Cool gadget gift for your aspiring air guitarist

One of the interesting things about technology as it matures is that the toys get better and better.  A huge segment of the technology and electronics field is devoted to making toys.  I will pass on the opportunity to poke fun at our social condition and why we are so dependent on playthings, and simply skip [...]

YouTube goes to widescreen format

Last night, when I was on YouTube, they had the usual default aspect ratio.  If a widescreen video was uploaded, it displayed in letterbox.  Today, however, I found something different. 

Does this signal the death of the “standard” aspect ratio?  The site serving perhaps the most media content on the Internet has decided on widescreen as [...]

A hilarious (and thoughtful) move on YouTube’s part

 

From www.xkcd.com, one of my favorite diversions.  There are severe implications here for Net culture.  The best part is, shortly after this comic was published, YouTube implemented a feature allowing you to listen to your comment before posting.  Apparently someone at YT is a fan.
It brings to mind one of the important rules of using [...]