Blogging from your mobile phone had an early and (to my way of seeing things) abortive surge in popularity a few years ago. It seems to be making a comeback, and with well-designed applications like Vox available, may be here to stay. [fark]
All posts by Jeremy Lyon
Biomimicry Hits Boating
I am completely enamored of this boat that looks (and swims) like a dolphin. Somewhere between a personal submarine and a speedboat, it’s definitely what the cool geeks will be piloting. [digg]
Reinventing The Nail
The most common failure point of structures put under stress by earthquakes or hurricanes turns out to be the humble nail. This, it seems, is an engineering problem that Ed Sutt has solved by reinventing the nail. [mefi]
JACK’S GIFT by Jason Stoddard
Jason Stoddard (whose “Changing The Tune” appeared here just over a year ago) brings us December’s short story; “Jack’s Gift” is our first honest-to-God holiday piece. Think Metropolis meets Miracle On 34th Street; grit with a lot of heart. Enjoy!
Jack’s Gift
by Jason Stoddard
When Sandra was six, she asked the question for the first time.
“Daddy, is there a Santa Claus?”
And, like all first times, the answer was easy.
“You email him your list, and he sends you presents, doesn’t he?”
“Yeah.”
“So there must be a Santa Claus.”
“Oh, okay.” And she drifted off into the perfect sleep of children who have had the world sorted to their satisfaction.
When Sandra was eight, she asked something harder. Continue reading JACK’S GIFT by Jason Stoddard
MIT’s Drone Cloud
MIT, funded by Boeing, is building software to control a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (in this case helicopters). Says Jonathan How, aeronautics professor, “You can have a student essentially operate this from their bedroom.” And thus the participatory panopticon is born, on the wings of bored college students and open source drone clouds. [digg]