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How “Computer Geeks” replaced “Computer Girls” | Gender News
"Asked to picture a computer programmer, most of us describe the archetypal computer geek, a brilliant but socially-awkward male." "It may be surprising, then, to learn that the earliest computer programmers were women and that the programming field was once stereotyped as female." 
technology  gender  history  hardware  software  personality  via:preoccupations  from delicious
september 2011 by blech
On the Telephone | Lee Maguire
"In real life, the phone boxes have become invisible in terms of utility. Billboards with a shape historically determined. Vestigial street-furniture. Bizarro morris columns." Lee on telephone boxes.
telephone  technology  architecture  everydaylife  culture  hardware  comment  from delicious
october 2010 by blech
Not too many buttons | Phil Gyford’s website
"I started writing a comment on Chris Messina’s thoughtful post and it expanded into something post-worthy." It is too. Well worth a look.
mouse  hardware  design  interaction  criticism  games  re:philgyford 
november 2009 by blech
Open source design and the OpenOfficeMouse | FactoryCity
"I’ve decided that rejecting this product out of hand wouldn’t be fair. As much as I’m itchin’ to. And, well, since I’m trying to be more positive these days, I’ll see if I can be more rational in my constructive criticism." Chris Messina on that mouse: he succeeds in his goal, and the piece is well worth a read.
mouse  hardware  design  interaction  criticism  via:preoccupations 
november 2009 by blech
You are Here | Nick Thompson
"You are Here is an interactive map of the universe, as seen from the user's current location in space and time. The user holds a flat-panel screen which behaves like a magic window, allowing them to see continents, rivers, stars, constellations, and planets that are invisible to the naked eye." If you don't like video, read this instead.
map  augmentedreality  device  hardware  nickthompson 
october 2009 by blech
Nick Thompson’s first-person map | Infotropism
A five-odd minute long video about a custom tablet that shows you the heavens and earth from where you are, complete with the planes of the ecliptic, projection of the equator, local streets and distant continents (through a wireframe earth). Amazing. Any chance of a port to a standard mobile device?
map  augmentedreality  device  hardware  nickthompson 
october 2009 by blech
PSP Go review: Sony is charging you more for less | Ars Technica
"Sony's new portable is nothing but raw deal after raw deal. The complaints are numerous, the slights against consumers are many, and the hardware is flawed. On top of these issues is a price point that's so high it seems like a sick joke in the current economy. The PSP is a great system and a strong platform. The PSP Go is a terrible, terrible deal for everyone but Sony."
arstechnica  sony  psp  pspgo  review  games  hardware 
october 2009 by blech
How Mac OS X reports drive capacity | Apple
As mentioned in the previous link: "In Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, storage capacity is displayed as per product specifications (base 10). A 200 GB drive show 200 GB capacity" even though it's actually only 186.2 GiB. I'm not sure I like this. When will Windows follow suit?
apple  macosx  10.6  hardware  software  via:rcarmo  via:ssp 
august 2009 by blech
Meggy Jr RGB | Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
"Meggy Jr RGB is a new kit that we designed as a platform to develop handheld pixel games. It's based around a fully addressable 8x8 RGB LED matrix display, and features six big fat buttons for comfy game play." Looks a bit like a baby Tenori-On, and at a baby price, too: $75 (vs £700-odd for the Tenori-On). Of course, it's a very different beast, but still, impressive.
development  games  arduino  electronics  hardware  opensource  via:zimpenfish 
february 2009 by blech
Two Macs: Fail. | Fraser Speirs
Syncing isn't good enough, but MacBooks are now (storage in particular). Also, hurrah for US keyboards (something I definitely agree with.)
apple  mac  hardware  laptop  desktop  computing  keyboard  blogcomment 
october 2008 by blech
White Seamless Tutorial: Part 1 | Gear & Space - Zack Arias
"If I had but one backdrop to use for portraiture I would choose a simple roll of white seamless paper. With one roll of paper you can create many options." via Tom Armitage, who seems to be doing this sort of thing.
photography  hardware  photos  camera  strobist  via:infovore 
september 2008 by blech
Big Ideas (don't get any) | Vimeo
Just to make sure you get the reference, here's the retro-devices-play-Radiohead video that came out earlier this year.
radiohead  video  music  hardware  retro  technology  spectrum  remix 
august 2008 by blech
Asus Eee PC 900 | TrustedReviews
The 9" version of the Eee has a better horizontal resolution (good for those sites that insist on a fixed 960px or so width (hi Apple, BBC.... damn near everyone)) and more SSD storage, but still has poor battery life. Also, explicit XP/storage tradeoff.
asus  eee  review  mobile  laptop  hardware 
april 2008 by blech
Powerbook to Desktop | MacMod.com
A nice recasing of a titanium PowerBook with a broken screen for use as a desktop. Doing this with my aluminium G4 is less pointful - the screen still works - and less easy - the ports are on both sides, not the back. Interesting though.
hardware  mods  powerbook  design  hack 
april 2008 by blech
New AirPort Express with 802.11n | Apple
Finally, the Express gets a bump to modern networking speeds (802.11n rather than g), and the price stays the same, but no hard disk sharing over USB; that still needs an Extreme. Oh well.
apple  wireless  hardware 
march 2008 by blech
Bestsellers | dive into mark
One of these things is not like the other. It's the one that "had users file a bug on me to make Thunderbird’s new account dialog smaller, so they can get to the buttons."
eee  apple  amazon  laptop  hardware  linux  macosx 
march 2008 by blech
New MacBook and MacBook Pro Models | Apple
Multitouch and some welcome speed and HD bumps (and the optional upgrades are much more reasonably priced- £30 for 250GB and £60 for 200GB @ 7200RPM for the base model) for the Pro are the main points.
apple  laptop  hardware  pressrelease 
february 2008 by blech
The impacts of a new PC | New Scientist Environment Blog
This isn't actually that much about the environmental aspects, not as I read it, but it's a fascinating look at Asustek's factories in Suzhou, amongst other things. (Don't read the comments.)
newscientist  blog  pc  industry  factory  dell  globalisation  hardware  business  via:cityofsound 
february 2008 by blech
Drobo and DroboShare | Andy Ihnatko
The world catches up to 2lmc again. Well, actually, we would have loved something as easy as this, compared to our home server, a rickety old Linux box without even RAID. Wonder if there's UK availablity?
storage  hardware  backup  gadgets  technology  via:solearther 
february 2008 by blech
Post-Macworld Wrap-up: MacBook Air | lonelysandwich
Covers a lot of the same points as I did in my Air post, but in a much more coherent essay-style manner (damnit). I think he's also a bit more forward-looking and optimistic than I was, though.
apple  macbook  macbookair  laptop  hardware  storage  cloud  wireless  comment  essay  via:daringfireball 
january 2008 by blech
Macworld Reflections | Fraser Speirs
Another MacBook Air sceptic, at least for his own needs. I'm not sure the iPod touch upgrades count as a Christmas present, though, given the (SOX mandated?) charge for them.
apple  macbookair  laptop  hardware  comment  blogcomment  ipodtouch 
january 2008 by blech
The Macbook Air is Not a Sub-Notebook | BB Gadgets
Much as I hate linking to boingboing, the picture comparison to the 12" PB is good. People thought Apple wouldn't ship a subnotebook because of the optical drive; now it's because of the screen size.
apple  macbookair  hardware  laptop  comment 
january 2008 by blech
MacBook Air: Apple's Portable Cube? | Memex My Brain
"Too expensive" "Too clumsy" "Too big" "I still think the Air is a great product, but so was Apple's Cube."
apple  macbookair  hardware  laptop  comment  blogcomment 
january 2008 by blech
MacBook Air = Portable Cube | Nicest of the Damned
"The [MacBook Air] reminds me of [the PowerMac] Cube. Like the Cube, it's beautiful, offers little expansion capability, and looks pricey when compared to its Apple stablemates"
apple  macbookair  hardware  laptop  comment 
january 2008 by blech
Time Capsule: not with AirPort Extreme | Infinite Loop
"the current word is that AirPort Extreme owners are out of luck when it comes to turning their AirPort Disk into a Time Capsule" but it might come in 10.5.2?
apple  macbookair  hardware  laptop  backup  storage  airport  wireless 
january 2008 by blech
Time Capsule (Apple) | Wikipedia
Impressively fast (if also fairly empty) page, but it lets me hang a question here: does this mean that you need this device (as opposed to any random server) for wireless Time Machine?
apple  hardware  backup  storage  airport  wireless 
january 2008 by blech
storage | forre.st
A live chart showing for the price (in dollars) per gigabyte of storage on commodity (SATA) drives. Handy, since drawing those yourself can be a right pain. A UK version would be nice though.
storage  visualisation  computer  hardware  backup 
january 2008 by blech
Eee PC Internal Upgrades | ivc wiki
From the "how many USB devices can you cram inside an Eee" department. Tricked out with extra storage (thumbdrive & sd), GPS, Bluetooth and 802.11n. Insanity.
hardware  eee  hacks  laptop 
january 2008 by blech
Conserve Surge Protector | Belkin
"an 8-outlet surge protector that makes it simple to eliminate wasteful standby power to your electronic devices, helping you reduce energy consumption" US only for now, but a good start.
environment  hardware  energy 
january 2008 by blech
ITAPPMONROBOT | The Daily WTF
A plaintive tale of robotic misdeeds.
computer  hack  hardware  programming  robot  sysadmin 
december 2007 by blech
Kindle Versus The iPhone - Forbes.com
Good scepticism here. "The ability to grab free books online points to the device’s real competition: not paper books but Internet-friendly laptops, tablet computers and smart phones."
kindle  ebook  books  hardware  technology  internet 
november 2007 by blech
candace's asus eee review
A short review/narrative about candace's first week with her Eee. "Either I will be online 24/7 non-stop and never get anything done, or I will be able to get work done whenever, whereever, on my terms, and with little hassle."
eee  review  hardware  linux  laptop  quantumcandace 
november 2007 by blech
Eeextremely Eeenticing: a review of the Asus Eee PC
Ars Technica review the cheap, portable, Linux-based Eee and seem to like it. It's a bit hard to tell, though, because they didn't put in a score.
laptop  review  computer  eee  hardware 
november 2007 by blech
RM readies Linux sub-laptop... for £169
The Register's hardware site notes that RM are selling the Asus Eee (rebadged as a Minibook- better name anyway) from next month. The headline price is ex vat and for the low end model, but still, not bad.
laptop  umpc  linux  hardware  tobuy/bought  education 
october 2007 by blech
Venice 5 - module for DAB/FM radios
As used in Webb's social DAB radio prototype. Wonder how hard it is to get working.
hardware  dab  radio 
september 2007 by blech
Pulse Laser » BBC Olinda digital radio: Social hardware
So that's what all those Flickr photos of breadboards were about: Olinda is a prototype, standalone DAB radio with a novel (easier to use) interface, built-in social listening, and a hardware API.
mattwebb  radio  hardware  bbc  api  development  via:blackbeltjones 
august 2007 by blech
The Wii Remote API - Opera Developer Community
How to use the Wii remote as a JavaScript event generator in Opera
wii  hardware  javascript  nintendo  opera  reference 
august 2007 by blech
DVD-Less (Quarter Life Crisis)
Sven-S. Porst wonders if new Mac laptops need DVD drives. I suspect that he's glossing over the system installs issue a bit much, but moving to externals might be more acceptable now than it was a few years ago.
apple  hardware  design  dvd  comment 
august 2007 by blech
Instructables DIY RumblePak for Nintendo DS Lite
Fits into the front slot without protruding, using a salvaged Nokia motor. Smart.
nintendo  ds  howto  hardware  hacks  via:simonwistow 
july 2007 by blech
Palm, Inc. - Products - Foleo
"With its 10" screen and full size keyboard, the Palm Foleo mobile companion connects wirelessly with your smartphone to help you do more on the go" Palm seem to be wandering into bizarro niche land with this device. Surely at $600 it's too expensive?
palm  hardware  gadgets  wireless 
may 2007 by blech
BBC NEWS | Business | Microsoft unveils table computer
"Microsoft says it will initially sell the unit to corporate customers. These will include hotels, casinos, phone stores and restaurants." $10k computer. Retail. Hmmm.
microsoft  touchscreen  computer  ui  interface  hardware  news  bbc  technology 
may 2007 by blech
Coders need to learn hardware hacking NOW » SlideShare
Interesting presentation, but doesn't reallyanswer why (it's fun?) or say why Arduino's good (it's cheap?)
hardware  xtech  mattb  arduino  bluetooth 
may 2007 by blech
Griffin Technology: 5:1 Card Reader - ExpressCard/34 Slots
A (very minor) point in favour of a MacBook Pro over the MacBook. $30 is a bit expensive compared to a USB memory card reading box, but it would be more convenient. Hm. Also, too small for CF.
gadgets  card  hardware  memory  macbookpro 
december 2006 by blech
Arno's Blog: The Design of the Mac OS X Shutdown Feature
via Gruber, who shares Skelton's misunderstanding- these options are all useful, but they don't belong on the Apple menu, they belong in the Shut Down dialog. Well, that's where I use them, anyway. Why the choice?
apple  ui  usability  design  hardware  macosx  via:daringfireball 
november 2006 by blech
Daring Fireball: Full Metal Jacket
Last year's model. Note that the 2GB memory that had to be specified is now standard, for example. And the HD might be slower by default on the MBP, but at least it's 50% bigger than the one in this three year old 15" PB.
apple  laptop  hardware  review 
november 2006 by blech
~stevenf: Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro Mini-Review
I think this will be my next laptop, in December. Finally everything's upgraded. It's kind of amazing that even this time last year there wasn't enough better about a two-year-newer PowerBook to be worth it.
apple  laptop  hardware  tobuy/bought  review 
november 2006 by blech
Design Matters ‽ Blog Archive » Glossy vs. Anti-Glare Poll Results
This could be a classic example of a self-selecting sample, but interesting anyway. I wonder what the figures are like on MacBook Pros, where anti-glare is the default and glossy an option? Probably similar. Shame Apple are unlikely to say.
ibm  hardware  laptop  displays  apple  via:daringfireball 
october 2006 by blech
Ars Technica - Please standby
Ars on the challenges facing the one-watt standard for consumer (and business) electronic devices on standby. Seems to be achievable; I just hope there's enough pressure (from various directions) to make it happen
energy  environment  hardware 
october 2006 by blech
Geotagging with Zonetag and Bluetooth GPS...
Rather longwinded, but admittedly accessible, intro to contextually aware photo uploading. I like the tinyurl hack (don't non-US Yahoo! people get fed up defending their "not-US don't-count" attitude?) but thought it was worth noting the alternatives.
flickr  geotagging  gps  hardware  maps  bluetooth  zonetag  yahoo  blogcomment  via:plasticbag 
october 2006 by blech
Amazon.co.uk: Mavizen Blueye Bluetooth Music Headset - Black: Electronics & Photo
Amazon stock the BluEye iPod addon. Just shy of £70. Not that I have a dock-connector iPod.
apple  ipod  hardware  shop  amazon 
october 2006 by blech
GEAR4 - News - BluEye
"BluEye is a 3 in 1 Bluetooth hands free mobile connection, FM radio and remote control for iPod allowing you to make and receive calls on your iPod." or, more importantly, pause the iPod so you can hear your phone.
apple  ipod  hardware  bluetooth  finally 
october 2006 by blech
Mac OS X 10.4.7: Features
'10.4.7 enables "right-click" on 15" MacBook Pros using two fingers on the trackpad. Up until now this was only on the 13" and 17" models.'
apple  hardware  macbook  macosx 
june 2006 by blech
TrustedReviews - The €7 MP3 Player
Doesn't come with any memory, but SD prices mean you can get a 1GB solid state player with screen for under thirty quid.
mp3  player  hardware  cheap 
may 2006 by blech
What price Macintosh?
Macs don't have the same price premium over comparable PCs as people think (10% not 20%), but Apple also don't sell low-end machines. Hmm.
apple  business  hardware  mac 
may 2006 by blech
FatBits: John Siracusa's Journal: And we all shine on
"So, to sum up. Glossy screens: bad. People: idiots. Steve Jobs: insane. This post: too long." Well, it's not, but nice of him to save me some typing.
apple  mac  hardware  laptop  displays  stupid 
may 2006 by blech
Apple - MacBook Family
"Now complete". And they messed up the iBook redesign and I'm still grouchy about the lost ports on the 15". I suppose I have to take speed as a consolation prize. Sigh.
apple  hardware  mac 
may 2006 by blech
160GB 2.5" Momentus 5400.3 ATA Notebook dr... (ST9160821A) at OWC
Finally, laptop drives haul themselves over the 120GB limit. Of course, it's still ruinously expensive.
harddrive  hardware  laptop 
march 2006 by blech
Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory
How srm (secure rm) works, because I keep losing the URL
unix  tools  privacy  hardware  security 
february 2006 by blech
Satugo: the world's first bouncing ball camera
Likely to appeal to the sort of people who (over)use the word "ludic".
camera  hardware  photos  ludic  horde 
january 2006 by blech
Hacking an Elevator
One person I trust says this is bollocks, and one says it's suspicious. 200 delicious users are probably morons
morons  horde  elevator  hardware  culture  hacking 
august 2005 by blech
Optimus keyboard
It's not real. Sadly. Doesn't stop 300+ delicious users, of course... (it passed 1000)
horde  hardware  design  slashdot 
july 2005 by blech
Xbox HID Driver for Mac OS X
I don't get it. It's obviously old (spot the 10.2 stripes) and the linked adapter comes with Mac OS X drivers anyway
games  hardware  mac 
june 2005 by blech
Phillipe Starck Alarm Clock
Capsule review: pretty good. no snooze on radio. barometer seems a bit off sometimes. forecast surprisingly good though. (I should write this up properly.)
design  hardware 
september 2004 by blech
Sonos | What Sonos Is
Interesting product doing the same sort of thing as AirPort Express, without the vendor locking. Expensive, though.
hardware  mp3 
june 2004 by blech

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