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2007-11-14T10:19:00.001Z

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2007-11-12T22:02:00.000Z

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Weekly viewing figures 2002-2007

2007-10-05T13:52:00.001Z

Weekly viewing figures 2002-2007
Originally uploaded by hobart65.

Must admit I'm a bit surprised by this chart, given my dinner party chatter of "...oh, I completely stopped watching TV". According to BARB roughly the same amount of people are watching, for the same amount of time, they're just dividing their attention. Is it sacrilegious to doubt BARB?

http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/trendreports.cfm?report=hours&flag=viewingsummary

Passion Pictures: Bravia: colour like.no.other

2007-10-04T08:38:00.001Z

Passion Picture: Bravia: colour like.no.other Originally uploaded by hobart65.

Take a look at the site for the much anticipated Sony Bravia ad. The hype machine is in full motion, but rumor has it that this one another classic along side paint and balls. colourlikenoother.com

2007-09-25T13:22:00.001Z

Visual tool for your HD

2007-09-21T09:34:00.001Z

WinDirStat. I keep using this. It's great. And I don't want to forget about it so thought I'd make a note. The original post was from Gareth Bowen (ex-Dare and Xbox fiend): Nice visual tool to show where all your disk space has gone. Have used a number of similar tools, but I particularly like the way this does things.

Awesome game

2007-09-19T12:47:00.001Z

A rather addictive puzzle game with a simple and original idea. http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/bloxorz

Image display and networking

2007-09-18T14:37:00.001Z

Bit old now (ho ho) but this is an amazing TED presentation of some Microsoft projects (inherited by acquisition it seems).

The first is a way of managing the display of enormous amounts of visual data simultaneously (think Picasa) but without any slow-down in performance.
Why should it slow down when it's the same number of pixels in use?

The second is a new presentation showing Seadragon but in much greater details than I've seen before. It's now linking enormous numbers of pictures of Notre Dame Cathedral (including representations within a photo such as a poster) and has had quite a bit of work done on the interface.

You've got to watch both of these.
The audience are astounded.

Digital Fire Extinguisher Training

2007-09-17T09:03:00.001Z

Rarely do I display an opinion about posts, but I think this is great. There are a number of things that we may be called to do during our lives that saves the lives of others; a) first aid and b) fighting fire. I hope this helps the latter. Digital comes good. Source: The Raw Feed

No A’s, no Halo 3

2007-09-13T16:32:00.001Z

Brandon Scott, manager of GameStop in southern Dallas, will only sell games to children who are doing well at school. And aren’t showing their underwear.

Link

Source: Gaming Today

Play with Paper!

2007-09-13T09:20:00.001Z

These free templates from Readymech are simple and sweet - just print, cut up and stick together.

GPS made easy-ish

2007-09-12T15:53:00.001Z

GPS integrated into a USB stick from Trackstick. Just carry it around to track your route. Then plug in and plot using Google Earth.

The site tells us that it "comes equipped with the highest technological features available on the market today". This includes a "detachable magnetic mount and belt clip".
Blimey.

Groovy apple catalog

2007-09-12T15:15:00.001Z

Groovy apple catalog
Originally uploaded by hobart65.

Yes, all brands need to evolve. Given Apple's position as the touch stone for product and branding, it comforting that their early advertising proves to be such an endless source of mirth

No smile, no picture.

2007-09-12T15:13:00.001Z

Sony release a camera that will only take a picture if everyone is smiling.

Source: gadgetell via The Raw Feed

Tron 2.0

2007-09-12T15:12:00.000Z

They're making a sequel to Tron... Hollywood Repoter via BoingBoing.

Is this an incentive to cheer up?

2007-09-12T15:10:00.001Z

Innovative use of voice recognition/analysis.
The sadder you are, the more ice-cream you get.

Source: boingboing

Mouse wheel icon branding!

2007-09-05T16:02:00.000Z

I was just perusing our lovely aegon.co.uk and noticed that when you click the middle mouse wheel to scroll around the page they have replaced the usual icon with their own branded scroll icon complete with aegon favicon style logo.

Content-Aware Image Sizing

2007-08-24T09:30:00.001Z

I'm going to do a terrible job of explaining this so I'd recommend watching this video. But here's a go. This technique/application allows the user when rescaling an image to prioritise the content within the image. Therefore all elements within the image are not uniformly rescaled but the less important stuff, often something like sky, will be scaled to a greater extent. This is known as retargeting. Hmm. Reread that. Not brilliant. Watch the video. You can see scary implications if this was in the hands of the paparazzi. Found by: Rob

Flash is going hi-def

2007-08-22T12:31:00.000Z

"Adobe, the San Jose software maker, will announce that it is integrating a standard format for high definition video into the newest version of its immensely popular Flash video player."

New York Times article, via kurzweilai.net

Download beta Flash player update here: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/

Some demos here:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/fullscreendemo/

http://marcelfahle.com/2007/08/21/first-h264-demo-in-flash-player-9

http://www.ericd.net/2007/08/h264-playing-in-flash-player.html

Very reasonably priced rack (flight) cases

2007-08-09T13:35:00.001Z

Flightcase Warehouse.
Found and purchased by: Martin Roche

Musika - game for the 5th gen iPod

2007-08-09T11:36:00.001Z

Paul downloaded it. Worth a play.
Created by the maker of PaRappa the Rapper.

Paul found it a bit easy. I enjoyed the letter-build effects.
Could have done with some more 'special' characters.
Would have liked to have moved on to the next letter when I'd got it right (hence forming an extra penalty for guessing too soon).
Would also have liked it to speed up as the song progressed.

Story on webware.

Brilliant site tours

2007-08-08T16:09:00.001Z

Here's one for Flickr:

Made by Common Craft.

The Onion

2007-08-08T16:01:00.001Z

Now available on MySpace.
Video not so hot but Top Story deliver laughs.

From the press release:
"The news business is like the tobacco business: you want to reach new readers at as young and impressionable an age as possible," Sean Mills, president of The Onion, is quoted as saying. "MySpace was, of course, a natural partner in that regard."

Music video using Flickr

2007-08-08T14:14:00.000Z

This music video pulls in photos from Flickr to represent the words in the song. Changes every time because it randomizes the search. A really nice idea.

http://www.avoision.com/experiments/astronaut/

via Infosthetics

Build your own 3D printer

2007-08-08T11:09:00.000Z

RepRap is an open-source, low-cost rapid-prototyping machine. Version 1.0 is currently in development, but once it's finalised, will become a blueprint that will allow people to build their own machines themselves, with the parts costing about $400.
Many of the parts of the machine can actually be 'printed' by the machine itself, and the goal is (eventually) to make the machine completely self-replicating.
You can listen to a talk about the project here, or visit the site here.

BBC iPlayer

2007-08-06T10:42:00.000Z

The mythical iPlayer (that's been talked up for a good couple of years now) is the BBC's video-on-demand service. It lets you download most BBC programmes from the last 7 days and watch them back on your PC. As it's not Mac-friendly, I can't vouch for the quality of the video, but you can sign up for the beta testing phase now at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayerbeta/, and find out for yourselves...

Lightbox 2 - just out

2007-08-06T09:55:00.001Z

We liked the first release of this.
And now comes Lightbox 2.

May come in handy sometime.

Liking the ability to use left/right arrows to navigate.

Found by: Conor

New Release

2007-08-06T09:00:00.001Z

Congratulations from everyone to Chantel and Conor on the arrival of their son, Cillian.
All are well.

Conor also took a moment in his email announcement to tell us about the new Google Maps direction finder (see story below).

Google Maps - "raising the bar" with some super AJAX

2007-08-06T08:20:00.001Z

Customisable driving directions. Great interface and integration with live traffic conditions (US only and selected cities on).
Still, it's pretty excellent.

Published as a video demo.

Conor's review:
"There is only one word for that. Awesome (said with American accent). Probably the best single Ajax feature that I have ever seen."

Found by: Conor

Google vs Microsoft - mapping kit beauty parade

2007-07-30T09:13:00.001Z

Gizmodo compare the cars used by Microsoft and Google for collecting streetview data. Worth a look for a very brief mention of the sorts of things these machines do.

Business.com sells

2007-07-26T12:07:00.001Z

for $350m.
Blimey.

Source: Techcrunch

When you absolutely must listen to the Kaiser Chiefs.

2007-07-17T10:52:00.001Z

Waterproof headphones.
iPod underwater case.

Rather than be happy with that pesky ambient noise.

This is not an endorsement.

2007-07-16T14:29:00.001Z

Poke a hole through a picture of Steve Ballmer. Source: digg

Man + deckchair + helium balloons

2007-07-12T13:54:00.001Z

But no personal record. Doh! Man 'flies' in his deckchair video . Source: BBC News

Pop-up club in Barcelona

2007-07-11T16:09:00.001Z

Kubik Barcelona is an offshoot of the UK Creamfields event.
Made from recycled water tanks.

Source: Springwise

AIR vs Silverlight

2007-07-10T15:09:00.001Z

Internet app to desktop exposure is fast increasing. Livestation and Silverlight. (Microsoft). Posted July 6. Pownce with AIR (Adobe) All we need now is a suitable project.

iPhone - a very full review

2007-07-10T14:43:00.001Z

Lots of photos and balanced opinions from ars technica.
Well worth a look.

Obligatory photo here. Shows the 'conversation' view for SMS:

I really really hate to say this but it left me wanting one mostly for the web browsing and SMS handling. Although I may find text entry frustrating after Windows Mobile and the stylus. Will reserve judgement.

Brand as curator

2007-07-10T09:50:00.001Z

"Design is so popular today mostly because business sees design as connecting it to the consumer populace in a deep, fundamental and honest way. An honest way. If you are in the myth-making business, you don’t need design. You need a great ad agency. But if you are in the authenticity and integrity business then you have to think design. If you are in the co-creation business today—and you’d better be in this age of social networking—then you have to think of design. Indeed, your brand is increasingly shaped and defined by network communities, not your ad agency. Brand manager? Forget about it. Brand curator maybe."
Bruce Nussbaum, BusinessWeek

Great article picked up Logic and Emotion blog via crackunit

Feed me

2007-07-10T09:27:00.001Z

Now I know choice is good...

Wearable technologies

2007-07-09T08:28:00.001Z

ispo Sport & Style 2007 preview on I4U.

A step up from the 'a special pocket in your jeans for your iPod' type of stuff that seems to have passed as wearable technology up till now.
Actually, I spoke too soon. There's an iPod bag thingy.

So someone IS using Silverlight

2007-07-06T13:15:00.001Z

Microsoft Livestation purports to be Sling without the box. Didn't know that MS had a stake in Skinkers. Makes sense to develop using Silverlight then. Source: Techcrunch

Wiltons Music Hall

2007-07-05T14:04:00.001Z

Went there last night and saw Handel's Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (The Triumph of Time and Truth) by Transition Opera.

I'd urge you to go and see it. Although I think there's probably only one or two performances left.
Very interesting mixture of decaying music hall, baroque period instruments, strong voices and projections (back and live capture from video camera).

As you can read on the Wiltons site, it's the oldest surviving grand music hall from the 1850s. You wouldn't know it's there. Sandwiched between South Smithfields road (busy, polluted), the DLR and some rough estates.

Book Slam

2007-07-05T12:20:00.000Z

Went to Book Slam once and was worth it - has various authors/poets getting up and doing readings. Irvine Welsh is on tonight which could be interesting, otherwise probably worth looking out for future authors... if you're into books! If not then it's in a bar so you can't lose.

Looks like Flash

2007-07-04T10:50:00.001Z

Smells like Flash.
But is it Flash?

Microsoft Silverlight.
When are people going to start using it?

Desktop app for Flickr

2007-07-04T10:43:00.001Z

Nostalgia
Only been quickly looked at but seems to allow viewing, uploading and management of photos on Flickr.
But purely desktop-based.

Found by: Conor

Street installations

2007-07-02T14:14:00.001Z

Some made of tape.

Source: Shadi's Mum

Twitter 1930's style

2007-06-29T15:38:00.001Z

Location-based microblogging in the 30s: this “robotic” messenger display aims at “TO AID persons who wish to make or cancel appointments or inform friends of their whereabout“:

Source: pasta and vinegar

Impressive new printer can print very, very fast indeed.

2007-06-29T11:15:00.000Z

Link: Memjet Technology.

Click on "Montage Video" to see ink being applied to paper at high speeds.

Print your Photo, and leave a copy for our wall

2007-06-27T11:53:00.001Z

Print your Photo, and leave a copy for our wall
Originally uploaded by jeremiah_owyang.

"While in Singapore, my new friend Bill Claxton took me and some bloggers from The Digital Movement to this wonderful ice cream shop. What’s really interesting is that they encouraged the guests to take pictures (often with their own cameras) print it out and post on the wall."

http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/06/27/letting-go-let-your-community-create-with-you-grow-together/

They don't write email spam like they used to

2007-06-25T11:16:00.001Z

From: "Torey Goguen" <dialsendangers@encoreproductions.net>

Subject:

Hello my friend!

I am ready to kill myself and eat my dog, if medicine prices here (http://everypractice.hk) are bad.

Look, the site and call me 1-800 if its wrong..

My dog and I are still alive :)

Received by: ADG

Deskside supercomputers from NVIDIA

2007-06-21T12:52:00.000Z

"Under the NVIDIA® Tesla™ brand, NVIDIA will offer a family of GPU computing products that will place the power previously available only from supercomputers in the hands of every scientist and engineer. Today's workstations will be transformed into 'personal supercomputers.'

"With multiple deskside systems, a standard PC or workstation is transformed into a personal supercomputer, delivering up to 8 teraflops of computer power to the desktop."

According to Wikipedia, the SETI programme computes data at about 700 teraflops. So presumably, you could double our chances of discovering alien life with a bit of cash and a few of NVIDIAs new systems set up in your spare room.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_43499.html

Benches have never received this much loving attention.

2007-06-21T12:50:00.001Z

Part of the Touching The City Project.

This is Project 0.1 - benchspace.

The exhibition is at Westbourne Grove Church until 22nd July.

There's also a walk on Saturday 30 June.

Certainly worth dropping in.

Source: ADG

At last - easily record your phone calls

2007-06-19T11:10:00.001Z

From: Akihabara

Wii sports add-ons

2007-06-19T10:15:00.001Z

Nerf soft sports accessories (tennis, golf, baseball bat).

And some boxing gloves.

The RCA Great Exhibition

2007-06-18T10:12:00.001Z

The RCA Great Exhibition
Originally uploaded by alistairh.

The RCA end of year show is one of the best for years, well worth a trip. It's open for the rest of this week until 9pm. This year the more practical stuff is housed in a enormous temporary structure sponsored by the Conran Foundation.

This much larger space really transforms the exhibition. It somehow has a more workshop feel. Each student has more space and its much easier to move around. For some reasons, it also seems like there is much more work. It's so good, that I going to return so I can spend longer on the more interesting stuff.

http://www.rca.ac.uk/pages/news/rca_announces_the_great_3824.html

My pick was 'The Object of My affection' by Elanor Davies. There are a series of one off amorphus sculpture blobs made by a 3D printer using data from DNA and personality tests. It was a fascinating idea if you applied it to a family or generations.

Atom trap is a step towards a quantum computer

2007-06-18T09:18:00.000Z

from New Scientist

http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=dn12082&feedId=online-news_rss20

TV Links

2007-06-13T12:13:00.000Z

Watch almost any TV show online: TV Links

Podcast: Tim Brown, CEO of Ideo talks about design

2007-06-13T11:05:00.001Z

I highly recommend listening to this inspiring podcast from IT Conversations.

Tim Brown makes two really great points. Firstly, it's the storytelling around an idea that makes sure it gets made. Secondly, the measure of how good an organsiation can innovate is the speed at which it can prototype.

I've been really struggling with finding a really quick method of making clickable prototypes. I always think there must be a way of using a pen, digital camera and software to do this faster. Paper prototyping is always held up as the fastest way, but I find it just doesn't quite feel like a screen based experience.

What's your favorite package for making an interactive prototype? I heard that windows vista was done in macromedia director.

let’s talk washing up shall we

2007-06-12T12:38:00.001Z

Passive-aggressive publicly posted notes blog.

Innovative lighting ideas (not strictly digital)

2007-06-12T12:35:00.001Z

Although there is a site.

  

Lamps made from preserved sheep-stomachs.

Ruminant Bloom are beautiful, blossom-like lamps that are made from preserved sheep stomachs, each with a unique structure.

Found by: A D Ginsberg

Crazy

2007-06-12T12:32:00.001Z

H&M - Sims2 Add-On

2007-06-11T15:27:00.001Z

Don't know why I thought this was such a strange cross-over. Would seem perfectly natural in Second Life. Well, I say natural...

Project playlist

2007-06-06T13:55:00.000Z

A rather nifty playlist thingy from www.projectplaylist.com which you can stick on your blog, website, myspace, facebook, bebo etc. etc. etc. It seems to resource the music from whereever it can find it so it allows you to check the links work before you add a song. You can also choose whether it auto-plays or not!

Mario Brothers in Lego

2007-06-05T11:43:00.001Z

Hardly groundbreaking but use of green backdrop and recorder music was much appreciated.

What the...?

2007-06-04T12:31:00.001Z

Oh my word.

I am stunned.

How?

Photosynth

2007-06-04T10:58:00.000Z

A talk on Photosynth, a Microsoft project that aims to build up 3d spacial associations between images on the web, such as flickr photos. Rather clever!

The talk is here at ted.com. (This place is generally worth keeping an eye on for interesting talks.)

There's a demo of the tech at the photosynth project page.

Game, game, and again game

2007-05-31T12:53:00.000Z

Weird hybrid of abstract poetry and game. Has to be played to be believed.
Link here

2007-05-30T11:49:00.001Z

We've seen a lot of these types of interfaces being demoed about the place lately, looks like Microsoft liked the demos too. Bits I like and haven't seen before are dragging images straight onto your phone and restaurant bills straight onto your credit card.

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

Music Aggregators

2007-05-30T10:47:00.000Z

Two aggregator sites/reccomendation engines that are good for discovering music: Hype Machine and Critical Metrics.

Google maps to add Quicktime-VR-style interactive Flash street views

2007-05-30T10:24:00.000Z

Article here

Demo here

Curses

2007-05-29T09:06:00.001Z

Peggle

2007-05-29T09:02:00.001Z

My new favourite game.

A mixture of Arkanoid and Bagatelle. Some wonderful touches. Good learning curve.

Found by: The guys at Renderheads

Apple Display Technology

2007-05-25T14:15:00.000Z

From http://fun-4-amdavadi-gujarati.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=73&topic=613.0

Reno Balloon Race 2006

2007-05-25T13:29:00.001Z

I just called to say...

2007-05-24T10:37:00.001Z

http://odeo.com/audio/11569773/view

'I don't give a damn if you're twelve years old...'

Not the usual e-cards one would expect.

2007-05-22T11:38:00.001Z

Warning: Some are a little rude.

Found by: Mike

55+ represent 22.0% of UK visits

2007-05-21T14:59:00.000Z

Heather Hopkins of Hitwise has picked up on an interesting trend - the rise of the 55+ online. Compare 2007 with 2005 below: But, wealth continues to be a divider - the very poor are are under represented and the wealthiest are far more active.

Rube Goldberg Machines

2007-05-21T11:32:00.000Z

There's some really clever bits of mechanics in some of these machines.

Gentle leaking

2007-05-21T09:25:00.001Z

Another Transformers trailer.

It would seem that a large part of the budget, that could have been spent on dialogue, has been redirected to CGI.

No reason not to see it though.

Found by: Conor

FlashPaper in action

2007-05-17T15:01:00.001Z

Not sure if it's still called this after Adobe.

A bit like a PDF without the hanging browser.

This is a paper from Magus who provide automated digital web standards management.

And the overview from Adobe.

Salvation - VJ realtime video mixer

2007-05-17T13:44:00.001Z

The thing is, there's a 30 day free trial so worth a look.

Short demo.

More Firefox Bloat? (Wired)

2007-05-17T12:05:00.000Z

Further to Daniel's Firefox post, thought I'd post a link to this article from Wired magazine. It looks forward to the new Firefox release (3.0, coming in the summer), and provides good insight into the balance between adding new features and keeping the browser as lightweight as possible. To be fair to Firefox, a lot of the gripes about the new version are based on the beta version, which is bound to be buggy.

I stopped using Firefox a while back, mainly because of how slow it was making my machine run, and because on OS X, it behaves unpredictably when doing basic things - so it was good to see this post by a member of the Mac team at Firefox, asking "What sucks about Firefox on the Mac?" The gripes in the comments are all familiar.

You think you've deleted something from your hard drivce

2007-05-17T11:44:00.001Z

but that's rarely the case.

Apocryphal stories cite HDs burnt, drowned and smashed but still giving up data that had been in the Recycle Bin and then emptied.

So create some noise on the drive with Eraser.

Is it just me or is Firefox stealing lots of CPU lately?

2007-05-17T10:10:00.001Z

I found this.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

Firefox seems to bloat when the cache is huge and it tries to be a bit too clever.

Good for fixing invalid registry entries also.

Source: Conor

Am I really lowering the tone with this?

2007-05-16T15:24:00.001Z

"Perfect for cosplay or everyday wear! I wear mine all the time."

That's a quote. Not a quotation.

Get these and more at bunnywarez

.

Found by: A friend

Apple moving to LED-based displays

2007-05-16T12:21:00.000Z

(Artist's impression)

Apple recently announced its intentions to switch from LCD displays to LED-based display technology. Initially the displays will be available in the MacBook Pro line, but will filter down to MacBooks soon.

If you believe what the internet has to say, LED displays are brighter, better quality, longer-lasting, thinner, toxin-free, and less power-hungry than LED displays. Phew.

Read the full story here.

Alfresco: Open source document management

2007-05-16T11:55:00.001Z

The CMS / document management is crowded and confusing. Many of our clients seem to spend a fortune on systems that really don't seem to function very well. Alfresco has a core management team from documentum - the grand daddy of document management. This pedigree makes it interesting. I heard about it via this podcast from Phil Windley: "Alfresco is the leading open source alternative for enterprise content management. The company's CTO, John Newton, joins Phil, Scott, and Ben to discuss how Alfresco uses an open source strategy to assist organizations to manage the capture, storage, security, revision control, retrieval, distribution, preservation and destruction of documents and content. In addition to reviewing the technical aspects, he talks about the practical uses of the system." John Newton - Technometria: Enterprise Content Management

The IBM "Bow Tie" Theory

2007-05-16T10:53:00.000Z

As part of a big IBM research project back in 2000, scientists identified 4 distinct types of site based on connectedness. Google page rank naturally gives higher ranking to those sites at the core. Most site would naturally like to be part of the core, but this means you have to have good links away from the site in addition to incoming. This idea is often billed as a 'link strategy'. Often brand sites seem very reticent about linking out to 3rd party sites, particularly if they provide better content. This model give a good argument for explaining why linking away doesn't 'leak' traffic, but makes the site better findable.

Stage6 : Youtube in HD

2007-05-15T11:44:00.001Z

A friend just watched Spiderman III on stage 6, as he says "its a screener but amazing quality shot on HD with no one in the cinema..." I think it's been out in the UK for about two weeks. Unlike youtube, all the South Park episodes haven't been pulled...yet. Like youtube, enjoy while the good times last.

Originally found via tv-links.co.uk

Peole actually want to buy broken iPods. So be Green.

2007-05-10T09:21:00.001Z

And do it.

BuyMyBrokeniPod.com

We don't care if the iPod has a cracked screen, the hard drive busted or shows a sad face, buttons don’t work, is acting weird, is old and creepy, has water damage, or if the battery is dead. Click below to get a price quote, and in 3 easy steps turn your broken iPod into CASH!

Source: Springwise

Ice breaker

2007-05-09T14:30:00.001Z

Ice breaker
Originally uploaded by dgray_xplane.

"Here's a simple but effective way to break the ice and introduce people at your next meeting or event. It's a good way to get people into a brainstorming/creative mood and sets the tone for a creative meeting.

1. Give everyone an index card and a colored marker (it's better if everyone has a different color).

2. Have each person fold the card in half to make a table tent.

3. On the front, have them write their name and draw their "supermask" (as in, if they were a superhero, what would be their mask?).

4. On the back, have each person write their "supername" and "superpower."

5. Go around the room and have each person describe their card to the group."

Play MP3s on your DS

2007-05-09T10:53:00.001Z

Plug this in:

Stick your music on an SD card.

And away you go.

Only £20.

Found by: Conor

Source: ebuyer

Google Earth - Conor's route to work

2007-05-08T12:26:00.001Z

Conor captured his route to work with a combination of his M3100 and GPS

If you haven't got it already, download Google Maps.

Then download the kml file containing the journey data. It just under a Mb because waypoints were set every few metres.

Open in Google Earth.

Select Path is checked then press Play.

Making a case for Windows Media Player 11

2007-05-03T11:57:00.001Z

There are many reasons to like iTunes. It’s a good piece of software. But here are the reasons why I'd consider not using iTunes...

1. It’s a total system hog and runs at a snails pace. Fine for the desktop, nasty for the laptop.

2. The search is 10 times faster in WMP11. The most important component in the entire application.

3. Breadcrumb on WMP11 is the one feature that I use all the time. Very useful. AFAIK iTunes only has the back and the forward buttons.

4. DRM [clippped]

5. I find WMP syncs the same number of MB in about 1/10th of the time (through the same cable and the same computer USB port). Not really an issue with a shuffle I will admit but pretty nasty with anything over 4GB.

6. No Windows Media Centre integration. WMP with the iPod just plugs in and works a charm.

If you want to synch your iPod with WMP, then could use this:

http://www.mgtek.com/dopisp/

Mulitmap redesign

2007-05-02T15:25:00.000Z

Mulitmap has been overhauled and is now miles better! Click the 'try our new site' button at the top if it doesn't happen automatically. There are some excellent printing features and you can do a regional eBay search... www.multimap.com/

Map of online communities

2007-05-02T15:20:00.000Z

Apparently this is old and is a repost, but nevertheless it's worth a look - I like the minute peninsula of 'attractive myspace pages'

Sensory branding

2007-05-01T10:04:00.001Z

Companies tune in to the potential of sound

You may not have heard of Walter Werzowa, an Austrian composer, but you know his work. He is the man responsible for Intel's “sonic logo”, the five notes that interrupt PC advertisements whenever the chipmaker is mentioned. Intel's success in creating awareness of a product that consumers do not see shows how sound can be an effective (and irritating) branding tool.

Rest of the article on the Economist site.

Momentary Momentum - Animation Exhibition

2007-04-30T10:03:00.000Z

There's a great animation exhibition on until 12th May at Parasol Unit - definitely worth a look.

Cool 'enlarge and drag images' feature

2007-04-30T09:06:00.000Z

Just stumbled across this page which has a rather nice feature for enlarging the images on the right hand side. You can click on them to enlarge, then drag them around the page. Enlarge others and push them all around the page to compare them - all handled very intuitively. Click again to send them back to their original position.

Fotowoosh - the 3D Flickr

2007-04-27T12:59:00.000Z

A doctoral candidate at a robotics institute in Pittsburgh has created some software which analyses 2d photographs and builds 3D models out of them. Awesome. As well as playing his part in advancing the field of robotics, he's also setting up a Flickr style site where users will be able to upload their photos and have them automatically 3D-ified, to use the correct term, so that users can zoom into the 3D model of their photo. Hence the name: Fotowoosh - see? The logo also beautifully illustrates this process. Anyway, the article is here and the Fotowoosh site is here featuring a demo of the technology. Will it work well enough? I don't know, but even if it works just a little bit I'll be very impressed.