Signatures of consciousness

Astonishing Edge on consciousness. Experiments show a clear, repeatable non-linear threshold between new events being in consciousness and not (the example is the masking effect of showing a subliminal word and then a string of letters; varying the gap between the...

Software pricing

Don’t just roll the dice. Some sensible reflections on how to approach software pricing. Seems like a lot of people just guess.

Crashplan on Qnap

Sounds like I don’t quite have enough memory to run CrashPlan for QNAP. Shame, because it would be ideal: copy / backup all my music, movies and photos to the Qnap, and then have it bung it all up to Crashplan / Mozy or whatever.

10 Ways to Get Cables Under Control

Top 10 Ways to Get Cables Under Control. Some good thoughts there. I’m already trying the MP3 player earbud loop one, and am thinking about the insulation tube option.