I should have posted this a long time ago, but it is so damn annoying that I am going to put it below the break. Thanks a lot, Peter.

Google TechTalks July 26, 2006
Tasks like image recognition are trivial for humans, but continue to challenge even the most sophisticated computer programs. This talk introduces a paradigm for utilizing human processing power to solve problems that computers cannot yet solve. Traditional approaches to solving such problems focus on improving software. I advocate a novel [...]

Artist’s NSFW Creations Envision Robot Sex
The Sex Life of Robots centers around a robot baby and his mother scanning their home computer for porn. It shows — in graphic detail — the scenes of robot coitus that pop up on their screen. “It’s supposed to be like a silent robot porno movie from another planet,” [...]

by Cory Doctorow
“Tell me about your hobbies. Are you into model rocketry?”
“What?”
“Model rocketry.”
“No,” Greg said, “No, I’m not.” He sensed where this was going.
The man made a note, did some clicking. “You see, I ask because I see a heavy spike in ads for rocketry supplies showing up alongside your search results and Google mail.”
Greg [...]

You should be listening to Ian’s podcast, loser!
The only way it could be better is if it contained more dirty image-based puns.

Remember BigDog? Well, Boston Dynamics just released its little brother.

While LittleDog isn’t nearly as eerie as BigDog, STriDER wins the nightmare dystopic future award.

or: the extended mind for the blind
Head-mounted device is the cat’s whiskers

Jon has a discussion of this on his blog. I also left my own comments there

I posted a doomsday picture of what the end of net neutrality would look like several months ago. Here’s that image:

This image caused some panic in a recent D&D thread. I have felt somewhat guilty about posting such a sensationalist photoshop since it has no real basis in reality, and so I felt obliged [...]

From What the Sopranos taught me about technology:
During one of his therapy sessions with Dr. Jennifer Melfi, Tony shares with her that he is flummoxed at A.J.’s behavior of late. She says it sounds like his son has discovered existentialism, to which Tony replies: “[!@%$#%@] Internet.” But Melfi defends the ‘Net, assuring him that existentialism [...]

Jon called me out to celebrate Google’s birthday a few days ago. It wasn’t really Google’s birthday, it was more like its christening; it has been 10 years since www.google.com was registered. I posted the following response, which might not be what he expected, but I thougt was worth posting here.
I should start by [...]