Powered and controlled by your USB port. Control the aim and the firing mechanism of the darts via your computer. Just one more interesting thing found via digg.com

This last Summer I went to the famous EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2005 with my Dad and 5 brothers. It was amazing. For those who might not know what the Oshkosh Airshow is all about-many of my friends and coworkers have never heard of it-here is the summary from Wikipedia.org: The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is […]

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Today Microsoft announced that the XML file formats to be supported by default in the Office “12” product will be open. “We are going to bring the Microsoft Office Open XML formats to a standards body with the intention of eventually making the formats an ISO standard. This should really help everyone feel certain that […]

I’ve often wondered about how things we create so often attempt to “represent” things that are already created. From Object Oriented Design to Database Theory to Human Computer Interaction, there is a theme that I’m only beginning to see, and that is our search for doing things like they are done in the natural world. […]

James Duncan Davidson has a great post about his experience shooting pictures of folk as they present and interact with customers in a public way. I think it’s great advice for any one who works with the customer directly, not just CEOs or big wigs giving keynote presentations. Check it out.

Arstechnica has a great article about why the MacTel switch and why there’s more to it than Mr. Jobs’ “perf/watt performance road map.” Here’s my favorite bit: But they didn’t jump ship for performance or performance/watt reasons. They jumped ship because they no longer care about making leading-edge computer hardware. They also don’t care about […]

I’ve been saying this since 2000 and it’s even more true today. Recently the Journal Times wrote an amazingly positive piece about MacBU entitled, Microsoft Corp. is plugged into Macs In that article there is this gem: The autonomy of this relatively small division allows Microsoft programmers to cut loose and design the best software […]

I just read a great quote as I begin another of Henry Petroski’s books, this one named The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance. The quote is from the Preface of the books and is as follows: I believe that a person who is attracted to bridges, for example, can learn more about the […]

I was just reading a post by Steven Sinofsky and he mentions the new UI in Office “12” with this comment One of the things that has made us very comfortable thinking about change has been the role of new hires and interns in our group. They have seen the work we are doing and […]