punctuative!

“Dr Sandberg believes we could be living on hard drives along with our digital possessions in the not too distant future, which would allow us to shed the trouble of owning a body.

The concept is called ‘mind uploading’, and it suggests that when our bodies age and begin to fail like a worn or snapped record, we may be able to continue living consciously inside a computer as our own virtual substitutes.

‘It’s the idea that we can copy or transfer the information inside the brain into a form that can be run on the computer,’ said Dr Sandberg.”

Thought provoking piece on transitioning the physical to digital. The rest of the article is about minimalist lifestyle; “mind uploading” is the ultimate extension. Intriguing, of course (immortality!), but a distant likelihood. In the meantime, lots of intriguing bioengineering going on (http://bit.ly/bkpaJA).

http://www.pcworld.com/article/203424/

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REALLY? This put a huge, what-in-the-heck smile on my face. A legal disclaimer page devoted to letting the reader know that he/she just clicked on a link that will take them off-site. Those New Scientist links can be DAAANGEROUS… Watch out, people! [See for yourself]

Getting interested, especially about the front-facing camera.  New phone behavior coming soon.

“Needless to say, Sprint, HTC, and quite frankly, many of us have come to expect the EVO 4G to join that short list [of revolutionary devices on Android] for some obvious reasons. Put simply, its magnificent list of specs reads as though it was scribbled on a napkin after a merry band of gadget nerds got tipsy at the watering hole and started riffing about their idea of the ultimate mobile device…” [via]

Walt’s enthusiastic, too.

Thank you, Mr. President.  Glad to be receiving communication.

Signed up for twitter updates from your abode today, too.  Measures meant to produce an informed electorate, and encourage feedback, should be lauded.

“If your hat leaves behind indentions in your hair, Chrystal says to work them out by lightly wetting the fingertips and running them through the hair. Next flip your head over and back then tousle. ‘The baby powder trick always works well too’, notes Chrystal. ‘You can find the small bottles at the drug store. Keep them with you and then sprinkle a little bit on your scalp and rub it in with fingertips. It absorbs any oil and gives you a freshly washed look.’” [sic on the wonky grammar]

-Ashley Dawson in Valeo: The lifestyle magazine for physicians and healthcare executives (“Derby Hats By Day & Party Hair By Night”)

It’s going to be quite a weekend.

Stoked for my buddy John who will be presenting.  Movin’ on UP…

“Well we’re movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up,
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.”

File under “you know it’s time to update your site when:”

Received the following as an email address input to the VCDB tool:

create.an.rss.feed.and.i.will@thx.cool.site.com

Pieter Hugo - Mallam Galadima Ahmadu with Jamis, Abuja, Nigeria 2007

This one hung at a local gallery (which happens to be a hotel) for several months - appropriately, a massive print.  Can’t help but stop in your tracks.