Vimeo has always been a fantastic service - their support of the creative community is great, and the quality of some of the videos people create and host there is simply incredible. They've just announced a set of simple-to-use services and tools to help content creators, including a "tip jar" and "pay-to-view" (coming in 2013). This is great, and I'm certain this will help generate even better and better videos by all the incredibly creative people that there are out there. Read more about this at their new Creator Services page (and you can find more background in their Staff Blog.)
This is neat - Khan Academy has a new interactive computer science program. Step-by-step presentation, with true interaction! This is definitely worth checking out if you or someone you know is interested in the area and wants to start learning about it. (You can learn more about the background of this cool new program by checking out ejohn.org and jamie-wong.com.)
Intel has created an all-digital RF Wi-Fi transceiver - i.e., no analog. It's built using their 32nm technology, supporting a 40 MHz bandwidth. Apparently the quality is comparable to current decent Wi-Fi parts. Read more at VentureBeat. Why does this remind me of Portal 2? :-) In any case, the scale of this is very impressive! (Be sure not to miss the "making of" video.)
This is a great idea -- it makes you almost want to wait for the crosswalk to be red! Think of all the cool games that could be used with a system like this...
We announced a whole new suite of Kindles today.
I've been involved with the Amazon Kindle since the beginning, and I am happy to say (once again) that I am very proud of the devices we have created. lifehacker has a great article that explains how to get into watercooling your PC. I currently use a closed-loop fixed system (Antec Kuler H2O in a push-pull configuration using a pair of Cooler Master Excaliburs) which works great for my needs. (But my CPU does still run a little hot when I crank it up to 4.9GHz...hmmm....) |
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