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Random amusing link of the day – Kasper Hauser
Was sent this by a work colleague. While there is some dross, there are some incredibly hilarious moments on the Kasper Hauser website. The SkyMaul and Wedding Announcements come highly recommended.
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Apple’s take on brainstorming
One thing I found quite difficult when transitioning from an engineer to a designer was the idea that blue-sky brainstorming was okay. I remember during one of my first brainstorming sessions, we were trying to come up with a novel … Continue reading
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Google Calendar Sync now available – I’m updating my list
In a previous post about Google product experiences, I noted that Google Calendar wasn’t quite there yet on my “everyday use” list, thanks to syncing. My wife just shared a link with me from the official Google Blog regarding a … Continue reading
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Wikipedia article of the day – Banach-Tarski Paradox
As found from a commenter on Hacker News, the Banach-Tarski Paradox is described as thus: The Banach–Tarski paradox is a theorem in set theoretic geometry which states that a solid ball in 3-dimensional space can be split into several non-overlapping … Continue reading
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The Consumerist should stop giving a voice to the entitled.
I love the Consumerist. Honest I do. But all too often the ‘problem consumers’ are making it their soapbox. I’m all for the little guy getting a leg-up against corporations, but there are people who try to achieve what is … Continue reading
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Is there anything Wikipedia doesn’t know? The Palace of the Soviets
Through Google Reader, to BoingBoing, to Modern Mechanix, I found the following Wikipedia article detailing the Palace of the Soviets, which I found fascinating. The 30s was a heady time for large scale architecture in Europe. Albert Speer rose through … Continue reading
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When geeks bite back
Very interesting article on news.com about Sarah Lacy’s interview of Mark Zuckerberg, from Facebook. I’ve seen some pretty atrocious interviews, keynotes, panels and presentations in my time, but this is right up there when you think of the scope. Interviewing … Continue reading
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Google Reader and other Google products
Miles has been a long time fan of Google Reader, but it’s only been recently that I converted to using it full time. I found that I was visiting the same blogs several times a day to see what was … Continue reading
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Passengers to start getting fingerprinted at Heathrow
In another life I was an information security tutor. Security is such a fascinating topic, both to teach and learn. I can’t get enough of it, and routinely end up taking part in security decisions at my company, just because … Continue reading
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Valleywag post of the day – the many faces of Ballmer
Dance, monkey boy, dance. Ahem. Steve Ballmer has got to be one of my favourite CEOs – and Valleywag has posted the “Top Ten Ballmer Goes Nuts” videos. My favourite is this one right here (a classic to be sure). … Continue reading
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