The library of the future. Based in the nads of the United States. It sounds like an oxymoron, but come the fall of 2013, San Antonio’s Bexar County is going to be home to the BiblioTech, the country’s first book-less public library. Of course, there will be books — just …
It seems I’m part of this trend. During the week of December 8 through 14, U.S. consumers spent $6.9 billion online, an 11 percent increase over 2011, according to data released today by market analyst ComScore. Now if only Black Friday could be like this. 😛
Remember awhile back when I blogged about the Wal Mart employees filming their quality handling of iPads? Well, just when I start to lose faith in humanity another story and video comes along, and I lose even more faith in humanity. 🙄 Some dumbassed blond chick not only robbed a …
Yep, if you’re running steam’s latest update then congrats! Big picture is now an option! Now if you have a ginormous TV you can play your games through that interface. Like a console but with better quality. 😛
First the rounded corners get claimed by apple, then this happens: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week granted a rather noteworthy design patent for the digital equivalent of the page turn (PDF), that time-honored tradition of flipping pages while looking through a book, a magazine, or other stack …
Really nice list. Even Myst is on there! Sadly no Portal 2 or TF2. 🙁
Yes, THAT McAfee, the creator of McAfee Antivirus. Apparently he’s on the run. Antivirus pioneer John McAfee is on the run from murder charges, Belize police say. According to Marco Vidal, head of the national police force’s Gang Suppression Unit, McAfee is a prime suspect in the murder of American …
Well, Youtube has decided that they’re going to be getting rid of 60% of their programming deals. I’m sure this won’t be much of an issue seeing as there are people who have to have at least 5 in a row. Honestly I think I liked YouTube better before google …
Taken from here. Gabe Newell: We’ve been working on Valve’s new engine stuff for a while, we’re probably just [incomprehensible, subtitled as: “waiting for a game to roll it out with”] Fan: Is it going to be more than just an extension to Source? Is it an entirely new engine? …
I read the news today, oh boy… 🙁 Russian baritone Eduard Khil, whose song went viral on the internet in 2010, died in a St. Petersburg hospital at the age of 77. Gone, but not forgotten.