Some cool technology stories at Daniel Spisak on Technology

First up we have the story on Apple’s site about the UCI HiperWal, a display made up of 50 30-inch LCD displays for visualizing large datasets:

http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/hiperwall/

Next up we have an entry on the Freedom to Tinker blog about the mathematics behind how to crack/defeat the HDCP encryption scheme. The math is simplified enough that most people should be able to follow the examples. Pretty clever stuff, this gives me hopes for Fair Use rights getting retained one way or another with the HD formats:

http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1005

Here a former programmer from JPL/Caltech talks about his experiences working at Microsoft and how things there get done. Gives some insights perhaps as to how their development management is responsible for product dealys like what we have been seeing with Vista.

http://www.qbrundage.com/michaelb/pubs/essays/working_at_microsoft.html

Lastly I want to refer you all to an excellent 40 minute documentary on Google Video involving Richard Feynman about the joy of discovering new things. Anyone who is into science or furthering Man’s knowledge should take some time to watch Richard speak. Great stuff!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6586235597476141009&q
=feynman&pl=true

About the Author

Daniel Spisak was born from the fiery depths of fusion and now roams the pale blue dot known as Earth. I obtained my bachelors degree in Computer Science from UC Irvine at the end of 2007.

I am also involved in technology & security consulting firms as well as being a freelance technology writer. I also contribute to Jerry Pournelle's website and Chaos Manor Reviews. Additionally I am also a freelance photographer as well and you can find my photos either on my own personal gallery or up at my Flickr account or on Zivity.

This blog is one of the main locations where I do my writing, which is then automatically sent to my LiveJournal, VOX, and MySpace accounts. I can also be found on a variety of social networking and microblogging sites like Pownce, Twitter, Brightkite, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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