Naomi Klein wrote a poignant article recently about the ways in which the global surveillance market is being propped up by the Beijing Olympics.  Her article is entitled The Olympics: Unveiling Police State 2.0, and it details how the Beijing Olympics are being used as an excuse to sell high tech, police-grade surveillance equipment—security cameras, [...]

I know a little while ago I blogged about how cool I thought Google Maps street view was, but I think it just got a little too close to home. Check out this image my brother pointed out to me. That’s my truck sitting in my Dad’s driveway back home. It must have been taken [...]

I’ll be the first to say that I think Google Maps “street view” is pretty cool. I’ve been to practically all the major US cities from my studio apartment. How cool is that? Only wish I could use it on my BlackJack II as demonstrated in the Android video posted below. Anyways, last night I [...]

This isn’t going to be a very informative post, but I must say that I just heard about Android and am super excited. In December I upgraded to a BlackJack II so I’ve been trying to learn as much as possible about mobile computing. I don’t think I’ll ever go back to a non-data plan [...]