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| Notice: GeekPress is back up and running, thanks to Paul! It's still a not-so-serious tech news blog, but the format is significantly looser. Diana, having given up programming for philosophy, has her own philosophical blog NoodleFood. More of her work can be found at DianaHsieh.com. |
| Chinese computer users losing handwriting ability |
| 1:20:42 am mst / 1 February 2001 found by paul / filed in culture / source NY Times 62 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| As more Chinese use computers to compose their written works, many are finding that their traditional penmanship skills are atrophying to the point that they are forgetting how to write even common characters by hand. |
| It may be that the Chinese language will eventually mutate from a character-based system into a de facto alphabet-based one. A heretical thought today, but maybe not in the future?... |
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| Bitch, bitch, bitch |
| 3:55:17 am mst / 1 February 2001 found by paul / filed in business / source Salon 201 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| From the article: "Vault.com invited the disgruntled employees of the world to vent at its Web site. But then its own workers joined in." |
| A sordid tale of hypocrisy, website tamperings, and ultimately an FBI investigation -- it would make a great cheesy Fox TV reality show! |
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| Smallest robots |
| 8:52:40 am mst / 1 February 2001 found by paul / filed in robotics / source Science Daily 101 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| Sandia National Laboratories has announced the creation of what is believed to be the smallest autonomous untethered robots. The unit takes up 1/4 of a cubic inch, and it "turns on a dime and parks on a nickel". |
| The pictures are cute. |
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| It hurts to be smart |
| 10:03:43 am mst / 1 February 2001 found by paul / filed in science / source The Age 75 hits / 0 comments / 1 e-mail |
| The genetically enhanced super-smart mice have also turned out to have a markedly increased sensitivity to pain. (Link from SciTech Daily.) |
| No wonder Pinky always seemed so happy, whereas the Brain was constantly grumpy. Perhaps we ought to hold off on genetic modifications of humans until we know a bit more... |
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| The latest on Project Ginger |
| 1:46:24 pm mst / 1 February 2001 found by paul / filed in humor / source Register 132 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| The Register has found proof that the mysterious Project Ginger is not some 1950's style woman riding around on a scooter. The real answer is much more risque -- it's an inanimate doll that turns into a porn star if one drinks a special "aphrodisiac". Click here for more information! |
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| Linux Comes to the Big Screen |
| 3:29:27 pm mst / 1 February 2001 found by diana / filed in culture / source Wired 49 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| From the article: A new film, Revolution O.S., explores the human side of the open source and free software movements, telling the inside story of the hackers and programmers rebelling against the corporate machine. |
| First public screening: SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, March 12. |
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| Californian patents thought process |
| 7:33:40 pm mst / 1 February 2001 found by diana / filed in inventions / source The Register 75 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| Hugh Harlan, head of the California company "The Brain," has patented the operation of code that mimics the human thought process. (See US Patent #6,031,537.) |
| Oh brother. |
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| Best Things to Blow Up With an M-80 |
| 10:41:27 pm mst / 1 February 2001 found by diana / filed in humor / source Daily Radar 158 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| Daily Radar tells us the 10 most fun things to blow up with an M-80 firecracker. |
| Number 5, identified as "a pink stuffed animal," looks an awful lot like my beloved Piggy Bear. I'm scared. |
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| Penguins Do Not Topple Watching Aircraft |
| 11:17:05 pm mst / 1 February 2001 found by paul / filed in science / source Reuters News 91 hits / 1 comment / 0 e-mails |
| For years, British scientists have wondered whether penguins fell over backwards when watching airplanes passing overhead. Now after weeks of research, they have learned the answer -- no. |
| And these penguins don't even have umbrellas to help keep them steady! |
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