Windowed user interfaces have remained the dominate, all-pervasive interface since the mid to late 1980s for all but the most specialized computer systems. Irreverently donated “WIMP” type interfaces (window, icon, menu, pointer), they are indeed versatile, flexible, and more-or-less intuitive, to say nothing of their 25+ year establishment as the...
“Doctor Who” ranks pretty high on my list of ultimate sci-fi series–in fact, it is probably the ultimate Steampunk sci-fi series of all time, hands down. And well it should be, as it has been running for over 45 years, albeit with a sizeable gap between the classic and the...
Check it out. Gizmodo has an excellent article on what the real physics of space combat would be like. As you might imagine, Star Wars, Star Trek, Star Gate, Star-whatever-sci-fi-show-you-like, have got it completely and utterly long. A movie or TV show that tried to portray realistic space combat would...
As is apparent from my blog post a few weeks ago, I just built a new computer and it needed a new operating system installed on it. For this, I chose to install the latest, greatest, most powerful modern operating system on the planet. No, it’s not Windows 7, silly...
It was a dark and stormy night. A tree fell half a mile down the road, broke a power line, caused a brown out, and somehow all of that killed my main computer. Not my server mind you, it was fine. But my main computer that I work and play...
I must say that Microsoft’s marketing department is Microsoft’s own worst enemy. I don’t know who came up with the idea of a “Windows 7 Launch Party”, but they either a) had no idea what they were doing or b) are secretly plotting to destroy Microsoft form the inside (kudos...
InfoWorld has a great article covering some of the best free (and open source) software for Windows. So, all you Windows users out there (you know who you are, tisk tisk), listen up: you really can get free software legitimately (a.k.a., not stealing). As would be expected, OpenOffice.org and Mozilla...
Well, that is a bit sensational of a title. Nevertheless, the New York Times has this intriguing article about the current state of AI, and the fact that a few computer scientist are getting a little jittery about it. It seems that over the past 5 to 8 years, the...
There is some big new from Comic Con about the new Tron movie — Tron: Legacy. From the previews, it looks like it may be pretty good. And if not good, well, at least it will be nostalgic for those of us who grew up ooohhhing and ahhhhing the original...
Well, the SciFi channel has finally done it. They’ve changed their name from the logical SciFi Channel to the utterly silly (not to mention mentally deficient) SyFy Channel. Of course, with BattleStar Galactica and Stargate gone, it’s not really sci-fi any more anyway (although maybe Stargate Universe will be something)....
