Monthly Archives: February 2012
Nook Touch Macintosh Achieved?
November 8, 2011: Nook Touch Macintosh: An Impossible Dream? I was doing some searches about that to see if there were any new developments and I came across this Comment: Re: Mini vMac for Android Post by Juror22 » 02 … Continue reading
Filed under B&N Nook Touch Rooting
France’s Book Grab: Worse Than Google Books
France: All your books are belong to us Last week France passed a law that permits the state to seize authors’ rights on books published before 2001. France Guillotines Copyright No burden of proof is to be laid on the … Continue reading
Filed under Rights
Interster Episode One: New Fansub Version
A new fansubbed version of the first episode of this rare South African puppet series is now available on YouTube. This one differs from the first in that the subs are superimposed by YouTube and are not part of the … Continue reading
Statin Dangers: No Longer Anecdotal
NY Times: F.D.A. Warns of Cholesterol Drugs’ Side Effects Reports about memory loss, forgetfulness and confusion span all statin drugs and all age groups of patients, the F.D.A. said. Dr. Egan said the reports were rare, but those affected often … Continue reading
Filed under Statin Drugs
Apple Abandons iSlate Trademark
Before we knew it would be called “iPad,” Apple also filed for the “iSlate” trademark around the world: Apple Will Call It iSlate: Latest Proof (Ironically, that post also links to the currently-disputed iPad trademark in Taiwan, which was filed … Continue reading
Filed under Apple: The Company
Rooted Nook Touch With Faster eInk Hack
Here’s another video demonstrating the fast eInk refresh hack for the rooted Nook Touch: B&N Nook Touch Rooting Category
Filed under B&N Nook Touch Rooting, Video
Flexible Rubber eInk Reader Video
This was just uploaded to YouTube hours before post time. It shows a rubberized and flexible eInk-screen reader that I’ve never seen before, from a Russian company called Wexler. Being that thin, there wouldn’t be an IR-enabled touchscreen (nor would … Continue reading
Filed under eInk Devices, Video
Terrahawks: Behind The Scenes
Wow. I tripped across this on YouTube. From 1983 and I’ve never seen it before. A behind-the-scenes view of Terrahawks. Including Bob Bell — who I’ve only seen in still photos and heard on the scant DVD commentary — on … Continue reading
