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  • 06.25.08
    Our (Counter) Culture Is In Danger on the go | (1)
    The passing of George Carlin this past weekend represented much more than the loss of one of the funniest, edgiest comedians of all time. It also underscores the dwindling number of counter culture visionaries left in American culture. In the past few years, we've lost pivotal figures in the evolution of our culture like Timothy Leary and Hunter Thompson to the point that it's hard to point out any significant counter culture figures remaining in modern society. Now all that we have left are Youtubers performing stupid human tricks and celebutants as mascots for our materialistic and money-obsessed society. Everyone is ...
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  • 06.02.08
    Is the Mobile Web for Weekend Warriors? on the go | (2)
    A recent BusinessWeek article providing analysis on the mobile web dubbed it the Weekend Web. I think this is an interesting and somewhat apt nickname, although I'm not sure it really catches the most important concepts driving mobile web adoption. It's somewhat natural to see mobile web usage spike on the weekend. After all, the most hardcore web users are likely to work in jobs that keep them behind a computer screen during office hours. And who would want to surf on a slower cell phone connection than their office's broadband? So, what else can we see driving mobile web growth? ...
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  • 05.28.08
    iControlPad Dock Brings Serious Gaming to iPhone on the go | Comments Off
    iControlPad is a docking system that fits snugly around your iPhone and gives you access to a control pad and four buttons that you can use for mobile gaming. If you check out the pic, it looks kind of similar to the PSP set up only it's even smaller. But are there games that you can play on your iPhone using the buttons? I'm glad you asked... The iControlPad dock is currently compatible with the ZodTTD game emulators for iPhone. This means that you can play games designed for Gameboy, Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Playstation or Sega Genesis. The iControlPad team is ...
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  • 05.27.08
    Mobile Projection: Device or Future Feature? on the go | Comments Off
    Earth Trek just announced their new 90-805R Mobile Projector, touting it as the smallest projector in the world. At just 4"x2" and only 1" tall it boasts 22" diagonal projection from a unit the size of a mobile phone. So far, it looks as though it accepts input from flash cards or AV and no word on USB. It also has a built in speaker and a battery included that lasts 1-2 hours. That sounds fine for an impromptu presentation, but you'll want a plug nearby if you're planning to use it for watching a movie. Earth Trek is touting ...
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  • 05.14.08
    Play Spielberg’s Boom Blox On Your Mobile on the go | (1)
    In case you haven't heard, Steven Spielberg's new game called Boom Blox for the Wii is making waves. It has very intuitive controls, is excellent for players of any age, and is a great way to bring families together to play the Wii together. If you're anything like me, play it once and you're very likely to get hooked. I'm a huge fan of multiplayer casual gaming on the Wii. That and beer, but that's a (mostly) separate story. This morning I discovered that EA and Steven Spielberg have also released a mobile version of Boom Blox. The mobile version seems ...
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  • 05.09.08
    Investigators Use Text Messages To Take Down SDSU Drug Ring on the go | Comments Off
    The full text message reads, "Attn faithful customers both myself and my associates will be in vegas this coming weekend bad news is we will not be able to complete sales good news now until midnight thursday gs are 35 eights 110 quads 210 so stock up and we will be back Sunday night." The DEA displayed the screen grab above when they announced the bust of an SDSU drug operation that led to 75 arrests. The students were running a large scale operation that resulted in the seizure of 4 pounds of cocaine, 50 pounds of marijuana, 48 plants, 350 ...
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  • 04.30.08
    Google Continues Static Map API Push on the go | Comments Off
    Yesterday Google announced a number of improvements to the still relatively new Static Maps API including more marker and path options, language transliteration and improved marker image file format support. The Static Map API can help you to create a quick map of a trip or location to post on your blog without having to learn how to develop in Google Maps. They even have a nifty Wizard that will walk you through adding the pins and lines to your map. However, I think that there's another potential application of the Google Static Maps API on the mobile web. Google ...
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