Microsoft’s Project Natal

I’ve found in life that whenever a product bends over backwards to tell you that it is a certain way… it is most likely just the opposite. Project Natal demonstrates this nicely.

Microsoft's Project Natal Demo – Lame

It is billed as giving gamers unprecedented control over their games by doing away with [...]

Converted from BlogCFC to WordPress

WordPress Dashboard

Ooine.com has been converted from BlogCFC (ColdFusion) to WordPress (PHP). I would have loved to stay with BlogCFC because I am a professional ColdFusion developer, but WordPress is such a superior tool in every way… it’s not really a difficult decision. Sure, I’m giving up the chance to mess with the [...]

Department of Energy Kills the Hydrogen Car Program

The dream of hydrogen fuel cell cars has just been put back in the garage. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced yesterday that his department is cutting all funding for hydrogen car research, saying that it won’t be a feasible technology anytime soon. “We asked ourselves, ‘Is it likely in the next 10 [...]

How to get an iPhone 3G for only $119

Amazing. You can purchase a “3G” (that’s the model number, by the way) iFhone for only $120 from DealExtreme.com. Wait. What did you say? Yeah, it’s a real iFhone. What’s the problem? Just take a look at the screen shots. It’s the real deal.

If you need help setting it up, just go [...]

Google’s Gmail Autopilot by CADIE – Really cool!

Google just added a new feature to their popular Gmail email system called AutoPilot. It scans emails and can automatically reply to them in real English. Neat stuff!

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/autopilot/index.html

Most People Don’t Read Contracts – Well Duh!

The Consumerist just posted a story about how silly most people are in that they never bother to read contracts presented to them. Rather, they pretend like they are considering it for about 2 seconds and then they sign away.

You know what I say to that? DUH! You simply cannot function in the [...]

2001 – 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe – Suspensions Completely Rusting Out

Great, I just discovered that my main car has a huge safety issue, and that nothing is yet being done to address it. The NHTSA has an open investigation into the matter, but it remains… open.

Here is the transcript so far:

Make: HYUNDAI Model: SANTA FE Year: 2003 NHTSA Action Number: EA08023 Summary: [...]

Bland Uninspired Language and Words I Dislike

Sometimes it’s the little things that catch me. I can’t explain why, they just do.

Last year I was at Comic Con in NYC. I’m not really into comics, but I *am* into gaming, so I spent a lot of time hanging around the Wizards of the Coast booth. I was constantly struck by [...]

Happy Birthday Charles Darwin

Thank you for doing more to raise consciousness that almost any other person who ever lived. Your work is the seed that will grow to ultimately dissolve the scourge of religious dogma and primitive magical thinking that infects the minds of the masses.

In the words of Ernst Mayr on Darwin, “Eliminating God [...]

Magic Jack Customer Service Phone Number

Still having trouble with MagicJack? Here are their support phone numbers.

Main Office: (561) 594-2140 – you can apparently only leave a message

Support: (281) 404-1551 – open from 11am to 8pm EST

You can also access support via online chat at their site:

http://www.magicjack.com/9/customercare.asp

I stopped using Magic Jack 1 day after I [...]