March 12, 2008 10:53 AM
Posted by: GuyPardon
Audio,
authentication,
cool,
creativity,
gadgets,
hacks,
innovation,
interesting,
invention,
RFIDThis canine version of access control combines radio transmitters with a high pitched warning signal to keep each dog away from the other's bowl. The scenario is similar to many that role-based access control (
August 20, 2007 6:06 PM
Posted by: GuyPardon
academics,
applications,
collaboration,
community,
controversy,
cool,
free,
hacks,
humor,
innovation,
interesting,
Internet,
programming,
search engine,
Silicon Valley,
tool,
tracking,
useful,
Web applications,
wikiSometime this past summer, future CalTech grad student (and self-styled"disruptive technologist") Virgil Griffith decided that he wanted to see if he could elevate his personal home page to the top of search results for "
July 23, 2007 11:24 AM
Posted by: GuyPardon
aggregator,
buzzword,
cool,
feeds,
free,
hacks,
information,
Internet,
lifehack,
Mobile,
RSS,
Technology,
tool,
trend,
XMLDave Winer, generally considered the father of RSS, has been playing with different ways of organizing, aggregating and displaying feeds for years.
July 5, 2007 5:56 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
commentary,
controversy,
conversation,
hacking,
hacks,
word meaningsThroughout the years I've been writing and editing on WhatIs, I don't think there's been another issue that's cropped up as often or been as gnarly to try to settle as the question of whether a person who attacks computers and networks is a hacker or a cracker.
Just about everyone but the serious...
July 2, 2007 3:56 PM
Posted by: GuyPardon
applications,
code,
cool,
creativity,
freeware,
fun,
gadgets,
hacks,
interesting,
interface,
inventionThis past weekend's iPhone launch has introduced hundreds of thousands of users to a new paradigm for mobile computing interfaces, multi-touch....
June 11, 2007 12:38 PM
Posted by: GuyPardon
cheatsheet,
cool,
ebooks,
education,
free,
Google,
hacks,
howto,
Internet,
listings,
search,
search engine,
tool,
usefulI'll admit it: I'm a frequent Googler. I Google from the office, when I need to research new terms for WhatIs. I Google from home, when I need information about events, people, tide charts or news. These days, I'm Googling from the car and train as well, enabled by the handheld attached to my belt...
April 10, 2007 4:07 PM
Posted by: GuyPardon
blog,
creativity,
hacks,
innovation,
invention,
lifehack,
Technology
From one of the founders of the O'Reilly Network, the Makezine blog "brings the...
April 10, 2007 2:58 PM
Posted by: GuyPardon
blog,
cool,
culture,
hacks,
Technology,
usefulKevin Kelly's Cool Tools is is a Web site owned and operated by, of all people, Kevin Kelly, one of the co-founders of Wired Magazine way back in the 20th century. He writes about different "cool tools" weekly on...
