Posts – Page 142 – dylan tweney

The world’s most powerful computer.

Dylan / 5/6/2004

“Working at Google, an engineer told me recently, is the nearest you can get to having an unlimited amount of […]

Dylan / 5/5/2004

This guide to insultingly bad movie physics explains why ricocheting bullets don’t spark, how shattering glass can cut you (even

Dylan / 4/30/2004

For all their advantages over film, digital cameras still can’t match 35mm SLRs in one key area: speed. Nearly every

Dylan / 4/30/2004

True information addicts will never be satisfied with the puny screens on most smart phones. Even at high resolution, a

Dylan / 4/30/2004

Sci-fi humorist Douglas Adams envisioned the ultimate interpreter: the Babel fish, a bright yellow, leechlike creature that, once inserted into

Dylan / 4/30/2004

You wouldn’t put Wal-Mart tires on your Ferrari, so why are you using substandard software on your high-end PDA? Yet

Dylan / 4/30/2004

If it weren’t for syncing, most people would never back up anything. It’s only because synchronization is so easy that

Dylan / 4/26/2004

My Taijiquan teacher, Mark Chen, has written a book: Old Frame Chen Family Taijiquan. It’s a terrific introduction to the

Dylan / 4/13/2004

Spotted just outside Santa Rosa, a hand-lettered cardboard sign tacked to a telephone pole: Martha Stuart for President!

Dylan / 4/5/2004

There’s this guy on my block who is always walking around, grumbling and growling and laughing to himself. He’s tall,