The Democratic And Republican National Convention Speeches, As Seen Through Wordle (10)
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It's all over: Years of planning, hours of speech-writing, millions spent on creating the venues to host thousands of Democratic and Republican convention attendees. What remains are the words that the politicians spoke (or didn't,) and the promises they made. To re-cap those words, we thought we'd create a Wordle gallery of the most notable candidates', spouses', and supporters' speeches. Wordle is an online application created by IBM's senior software engineer Jonathan Feinberg. Using text ...
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hoosteen said:
I love that McCain's speech is a jumble, and that COUNTRY is the only consistent theme among the RNC speeches. USA! USA! USA!
Heavy Gets His Sandvich, I'm Still Waiting [Team Fortress 2] (2)
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It's good to know that the Heavy appreciates a good sandwich as much as I do. Though in my case my need for hunger-filling sammiches pushes me to hire interns in the Denver area. In the case of the Heavy? He uses his Sandvich to satisfy overwhelming hunger pangs and heal 120 health. The tidy meal does take him a good four seconds to eat, and apparently the noise of his chomping is a dead ...
Install a Water-Saving Shower Shutoff Valve [Step By Step] (19)
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A small addition to your shower head can save you time, money, and water: a simple shutoff valve can toggle the water flow off and on without undoing your carefully-calibrated mix of hot and cold on the faucet itself. When you want to save water (and money on your water bill), you can quick switch off the water while you soap up or leave conditioner in using a shower head shutoff valve. Last summer we ...
Where Are We In The Hype Cycle? (111)
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New technologies tend to follow different trajectories of hype, hope, and despair as they are discovered by different groups of people and finally adopted (or ignored) by consumers. Gartner actually goes ahead and charts this hype cycle for different technologies. Its latest hype cycle for 2008, shown above, is making the rounds. (It was released in July, but is just now reaching the upward trajectory in its own cycle). According to Gartner’s view of the ...
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Danielle said:
happy to be on the slope of enlightenment!
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Thomas said:
I'm rooting for the cluster of wikis, SNA, Idea Management and Corporate blogging... all of which are primed to exit the Trough of Disillusionment and soar up the Slope of Enlightenment.
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Mark Gibson said:
Great graphic. I sometimes fear coming across as either an apologist or a groupie for virtual worlds, but when a technology falls into "trough of disillusionment," it's usually the last opportunity for established players to apply the new technology to create differentiated advantage. It will be very interesting to watch Green IT follow this same curve.
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Scott said:
I love this graph
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Kathy said:
Mainly, the graph cracks me up.
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Ian said:
this is awesome
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Harish said:
Good way of seeing things, but how/who decides which tech is in which phase ?
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Bradford said:
So the questions is - where exactly in the hype cycle is it best to start a company built around a technology? I'd have to argue for the trough of disillusionment so you can lead the enlightenment.
NES Turned Into Retro Gaming Uberbox [Mods] (2)
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True, this mod could have been done with pretty much any small plastic box, but choosing a Nintendo Entertainment System to house a retro gaming PC is the kind of crowd pleasing coup-de-modding that is difficult to surpass, save by hollowing out a Vectrex or performing electronic taxidermy on an actual anthropomorphic hedgehog. The beast contains a Windows XP PC loaded with the GameEx emulator front-end and a metric shedload of NES, SNES and N64 ...
No Money Down Solar Lease Program Announced in Connecticut (5)
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photo: Solar Connecticut Kitting out your home with a solar power system just got a bit easier in the state of Connecticut. Under the Connecticut Solar Lease Program, qualifying low and moderate-income homeowners—those people whose household incomes is less than or equal to 150% of the median income for their area and with good credit—will be able to obtain state assistance to install solar PV systems. Qualifying Income Level Varies Widely In the state capitol, ...
Todd Lappin reviews the first class suite of the Emirates A380 (13)
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Todd Lappin was invited to take a demo flight of the Emirates A380. He took a bunch of photos and wrote about it on his blog, Telstar Logistics. It was the kind of offer Telstar Logistics cannot refuse: "Please join us for an exclusive opportunity to experience and fly on Emirates’ cutting-edge A380 aircraft during a two hour ‘demo flight’ and reception," they said. So we said, "Sure! Sign us up!" And away we went. ...
People Are Going SCIV Creator Crazy! [Gallery] (1)
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That character creator in Soulcalibur IV certainly has opened up a barrel nutty! Picking up where Kotaku reader CB's Metal Gear Solid creations left off, just check out this rogues gallery which includes appearances by Ronald McDonald (with an afro!), the girls from Lucky Star, Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer, Dante from Devil May Cry, Final Fantasy IV, the Mario Bros., the bride from Kill Bill, Gundam and many, many more! Right up there, that's ...
Dude Spills Coffee On Optimus Maximus Keyboard, It Survives (2)
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It was only a matter of time. This image popped up on an Optimus Live Journal group, showing the sad results of a clumsy morning with a steaming mug and a $1,600 Optimus Maximus keyboard, which is one place we didn't take our review—yet. Not much info on what happened or whether this was a planned test, but the poster says it survived the "first recorded coffee spill thanks to the construction of the upper ...
Why Bethesda Prefers The 360, More Fallout On The Way [Fallout 3] (5)
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Every time I've seen Fallout 3 in action, it's been on the Xbox 360. From the earliest playthrough demos right up to last motnh's E3 Expo, I've yet to see anyone controlling Fallout 3 with anything...
Kids Retrieve Almost 40,000 Plastic Bags in Terrific Bid to Earn Free Fun (5)
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In a terrific promotion we can only hope will lead to more creative thinking, Rye Playland in Westchester, NY recently held a promotion where every child that turned in 100 plastic bags for recycling received free admission to the park that day. All told, the kids put together some 39,995 plastic bags as they worked their way through the turnstiles in search of a good time at one of the most historic amusement parks in ...
Steve Jobs Started the Popped Collar Trend [Steve Jobs] (11)
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A man ahead of his time, Steve Jobs not only developed the first iPhone circuit board prototype more than 20 years ago (though Woz did all the work), he pioneered the popped collar trend that's sweeping tanning salons, batting cages, and car modding shops everywhere. DBags everywhere salute you, sir. [Natuba] Note: We've seen that picture a million times but only noticed the popped collar when Natuba pointed it out. It's likely that our eye ...
FCC Orders Comcast to Stop P2P Blocking [The Verdict Is In] (4)
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It comes as no surprise, but the FCC has officially ruled on the issue of Comcast P2P blocking and determined in a 3-2 vote that the company must stop blocking web access and fully disclose its traffic management practices to subscribers—but it will not be fined for its actions. It is only a small victory though—as we have already stated, this ruling does not prevent data caps from being implemented by ISPs and there is ...
Breaking News: NullRiver's iPhone App is Available again in AppStore (7)
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I had just posted that NullRiver's iPhone App - NetShare briefly brought 3G/EDGE Tethering for iPhone only to be pulled down from the App Store after being available for 20 minutes. NetShare basically turns your iPhone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot, thus enabling your laptop or any Wi-Fi enabled device to surf the internet using your iPhone's data connection. iPhone Hacks readers, Moy and Mike, tipped us in the comments that NetShare has reappeared in ...
Video: soundsystems mounted to BMX bikes (22)
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In New York's Queens borough, there's a group of Trinidiadian teens who trick out their BMX bikes with insane sound systems. Directors Nicolas Randall and Joe Stevens shot a short documentary about the scene. Creative Review has more still photos and a video clip from the film, titled Made In Queens. Amazing stuff. BMX soundsystems (Creative Review)
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shueytexas said:
I totally had a little plastic radio mounted on my bike when I was 9.
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Tim said:
We need these guys spreading the word about international capslock day
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Evan said:
Sharing since I'm From Trinidad :D
Shimano's All-Electric Gear System is Like F1 Paddle Shifters For Your Bike [Bikes] (5)
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Gear and derailleur mechanisms in high-end bikes are among the more impressive feats of engineering around, which makes bike madman Eric Hagerman's report in Wired on Shimano's new ultra high-end all-electric gear shifters pretty interesting. While other companies have dabbled in replacing rickety lever and cable shifters with all-electric mechanisms, Shimano has taken the tech much further than most. And while it may seem like bike-dude geekery at best, hearing the pros talk about the ...
UK Technology Writer Takes His Electronics Off-Grid (2)
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Image Credit Danny Bird @ PC Pro/Dennis Publishing British technology writer and TreeHugger emeritus Matthew Sparkes faced a challenge- could he run all of his technology on solar and wind power, even in gloomy London? It turned into an interesting demonstration of how far technology has come but how far it has yet to go. Matt started with an advantage- he is a crazed cyclist, usually doing 15 or 20 miles a day on his ...
