From The Extended Mind I learnt that our environment shapes our thinking more than I’d expected. That we can arrange our environment to extend our thoughts. In 2023, each month I changed something in my environment to see: What does “changing my environment involve”? What can I change? Will I succeed? Does it affect my thoughts? Can I track this? Here are the results. ...
Geeky gadget of the day: portable solar charger. I can charge your cellphone / CD / digital camera. It will also add a pound to my pocket, in addition to my purse, and cellphone, and digital camera, and office keys, and … my laptop case. Still, might be worth it. And maybe, some day, all my gadgets will fit in my pocket without making me look bloated.
Nicholas Negroponte on “Being Wireless”. Five years ago, I put a wireless LAN in my home in Boston. At the time it cost about $2,000 for the base station and $500 for each device I wanted to connect. Today, it costs $120 and $50, respectively, and the price is dropping. That’s about Rs. 10,000. My next gadget is identified.
Some interesting electronic toys have come up at ToyFair.
Consumer Electronics Show 2001 is going on.