Derek Collison

"Some of these boys and men exhibit extreme-male-brain tendencies, including an ability to focus obsessively for long periods of time, often on inanimate objects or abstractions (hence male domination of engineering and high-end law). Paradoxically, other male brains in these exceptional cases may have an ability to experiment with many options for short periods each. Pejoratively diagnosed as attention-deficit disorder, Pinker provides evidence this latter ability is actually a strength for some entrepreneurs." - Derek Collison

"CompuLab introduces fit-PC2 – the smallest, most power-efficient Intel Atom PC to date. fit-PC2 architecture is what sets it apart from other nettop PCs - fit-PC2 is designed around the Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz and the ultra low power Intel US15W system controller hub, rather than the Atom N270 and 945G used in other nettop-PCs, thereby reducing power consumption by more than two thirds. US15W incorporates hardware video acceleration. This allows fit-PC2 to run Windows XP or Ubuntu Linux at just 6W and to play full HD 1080p H.264 video using less than 7W." - Derek Collison

I think this is what Joel is saying, but the Mac Mini is worth the premium, because you want things like a DVD player. I haven't measured the power draw, but they are playing up the "green" (http://www.apple.com/macmini...) and say it idles at 13W. I'll put it on a meter and test what it draws while playing video from hdd. - DeWitt Clinton

"There is so much to admire about Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, who is giving the Web company a needed kick in the pants. But more than anything, it's her garbage tongue that we love. Listen." - Derek Collison

"no-one was fucking doing anything" lol. Love to hear that from a *female* CEO. :) - Meryn Stol

"Leading scientist Stephen Hawking is "very ill" in hospital, his employer Cambridge University has said" - Derek Collison

Glasses have gotten smaller, haven't they? - Amit Patel

Cars too. - Private Sanjeev

"It might be called a Google mistrial. The use of BlackBerrys and iPhones by jurors gathering and sending out information about cases is wreaking havoc on trials around the country, upending deliberations and infuriating judges." - Derek Collison

"What if you threw a conference and everybody came, but no one paid attention? A New York Times event for Web developers drew a crowd who sat and Twittered instead of listening to the speaker." - Derek Collison

One of the commenters on Valleywag said "I find it deeply ironic that the New York Times, a media company that until recently hand-coded a lot of their website, is running a symposium on web development. Talk about the blind leading the sighted. " Which is sadly ignorant of them, because the team over at the NYTimes Open program (http://open.blogs.nytimes.com/ and http://developer.nytimes.com) is doing cutting-edge work and setting an example for all to follow. - DeWitt Clinton

A Royal Navy nuclear submarine was involved in a collision with a French nuclear sub in the middle of the Atlantic, the MoD has confirmed. - Derek Collison

"Two big communications satellites collided in the first-ever crash of two intact spacecraft in orbit, shooting out a pair of massive debris clouds and posing a slight risk to the international space station." - Derek Collison

"Google wants to use open protocols and standards to give consumers a better understanding of how much electricity they use and is using social-networking-enabled software tools such as Google PowerMeter to bolster interest." - Derek Collison