microsoft surface.

Microsoft’s latest gadget is a slick looking tactile surface that connects to bluetooth and/or wifi-enabled devices. Thanks to Victor for the link. Visit the Microsoft Surface website

Sony develops film-thin display.

“In the race for ever-thinner displays for TVs, cell phones and other gadgets, Sony may have developed one to beat them all — a razor-thin display that bends like paper while showing full-colour video.” Demo on YouTube Link to Globe & Mail article

atlanta bachata observations.

[These are imported from a Facebook discussion I had with Raf]  I just came back from Atlanta and had the chance to go salsa dancing one Wednesday to the Tongue & Groove. I loved the bachata music: significantly faster than the stuff played locally. Salsa speed, sometimes. They played 2-3 songs in succession just past midnight and [...]