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#blockquote
Know Your Place, Meat Creatures
Katherine Hayles, author of "How We Became Posthuman" goes bio, reminding us that machines aren't the ones in charge. The catch? Neither are we. [WaPo] More » -
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#iphoneapps
At Long Last, Battleship Comes to the iPhone
Whether for crippled controls, downgraded graphics or general lack of effort, games almost always get worse when they're ported to the iPhone. But what if you're adapting a concept from a plastic toy? Yeah, that works. More » -
#android
Why We All Need to Calm Down About the Google Phone
If you've seen the internet (or Giz) this weekend, you've heard about it: the "real Google phone" that "changes everything." But before we get carried away, a counterpoint: Google isn't magic. And the Nexus One isn't a game-changer. Not yet. More » -
#nook
Ravaging the Nook: a Teardown, a Spec List and Android Hacks
Let's face it, nobody was too upset by the opaqueness of the Nook's spec sheet—screens software, not board-level componentry, are what make ereaders great. But with this teardown comes something glorious: the Nook's Android software has been hacked. More » -
#howto
How To: Totally Overhaul Your Phones With Google Voice
Google Voice, which lets users consolidate all their phones under one number, archive your texts and voicemails, and much, much more, is two things to most people: vaguely promising, and totally confusing. Here's how to make the switch, in plain English. More » -
#iphoneapps
The Week's Best iPhone Apps
In this week's mildly paranoid iPhone app roundup: Prices, slashed for the holidays! iPhones, recklessly tilted! Amazing classic games, handily ported! A decent camera app, sold for nothing! Cheap tickets, booked! Dictations, taken! Movies trivia, two ways! And much, much more... More » -
#inbrief
Apps Gallery
Labyrinth 2: Labyrinth games are the first titles any tilt-enabled gaming device gets. The earliest jailbreak games were little put-the-ball-in-the-hole gimmicks, and looking back even further, when the first accelerometer-enhanced Gameboy title shipped back in 2001, it was basically a big Kirby labyrinth game. That said, this dead-simple gameplay metaphor is really addictive, and Labyrinth 2, with unecessarily great graphics, dozens of creative little twists on the core concept, and effectively infinite gameplay time, is well worth the five dollars for anyone who's ever enjoyed an iPhone marble game.
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#comcast
Whoever Writes Comcast's Movie Descriptions Is a Genius
This astute synopsis of Lindsay Lohan's ultra-meta pièce de résistance isn't a fluke—no, over at Comcast, movie summarization has been elevated to an artform. That, or their whole staff has a raging pill habit. Either way! More » -
#pranks
Every College Student Should Just Buy a Typewriter
A real true history lesson: Before there were laptops, everyone had to carry entire desktop computers to class. Before there were desktops, they had to lug typewriters. Before that, everyone just tried real hard to remember stuff. Ask your grandparents! More »
