Intimate Media. As computers steadily move into every aspect of personal life, MiME proposes that instead of allowing intimate media to disappear into the computer, artifacts and systems should be designed to better promote human experiences around the collection, storage and sharing of intimate media. Interesting research by Philips. How will you share your personal artifacts in the future?
posted by hockeyman on Jul 28, 2002 - 8 comments

"Err...hello...is that Alex Braganza? Sorry to disturb you ... my name is Kenny Patterson. No you don't know me. But I took my computer into PC World for repair and when I got it back they'd replaced my faulty hard disk with a reconditioned one which used to be your old machine. Thing is, they hadn't actually bothered to format the thing so now I've got all your personal details. Yes that right -- that's were I got your phone number." I imagine that's how the conversation would have started ...
posted by feelinglistless on Jan 11, 2002 - 18 comments

I've been trying to build this computer on Dell's site for about two straight weeks now. What would you do with 6 TFLOPS?
posted by prodigal on Oct 30, 2001 - 28 comments

180GB HD anyone? It's a bargain at only $2195.
posted by grank on Nov 14, 2000 - 12 comments