Received this message this morning from a friend who uses Hotmail for his mail service, been awhile but it would appear that someone is STILL trapped in a hotel in Lagos. I was actually pretty impressed with the writing of the message, generic enough to be sent to anyone but with just a soupcon of …
A game changer or a footnote?
I came across an article in the Sydney Morning Herald today about the tiny Google office in that fair city. It is run by two brothers who sold their business to Google some years ago. The business was called Where 2 Tech which no one had heard of, it became Google Maps, which everyone has …
Remanence:Variance
This has absolutely nothing to do with things shipping or marine but is fascinating nonetheless. What I like the most is that it takes an old technique, time lapse photography, and turns into something that is technically elegant and beautiful at the same time. It's a year in the life of Tokyo, shot with a …
Warning! Geek Alert!
Interesting, I read an article that said that if you used your Macbook in one place usually that you should hook it up by ethernet rather than just using wireless, as it always will be faster. I did that and got a modest speed boost, when I checked the cable I found it was Cat …
What was that sound??
It was pigs flying overhead so fast they went back in time to the ice age when the snowballs had a chance in hell. I made a post earlier in the year, Credit Where Credit Is Due (ok, it's only 3 entries before this one but it was back in February). It's not evident unless …
Credit where credit is due.
Have a look at this, once you get into the video and realise how incredibly huge the amount of data being presented you realise why they call this "jaw dropping". And I'm showing it even if it is MicroSoft! (though the fellow does say "I never thought I'd find myself working for MicroSoft")
Lists and the inner uber geek
I am a lists kind of guy, I have always been a lists kind of guy. I’m sure that I will forget something and usually do. The only way to assure myself of covering the ground for my particular monomania is to jot down a good list. I’m not sure when this started though I …