Panoramic Wifi Camera from Adam Somlai-Fischer on Vimeo.
I am never surprised by the insane things people make, but this “camera” is pretty amazing.
Essentially, the camera can take pictures of the radio spectrum by spotting the varying intensities within the spectrum. The pictures come out looking like a copy from a broken printer, [...more]
As a man who’s currently writing this article on the public WiFi provided by my local coffee shop, I’m somewhat alarmed to hear that the UK may soon be erecting copyright standards so impossible to meet that it’d signal the end of public WiFi. The culprit? The Digital Economy Bill currently working its way through [...more]
Last week, McDonald’s introduced free wi-fi in 11,500 of its 14,000 US stores. It had previously cost $3.00 for 2 hours, but AT&T’s changed all that – you can now check your gmail while you drink your McFlurry while you get fatter. Much, much fatter.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go shove 20 [...more]
There are a few great reasons to become a hobo. Maybe you find the idea of eating shoe leather and punching rats in the snout to be romantic. Maybe you hear voices that you can only escape by huffing kerosene fumes. Maybe you’ve fallen in love with a scruffy drifter named Alistair Drizzlepop.
As for reasons [...more]