Author: Paul

Have you heard of Exalead?  While it is not a new (except to me) search engine that takes a very interesting approach to search.  It looks terribly sexy for a search engine.  As for the company itself, here is what they have to say for themselves: Bred from the prestigious Ecole des Mines in Paris,…

Everyone has seen Star Wars fans go to extremes with their costumes and standing in line for days to get tickets for the latest movie but this one really takes the cake: Two Brits who live for Star Wars have come close to dying for it, too. The BBC reported Tuesday that a 20-year-old man…

Here is some news for all the pod people out there (people who are into podcasts).  Steve Jobs has announced that version 4.9 of Apple’s fabulous iTunes software will support podcasts: Hugeness: Steve Jobs just revealed at the D: All Things Digital Conference that iTunes 4.9 will add support for podcasts. With one click you’ll…

Ok so I have no idea how pig latin (or whatever that was supposed to mimic) is supposed to work but you get the idea.  The Network People in Black at Work have taken steps to make sure TypePad and other blogging platforms simply don’t work terribly well so I will probably not be blogging…

So what is the Dark Side of the Force anyway?  I mean, besides a fiction created by George Lucas a few decades ago?  In Revenge of the Sith we learned that the Dark Side of the Force is about passion and exploring your darker feelings.  So is it all really just a fiction or is…

We saw Star Trek III: Revenge of the Sith the other day and for many reasons it was a strange movie to watch.  One of these reasons is that we all knew what the ending was.  After all, this is the missing piece between the controversial Episode II (Attack of the Clones) and the original…

I have been waiting for this one for a while so imagine my excitement when I came across this mention of a new Apple G5 Powerbook in my feeds.  I checked it out and man is that a sexy screen.  Pity about the somewhat bulky body though. This Week in Apple has more info on…

Here is an interesting tidbit.  Google is a big supporter of commuting by bike: So many Googlers commute by bike every day that you can’t easily look down a hallway and not see a bicycle or two leaning against the wall. Some people bike in from just a few miles away while others combine their…