Stories of data saving or losing the election

The good news?  Continued employment for us computer geeks.  You don’t have to be for one candidate over the other to appreciate the lessons learned here. This story tells the tale of the Obama team’s data mining efforts: How Obama’s data crunchers...
Project Volt – 48 Hours With Chevy’s New Hybrid

Project Volt – 48 Hours With Chevy’s New Hybrid

Through the magic of having a decent Klout score I was chosen by Chevrolet to have a two-day test drive of a brand-new Chevy Volt in return for talking about it to you through my social network. So why not?  My ’88 Saab 900 is going need to be replaced someday....
It Lives! World’s Tiniest Webserver!

It Lives! World’s Tiniest Webserver!

I’ve been experimenting with .NET Gadgeteer.  It’s an open-source toolkit for building small electronic devices, pretty much the same idea as the Arduino. Why Gadgeteer instead of Arduino?  I don’t have a lot of spare time or room to work and...
The Fourth Dimension

The Fourth Dimension

Steve’s Carnegie Mellon classmates Drew Olbrich and Kevin Goldsmith have produced this very educational and entertaining iPhone app that demonstrates how a you can visualize the fourth dimension in just three. It may just blow your mind! Read more and get the...
HTML5 Audio Formats

HTML5 Audio Formats

You think a person could just put an audio file on their web site, but you’d be wrong.  There’s no one audio format that’s supported by all the browsers. Here’s the breakdown: For further details, read more at the Scirra blog:...