Dylan Tweney

“T-Mobile USA is expected to roll out UMA [wi-fi phone] services within the next six months.” Light Reading – UMA Services Near Reality

The daily haiku journal I publish, tinywords — which I like to refer to as “the world’s tiniest magazine” — has resumed publication. I’m working on some enhancements to the site which I hope to be able to announce in the next couple of weeks. I’ve ended a short, ill-conceived flirtation with WordPre

Way more significant than the Google subpoena. Think $27.5 billion significant (that’s how much goes through Paypal annually). IRS seeks PayPal’s aid finding hidden cash

Much as I lean to the left, I have to admit that lefties often make really stupid choices when choosing how to stage their protests. Too often these protests happen out of some vague sense of anger and outrage, with very little attention to the message they’re conveying. ie: Bad branding. Case in po

Forget wi-fi hackers–the really scary coffee-shop criminals stab you in the chest and then take your computer. Laptop thieves descend upon wireless cafes / Grab-and-run robbers find pricey computers easy to resell

Xeni has her spiky platinum hair. Cory has his chunky black glasses. Malcolm has his, um, hair. Seth has his ears. I feel like I’m missing a branding opportunity here. What to do: Shave my head? Bleach my hair and spike it up like I did in the 90s? Wear a huge bone through my […]

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t: Cleaner air may actually be accelerating global warming. BBC NEWS | Air trends ‘amplifying’ warming

I’m an “Advocating Leader” according to the website PersonalDNA. This multicolored square represents the different elements of my personality–mouse over the colors to see what each one means. Thank god I’m only very slightly totalitarian. Take your own test here (it takes about 15 minutes and you ge

Putting a waterproof camera in a bathtub and then taking self-portraits with the camera submerged is a great way to make yourself look really FREAKY.

Wm. S. Burroughs: “We intend to destroy all dogmatic verbal systems.” My Mother and I Would Like to Know

Most digital cameras, regardless of resolution, have puny image sensors. Who cares? You should. Bigger sensors, like the DSC-R1’s, take clearer pictures, because there’s less interference between pixels. This cam takes 10.3-megapixel images that are remarkably rich and free of noise. It also has a t

Hilariously bad PR: Undertaking a Difficult Sales Job