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16th April 2008

Skeptical of the “superfast internet” that is allegedly coming

Did you hear about this?

Jonathan Leake, the Science Editor for the Times Online (a great online news source by the way) penned an article titled “coming soon, superfast internet“. The article can be summed up in the first stanza:

THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.

Hmm. Sounds delicious and enticing, much like a Whopper Meal at Burger King, or those damn Sonic ads that run here in Maryland, even though there are no Sonics in Maryland.

Much like the lack of Sonics in Maryland, I doubt that this newfangled superfast internet will show up any time soon. Some users commenting on another syndicated source of this article (Neowin.net’s article) tend to agree with my skepticism as well.

Either way, this new internet is going to be called THE GRID, and it has been developed at CERN, which makes total sense if you know the true history of the internet (as opposed to Al Gore’s statements about the internet). I say let’s just go ahead and call it THE MATRIX and get it over with. Now all we have to do is find Morpheus stationed within CERN to figure out how to break out of our alien human feeding bags and unplug the back of our skulls from this messy VR we call EARTH.

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11th February 2008

Why I write

It seems like I have been losing faith lately concerning blogs. Maybe it is because I have sold out and finally started my google adsense account to try to make money off of this thing, which is now three years old.

I realized that I need to provide more commentary and original content as opposed to just pointing my readers to other interesting content on the web. All I can say is that I will try. One hundred percent effort is all I can do. (I could never figure out the math of giving 120% like my football coach used to ask for)

That being said, I am burnt out on technology and evangelizing about how great the new iphone is. I know I haven’t mentioned it much on this blog, but I am sort of a technophile and a gadgetoholic. All of my rss feeds that I follow everyday feed my cravings for more.

I think I need to post more about the things I am skeptical of in this crazy world. Skeptical meaning, in this case, why things are the way they are, and why people say they are the way they are, when reality definitely displays something completely different to those who can really see the truth.

How can you explain your point of view in such a way as to be entirely convincing? How do you cause sea changes and ripples in the fabric of group think?

Stay tuned for some better posts hopefully, we can always hope. If you have any ideas for future posts please forward them on to me at my email provided. Thanks for reading.

Oh yeah, btw:

http://www.utterz.com is sort of a new 2.0 site that lets users post audio comments and replies to each other, as well as video and pictures. Here are the most popular discussion tags:

i think sites like utterz and twitter.com will ultimately change the way people view the world they interact with everyday.

UPDATE: Man, I just read bad this post to myself after publishing and it is total crap… apologies all around, I will try to do better.

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22nd December 2007

South Carolina Bound - Happy Holidays

Well, it looks like I will be heading to holiday in South Carolina, so if there are not many posts, have no fear, the constant skeptic will be back after a much needed break….

future posts that are rattling around in my brain:

1. global warming or climate change - the final judgement for 2007
2. the end of the world in 2008
3. does it matter whether a democrat or republican gets elected?
4. the future of technology and democracy
5. the social web, welcome to web 3.0
6. top 10 best wordpress themes
7. top 10 best wordpress plug ins
8. top five alternative browsers
9. what is most important to do in life?

so…. as you can see, a lot is in the works

goodnight and goodluck

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30th August 2007

Japan is Creating the New Internet and Killing the Old One?

According to the great site, inventorspot, on Steve Levenstein’s blog, Japan has plans to develop a post internet network that will make spammers and web junk a thing of the past….

so this is beyond web 2.0, this is insanely good…. except that the new internet has a scary side for western net surfers:

The scary part? “Cooperating with other nations, including the United States, will be an option.”

original article here…

Thanks Steve

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29th August 2007

Best of the Web - Cows As Fuel, Hormones that Read Minds and More

Sorry lovely readers, I hate to post nothing but links, but these stories are too good to pass up, and all courtesy of clipmarks.com - I suggest you sign up and see what a people powered interesting internet is like…. I definitely have no regrets about joining, especially since it was free…

here are the top stories of the past week:

This week in Clipmarks…

Thought solar was the energy source of the future? How about
cows.

There’s a hormone in your brain that helps you read minds.

It won’t be long before we can scale buildings with a real-life Spider-Man suit.

Imagine nine Empire State Buildings stacked on top of each other. That’s the planned height for what will be the world’s tallest building.

What do stains, pimples, flowers and mosquito bites have in common? They could all use an aspirin.

And lastly, something I am more skeptical about:
Why aren’t humans furry? It could have been the choice of millions of Stone Age mothers.

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8th January 2007

Video of Neodymium Magnetic Motion Device

pretty strange:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHkC1imWyxQ

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2nd October 2006

A-Bike: The Revolutionary 12 Pound Folding Bicycle

Invented by Sir Clive Sinclair the A-bike is a result of a five year research and development program by Sinclair Research. The idea is that if you had a bicycle which is seriously lighter and more compact than anything existing at the moment, it will change the way in which people see bikes.

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