Columbus Ohio Archive

  • Should mankind be able to control the weather?

    Should mankind be able to control the weather?

    Posted on November 11, 2009 | No Comments
    In lieu of an actually interesting collection of words and punctuation marks, I present this debate that has nothing to do with us: the weather in China. It seems that they've figured out how to control the weather over there using super-duper technology called cloud seeding. You may have heard of it. The problem is that officials there are blaming scientists for causing a major snowstorm; more snow is expected in the coming days. Basically, it's snowing too much, too early, and the powers that be aren't happy.

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  • Thank you, Columbus, Ohio!

    Thank you, Columbus, Ohio!

    Posted on November 10, 2009 | No Comments
    If you weren't at the Surly Girl Saloon last night for the Columbus CrunchGear meetup, then you were somewhere else! You missed John sporting a new pair of Onion Goggles. You missed a nerd-a-thon comparing the Droid, HD2, iPhone, Dream, and whatever other handhelds folks could dig out of their pockets. And you missed an opportunity to put your grubby paws on not only the TwitterPeek but also the Nokia Booklet!

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  • CrunchGear meetup in Columbus, Ohio: Monday, November 9

    CrunchGear meetup in Columbus, Ohio: Monday, November 9

    Posted on November 5, 2009 | No Comments
    Remember, remember, the 9th of November! Gadgets, technology, and beer. I see no reason why gadgets and tech should ever bring little cheer.
    Last year's Columbus meetup was a huge success, and folks have been asking me when we'll do it again. Well mark your calendars for Monday, November 9, and join us for a friendly evening of networking and libations at the Surly Girl Saloon, my favorite cowgirl/pirate themed bar!

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  • Tasers set huffer on fire

    Tasers set huffer on fire

    Posted on August 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Apparently this man caught fire after being Tased by cops in my hometown of Columbus, Ohio. While it is entirely possible that the Taser burned him it's also possible that young Daniel Wood here spontaneously combusted.

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  • Daily Crunch: Cowtown Edition

    Daily Crunch: Cowtown Edition

    Posted on July 18, 2009 | No Comments
    Geek Weekend: Columbus, Ohio Have a custom stylus fabricated! Monogrammed, Zelda-ed, whatever Fox is recasting Futurama!

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  • Nokia comes under fire in Iran over its close ties to the government

    Nokia comes under fire in Iran over its close ties to the government

    Posted on July 15, 2009 | No Comments
    About a month ago you couldn't go to Huffington Post without thinking that Iran was going to protest its way into the year 2009. That didn't exactly happen, despite people thinking that they could tweet a government into collapse, all from the comfort of their armchair in Columbus, Ohio. (There's actually a term for that: slacktivism.) That being said, it now looks like some of the more rambunctious elements of that whole dust-up have now set their sights on Nokia, a company they view as being too close to the current political regime.

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  • And now Germany bans the public display of Counter-Strike

    And now Germany bans the public display of Counter-Strike

    Posted on July 6, 2009 | 1 Comment
    Another ban hammer has fallen on Germany. Now it looks like the country, in its various Länder, has passed a law banning the public display, at LAN parties and the like, of the game Counter-Strike, effecting the closure of a tournament there.

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