by Tom | Nov 4, 2010 | General, Personal
MapCrunch is a nice idea to show you the world by randomly teleporting you to a new street view. My surprise and concern was how similar many of the places look around the world. Civilisation has become too similar to itself!
by Tom | Nov 3, 2010 | Personal
Strangely felt wrong, but oh so nice. Our contribution to bonfire night, maybe.
by Tom | Oct 30, 2010 | Reading
God hates figs. Genius.
by Tom | Oct 30, 2010 | General
Mostly for Dr A, as I also couldn’t find the details online. Click through for larger versions.
by Tom | Oct 30, 2010 | Listen
That’s the kind of statement you get in vanishingly few interviews these days. Good on John Lloyd and Saturday Live. A great use of the licence fee. “Knowledge is fractal: it just gets more interesting the deeper you look.”
by Tom | Oct 29, 2010 | Personal, Reading
Sadly, both Wiffy and I have become rather converted to Kindles. Why sadly? Because I love books very much, but don’t think I’m going to be buying many more physical ones (just as I haven’t bought a CD for years). Some reasons: We left for our...
by Tom | Oct 29, 2010 | Reading
Genuinely unexpected data from the Poynter Institute’s eyetracking study. Online readers tended to read more of the stories than those reading physical newspapers. Alternative layouts and story elements (time lines, fact boxes) help attract readers (So i should...
by Tom | Oct 29, 2010 | Reading, Science
Life aboard the International Space Station. A good Friday read. 16 sunrises a day. That would cause some jet lag. Luckily our bones don’t degrade on normal flights.
by Tom | Oct 29, 2010 | General
Why do think tanks always end up politicised (possibly with a large P): needing money from corporate sponsors and / or government plus messiah-complex-cursed leaders.
by Tom | Oct 23, 2010 | Tech
Mainly because Spotify just doesn’t work. Shame. I liked it, and would have paid.
