Blunt? Perhaps. But it kinda-sorta feels like a Friday. What does that have to do with anything? Absolutely nothing. But that doesn’t matter. What does matter is not getting plastered by a truck when you’re rockin’ out to your beats and struttin’ your stuff through the city. It seems like a day doesn’t pass without some newspaper publicizing how some poor sap get his face reconstructed by a car because he couldn’t hear them coming,...
Mobile web junkies, London 2012 will be the place to go. Not only will you have thousands of athletes from across the globe competing for the gold, but fresh, speedy WiFi to boot. This comes from London’s mayor, Boris Johnson himself. According to the good mayor, by 2012 tourists and inhabitants alike can expect wireless access points in every light post, street sign, bus stop, etc., etc come games time. So far, 22 boroughs have jumped on board the monumental task...
In order to start Monday with some good news, we’ll get the bad out of the way early tonight. Plenty of mass transit commuters in big cities know that riding taxis, buses, and trains to work results in a fair amount of lost productivity. But a recent wave of tech madness has been sweeping trains and buses, with WiFi access becoming almost common place. Focusing on trains/subway rail lines in particular, the task of getting an outside connection can be quite the...
The ongoing spiraling in a downward direction that AT&T’s image is continually traveling is both sad and entertaining. Could it be my sadistic side finding pleasure in an enemies misfortunes? Who knows. What I do know however is that reports from Consumerist this fine Sunday evening detailing a new revelation in the AT&T/iPhone drama are quite alarming to say the least. Go to Apple’s or AT&T’s website and try and order an iPhone with any...
Energy efficient traffic lights seem like one of the best ways to save local governments significant amounts of money of the course of 5, 10, or more years. The lights which often use LED technology are much less demanding on the power grid which in turn means more money for other things. But there’s one side effect many have overlooked. Heat output. Remember, the higher the heat output of a light, the more energy is being wasted. That’s all fie and dandy...
