by Tom | Apr 23, 2012 | Google+
Amazing image from Mars. Omnibrilliant. APOD: 2012 April 22 – Flowing Barchan Sand Dunes on Mars A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
by Tom | Apr 21, 2012 | Google+
They forgot an S… Queen Elizabeth Stadium Hong Kong
by Tom | Apr 20, 2012 | Google+
The bubble in paying to understand buying habits.Good piece from Dave Winer on what one of the current bubbles might consist of.I've regularly bemoaned the fact that a good chunk of the best and brightest in technology are essentially working for advertisers...
by Tom | Apr 20, 2012 | Google+
Calm amid the storm Take the umbrella with you this evening (picture is from 16:48) the general movement is from the NW to SW. That’s HK and Kowloon in the hole in the middle. I am regularly geekcited by the amount of data that HKO provides in such a short time...
by Tom | Apr 20, 2012 | Google+
Robot essay graders are as good as humans.I worry what this says about the instructions given to human graders and to students writing essays. However, if developed further, this could be great news for teachers. Strata Week: The rise of the robot essay graders...
by Tom | Apr 19, 2012 | Google+
Texts from my dog.Not quite DYAC, but still great fun. Texts From My Dog Good stuff on other blogs: Rock Stars: Then and Now See how time has changed them. Life is Bitter Amusingly depressing liqueur ads. My Dream Job I haven't found it yet. I don't think I...
by Tom | Apr 10, 2012 | Google+
Future magazines.Read an interesting article reflecting on how usable eBooks were already, even though we've had very little time to create really good ones.There is some thinking underway on what a new magazine might look like, including all-you-can-eat...
by Tom | Apr 3, 2012 | Google+
Where to start? Out for a quick meal in an outdoor food court in Chengdu, China's most laid-back city, when a fight breaks out. Two guys at the next table get into it with the waiter when a chef arrives brandishing a cleaver. We carried on eating as they fought...
by Tom | Mar 30, 2012 | Google+
Off to Chengdu we go.Pandas, Buddhas, spicy food and lots of unknowns. Should be fun. Loads of luggage in the normally empty marble halls of Hong Kong airport. Surely not cost effective for the Indians to ship it as excess baggage? Hong Kong International Airport Hkia...
by Tom | Mar 30, 2012 | Google+
Delay no more.I do love the minuscule amount of Chinese I have come across. Lots of word games and poetic license. "Delay no more" in Cantonese sounds a lot like fuck your mother (diu2 nei5 lou5 mou5), so is super suitable for a T-shirt slogan.Late to this...
