by Tom | Feb 7, 2013 | General
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hWiomAbvJKjULCAP5c0wJwBk9TpQ?docId=CNG.2ef7d92f5a6586fb67dc4c456ff94dae.4b1 I wonder if Google Glass will do the same?
by Tom | Feb 7, 2013 | View
Wow. I had dreams / nightmares about this kind of wave for a while. I didn’t know they existed. Insane. via There’s No Place for Fear When Riding a 100-Foot Wave | Wired.com.
by Tom | Feb 7, 2013 | General, Science
Some videos to catch up on to remind you quite how astonishing and beautiful our universe is. You could fit the earth underneath the solar prominence in this video. The whole earth. Driving on the moon? Done it and got the video. Landing on another planet’s...
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by Tom | Feb 7, 2013 | IT
I got an odd error with Office 2013 Word and Excel on double clicking items to open them from Windows Explorer on Windows 8. The document opened, but there was an error window saying:Â “There was a problem sending the command to the program” I tried a...
by Tom | Feb 7, 2013 | Business, Reading
John Robb describes a very interesting idea: we are close to being able to build a open-standards network of private drones that can lift reasonable cargos (e.g. 2kg for 20 miles) which we can use for p2p delivery of items. Think documents for signature (yes, it still...
by Tom | Feb 7, 2013 | Reading, Tech
Facebook Says Misconfiguration Allowed Spammers To Impersonate Users. Old news, but I guess this wasn’t big news because we have only seen spam as a result. I hope that’s all that was going on. It does explain why I’m still getting messages...
by Tom | Jan 21, 2013 | View
The winners have been announced, and the tiger is indeed very funky. The dragon boaters look well out of time, but I’ll give them a bye because they are standing / kneeling. A pointer for the new season starting soon? 2012 National Geographic Photography Contest...
by Tom | Jan 18, 2013 | Reading
A great summary of some of the ills in cycling: there is no ladies’ Tour de France, a female cyclist discussing it said they “are not ready for it”. Cooke is spot on in her comments about Armstrong: Throughout our talk, Armstrong’s shadow looms...
by Tom | Jan 18, 2013 | Google+
He's back! Hallelujah! In a custom paint job Audi too. Vorschprung durch Beatnik?I sincerely hope this belongs to someone from  zyu6 hou2 di1. #tomplates  #totrblog  #hknumberplates Â
by Tom | Jan 18, 2013 | Science
Fecal Matter Transplant is getting stronger and stronger evidence that it can really work to cure problematic infections, in this case Clostridium difficile. Now what do we call the treatment? FMT is a bit of a nicer name until you hear what it means. The synthetic...
