April 20, 2010
Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.
Clay Shirky
3 months ago
April 18, 2010
April 8, 2010
The Yike Bike from the Kiwis — the bike for the rest of us!
Electrically charged in 40 mins, the foldable bike cruises at a brisk 25 km/h, handy enough for short commutes (under 10km). See the test video to see it put through its paces.
3 months ago
March 30, 2010
Perfection is attained, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de St. Exupery
4 months ago
The bulk of humanity doesn’t want a computing experience it can tinker with; it wants a computing experience that works.
March 24, 2010
Pirate Business Model
UN report on criminal activities in Somalia details the pirate business model, including their criteria for share distribution:
To be eligible for employment as a pirate, a volunteer should already possess a firearm for use in the operation. For this ‘contribution’, he receives a ‘class A’ share of any profit. Pirates who provide a skiff or a heavier firearm, like an RPG or a general purpose machine gun, may be entitled to an additional A-share. The first pirate to board a vessel may also be entitled to an extra A-share.4 months ago
March 3, 2010
Slow motion dogs captured by the 1000 FPS Phantom camera.
I’ve loved such photography/videos since reading an article in National Geographic on Doc Edgerton.
4 months ago
January 30, 2010
iPad Shock
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The Real Work is not formatting the margins, installing the printer driver, uploading the document, finishing the PowerPoint slides, running the software update or reinstalling the OS.
The Real Work is teaching the child, healing the patient, selling the house, logging the road defects, fixing the car at the roadside, capturing the table’s order, designing the house and organising the party.
If you’ve seen Apple’s launch video, it’s obvious that this is how simple computing should be!
6 months ago
December 2, 2009
I don’t understand why I have to go to school at all, the internet knows more than all the teachers there put together.
Seb Bin David Thorne, 27b/6
7 months ago
