December 2011
11 posts
Fraudsters Now Using 3D Printers To Make Authentic... →
IBM to produce Micron's hybrid memory cube in... →
As the next computing paradigm opens up, kurzweils law of accellerating returns continues unabated.
Nanoparticle electrode for batteries could make... →
Batteries are getting better at exponential rates. This will soon help make renewables and EV’s more cost effective that dirty old technologies.
This is delicious →
You know that ” you wouldn’t steal a handbag ” anti_piracy advert…yep, they stole the music.
November 2011
7 posts
Immunise or lose benefits, parents told - ABC News... →
Economics focus: Exports to Mars | The Economist →
This is a slightly different take on the global imbalance. For years I’ve wondered who the world is in debt to, as the global debt mounts up - it turns out it’s for these billions of dollars worth of export surplus. This are both views of the same thing - a broken economic system where all the markers are being gamed so much that the books don’t balance, and they don’t...
Hipster Horus →
October 2011
26 posts
The Humble Voxatron Debut (pay what you want and... →
There’s yet another humble bundle out. Share the love, prove that DRM isn’t required for a game to be profitable, and be generous when you choose how much you want to pay.
Weaponizable Police UAV Now Operational In Texas →
The US is getting scary scary!
Disintermedia » “Intellectual Property” =... →
Disintermedia » “Intellectual Property” =... →
BBC News - Mobile phone brain cancer link rejected →
As many times as research like this proves the point, or however many times I patiently explain the difference between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation to people, there will still be idiots running round convinced that mobiles and wi-fi routers are killing us. I just wish these people would just give up modern technology, stop being such hypocrites and go off and attempt to live life without...
Kurzweil Responds: Don't Underestimate the... →
11 Reasons Why Schools Need 3D Printers | 3D... →
UK Government Admits That It Has No Evidence (Zip,... →
Are You BioCurious? Now You Can Join the Club, Use... →
Can we get one of these in Wellington?
Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Puzzle Claimed Solved... →
The flaw in the data came from the motion of the GPS sats used to keep the clocks in sync.
What Everyone Is Too Polite to Say About Steve... →
Finally an article to balance some of the retconned fanboism of the past days.
Scientists turns liver cells directly into neurons... →
Facehugger found in Antartica. Human race doomed... →
September 2011
12 posts
Smoking cigarettes
It would probably come as a shock to most people who know me in NZ that I used to smoke over a pack a day back in the UK, and I gave up smoking a little over 10 years ago (the day before 9/11, when we left the UK).
The cost of a pack has been rising in the past decade, so without trying to do clever maths I’m just going to pick $10 as a rough average of my daily smoking costs, had I...
Incredible poledancing move - walking on air. →
WatchThe weather in Wellington just turned to custard. check it out!
A Better System of Economics →