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Still a lot more bottom in Vancouver Real Estate

This just in:  Vancouver has been ranked fourth on the world’s list of least affordable cities.  This is well ahead of cities like Manhattan, San Francisco, London, Paris, and Hong Kong.  As most rational people know, the city’s thundering real estate...

Intel Makes a Play for 802.11

Intel embeds 802.11 support right into the CPU. Once again it’s clear that the Bazaar (unlicensed spectrum) will outpace the Cathedral (licensed spectrum) every time. When these Pentium M chips sink below $100, I think we can expect to see some amazing products....

Video iPod?

http://news.com.com/2100-1040-979204.html?tagý_lede1_hed Apple banks on digital media harvest By Joe Wilcox Staff Writer, CNET News.com January 6, 2003, 4:00 AM PT Apple Computer on Tuesday is expected to unveil a new portable product aimed at bolstering the...

Hikikomori: Japan’s Missing Million

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/correspondent/2334893.stm Sunday, 20 October, 2002, 19:50 GMT 20:50 UK Japan: The Missing Million By Phil Rees Reporting from Japan for Correspondent Teenage boys in Japan’s cities are turning into modern hermits –...

What’s On Your Mind?

I’ll tell you what >I< want for Christmas... I want a small arty-looking objet of some sort that displays up-to-the-minute Google search terms from the Live Query feed to use as a paperweight, on my wall, etc. Bonus if it has 802.11 built-in. That'd be cool geek...