by Tom | Jan 25, 2014 | Personal, Reading, View
This is a must-read. And watch his 4,000 dollar questions and the subsequent ads. Mind officially blown. Must find out more. He participated in several arctic journeys (including a 1000-mile dogsled trip across Greenland), starred in an Oscar-winning film, wrote more...
by Tom | Jan 21, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, View
More photos today. Great collection from a talk we attended at the Cathedral. Splendid colourised and restored versions of some John Thompson photos (the exhibition at the Maritime Museum is worth seeing).
by Tom | Jan 21, 2014 | View
Some glorious pictures here. For me, the polar bear is justifiably the winner. Crows nest, Rhino and Graveyard are also great. 2013 National Geographic Photography Contest Winners – Photos – The Big Picture – Boston.com.
by Tom | Jan 18, 2014 | Business, Reading
Think about that. A news app, a piece of software about the news made by in-house developers, generated more clicks than any article. And it did this in a tiny amount of time: The app only came out on December 21, 2013. That means that in the 11 days it was online in...
by Tom | Jan 16, 2014 | Reading, Science
I hope, hope, hope this is real and works.
by Tom | Jan 16, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
But surely not! What on earth would they do? Hong Kong’s mobile-mad cabbies told to ditch dashboard devices • The Register.
by Tom | Jan 15, 2014 | Business, View
Great reimagining of the boarding pass using the same kit that airlines currently use with the same form factor, just better. Rethink the Airline Boarding Pass | PeterSmart.
by Tom | Jan 13, 2014 | Reading, Science
The idea seems to be to reactivate some early-life learning mechanisms (most people only learn perfect pitch early in their lives) through valproate. Then do exercises to learn to successfully identify pitch. To my untrained eye, it seems a reasonable study with...
by Tom | Jan 13, 2014 | Personal, Reading, Science
This is great news to counter the raft of depressing stories. Global focused and concerted action having global effects. While my “students” in Melkote were lovely happy kids, I’m delighted there won’t be another cohort blighted and crippled by...
by Tom | Jan 8, 2014 | View
(forgot to post this before Christmas). Brilliant mash up. I liked the Dr Who Christmas special and am enjoying the new series of Sherlock so far (the Curly Fu fans must have loved the Sherlock – Moriarty kiss).
