If you read the comments on Facebook you will see it has it's share of problems, however:
The Nabi is an Android tablet aimed at kids including 4-year-olds. It has age-appropriate software and parental controls that let you lock it down and install Skype. All the child needs is a wi-fi connection and a parent to help set up and explain.
(Flame war tags: Facebook, Android, lock down, child, age-appropriate, parent, Skype)
A wonderfully creative way to post a slashvertisement for Microsoft OneNote. Well done.
Americans have been conditioned to believe that the "real" speed limit is at least 10 mph over the posted limit.
Actually, it's the other way around. American speed-limit-setters have been told to post a speed limit that is at least 10 mph below the maximum speed people actually drive. More or less.
Or, from wikipedia:
The speed limit is commonly set at or below the 85th percentile speed (being the speed which no more than 15% of traffic is exceeding) and in the USA is typically set 8 to 12 mph (13 to 19 km/h) below that speed.
time traveling shit
Now there's a scary thought.
"CP-violation"
Right. Like I'm going to click on that link.
You might want to look at Kodu. There are plenty of reasons to hate on it, but it's a visual programming language aimed at making games.
"If you got a ham sandwich in Jamaica or the Dominican Republic, or an orange, and you didn't eat it all and you bring it back into the States and then you discard it, at some point, things can emerge from those products," Feiber said.
Remember kids, finish your oranges just in case there are baby snails in there. Don't discard, digest!
I'm impressed by ustart.org. The interface is definitely fast. I wish they supported keyboard shortcuts though.
A follow-up patent application describes the use of audio signals to communicate between devices and their peripherals, eliminating the need for Bluetooth chips. From the patent application: 'Look at what we can do with a speaker and a microphone. Isn't it neat?"
WTF is this? I didn't come here to read!
Can someone please write up a summary for this summary?
I haven't gotten anything useful done all morning!
I think I'm lost. Is this Pinterest?
Who cares? Let's just post big lists of web comics so we can all click and read and woohooooo!
Beyond the obvious (XKCD, Penny Arcade, Dilbert, The Oatmeal) there are at least these:
http://amultiverse.com/
http://www.virtualshackles.com/
http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss.latest
http://chainsawsuit.com/
http://dresdencodak.com/archives/
http://www.happletea.com/
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2347
So if I'm tired of seeing stories submitted by the same people (Bennett Haselton, Hugh Pickens,
Good to know.
I misread that as "Hackers Stole Information From IKEA Servers". I was worried there for a moment.
"It's the best thing since professional golfers on 'ludes." -- Rick Obidiah
