Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) can make you dance. They use a technology called “galvanic vestibular stimulation” which sends low-power electric currents into the subject’s inner ear, giving them their irresistable urge to move in a specific, controllable direction. Using a joystick, NTT has made individuals walk in a pretzel shape.
NTT has also […]

While trying to figure out how many total Zip Codes there are in the United States, I found this cool java applet that graphically represents zip codes. Like most things I learn lately, I came by this at a Wikipedia entry.

I am getting slammed with comment spam, so I am disabling comments and trackbacks until I find a solution.

I just became aware that The Future of Music Coalition is holding its fifth annual summit at my own GWU Lisner Hall. The summit is “a forum for musicians, lawyers, academics, policymakers and music industry executives to come together to discuss and debate some of the most contentious issues surrounding digital technology, artists’ rights […]

Those of you using Intel PROSet to connect to GWU’s wireless network should upgrade immediately to the latest version of the software. The latest version has a much cleaner interface and some additional functionality. For example, PROSet now shows signal strength for all available networks so you can steal the best […]

I’ve been catching up on my email newletter reading from Public Knowledge, The Center for Democracy and Technology, my web host.
The Public Knowledge news letter directed me, by way of BoingBoing, to an academic paper titled “The Darknet and the Future of Content Distribution”. The Darknet is the collection of various content-sharing procedures […]

From the EFF’s latest Action Alert:

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has been wreaking havoc on consumers’ fair use rights for the past seven years. Now Congress is considering the Digital Media Consumers’ Rights Act (DMCRA, HR 1201), a bill that would reform part of the DMCA and formally protect the “Betamax defense” relied […]

To format the number (I. , a., 1., etc.) at the start of a outline paragraph, select the space immediately AFTER the last character in the paragraph. However you formate that space is how your number will appear. I frequently use this to unbold or de-italicize my numerals.

At some point this semester, while using Word to write outlines, TAB and BACKSPACE stopped indenting (or un-indenting) a line to a different level in the outline. I’ve searched and searched for how to fix this, and I finally figured it out. So I thought I’d post it here so any other people out there […]

I just installed Gallery 1.4.2 on this site and it’s really awesome. I can upload pictures, add captions, organize them into photo albums, and even click to purchase prints all from a web interface. Check out my first gallery! I can also add accounts for other people who would like galleries and photo albums of […]