A blind North Dakota man is pissed that Minnesota won’t give him a permit to carry a gun in public (CCW). He’s blind. I can’t make this up. I got nothing against blind people, but I’m pretty sure they shouldn’t be carrying any guns around. He “promises” that it is only to be used at [...]

Categories: breakfast links · solid state

I’ve always been interested in folding bikes - a luxury for any teeny nyc apartment. But they’ve always seemed pretty unwieldy to me, enter the Suitcase Bike (via treehugger). It’s a little, er… dorky looking, but I think it’s a step in the right direction. My questions are how much does it weigh and what [...]

Categories: animal rights · breakfast links · solid state

Today we have a followup on three things we’ve talked about before. Good times.
So, we’ll start with more rumors on the Macbook Mini (we talked about that here). This morning we come across this short piece reinforcing our hopes of this long fabled device. It suggests that a solid state notebook (i.e. flash technology instead [...]

Categories: apple · breakfast links · solid state

So, I found the AppleInsider piece on the macbook mini rumor (courtesy of kirkunit). I really have no historical love for any of Apple’s laptops (apparently I’m alone in this lack) - there’s very few laptops I really feel attached to and those are probably the Thinkpad 701 (the butterfly which I coveted but never [...]

Categories: apple · laptops · solid state

Solid State baby! Is anyone else excited by all this? I hope it actually happens, between laptops and ipods - if there’s a sudden build up in demand, hopefully this technology will get bigger and cheaper fast. More durable, smaller and more energy efficient? Yes, please.
In New York news, is this another step in a [...]

Categories: breakfast links · nyc · solid state