wired President, Twitter Journalism, more

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/15/obama.internet.president/

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/us-airways-crash-rescue-picture-citizen-jouralism-twitter-at-work
http://scobleizer.com/2009/01/15/plane-crash-in-nyc-captured-on-real-time-web/

Sending this article for you to see the 100 biggest blogs by traffic
more than you caring about how they are made. Scroll down to see the
list and links:
http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/01/15/the-blog-platforms-of-choice-among-the-top-100-blogs/

Warrantless Wiretaps given a legal nod:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090116-fisa-court-upholds-warrantless-wiretap-authority.html

Sleepwalkers use email too!
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090115-night-e-night-sleepwalking-woman-logs-on-sends-e-mail.html

Welcome IT 102-50 Students!

Looking forward to seeing you all in class next week. We'll have a
bit of an interesting start to the semester, as we will be using a
'Team Teaching' approach. This class will be jointly taught by myself
and Mr. William "Bill" Reynolds, who happens to be one of the best and
most fun teachers of MS Office you will ever meet. Between the two of
us we will help you explore everything Information Technology has to
offer and all of the IT resources available to you at Monmouth U!

Please be sure to check the class blog frequently at
http://infotechbuzz.blogspot.com/

Also be sure to log in to see the details at:
http://ecampus.monmouth.edu - That site will be updated with Drop
Boxes, the Syllabus, and forum questions next week.

My email should you need to get me fastest is: sposten@gmail.com and
Bill can be reached at: WilliamSReynolds@aol.com

I do not recommend you use posten@monmouth.edu

We hope to see you all there at 6 Tuesday night, we will have a ton of
things to discuss. Couple of things we want you thinking about as you
come to our first meeting:

-How much do you _really_ know about computers? Do you know just
enough to get your work done or have you looked into ways that
computers are invading every aspect of our lives?
-What are computers doing today that we never expected just a few years ago?
-What is more important to you where technology is concerned:
Flexibility, stability, coolness or ease of use?
-What do you want to get out of this course? Are you here just
because it's a requirement or does technology genuinely really excite
you?

Do you know you can get the FULL MS office for just $60 as a student?
It's an amazing deal, Microsoft calls it the Ultimate Steal:
http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-us/default.aspx

Do you regularly follow technology news? If not, here are a few links
to get you started, we will be discussing current events in technology
quite a bit!
http://www.engadget.com/
http://www.techmeme.com/
http://www.boingboing.net/
http://arstechnica.com/index.ars
http://gizmodo.com/
http://slashdot.org/
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/
http://www.wired.com/
http://tech.alltop.com/

We look forward to talking to you all soon!

Sam