by Tom | Apr 3, 2014 | Reading, View
Brilliant as always. You have to click through to the actual page: the embedded image won’t help you. xkcd: Lorenz.
by Tom | Apr 2, 2014 | Business, Reading, Tech
Great article on the possible explosion in the use of voice as input / output for computers. The privacy of your computer whispering audio cards in your ear can clearly work, although I'm certainly not good at multitasking e.g. listening to a conversation as well...
by Tom | Mar 18, 2014 | Business, Reading, Tech
Couldn’t find one part of this to quote. So many online service upgrades are to the detriment of users in the support of new services that no one uses, advertising and / or stonewalling competitors. http://www.marco.org/2014/03/15/worse
by Tom | Mar 14, 2014 | Science, View
I’m not sure what it is showing: “effective” connectivity anyone? It doesn’t matter. Flying through your own brain seeing its activity in real-time is remarkable. I usually “feel” I am thinking at the front and sides of my head....
by Tom | Mar 12, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, View
There’s a vessel run aground on the east side of Cheung Chau (aptly and ironically the ship is called Sunrise Orient). A multi-GoPro expedition shows you how it looks closer up. Great footage, especially the drone. Thanks to Hong Wrong for the...
by Tom | Mar 12, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, View
These are brilliant. Link courtesy of Hong Wrong. And here’s a silly picture of an artist as well. Le Gogh, anyone?
by Tom | Mar 11, 2014 | Reading
This is brilliant and I can't believe it has taken me over a decade to hear about it. Great exposition by Michael Crichton.Media carries with it a credibility that is totally undeserved. You have all experienced this, in what I call the Murray Gell-Mann Amnesia...
by Tom | Mar 6, 2014 | Business, View
Sensible move from Getty: acknowledging that its images are available without watermark across the internet and owning the source and to some extent usage of them. Slightly fiddly to find the embeddable images (use search within this search) but once you are there...
by Tom | Mar 5, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, View
Hilarious and a great example of how wrong you can go with Cantonese tones and pronunciation.
by Tom | Feb 27, 2014 | General
Between one third and one half of the business class passengers on this 09:40 flight to Seoul have opted for champagne. Hard core, but admirable.
