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Man I'm sick of the word "maker."

Clock looks nice though.

tcdowneyon Microsoft’s 128GB Surface Pro Sells Out At Online Store Just Hours After Launch

Unfortunately I don't think there is enough mass in the keyboard to allow for any amount of stiffness make a difference.

tcdowneyon Review: BlackBerry 10 is better, much better, late than never

I just found out about their 10k Developer Commitment last Friday and a few close friends and I are scrambling to get a Blackberry native app finished in time for the upcoming submissions deadline. Never having done this before all I can say is that it's been fun! :)

BlackBerry 10 is much nicer than I had anticipated and, although I won't be moving away from Android, I am excited for BlackBerry to make a serious effort at returning to the market. :)

tcdowneyon The real Gigabit Challenge is getting ISPs to think like tech firms

Don't forget ARM.

With mobile device sales taking an ever increasing share of the market, Intel cannot afford to miss out on this front.

This is definitely driving Intel's recent push towards efficiency.

tcdowneyon A/B testing at the Romney Campaign

How Obama's campaign tested: http://blog.optimizely.com/2013/01/15/how-obamas-campaign-te...

tcdowneyon Literary History, Seen Through Big Data’s Lens

Another interesting data driven Digital Humanities project is the InPhO project at Indiana University. The project has produced a network of influence between philosophers and thinkers and some other interesting work.

http://inpho.cogs.indiana.edu/datablog/

There is going to be some exciting stuff coming from the Digital Humanities in the upcoming years!

tcdowneyon Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game

Looks cool! What inspired the llama theme?

tcdowneyon Microsoft hires designer behind "The Next Microsoft", Andrew Kim

For what it's worth, Microsoft has already changed the font of their logo recently:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2012/08/23...