The future of energy is solar power. No, the future of energy is hydrogen power. No, actually the future of energy is capturing solar power in hydrogen. How might you go about doing that? Let nature do it for you. One method that has just gotten more efficient is to extract hydrogen from biomass [Scientific American]. 5:05:52 PM    comment []  

Check out this PC [The Jem Report]. The Iwill ZPC by Iwill USA (a terrible name, BTW) is a desktop P4 in a box measuring 2x7x10 inches. That's a lot of bang in a very small package. 4:47:32 PM    comment []  

I've been waiting for years and years for a digital audio editing tool worth two cents that would run on Linux. It looks like one is on its way [Slashdot].

Ardour is a multichannel hard disk recorder (HDR) and digital audio workstation (DAW). It is capable of simultaneous recording of 24 or more channels of 32 bit audio at 48kHz. Ardour is intended to function as a "professional" HDR system, replacing dedicated hardware solutions such as the Mackie HDR, the Tascam 2424 and more traditional tape systems like the Alesis ADAT series. It is also intended to provide the same or better functionality as proprietary software DAWs such as ProTools, Samplitude, Logic Audio, Nuendo and Cubase VST/SX. It supports MIDI Machine Control, and so can be controlled from any MMC controller, such as the Mackie Digital 8 Bus mixer and many other modern digital mixers. Ardour can operate as an MTC slave or master, allowing synchronization with various MTC and SMPTE devices [Ardour].

Sounds like a cool tool. I know I am not online in the need for a digital audio editor that runs on Linux. I'm sure that as this tool picks up in popularity, it should be able to attract a decent base of developers to keep it going. 4:44:34 PM    comment []  

A mention of my favorite DVD rental service, Netflix [ArsTechnica]. It seems they're doing well since their shaky beginnings. That's good news since I think the Netflix service generally rocks and I would hate to have seen it go away. 4:38:08 PM    comment []