Not sure if anyone I know uses del.icio.us anymore, but today del.icio.us, or delicious, brought the site out of stone age with its first update since 1920. The new delicious does not really affect my life, but the subject of bookmarking is something that I hold dear. Whereas some new services have left people wondering [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Youtube Speech-to-Text (Watch Out ‘Dragon Naturally Speaking’)
Published July 31st, 2008 in Technology and Web. 0 CommentsYoutube’s popularity was revolutionary. Since then, the site has failed to bring papa Google any happiness and has pretty much dropped the ball in terms of innovation. Youtube recently purchased Omnisio to try to spice things up, but the latest news regarding Youtube’s speech-to-text technology is what I find most promising interesting. Youtube is [...]
California Sets Some Standards (and approves a green building code too)
Published July 31st, 2008 in Green. 0 CommentsGood news for those who live in the happiest state on earth. California just unanimously approved the first ever statewide green building code that will not only cut the energy usage of new structures but also is looking to tackle the oncoming water crisis by reducing water used in all structures as well as in [...]
Not a Harry Potter fan? Here’s another recently released teaser trailer that should get you in a tizzy.Disney is bringing back the hand drawn animated musical feature with “The Princess and The Frog“, a movie set in New Orleans and featuring a black princess. Not sure what Disney is trying to do with this one, [...]
Not a huge Harry Potter fan myself but I know some people are pretty excited that the trailer is now out. Would embed it here but can’t find any high quality copies on youtube.
Some pretty hopeful results from a new Alzheimer’s drug, Rember. Designed to target the protein tangles inside nerve cells of the brain called Tau, the drug has created an 81% difference in mental decline of 300+ test patients.
Editors Note: A sure sign of a slow blogging day - one post covering MTV/VH1 and/or P. Diddy
So one of VH1’s upcoming hot new shows is “I Want to Work for Diddy“. While watching the long trailer during a commercial break, I realized that I will never watch TV again. After those few minutes of [...]
