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Friday, 11 January 2008 |

Salim sez, "The latest podcast from the New York Academy of Sciences goes into rather more detail than you could possibly want about the chemistry and technology that goes into growing, roasting, packaging and then eventually producing a cup of espresso." Awesome -- just downloaded this for my morning walk to the office; there's about ten wonderful cafes on the way and I'm working my way through all their brews.
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(Thanks, Salim!)
(Image: Coffee Beans, a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike photo from Jeff Kubina's Flickr stream)

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Friday, 11 January 2008 |
The fantastic Science Fiction in San Francisco free reading/speaking series has returned for 2008 with a presentation by Peter S Beagle and Mark Ferrari:
Saturday, January 19
The Variety Preview Room
The Hobart Building, 1st Floor
582 Market Street at Montgomery, adjacent to Montgomery Street BART
Lounge and cash bar open at 6PM
7:00PM readings
Join us as we present PETER S. BEAGLE and MARK FERRARI. Each author will read a selection from their work, and it will be followed by Q&A from the audience, moderated by author Terry Bisson. Authors will schmooze and sign books afterwards in the lounge.
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(Thanks, Rina!)

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Friday, 11 January 2008 |
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Filed under: Displays
Help, my eyes are burning.
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Friday, 11 January 2008 |

Miro -- the free and open Internet TV program that lets everyone participate in making and watching video -- has just posted a fantastic update. Version 1.1 includes a new BitTorrent engine that delivers dramatic improvements in download speeds.
Miro combines BitTorrent (a downloading system that gets faster as more people download the same file) with the open VLC video player (which lets you watch every video format without worrying about which program you're using) and RSS technology, so that you can subscribe to any of thousands of channels and get the new videos when they're published. Miro comes from the nonprofit Participatory Culture Foundation, who also make Broadcast Machine, a tool that lets anyone publish channels for their own video.
Miro is also hiring hackers and fundraisers, so here's your chance to help keep the world safe for open video.
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(Disclosure: I am on the Board of Directors for the nonprofit Participatory Culture Foundation)

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Filed under: CES, Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Runco and expensive tend to go hand in hand, so we'd expect nothing less than a five-figure price tag accompanying the firm's new Video Xtreme VX-22i. This 1080p monster features a three-chip DLP design, O-Path technology, CinOptx premium grade lenses, Vivix II video processing, a 4,000:1 contrast ratio, 2,850 ANSI lumens and comes calibrated to ISF standards. As expected, users with a completely stuffed bank account can opt for the CineWide with Autoscope edition ($54,995), but even those who go without the aforementioned option will be forking out $39,995 for the vanilla model. If you've managed to get over the shock, you can place your order now (or pick up a totally more useful BMW / college education / etc.) and expect it to arrive lickety split. Permalink | Email this | Comments

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