Verbo.se

4 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Cell Phones

12/06/2008

I was just telling Walter that I don’t come across anything worth blogging these days – christ, I’m liveblogging now – when lo and behold this pops up:

  1. Luxembourg’s mobile phone penetration rate is 158%. 158 active cell phones for every 100 people.
  2. 15-19 year old Koreans send an average of 60 texts a day.
  3. You’re not the only one that uses your phone as a torch. Not by a long shot.
  4. Half of Japan’s top fiction was written on mobile phones.

(The article lists 10, but the rest or ho-hum.)

Look At Me, In The FT!

29/05/2008

Bizarre. I got a fair bit of coverage when I was PRO of IrelandOffline, including one moment of international fame on Wired, but the FT? Yowsa!

IT going green: Data centre boasts of ‘Intel-powered heating’: […] Mr Raftery and his business partners, Jerry Sweeny and Adam Beecher, looked at cutting energy costs, and apart from buying some of the most energy-efficient equipment on the market, they came up with several ideas. […]

In truth it’s a little bit previous, since we’ve only just ordered the components to contain the aisles and the heat exchangers are a bit down the road, but we’re not actually generating that much heat yet. 10 cabs occupied though, more reserved; breakeven hoving into view there in the distance! :)

Your laptop does WHAT…?

24/05/2008

Double-Fold Lappie

Giz: The system features two 13.3″ screens that can independently swivel for the benefit of friends/colleagues across the table. Together, they combine to measure 19.5″ across and offer a massive display.

Killdozer!

24/05/2008

If you’re gonna go postal, do it in style!

Wikipedia: Marvin John Heemeyer was a skilled American welder and owner of an automobile muffler repair shop. On June 4, 2004, frustrated over the adverse outcome of a zoning dispute, Heemeyer used a Komatsu D355A bulldozer modified with armor in the forms of steel and concrete to demolish the town hall, a former judge’s home and other buildings in Granby, Colorado. The rampage ended when the bulldozer became immobilized. After a standoff with law enforcement agencies, Heemeyer died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Heemeyer had been feuding with officials and individuals in Granby, particularly over fines for violating city ordinances and a zoning dispute regarding a concrete factory constructed opposite his muffler shop that destroyed his business.

Killdozer

The 10 Fastest Green Cars on the Planet

21/05/2008

I’d still prefer a Lexus LS 600h L for the day to day stuff, if that’s ok with everyone. Myself and T would be happy to share a Tesla at the weekend, assuming they can actually deliver one…

Wired: Among old-school gearheads, conventional wisdom is that gasoline is where the fun is, was and always will be (until the pumps run dry). Alternative-fuel automobiles — hybrids, diesels, electrics and the like — are dorky, cumbersome and slow. But a growing body of evidence suggests environmental consciousness doesn’t have to mean boring. To wit: 10 cars — funky, fun and each the fastest for its power source, from an American-built ethanol-fueled roadster that runs like the wind, to a three-seat urban buggy from France that runs on the wind.

Land Speed Prius

O2 Ireland’s ARPU falls in Q1

14/05/2008

Excellent, about time they stopped raping Irish users. Now all they need to do is cut it by another 50% or so.

SiliconRepublic: Mobile operator O2 said this morning that monthly blended average revenue per user (ARPU) “combining voice and data revenue” fell from €45.2 in the fourth quarter to €44.2 in the first quarter of 2008.

Baby Lambo

14/05/2008

And not the horrendous Gallardo, thank god!

Baby Lambo

Baby Ferrari, Jaguar and Maserati too!

EDRI tells the BOI story like it is…

13/05/2008

While the national media treat the story like a tiny little inconvenience and parrot the bank’s line that improper use of the data is unlikely, EDRI tells it like it is in just once sentence:

The personal data of about 10,000 customers of the Bank of Ireland are now in the possession of thieves as four laptops with the unencrypted data were stolen from the bank between June and October 2007.

The laptops were stolen by thieves. Bad people. People that will take every advantage that’s available to them.

Some crossover with the banks there, it seems…

Recent Posts
Categories

Copyright © 2020 Adam Beecher. All Rights Reserved.