Archive for October, 2005
AJAX Programming
27 October 2005<geek>This looks like an interesting method for storing a more significant amount of data on a client machine when developing AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML: for the uninitated it’s the techonology used to develop new web applications, Google’s GMail and maps.google.com among them).
The AJAX MAssive Storage System (AMASS) uses a hidden flash applet to […]
Shell goodness
25 October 2005<Geek Alert>
As we all know the linux shell has been one of the stand out major differences between the windows and linux user experience. Some people are terrified at the thought of giving up their “intuitive” object oriented gui, while propents of the command line interface talk of how much more flexible and powerful a […]
The Long Tail
24 October 2005Just been reading up on this very informative article about the current changes in consumer behavoiur which are set to revampt the current distribution models employed by media outlets from music/movies through to books.
“More than half of amazon’s book sales came from outside the 130,000 titles which are traditionally stocked in any brick-and-mortar book […]
More zombies
24 October 2005They definetly seem to be the in thing at the moment, now they are even organizing political rallys. They marched through the streets of Madison touting such placards as “What do we want? BRAINS! When do we want it? BRAINS!”, “The undead are people too!” and “Open your heart and mind to zombies
More photos here, […]
Even smaller
24 October 2005Continuing with the freaky small theme, these guys have come up with the worlds smallest car, it contains
a chassis
axles and
a pivoting suspension.
Oh and its about 4 nanometers across (thats about 1/20,000 of a human hair)
Freaky small
15 October 2005Not the sort of photos that you would see on flickr on a normal day, these babies are from research centers and the like around the world.
The Speculation is over
14 October 2005Thats right people the wait is over, you no longer have to dedicate brain power to figuring out who the next James Bond will be. And if you have laid money on it you are either going to be very, very happy or simply left scratching your head. Without further ado the new James Bond […]
Breezy Badger is finally here
14 October 2005I’ve been waiting for this for a while. Ubuntu has released the latest stable version of their popular linux distribution.
Torrent available here.
If you already have Warty Waryhog installed upgrade instructions here.
QOOP coming up
13 October 2005This looks hella sweet - these guys will print your favourite photos directly from flickr to a book or poster. All glossy and good.
Future Kitchen
13 October 2005Now this is just too good to pass up. What will those crazy kids at MIT come up with next.