According to iPodNN, a patent application that has been submitted to the US PTO suggest that the control wheels for future iPods may have touch based illumination. The article also states that the same function could be applied to touchpads on MacBooks.
While I think this would be cool to see, I’d like to see the control (specifically on an iPod) pulse (multiple colors?) to the music playing. Pressure based LCD or OLEDs? Hmm…
Today and yesterday brought two major changes to Digg. Personally, I like the look of both changes, though I’ve yet to see the actual implementation yet.
Today Digg launched a much needed overhaul to the commenting system. I don’t think there is anyone on Digg who liked the way the comment system was. Nuff said about that.
Yesterday’s update isn’t going to make the “power diggers” too happy. The algorithm that determines what stories to promote to the front page has been tweaked. The changes should help to promote diversity in digging and discourage group digging. If it works as planed, I’m all for it.
Just saw this flash across the news. Actor Heath Legder was found dead in his New York apartment. He was 28. Not a lot of information right now, but they believe it is drug related.
It’s only been in the box office for a few days, and there is already talk about a sequel to Cloverfield. Cool news, and I really hope this happens. — I’m not one that usually wants to see a sequel, but I think Cloverfield really deserves one. Actually, I’ll be pissed if there isn’t a foll up.
Since this could contain spoilers, I’ll tell you more after the jump. Continue reading
It’s amazing how crazy things get around Knoxville when you get a little ice or snow. This morning we had a bit of freezing rain, which to no surprise ended up as ice on the roads.
Just so you know how bad Knoxville drivers are when the weather is anything but sunny, we ended up with 232 wrecks between 6:30 and 10:00 am. At one point this morning, the city of Knoxville and Rural Metro had no ambulances to dispatch. Speaking of Rural Metro, there were 4 wrecks involving one of their ambulances.
Sadly two crashes today were fatal. One in Oak Ridge and the other in Loudon County. I’m surprised things were not a lot worse.