Geekfoolery
Commentary on emerging trends, especially cool or absurd innovations across a broad range of geekiness. ...with your Host, Mr. Alex.
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The simplest, most obvious move can often be the boldest.
Amazon.com is now selling plain vanilla MP3 downloads from their web portal. Although the move follows Apple’s deal with EMI to sell DRM-free tracks for 30 cents more earlier this year (Apple’s iTunes Plus tracks are also recorded at a higher bit rate for better sound […]
Much like the hapless beauty queen, I’ve always believed we need more maps. Good thing we’re living in the Internet age… we’ve got more maps than we can shake a laser pointer at.
Back in the 1990’s, my jaw dropped when Mapquest came online with a searchable map of the entire US, with driving directions and […]
It’s the future already, and that means that while you were out getting a five dollar pizza and 2 liter bottle of soda, the web was getting better, more functional, and easier to use. If only this effect worked with other things, like my car. Imagine getting behind the wheel and finding that with no […]
