Monthly Archives: April 2008

Ubiquitous computing done right

I was happily surprised when I saw this video.  I was sent it by Miles, and I think it is an outstanding example of ubiquitous computing.  Amazingly it’s also several years old now, and part of Johnny Lee’s work at … Continue reading

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Australian presence in California

Was jogging past Google when a cricket ball came flying my way.  All while listening to some Alex Lloyd.

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Amusing links

As shared in my reader sidebar, but I thought these were particularly amusing: Pulp Fiction as Shakespeare Polish Postcard Prank ABC runs the Lincoln-Douglas debates …and for the Silicon Valley folks, Valleywag vs Arrington

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The Anti-Portfolio

Found this great link from Hacker News – Bessemer Venture Partners’ anti-portfolio. Everyone likes to highlight their strengths and past successes, but there’s something impressive about being able to admit mistakes, on your corporate site no less.  I can only … Continue reading

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Random Wikipedia Link of the Day – Donkey Kong Jr… MATH

Sometimes I worry about Wikipedia. I really do. After all, they’ll delete the entry on Trovix, but they’ll let something like this survive, nay, flourish. I present for your perusal, this. The game features one player and two player modes. … Continue reading

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Turn your iPhone into a wifi Skype phone

There has been a lot of buzz on the intertubes today about Fring.  They’re an Israeli startup who released a fairly popular mobile chat client.  That’s simplifying things – in addition to supporting every major IM client, Fring automatically logs … Continue reading

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Amusing links

1001 uses for Jello in 1973. Does the Gold Kit really work? Photoshop disasters blog. Detroit vs Mountain View.

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37Signals disagrees with usability guru Norman, or, what is usability?

There was a thought-provoking rebuttal from 37Signals to criticisms levelled by Don Norman regarding their product. (side note: did anyone else think 37Signals was using svn to version control their blog postings based on the URL?) Don’s original post is … Continue reading

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American culture

As a US citizen, but having been brought up in Australia, I mostly identify myself as an Australian. Growing up I was always ‘into’ American culture – things like American candy, comic books, movies, etc – while still appreciating Australian … Continue reading

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Isn’t Twitter a company that sells car parts?

Amusing video (sadly only for a small group of people). [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvKbv3FNW00]

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