Over at Doug Jacquier’s blog, Doug is “doodling and sctratching his head” trying to answer some questions posed to him from Jody Mahoney at Compumentor about Web2.0. This is what I think – he asked for it! I see two main things happening that what is termed Web2.0 is shaping and in turn, is shapingContinueContinue reading “Saving Doug’s hair – What’s Web2.0 about?”
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Bloody eye!
Is there a Doctor in the house? Can any doctors out there tell me if this is bad? Okay, it looks impressive but it doesn’t really hurt and as far as I can tell it’s called a Subconjunctival hemorrhage and should go away after a while. Sorry about quality of this image…taken with my webcam.
David N Wallace = Cary Grant
Over at My Heritage, Frank Arrigo might look like the Dalai Lama or Kevin Mitnick, while Robert Scoble looks like Johnny Depp – but neither measure up to my match, Cary Grant! Gee…even the description in the first paragraph at wikipedia matches! “He was perhaps the foremost exemplar of the debonair leading man, not onlyContinueContinue reading “David N Wallace = Cary Grant”
Bluetooth & My PDA – my ongoing saga
Over at Frank Arrigo’s blog he has the low down on a kludge to get VoiceCommand to take commands straight from a BT headset. frankarr – an aussie microsoft blogger : K-JAM, Microsoft Voice Command, Bluetooth earpiece and a registry hack Longtime readers will know the ongoing battle I’ve had with this BT stuff onContinueContinue reading “Bluetooth & My PDA – my ongoing saga”
Lifekludger Vision from Writely
Just managed to get Writely to post the first draft of the Lifekludger Vision doc file I’ve been collaborating on with Mike straight to my Lifekludger blog. Had probs. at first with the xmlrpc.php file. I thought it was permissions but wasn’t. If you want to post from Writely to your WordPress blog and haveContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger Vision from Writely”
LifeKludger Vision
MORE HERE LifeKludger Vision Vision Enrich lives by connecting (networks of) people who†MAKE things for PLAY NEED things for LIFE Objectives Grow and connect (bring together) networks (communities, meshes, geodesic) of stone & wood where: Stone = people who need modified stuff Wood = people who (enjoy) give / make / modify / hackingContinueContinue reading “LifeKludger Vision”
Floor Washing Robot
iRobot Scooba Floor Washing Robot. Now you’re talking usefull devices! Probably the only thing I like about the growth in convenience technology, (or what you could call ‘lazy-man’ tech.) such as home automation and ‘time-saving’ devices (how does one ‘save’ time….we need a time-bank), is that the more of them we get the more accessibleContinueContinue reading “Floor Washing Robot”
Nano key chain wallet
This keychain wallet for a Nano might no be everyone’s taste in fashion – but the idea is good. The pocket also has small clip mechanisims on it so you can safely keep it in reach. This onecomes from Japan but like most things nowdays I’m sure something similar will turn up at a marketContinueContinue reading “Nano key chain wallet”
Greens begin Bobcasting
Hey, this “Bobcasting” is too close to what I call the podcasts I’ve done from this blog – “Blobcasting”. ABC News reports: Greens leader Bob Brown is embracing new technology in an effort to reach more people. Senator Brown has begun podcasting from his mobile phone. The party leader records a message on an InternetContinueContinue reading “Greens begin Bobcasting”
Restart it!
I normally don’t put work stuff in here, maybe I need YAB (yet another blog) Anyway, this is what happens when you don’t restart your Windows Webserver after applying an update patch!
You as the centre
Dredged this up from my drafts: While this quote from Stephen Downes has an education focus, I believe it adds weight to the idea of the individual being the centre of gravity in future cultural trends online (ala Linda Stone). edu_RSS 0.2 “Just had to link to this, especially because: “It’s just you, your community,ContinueContinue reading “You as the centre”
The Sony mouse phone
This is a neat idea by Sony. This is a phone handset built into a mouse. Okay, so it’s not the most ergonomic looking rodent but for limited space or limited reach that would mean a mouse and phone together would not be able to be used, it could just fit the bill. Only problemContinueContinue reading “The Sony mouse phone”
Audio of Linda Stone’s Supernova Address
Listened to this on way to work in car this morning. It’s the audio containing the address Linda Stone gave at the Supernova 2005 Conference – the notes of which I referred to in my previous blog post “You can’t stop the signal” A few key points missed in notes I want to highlight: Multi-taskingContinueContinue reading “Audio of Linda Stone’s Supernova Address”
Adelaide sees first Ozzy IPTV rollout
Ha! Little ole [tag]Adelaide[/tag] scores a firsrt! From the Australian: Set-top is the Reel deal John Lehmann, JANUARY 12, 2006 PIONEERING broadband TV provider ReelTime has signed a multi-million-dollar distribution deal with 20th Century Fox, which it says will provide access to new release movies months ahead of pay-TV operator Foxtel. ReelTime, a Sydney-based operatorContinueContinue reading “Adelaide sees first Ozzy IPTV rollout”
Subversive Accomodation
Came across this interesting site called CanICrash? – a (blogger) community for travellers! The idea is for bloggers to offer a couch/floor/bed or similar for any travelling bloggers to stay at. Crossed my mind could be handy for ConnectingUp2006 Conference. This would offer anybody who is a blogger coming to CU a place to stay.ContinueContinue reading “Subversive Accomodation”
You can’t stop the signal.
I have been spending alot of time thinking about the notes on Linda Stone’s article at Supernova 2005. I’ve decided to put my thoughts up here rather than refine them any further. The article goes from the position of needing to “Filter the NOISE from the SIGNAL” at the start of the article to “FilterContinueContinue reading “You can’t stop the signal.”
Safe cans
Need to keep things safe but can’t manage keys or locks very well? Maybe this idea is a solution for some things. These cans look just like everyday items yet they hide away anything you want without passersby suspecting a thing. Container Store
Tunatic – recognise songs
Tunatic is “a search engine that identifies songs playing from radio or any other music source. Tunatic displays the song’s title within seconds, along with the name of the artist and many useful links to download the song, read the lyrics, buy the CD, etc. Tunatic is free and available for both Windows and MacContinueContinue reading “Tunatic – recognise songs”
post-multitasking adaptive behaviour
Continuous partial attention is a post-multitasking adaptive behaviour. This is a quote from Linda Stone’s address at the Supernova Conference earlier this year. YOU MUST read the whole article here. This is NOT an option. As you’d hear on a Dave Slusher EGC podcast intro. – “You should listen to this because this concerns you”.ContinueContinue reading “post-multitasking adaptive behaviour”
Transcribe Podcasts
Back in October 2005, in a post titled “RSS to Lyrics” I asked the question “how does someone who cannot hear ‘listen’ to a podcast?” To save you going there, here’s the quoted paragraph: Anyway, how does someone who cannot hear ‘listen’ to a podcast? How does audio get translated to a visual format -ContinueContinue reading “Transcribe Podcasts”
Adaptive peeler
Peel on an angle! Check out this neat vegetable peeler. It has a swivel head which enables you to put the blade at the angle that suits you best. And the large handle offers good grip. My mum could do with one of these for her arthritic fingers! It’s from Kyocera…gee, I didn’t know theyContinueContinue reading “Adaptive peeler”
Who’s the Turkey?!
I don’t believe it! Mike keeps a Turkey Journal? No wonder he’s right into blogs….he’s been paper-blogging all along…I wonder if he pasted hardcopy pictures in there….
Exoskeletons
TIME.com: Best Inventions 2005 A future exoskeleton for weak limbs? TIME.com: Best Inventions 2005: Healthy Options — Page 5 More exoskeleton links – includes some weird stuff: How exoskeletons will work – from How Stuff Works More on the above named HAL from NewScientist Berkley Robotiucs Lab. Bionic legs Spring walker Event for extended bodyContinueContinue reading “Exoskeletons”
My first comment spam
I got hit by my first dose of comment spam on this blog the other day. About 6 comments all much the same from the same given name and given url, with different IP addresses. This sent me looking for plugins for WordPress to combat it and instead found a few tips on things IContinueContinue reading “My first comment spam”
Fuel cell motorcycle – great design
Okay. So it might seem a bit ‘off-topic’ but the design of this is simply stunning. I especially like to see good design and asthetics applied to everyday things. We can take for granted things looking as they are because, well, they just always have looked that way. Like, where’s the asthetics in wheelchair design?ContinueContinue reading “Fuel cell motorcycle – great design”
