Jake Pulver, 13 year old scion of Jeff Pulver, recently posted this YouTube video, converting a jailbroken iPod Touch to a VoIP phone. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-AKRESzdeE[/youtube] If the folks at Skype had any sense, they would have rolled out a jailbreak version of Skype the day the iPod Touch dropped. Instead, it’s a 13 year old on…
The official endorsement from Christopher Penn for the candidates for President of the United States: No one. Do your own homework. There are some candidates that I like more than others, but it’s entirely driven on my beliefs. I believe in a market-driven economy relatively free of government interference except when absolutely needed; the current…
I wish you a very happy new year 2008. 2008 is going to be an interesting year. Economically, it’s going to be a rough ride. You know this, and so does everyone else. Oddly enough, this is kind of comforting. I wish for peace, health, happiness, and prosperity for all my friend, but a dose…
Theme for 2008: Togakure Ryu Ninjutsu One of the really nice things about the martial art I practice is that each year has a theme, an area of focus that helps practitioners zoom in on a particular way of thinking and set of strategies. This past year, 2007, was the year of Kukishinden Ryu, or…
This one caught my eye. Not sure if it’s the tune, or the very well done animation, but it’s good stuff. Hat tip to Lisa Amorao on Facebook for pointing this out! [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBvaHZIrt0o[/youtube]
someone asked this tricky question: How can I forward Twitter DMs (direct messages) automagically so I can receive them like email? The answer is: a series of tubes! Pipes, actually. Here’s how to do it. First, you’ll need three things. A Twitter account, a Yahoo Pipes account, and a Google Reader account. Start by investigating…
Counting down to 2008 Christmas has come and gone and now we approach probably my favorite holiday of the holiday season – New Year’s Day. I love that for many people on the Gregorian calendar, it’s a perceived fresh start, a way to reboot, a way to mentally delineate between what was and what could…
I had the, shall we say, interesting experience of speaking to high school students recently. The part that seemed to genuinely disturb them? The opening discussion about money – specifically, where it really comes from. It’s deeply unsettling for most people, not just teenagers, to confront the reality that currency possesses zero intrinsic value. None.…
