Monday, August 30, 2004
J-Walk Blog:? Upsidedown Maps
Sunday, August 29, 2004
Slashdot | NIST Unveils Chip-scale Atomic Clock
Slashdot | GmailFS - The Google File System
Linux-based system - info - Slashdot | GmailFS - The Google File System
Saturday, August 28, 2004
BBC NEWS | Have Your Say | Is reality TV harmful to society?
Response to John Humphrey's lecture - BBC NEWS | Have Your Say | Is reality TV harmful to society?
Slashdot | Apollo On Board Computer Emulator
Friday, August 27, 2004
The Earth Today
Constantly updating (java script calc) page of stats - R0xor.com.worldometers
Oxymoronica.com
Oxymoronica.com - has quotes and poems.
Slashdot | Blade Runner Is The Best Sci-Fi Film
Thursday, August 26, 2004
J-Walk Blog:? Word Tree
J-Walk Blog:? Word Tree
"The Ecotonoha Word Tree. It's a tree comprised of words entered by the visitors. I don't really understand it, but it's kind of interesting to watch."
"The Ecotonoha Word Tree. It's a tree comprised of words entered by the visitors. I don't really understand it, but it's kind of interesting to watch."
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Boing Boing T-shirt with hidden sternum pockets
APOD: 2004 August 22 - Earth at Night
Stitched-together image of whole Earth at night - APOD: 2004 August 22 - Earth at Night
Light pollution? - what's that?
Light pollution? - what's that?
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
BBC Weather goes 3D - links
BBC Weather goes 3D | The Register - some note of machine specs.
BBC 3D weather system rejects AMD chips
BBC NEWS | Technology | Weather gets 3D gaming makeover
BBC 3D weather system rejects AMD chips
BBC NEWS | Technology | Weather gets 3D gaming makeover
Saturday, August 21, 2004
Slashdot | IT Myths
Might prove useful one time - Slashdot | IT Myths
Slashdot | NASA Provides Results Of Scramjet Test
Links to nice article with some details about how this works - colour pix - Slashdot | NASA Provides Results Of Scramjet Test
Friday, August 20, 2004
Slashdot | POV-Ray 10th Anniversary Contest
J-Walk Blog:? Color Wheel
Science Toys
J-Walk Blog:? Tessellating Alphabet
Thursday, August 19, 2004
The Daily WTF - Enter The Matrix
Found a new blog - this one about programming/IT horrors - hence the blog title (The Daily WTF). Some excellent items though mainly about programming. This one deals with UI - what a shocker it is.
Enter The Matrix - the FileMatrix
Enter The Matrix - the FileMatrix
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
The ten trendiest concepts in game design
Calculating The Speed Of Light with Marshmallows
J-Walk Blog:? Calculating The Speed Of Light: "Now, you can calculate the speed of light at home, in your spare time: Finding the Speed of Light with Marshmallows."
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
J-Walk Blog:? Excel Data Files
J-Walk Blog:? Excel Data Files: "Power Reporting is a site for journalists. They also have a large selection of sample Excel data files that you can download. They cover a wide variety of topics."
Monday, August 16, 2004
Watchdog's "Big Brother UK" warning
Beeb reports on Info Commissioner's thoughts about ID cards etc. - BBC NEWS | Politics | Watchdog's Big Brother UK warning
Beeb link to rBBC NEWS | Have Your Say | Are you concerned about ID cards?
Beeb link to rBBC NEWS | Have Your Say | Are you concerned about ID cards?
Sunday, August 15, 2004
Classic Computer Console, from 1958?
Link to Slashdot article with lots of links itself - describes casemod of an old and fashionable 50s TV from States - quite wortyh - Classic Computer Console, from 1958?
Saturday, August 14, 2004
Left Handers Day - the official left-handers club site
CRN | Breaking News | Compliance Causes SMBs To Reduce Spreadsheet Usage
J-Walk Blog:? Mouse Odometer
Boing Boing: Big Brother goes to the Olympics
Boing Boing: Big Brother goes to the Olympics
"Big Brother goes to the Olympics - New Scientist has an article looking at the US$312 million surveillance system installed for the 2004 Olympics in Athens. The eyes and ears consist of 1,000 high-res and infrared videocameras peppering the city. Cell and landline telephone calls are being recorded, converted into text, and 'scanned for phrases that could be linked to terrorist activity.' The software's developers say it speaks Greek, English, Arabic, Farsi, and other major languages." - Link.
"Big Brother goes to the Olympics - New Scientist has an article looking at the US$312 million surveillance system installed for the 2004 Olympics in Athens. The eyes and ears consist of 1,000 high-res and infrared videocameras peppering the city. Cell and landline telephone calls are being recorded, converted into text, and 'scanned for phrases that could be linked to terrorist activity.' The software's developers say it speaks Greek, English, Arabic, Farsi, and other major languages." - Link.
AnandTech Forums - Free Full Computer Games
AnandTech Forums - Free Full Computer Games - link to forum where they have started a list of free downloadable games.
Friday, August 13, 2004
Everywhere Girl continues world domination
The Register keep following the girl who's picture appears in a host of adverts.
Everywhere Girl continues world domination
More here - Everywhere Girl goes on holiday with the BBC.
Everywhere Girl continues world domination
More here - Everywhere Girl goes on holiday with the BBC.
Monday, August 09, 2004
WATCHISMO.COM GALLERY
A gallery of amazing watches from 1949 onwards - some chunky red LEDs there - whoah - WATCHISMO.COM GALLERY
Shopsins diner in NYC
Boing Boing: Eccentric diner-menu infodesign"Kottke's got a great, long post on Shopsin's, the 'eccentric' NYC diner with a long menu that reads like the label on a bottle of Dr Bronner's soap. Kottke links to lots of great supplementary material but the gem is the PDF of the menu itself. - Link"
The menu gives a real idea of the choice taken for granted by many Americans - anyone know of anywhere similar in the UK? (Faint hope)
Additional on this topic :
Here's a direct link to the article referenced at the start of the Kottke column - Article about Shopsins (from 2002)
Sunday, August 08, 2004
Slashdot | 10 Years of Beowulf Clustering
Friday, August 06, 2004
Boing Boing: Colorcell: Darwinian color game
Very interesting link this - Boing Boing: Colorcell: Darwinian color game
"Colorcell: Darwinian color game - In this game you make a square composed of four smaller squares. You get to pick the colors of the smaller squares. You then add your square to the current population of 100 other squares. Other people vote on the squares they like the best. If a square doesn't get enough votes, it eventually ends up in the graveyard. Some squares have stayed alive for close to a year. Link "
"Colorcell: Darwinian color game - In this game you make a square composed of four smaller squares. You get to pick the colors of the smaller squares. You then add your square to the current population of 100 other squares. Other people vote on the squares they like the best. If a square doesn't get enough votes, it eventually ends up in the graveyard. Some squares have stayed alive for close to a year. Link "
J-Walk Blog:? Geek Stickers
J-Walk Blog:? Geek Stickers
"Geek Stickers - A bunch of stickers that may appeal to hackers, geeks, and gamers."
"Geek Stickers - A bunch of stickers that may appeal to hackers, geeks, and gamers."
J-Walk Blog:? Psychologist Symbols
Will Sarah find this funny?
J-Walk Blog:? Psychologist Symbols
"Curtis posted this link in a comment yesterday, and I'm reposting it in case you missed it: International Symbols for Psychologists."
J-Walk Blog:? Psychologist Symbols
"Curtis posted this link in a comment yesterday, and I'm reposting it in case you missed it: International Symbols for Psychologists."
Thursday, August 05, 2004
J-Walk Blog:? Diagrams
Good looking site via J-Walk - flow-diagrams for all sorts of things - J-Walk Blog:? Diagrams
"More diagrams than you can shake a stick at. The diagrams you see here are the work of Mark Poyser, who started out in 2000 creating cartoons about the hi-jinks in the stock market."
"More diagrams than you can shake a stick at. The diagrams you see here are the work of Mark Poyser, who started out in 2000 creating cartoons about the hi-jinks in the stock market."
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
J-Walk Blog:? WEBoggle
J-Walk Blog:? WEBoggle: "Boggle fans, check out WEBoggle."
Links to online game of wordplay - other users in there and realtime playing timed games.
Links to online game of wordplay - other users in there and realtime playing timed games.
PowerPC on Apple: An Architectural History, Part I
BBC - Astronomers oppose 'light relay'
BBC NEWS | England | Leicestershire | Astronomers oppose 'light relay'
One link from above article goes to - World Year of Physics 2005 - which includes a celebration of Einstein (50th anniversary of his death).
There's also a link to CfDS - The Campaign for Dark Skies. (An Anti Light Pollution Organisation.)
One link from above article goes to - World Year of Physics 2005 - which includes a celebration of Einstein (50th anniversary of his death).
There's also a link to CfDS - The Campaign for Dark Skies. (An Anti Light Pollution Organisation.)
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
'Segway across America' trek
Slightly dismissive Register article about - The Merry Bloggers set out on 'Segway across America' trek
. . . . . follow up . . . . .
Register link to letters about the Segway trip across America - quite dismissive and nicely rude about the nerds involved.
Mac-addled Segway users crush the American Dream | The Register
. . . . . follow up . . . . .
Register link to letters about the Segway trip across America - quite dismissive and nicely rude about the nerds involved.
Mac-addled Segway users crush the American Dream | The Register
Boing Boing: Cockpit-complex watch
Boing Boing: Cockpit-complex watch
"This ass-kicking, cockpit-looking new Citizen watch is a) only available in Japan and b) out of my price range. Life sucks. Link"
"This ass-kicking, cockpit-looking new Citizen watch is a) only available in Japan and b) out of my price range. Life sucks. Link"
Top 11 IT Skills You should never use at home
Top 11 IT Skills You should never use at home.
eg. Number 11 is "Naming your children “strong” user names like Fr3d to prevent identity theft".
sigh
eg. Number 11 is "Naming your children “strong” user names like Fr3d to prevent identity theft".
sigh
Boing Boing: Rotating earth-model watch
Boing Boing: Rotating earth-model watch
"John sez, 'The cool watches here demonstrate a day's passing by using as the dial an image of the earth's northern hemisphere. The dial makes a full (COUNTERclockwise) rotation each day, just like the real one. (And yes, there is another model for those in the southern hemisphere.)' Link"
"John sez, 'The cool watches here demonstrate a day's passing by using as the dial an image of the earth's northern hemisphere. The dial makes a full (COUNTERclockwise) rotation each day, just like the real one. (And yes, there is another model for those in the southern hemisphere.)' Link"
Monday, August 02, 2004
The Breakup Style of PowerPoint
A link to (the) Accordion Guy site where he has an interesting article about breaking up via email and the Powerpoint style of doing things. (via blogdex) The Breakup Style of PowerPoint
Non-worksafe language - hehe.
Non-worksafe language - hehe.
