Cool Hardware
The BBC Stats podcast “More or less” investigates a topic I remember researching as a kid. Ok, maybe ‘researching’ is pushing it a bit but I do remember building Lego Skyscrapers until they toppled. BBC News - How tall can a Lego tower get? So - how many Lego bricks,
Quite amusing to see how little I phone or text with a smart phone. Seems the smart bit is more important than the phone bit...
Design
A while ago I decided it was time for a blog redesign. After considering lots of options, including radical change based on entirely new templates and a fun diversion, I have settled on some simple tweaks: * Simplified Font: “Lucida Grande” Verdana replaces Arial — and no italics except for quoted text
Back in 2006 I blogged about a collection of articles by one of my favourite writers: Phil Llewellin on "The Road to Muckle Flugga"? - RobiNZ Personal Blog I referred to an article I still have: I think the finest piece is, the appropriately named, “Their Finest Hour”
* This week marks fifteen years working at The Warehouse * Tonight the 5 cylinder Ferrari clocked up 150,000 kilometres!
When I heard Lawrence Krauss, author of A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing, was giving a lecture at The University of Auckland I had to be there. I’ve always regretted missing Richard Feynman’s 1979 Douglas Robb Memorial Lectures. I was 13 and although
When I first understood this (probably thanks to Isaac Asimov’s books or Carl Sagan’s Cosmos) I thought it was amazing. This presentation is beautiful: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D05ej8u-gU&w=640&h=360] via RichardDawkins.net UPDATE 2012-03-16: And here is the 10
(Way) Back in the 80s I used to buy an Aussie technology magazine “Omni”, correction it was “Omega Science Digest”!. One issue had a card you could send off (with a few au$) to get the demo cassette for a remarkable new electronic instrument. Yes, that there was an analogue
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Charlotte’s post from the Kiva Fellows Blog reminded me of a great evening spent at Preservation Hall (back in 2007). It was also a great excuse to use my favourite, even though out of focus & blurry, photo which best captured the atmosphere. Preservation Hall - fellowsblog.kiva.org
Rant
My first thought when I saw the “Friday Flashback” post on the Sony Blog was: “What do they mean, Flashback?”. My first CD Player is still in regular use, as good as the day it left the factory! Flashback Friday: The Sony Discman (1984) « SONY make.believe 1984: Ghostbusters made
Aardvark ask a question you probably don’t really want to think about, but should. After all, barring a dramatic medical breakthrough, it’s going to happen and somebody will have to deal with this. Before you die... - aardvark.co.nz If you get hit by a bus tomorrow,
I was interested to see reports that the 1980 Ferrari Pinin Sedan concept is going to be sold. Ferrari Pinin Concept to be auctioned in London - www.eurocarblog.com 1980 Ferrari Pinin Concept, the one and only sedan with a Ferrari badge ever made, will soon be up for