Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology (must be seen to be believed) via http://nischal.posterous.com

Holeeee shmoleyyy... I wanna build one of those so bad!!

Though, to be honest, I think the lack of privacy with projecting onto walls or things around you is something that needs to be gotten around. I hope someone figures out how to do a light-weight wearable heads-up display soon. I'd happily wear glasses if it meant I could see my portable computer's display (or say, my iphone's display) without having to pull my phone out of my pocket.

This issue aside, Mistry has come up with some amazing tech and it works with stuff most of us have laying around. I've got an old webcam, some old mice and a few other things. I hope he open-sources this stuff soon.

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Posted 3 hours ago

Why the hell am I in lust with this phone? (thanks to @curiouslee for posting a pic of this on his flickr!)

I think it's because it's the anti-iPhone. It's tough, simple, has no camera, no multimedia capabilities, has a 2-color (eInk) display, super-cheap (newegg.com has it for $23 shipped) and it's GSM (aka uses SIM cards). Like the OLPC XO laptop, it was designed for developing nations, but ends up being so cheap and so solid, I wouldn't mind having one myself.

I'm a living paradox. I love super-advanced tech, but super-simple, low-budget tech simultaneously enthuses me.

I'm strange. Hit that link to read more about the Motofone F3.

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Posted 3 hours ago

Apparently, the new Google Phone (aka Nexus One) is quite tasty. Just ask this little girl. :)

via moppet65535's photostream on flickr.com. Find the original here.

Oh... and I was depressed I couldn't afford to upgrade to a 3GS. I gotta get published...

Any publishers out there looking to put out a really good scifi novel?

Anyone?

I've got like ten. Seriously.

Just like email me or something.
(thepete.com AT gmail.com)

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From Al Jazeera English: Iran protesters sentenced to death

Iran has sentenced five people to death and 81 others to prison terms of up to 15 years in a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest that followed June's disputed presidential election, state television says. A statement from the justice department, carried on the state-owned IRIB broadcaster, said on Tuesday that the five sentenced to death were members of "terrorist and armed opposition groups".


via english.aljazeera.net

Hey, neat. Those guys in Iran who risked their lives protesting the election, six months ago, are being sentenced to both 15 year sentences and to death.

 

Yeah... 15 years for marching. Death if the Iranian government decides you were part of a terrorist or armed opposition group. I'm sure the process of determining what that even means is perfectly fair and accurate (...or not).

I think it's time for the Iranian people to do something about this kind of shit. I seriously doubt the US would be able to support a real revolution, but the people of Iran should do something to stop this kind of oppression. I don't know anything about Islam, but surely the right to march down the street, holding a sign, should be legal.

The math is totally in their favor--the country is largely made up of younger people and these are the kinds of folks being sent up the river. The youth is the majority in Iran. If the government can't control them, they have nothing.

On a side note, when the US presidency was stolen, we didn't do crap and there's no way any of us would have gone to jail let alone be sentenced to death. At least those Iranians can see clearly what they are fighting for. I just hope this inspires folks over there to keep fighting.

Oh and don't slam me for using AJE as a source when Google News still includes "Fox News" as a legit news source. :P

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Posted 1 day ago

Just finished studying some Japanese with "My Japanese Coach" on the DS and it feels good.

Though looking at the title of this lesson and the fact that "My Japanese Coach" is a cute Japanese cartoon woman you might think I learned more than words for emotions like "happy" and "sad"... It's definitely not that kind of game... :(

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Posted 1 day ago

Right now I'm at the Metropolitan Room waiting for Marquee Five to perform!

Go @siskita!

Just one more night at the Metropolitan Room left!

MetropolitanRoom.com!

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Posted 1 day ago

Installing Easy Peasy Ubuntu Linux on my Asus eee pc 4G's SD card progress shots

I could have taken a lot more--EP was the easiest non-Mac OS I've installed but installing didn't go 100% smoothly (as a couple of the pics show). But in the end I got it running just fine and actually love it. Thanks to the Easy Peasy folks for putting this thing together!

       
Click here to download:
Installing_Easy_Peasy_Ubuntu_L.zip (644 KB)

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Posted 1 day ago

DON'T GIVE UP Budweiser

Spotted this flyer (flier?) on the subway recently and thought the placement was ironic. Try Jesus or beer.

Whichever...

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Posted 2 days ago

NYC's very own toilet paper: "From midtown to Flushing" >_<

All right so I may have LOLed a little at this one...

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Posted 2 days ago

Lego pics from the Toys R Us in Times Square, NYC

Took these last Tuesday at the TRU in NYC. They are of the two sets from Lego's Architecture line (Lego for adults!) and one pic of the to- scale Lego Empire State Building and another pic of my buddy, Stew, pointing to where his office is.

     
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Lego_pics_from_the_Toys_R_Us_i.zip (539 KB)

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Posted 2 days ago