Posts by Jon 29

What's worth more in Startup Land? Popularity or cash?

Friends

A large group of friends (read: partners) can help you get the word out, and cash thence. Getting friends is (largely) free, after all.

Jimbo asks online folk to play nice, be civil

OMG I think I have a solution!

All personal computers are heretoforthwith to be supplied with a cartoon boxing-glove-on-a-spring that can be activated remotely via the interwibble by anyone against whom a slight is made.

OK, so maybe that's a bit harsh. How about the remote InstaCrash hard drive feature that - you guessed it - enables the jilted web user to wreak his revenge on online meanies by zapping their disk!!!!!!!111 C'mon. wouldn't that be great?

Boffins 'write directly to memory' of living brains

Ahh

This explains everything, from the funny lumps on my head to my fear of women ...

NASA tweaks killer asteroid's trajectory of death

@ Andy Burgess

I don't believe the dinosaurs kept records of celestial obejcts ...

Sony pulls plug on cabled power

C'mon, you know you want one

Yes, it's currently wasteful, harmful and probably not very good, but - no more wires! Admit it, we'll all get one when it goes on sale.

World's first button-less, gesture-based remote launched

Abracadabra!

Needs voice-recognition for extra 'ness.