Sonos for music

Having finally taken the plunge into wireless mesh network multi-zone sound for the house, I have to say Sonos is genuinely great. I have never experienced a system so easy to set up. All tech manufacturers should take note. It took 20 minutes. NAS scanned: check....
Whole lotta empty

Whole lotta empty

Lovely image of the earth. The purpose was to show how much is water with almost no land visible.

Weak ties may not be so weak

Weak Ties, Twitter and Revolution has a useful caution on Gladwell’s article in the New Yorker. A 1973 paper found that tightly integrated groups needed weak ties to create real revolutions.
Marine census

Marine census

First Marine Census. Lovely images and a heart-stirring conclusion. The Census found living creatures everywhere it looked, even where heat would melt lead, seawater froze to ice, and light and oxygen were lacking. It expanded known habitats and ranges in which life...

Constellations in 50,000 years time

What Will the Constellations Look Like in 50,000 Years? Part answers a question I had in Crete. The constellations do move around, but the ones that really change are the ones made up of stars in coincidental alignment rather than ones in the same system. So, early...

Predictive Mash

I love that the Mash is starting to predict the future. Here, councils fail to buy enough road salt for winter. http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3138&Itemid=81

Empathy’s failures

Empathy’s failures is a must-read Bad Science. Summary: we punish people who harm more people less harshly than if they harm fewer people. Brilliant conclusion, too.