Human Computer Interaction in science fiction movies. I’m skeptical we’ll move away from the keyboard and mouse anytime soon, but it’s neat to see the different concepts. The closest we might come is a multi touch interface, which has been gaining some traction since Apple announced the iPhone. (via Boing Boing)
Category Archives: Asides
RIAA vs. MPAA
The top schools for movie piracy and the top schools for music piracy. It’s interesting to see how these lists differ. There seem to be more private schools on the movie list – maybe it’s a bandwidth issue? (via Ars Technica)
Large Databases
The ten largest databases in the world. I doubt this list list exhaustive, but it’s still pretty impressive.
Offline Webapps
Firefox 3 to support offline webapps. This would fix my biggest complaint about current web applications. Sometimes you really do need to read old email offline.
Nutritionism or Darwinism?
Slate responds to Michael Pollan’s NYT magazine article. As usual, I think the truth is somewhere in between.