OK, this struck me as a little bit ridiculous. Safeway has redefined the meaning of a dozen: forget the baker’s dozen, fourteen is the new twelve. Apparently even cardinal numbers…

…Are you listening, Toyota? But, I digress. The new key arrived in a little bubble-wrap baggie. While I was disgruntled with the outrageous price, I had to smile when I…

…microphone (the world’s first single-chip digital output mic) in the upcoming Lifebook Q2010 high-end executive notebook. CommsDesign has an article that covers the announcement in some detail. Fujitsu adopted Akustica’s…

In the 21st century the new equivalent excuse to “the dog ate my homework” has become “sorry I didn’t reply to you — your message got caught in my spam…

…performance from part to part, which enables multiple microphone applications for noise cancellation and directionality. Multiple mic applications in the PC world will become increasingly common given Microsoft’s new audio…

I woke up this morning and unfolded the front page of the New York Times to discover that Kurt Vonnegut is dead at 84. He was a great writer whose…

…and one of which will require me to buy a new device at some point in the future. The unfixable problem is the slow-as-molasses 2.5G AT&T Edge Network. Why, oh…

…at the brewery, so Forest and the rest of the crew over at Speakeasy have a special place in my heart.  Go try their new White Lightening Wheat Beer and…

Via Gizmodo:  Upgrading your Comcast Motorola/Scientific DVR to run TiVo software costs an extra $2.95/month and has been rolled out in New England.  More details from Comcast here.  And go…

…at how dense magnetic storage has become. And the increase in density in flash-based storage is equally remarkable. As a New Year’s Resolution, I’ll try to refrain from posting more…