Archive for the 'Snippets' Category
The iPhone Inspired DIY Kitchen Touch Screen Project 19 Jan 2010
Now, don’t get me wrong, I think this project was awesome, I have been meaning to dip my toe into a bit of futurology again as I’m so keen to point out my past successes and PCs making their way into other rooms of the house is one such prediction (I know they already have [...]
Life on one of the world’s most remote islands 19 Jan 2010
Often there can be weeks between sailings [of the RMS St Helena, the only ship to visit the island], and when the ship is being serviced, none at all. The average salary on the island is just £70 a week and one in four so-called Saints have moved away in the last 10 years to [...]
On Rotating The Dishes 14 Jan 2010
And this is what I sometimes worry about: do I put them back on top of the stack? Do I put the bowls back in the empty front spot on the shelf? Because if I do that, then guess which dishes are going to get reached for the next time? That’s right, the same ones. [...]
Clothes Discarded by H & M in Manhattan Are First Destroyed 7 Jan 2010
It is winter. A third of the city is poor. And unworn clothing is being destroyed nightly. via Kottke
Man Braves Freezing Weather To Cross Parking Lot 7 Jan 2010
The Onion at it’s best: LANCASTER, PA—Surmounting treacherous icy pavement and a windchill factor dipping as low as 19 degrees Fahrenheit, local resident Louis Bergstrom survived a real-life battle with the elements Friday when he successfully completed a harrowing four-and-a-half-minute journey across the desolate, frozen parking lot of an area G & G Grocery Store, [...]
2010 gears up for explosion of 3D 30 Dec 2009
Nope, I don’t see it happening. For standard TV programming and film 3D doesn’t add anything to the experience as far as I’m concerned, in fact, it detracts from it. On the other hand, for gaming it might open up some new possibilities. Check out Johnny Chung Lee’s example.
The Ariane rocket celebrates its 30th birthday 27 Dec 2009
Ariane grew out of the failed Europa rocket programme of the late 1960s. Europa, you will recall, was a UK-initiated project for which the British, the French and the Germans would each provide a stage. Only the British contribution – derived from its Blue Streak missile – worked on each of the four launches. Sounds [...]
Is Peter Jackson Secretly Preparing To Film Philip Reeve’s Traction Cities Epic? – Peter Jackson – io9 22 Dec 2009
Good God I hope so. The hush-hush project is understood to be in early development, with work on the first of the four books under way, industry sources say. Weta Workshops is also believed to be working on designs for the science fiction series, which features giant mobile cities. A spokesman for Jackson did not [...]
BBC News – Project Canvas given green light by BBC Trust 22 Dec 2009
What is Project Canvas? Project Canvas is a partnership between the BBC, ITV, BT, Five, Channel 4 and Talk Talk to develop a common interface for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) in the UK. Flat screen TV Project Canvas aims to set a common standard for internet TV IPTV allows you to access programmes via the [...]
Rage Against the Machine beat X Factor winner in charts 20 Dec 2009
While I think it’s nice that the masses proved it’s us that rule the charts and not some exec at a music company or Simon Cowell, could they not have found a better song from a better artist to champion? Why not pick something Christmassy or the Children in Need song? And Simon won’t care, [...]