January 2011
1 post
October 2010
1 post
A #newtwitter bug - special keys in the Page not...
Follow these instructions to reproduce this irritation of a bug:
Listen to someone tell you their twitter username
Be sure you are using the new twitter interface and are logged in (tested on 8 Oct 2010)
For this example, go to http://twitter.com/noleen3talkiscool (I suspect this twitter account will never exist)
You will get a “Sorry that page does not exist!” page with a user...
March 2010
1 post
February 2010
1 post
November 2009
2 posts
October 2009
1 post
September 2009
2 posts
August 2009
4 posts
An Empirical Study of the Effectiveness of... →
“We hope this report will encourage the paranoid community to develop improved helmet designs”
First Person Shooters with real guns →
Ooh, let’s use real weapons for all our first person shooter gaming! I wonder if grenades will work as well?
July 2009
3 posts
Now you can fill one tank while draining another →
Extracting hydrogen from pee.
Magnetic refrigerators →
magnetic refrigerators will be here in a year or two it seems. I’ll be happy if they are a lot quieter than the existing ones.
June 2009
2 posts
Chuck Lorre's Vanity Cards →
They appear at the end of tv shows like The Big Bang Theory.
May 2009
9 posts
Sorry I'm Late →
An incredible stop-motion short film
Hey perelson
lovepuppy:
Can you e-mail me??
Done, now I hope the email doesn’t strip out “illegal characters”
Man has fun shocking his kids with an electric dog... →
Doomed Engineers →
From Hacker News: news.ycombinator.com
April 2009
6 posts
Ashton Kutcher gets Punk'd
Ashton Kutcher, the host of Punk’d, who once claimed to be “unpunkable” has been punk’d. He fell for the ruse known as Twitter. The setup for the elaborate prank was started about three years ago by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams and Biz Stone. The plan involved creating a highly popular web-based service. Then, with the help of some high profile associates they were able to...
For sale: flavoured air ready to eat →
On a side note: why should I give Digg the link? I don’t like frames and I therefore dislike the new DiggBar. If you really want my source link then: http://digg.com/d1oPKu
Kindle 2 available in South Africa →
I always thought the most innovative feature of the Kindle is the cellular connection to the Internet and its unlimited usage thereof. Guess what won’t be usable in South Africa…. I’m still quite amazed that it is available here though and I do hope lots of people fork over the ZAR 5000 if only to make Amazon take more of an interest in South Africa.
A review of Gravity (S60 Twitter client) →
Like I needed another reason to buy Gravity.
March 2009
7 posts
Bun-O-Vision presents 30 Days of Night →
Having recently watched the movie 30 Days of Night I can honestly say that this re-enactment by bunnies sums up the movie perfectly.
Gobekli Tepe - Paradise Regained? →
Did I mention I love this kind of archeology.
The TWiT network is impressive →
You don’t fully appreciate the complexity and planning that has gone into Leo Laporte’s TWiT studio until you see it running at almost full capacity. Thank you Gina Trapani for the screen capture.
Nasa killed Kenny! →
I named the poor bat Kenny, alright. It was spotted on the external fuel tank during shuttle Discovery’s take off (17 March 2009)
A crime a little close to home
The house opposite us was robbed earlier this evening. The assailants waited for the young couple to arrive and then attacked them in order to gain easy access to their home. This happened around 19:30. It was only later when a cop was asking us if we saw anything did we realize that the comment I had made to my wife about a badly parked car in our street belonged to the gang of robbers. I will...
Experimental Multi-Touch on Nokia 5800 →
For a single-touch device, this demo is quite amazing
February 2009
10 posts
The truth behind the Kindle →
I love xkcd
Baby sign language →
I kind of like the idea that a baby can convey complex thoughts via sign language. It makes the baby easier to ignore ;-). Via @shanselman (on twitter)
13 Year old kid becomes world's stupidest father →
Be a Savant for a Day →
Accomplished through the magnetic stimulation of your brain, naturally. What could possibly go wrong….
SA Companies to use gmail.co.za for webmail →
So, South African companies are going to release their own webmail service under the gmail moniker with a South African domain and it won’t create confusion…. Maybe they are doing it to make a quick buck, you know, blackmailing Google. In any case they are trying to profit from a brand Google has spent a small fortune trying to grow.
