by Tom | May 25, 2011 | Science
Top 10 New Species Discovered in 2010 is a much more uplifting set of images. The monster spider silk was particularly impressive. Great that there is still plenty more to be discovered and understood out there.
by Tom | May 25, 2011 | Reading
While I’m sorry for anyone stuck in the now “regular” ash cloud, I am interested to see some pictures of what is like to live under the cloud. Doesn’t look like fun.
by Tom | May 25, 2011 | Business, Personal, Reading
Lots of articles seemed to make a theme today: it’s all very well saying you have a new media strategy, but are you really making the most of the opportunities offered to you? First, a thought about social media metrics like followers. If you aren’t...
by Tom | May 25, 2011 | Business, Personal, Reading
Lots of articles seemed to make a theme today: it’s all very well saying you have a new media strategy, but are you really making the most of the opportunities offered to you? First, a thought about social media metrics like followers. If you aren’t...
by Tom | May 24, 2011 | Reading
Khan Academy is an extraordinary set of learning videos on pretty well anything scientific (and economic and a bit of history) and explicable by a video. Wow
by Tom | May 23, 2011 | Reading
Extreme Heat Slowing You Down? It’s All in Your Head and Think yourself better both point to ways in which the human brain is more powerful than most of the things we throw at it. Certainly, doing Dragon boating as a team has made it much easier for me to try to get...
by Tom | May 23, 2011 | Reading
The Human Algorithm had a number of interesting things to say about journalism, but the thing that really felt different was the idea of the blurred / non-point-like publication deadline. If a community can continue to fact check and refine news even after it...
by Tom | May 22, 2011 | IT
Picasa: Sync to web – sometimes creates duplicate folders. A good summary of why Picasa sometimes duplicates folders in the web albums environment. My plan is to import items into Picasa, edit, name, caption, etc and then click the sync to web button. This...
by Tom | May 21, 2011 | Hong Kong / China
Joyous: the top deck of the bus is flooded because there is so much liquid on the people on it. Serious rain. And lightning. What was that rapture rubbish thing on about again? Oddly, my brain was convinced that it should get less wet so we went up the hill. It was,...
by Tom | May 20, 2011 | Hong Kong / China
There’s an HK reference in the Indy jigsaw today. “Hong Kong University accepts excellent Oriental poem” (5) Like it.
