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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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Technolotics #11 – How to Pick up Chicks
[audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/11_technolotics.mp3] Listen: Episode 11 Feed: RSS Notes Folksonomy rankings, the future of search? Ok what is a folksonomy [1] A new search engine for social bookmarking, entitled collaborative rank [2], has launched. Site is a research project by a student of the University of New South Wales [3] in Australia It enables search of taggers posts to… Read more
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Technolotics #10 – So good they made it thrice!
This weeks episode totaled out at over 90 minutes! But we enjoyed it so much, we wanted to let you listen to the lot. It’s now available as three separate parts [audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/10_technolotics_1of3.mp3] [audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/10_technolotics_2of3.mp3] [audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/10_technolotics_3of3.mp3] Listen: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Feed: RSS Notes 90% True For decades polygraphs have come under such criticism for their unreliability,… Read more
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Technolotics #9 – Buy it, Burn it, Return it
[audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/09_technolotics.mp3] Listen: Episode 9 Feed: RSS Buy it, burn it, return it Scotti’s Record Shops chain in northern New Jersey, US, actively encourages ‘piracy’ [1]. Are CD rentals the way forward? How long can a forward thinking approach like this survive? Customers can return a new or used CD in 10 days for 70% of purchase price… Read more
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Technolotics #8 – Nintendo Revolution, Web 2.0 and How to Kill the Internet
[audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/08_technolotics.mp3] Listen: Episode 8 Feed: RSS Notes Britain makes moves toward totalitarianism British government proposes up to three month “internment in all but name” (Amnesty international), without charge, for ‘terror suspects’ [1], the equivalent of a 6 month prison sentence, without having been convicted of any crime (Liberty); and a criminal offence of ‘glorifying exalting or celebrating’… Read more
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Technolotics #7 – Nanonano, podato dating
[audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/07_technolotics.mp3] Listen: Episode 7 Feed: RSS Notes Ipod nano a crashing bore Ipod nano is announced to much fanfare [1], possibly the most over hyped device ever? Pointlessly tiny colour screen, for what, photos? Less space NO new features, e.g.: Camera, wifi, radio narrowcasting, video playback, IM, games Sexy industrial design, I want one, but why!!! (Kinda… Read more
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Technolotics #6 – Aids in Uganda, Hurricane Katrina
[audio https://garethstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/06_technolotics.mp3] Listen: Episode 6 Feed: RSS Notes Filesharers buy more music Guardian Reviews Study – which alleges filesharers buy more music [1] – Fileshares spend 4.5 times more on (downloaded) music, according to music research firm ‘The leading question’ – Controversy exists as to whether music sales have really fallen, for 2 reasons. Sales are calculated by… Read more
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