by Tom | Oct 18, 2012 | Reading, Science
As We May Think – Vannevar Bush. Deep thinking on thinking from 1945. Astonishingly prescient in many regards: the impossibility of keeping up with the deluge of information and knowledge created by the human race; the value of hypertext; speech recognition. I...
by Tom | Oct 18, 2012 | Reading
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry via The Technium: Sourced Quotes,...
by Tom | Oct 18, 2012 | Reading, Science
Chinese Study Explains Why Mobile Phone Ban Doesn’t Reduce Traffic Accidents. Brilliant: people who use mobile phones while driving are bad drivers with or without the phone. Obvious, when you think about it, but good to have tested it. New penalty thought:...
by Tom | Oct 18, 2012 | Science, View
The Hubble Extreme Deep Field. Look and marvel. All galaxies,some just like our own. And marvel again.
by Tom | Oct 18, 2012 | View
Thanks to Bruce for the link to the Veolia Environnement wildlife photographer of the year. My favourite is one of the simplest, just because it’s the sort of thing I feel I ought to be able to take, but never quite do.
by Tom | Oct 18, 2012 | Google+
Mein arsch! Hilarious.#totrblog Beth Foster originally shared this post: I am offering you a guarantee: you will laugh out loud.
by Tom | Oct 16, 2012 | Google+
Good to see that Wile. E. Coyote is going strong in the Kong. #numberplates #totrblog Hong Kong Football Club Hong Kong Football Club, 1 Sports Rd, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
by Tom | Oct 16, 2012 | Tech
MindMeld looks like an interesting augmented reality tool for conversations: real time spoken-word analysis to throw up information on the things you are discussing. Sort of a background Siri, I guess.
by Tom | Oct 16, 2012 | Business, Tech
Airline baggage tags: How their brilliant design gets bags from Point A to Point B. Surprisingly interesting account of real innovation in the design of baggage tags. My next trip is now guaranteed to be the first one I loose luggage in.
by Tom | Oct 16, 2012 | Business, Government
That’s pretty hard-hitting (PDF) from the St Louis Fed: The case against patents can be summarized briefly: there is no empirical evidence that they serve to increase innovation and productivity, unless the latter is identified with the number of patents awarded...
