From a consumer standpoint, this just makes all kinds of sense. T-Mobile is generally regarded as having the worst cellular service of any carrier in the US market. Oftentimes, calls to handsets on their networks get redirected to voicemail without a single ring on the device. Incidentally, this does wonders for battery life, as theContinue reading “T-Mobile Sprint Merger”
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The Puppetry of Civil Defense
Found this bizarre video on archive.org illustrating techniques for rural civil defense preparedness. Like, when you put your livestock in the barn basement to protect them from a nuclear blast, line the outside of the barn with bails of hay to reduce radiation absorption. And it’s all done with marionettes.
True P.O.V.
From El Reg: One-eyed man creates prosthetic ‘surveillance’ eye
@seymour FEED ME!
Found Through BoingBoing Funny Ignite presentation from one of the proponents of BotaniCalls. The group is creating open-source, open-hardware systems, mashing soil monitors and wireless components with Twitter and other communications media. If your ficus needs water, the device can transmit a message over SMS to notify you of this. About Ignite: Ignite captures theContinue reading “@seymour FEED ME!”
Watchmen Ending Altered
Just found out the ending has been altered. No spoilers here, but if you’ve read the graphic novel you’ll see the difference.
