Better Living Through Introspection

Have we learned nothing from the Terminator movies?

The US military is to trial putting internet routers into orbit in an experiment that could have important implications for civilian applications.

The internet routing in space (IRIS) project will be run over three years in conjunction with Cisco and Intelsat. The system will carry network services for voice, video and data communications, enabling military units or allied forces to communicate with one another using internet protocol and existing ground equipment.

Tim makes an interesting observation on Radar:

PHP Becoming Mainstream

We’ve noticed that one of the signs that a language is becoming mainstream (and perhaps being abandoned by the cutting edge developers) is that the For Dummies book becomes the top seller.

He doesn’t explain the cutting edge abandonment comment, but I’m assuming there’s some natural correlation there…

From The New York Times:

It sounds like something straight out of a futuristic film: House hunters, driving past a for-sale sign, stop and point their cellphone at the sign. With a click, their cellphone screen displays the asking price, the number of bedrooms and baths and lots of other details about the house.

Media experts say that cellphones, the Swiss Army knives of technology, are quickly heading in this direction. New technology, already in use in parts of Asia but still in development in the United States, allows the phones to connect everyday objects with the Internet.