Wow.  I guess there isn’t much keeping of the peace going on over in Baghdad.  100 people being killed every day without an active war is pretty devastating.
Pretty hard to see a bright spot there.  The conclusion that “it was still worth fighting the second war in Iraq” by politicians in the USA might be, […]

Today I take a look at how to install a low-cost wall mount LCD swing arm and exactly what it’ll free up re: desk space.
Good stuff.
PCBurn - Review: Brateck LCD Wall Mount Adjustable Swing Arm

While it’s probably not work safe, kid friendly, etc. etc., you might get a kick out of “Least I Could Do”.
Or be completely offended by it.
Either way, I don’t mind.  Really.
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One of the sticky points of the 100$ laptop being developed for emerging markets had has been resolved.
They’ve decided to do away with the hand crank in favor of a less strenuous pull string design.  In addition to it working out better overall, it also generates more power.
Technology Review: Emerging Technologies and their Impact

So. Went to see Clerks II. The sequel.
It was a pretty good flick. The movie was a true follow up to Clerks rather than a film in it’s own right. Although I didn’t have anyone to give perspective on it, I think you might not get as much out of it if […]

The British appear to have come up with a more effective drug cocktail to fight multiple sclerosis.  No word on the actual *cost*, which is generally the sticking point in this type of thing.
At any rate, they’re touting 90% affective rates on MS sufferers and it’s suppose to prevent relapsing as well.  Good stuff.
The blend […]

It looks like companies might have to obey the law, even when the US government tells them not to.
A judge has refused to drop the case against AT&T regarding their illegal wire tapping at the US governments request.
The nickel summary is that the NSA requested that AT&T willfully break the law and provide massive monitoring […]

Seems that Ford is posting quite a hefty loss for the quarter. With the rise of gas prices people are suddenly thinking twice about that 17mpg SUV.
With their most efficient regular model car coming in around 30mpg (awful compared to Toyota’s standard car top-end of 40mpg) they’re fairly well stuck.
Looks like under-diversifying comes back […]

Bright bulb T.J. Rodgers of Cypress Semiconductor is quoted as saying he thinks people that payed for allll those wires and cables that make up the internet should be able to charge whatever they want for their product.
Personally, I think I’ve payed quite enough for those wires and cables.  Both directly and by funding the […]

It seems that technology firms are wiseing up to criminals using the new technology of… telephones.  The rest of us have heard of these “phones” before, as they’re commonly called, but apparently these are new-tech to firms like Anti-virus firm Sophos.
Although the article plays up that these are “new” “mad sploits” (okay, that last one’s […]