by Tom | Jan 26, 2009 | Reading
gigapan: President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address by David Bergman. 220 images, 59k by 25k pixels. Fantastic stuff. Some great hats on the podium, and lots of happily seated people in the park. I particularly like the artefacts such as the bodiless legs (see...
by Tom | Jan 23, 2009 | Reading
Earth, observed – The Big Picture takes a look at us from above. Well, the planet, anyway. Lots of human impact visible, not so many humans. I loved them all, but have chosen the sand sea in the Arabian Peninsula’sArabian Peninsula’s Empty Quarter...
by Tom | Jan 23, 2009 | Reading
So it would have been possible to get the gold out of the coach in the cliffhanger (literally) at the end of The Italian Job. Brilliant stuff.
by Tom | Jan 22, 2009 | Reading
Search Competition Among Travel Sites sees Juice provide a fascinating insight into their pattern analyser as applied to travel queries in the US.Lovely chart showing how head- or tail-focused a site is:Head vs tail queries for top travel sitesThe question is how much...
by Tom | Jan 22, 2009 | IT
Windows Technet article on how to turn off Autoplay. a) it is annoying and you don’t need it and b) worms galore. So just do it.
by Tom | Jan 21, 2009 | Reading
The Inauguration of President Barack Obama. So much fun in there. Who knew that secret service types really do wear those spiral bendy clear earpieces. That so many people watched the inauguration around the world. That the first thing the new president has to do is...
by Tom | Jan 21, 2009 | Reading
Meat Slurry. I don’t think I’ve ever seen MRM before. Or want to again.Mechanically recovered chicken
by Tom | Jan 18, 2009 | Reading
Sailing, around the world. There’s something about boats, water and land that make unmissable pictures. Too many great ones in there to have a clear favourite. The London one because its London and because Ben Ainslie is often overlooked.Ainslie under Tower...
by Tom | Jan 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
Lots of thought-provoking thinking in this Interview with Clay Shirky. Items that resonated for me: Firstly the thought that information overload has probably existed since the Library at Alexandria (more information in one place than one human could digest). The...
by Tom | Jan 17, 2009 | Reading
Lots of thought-provoking thinking in this Interview with Clay Shirky. Items that resonated for me:Firstly the thought that information overload has probably existed since the Library at Alexandria (more information in one place than one human could digest). The...
