Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Review: Numark DJiO

grfxguy October 9th, 2008

As annoyed as I am about the explosion of “people who think they are DJ’s”, one of the nice things that has emerged from this is the availability of new technology. Like cruise missile advancement during the Cold War, DJ technology, especially digital, has grown by leaps and bounds in a very short time period.
Having [...]

Coolest Car Ever

So-CoAddict October 3rd, 2008

This week Citroën unveiled their latest concept car at the Paris Auto Show, called the Citroën GT, and all I can say is… damn, I want one for my living room. This has to be one of the coolest concept cars I’ve seen in a while. The car was built as a joint venture between [...]

DemoCampCalgary 10

David Gluzman September 26th, 2008

I don’t know why I’ve never written about this on here.. but what the heck..
Over the past year or so I’ve been part of helping organize BarCamp and DemoCamp here in Calgary. Last night was our 10th edition at DemoCamp and it was held at Melrose Cafe (off 17th Ave). There was a [...]

Solar Wind Plasma Output At 50-Year Low

MaxPower September 23rd, 2008

More curiosities abound from the activity on the sun. I have been interested in the slow start to the 24th solar cycle for a while now and then this press release and conference call from NASA’s JPL caught my attention.
“The sun’s million mile-per-hour solar wind inflates a protective bubble, or heliosphere, around the solar [...]

The World Didn’t End…

MaxPower September 10th, 2008

It is Wednesday morning in North America, the Large Hadron Collider is on in France and the world has not come to an end. We did not experience mini black holes tearing away at the fabric of space time. There hasn’t been a series of earthquakes or tsunamis (tsunamis? really? that is the best critics [...]