Can we ring it? Yes we can!
August 29, 2010 – 4:40 pmBob the builder's brother, Arthur the second hand car salesman. Posted via email from Mr.Spooner's Posterous
Only the nose knows
August 11, 2010 – 3:31 pmA famous feature of Admiralty Arch is its "nose". On the inside wall of the northernmost arch there is a small protrusion the size and shape of a human nose. There is little or no public information as to why it is there. The nose is at a height of ...
Bing – Sexy Maps and The Real London Tube Map
August 4, 2010 – 2:57 pmSo, Bing has gone and vectorised it's road mapping which makes zooming lovely and images crisp and everything very fast. Hmmmmm, Deep Zoom me up buttercup! Anyway, I was just checking this out when I randomly clicked on a Tube Station and whaddaya know? The Real Tube Map appeared, ...
Who said wind turbines have to be ugly?
July 30, 2010 – 3:48 pmPics and a video. Would make an interesting addition to a Red Bull Air Race course. 10MW Aerogenerator X © Wind Power Limited & Grimshaw from Wind Power Limited on Vimeo. See and download the ...
Street Slide – innovative shop-front mapping from Microsoft
July 29, 2010 – 2:48 pmI can't wait till this hits a city where I need it. Very useful tech from the research labs at Microsoft. There's some really intuitive controls and features built into this, check the video for examples and full details. No word on if/when this will reach full public release ...
Microsoft SenseCam – a tribute to Vannevar Bush
July 1, 2010 – 3:30 pm@MarcHolmes and @SaraAllison have just been talking about the Microsoft SenseCam, a device that is being used by the Microsoft MyLifeBits project. SenseCam - read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SenseCam The reference to this reminds me of this project's inspriation, the "Memex", a device written about by Vanevar Bush way back in ...
Son, you are now the captain of this ship.
May 29, 2010 – 6:27 pm30 years ago my dad used to bring me to this playground an I'd sit in this spaceship's cage. It's wonderful to see my own son doing the same thing all these years later. I'm genuinely surprised to still see it here. Posted ...
Mini Moke announced – I’d still prefer Castagna’s concept Fiat 500 C
May 27, 2010 – 10:57 amCastagna's concept Fiat 500 C http://www.italianautonews.com/2008/09/09/fiat-500-tender-two-castagna-revives-500-jolly-with-electric-powered-beach-car/ Mini Moke (via Auto Express) http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/252304/the_moke_is_go.html See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from Mr.Spooner's Posterous
Hipstamatic – Willesden Junction
May 13, 2010 – 10:57 amYou know when sometimes the light is just lovely but all you have is the crappy camera on your iPhone. That's ok. The Hipstamatic app (http://hipstamaticapp.com/) makes it all good again. ...
Last.fm (@lastfm) stops on-demand streaming. But long live the Scrobble and musical homophily.
April 14, 2010 – 12:13 amI've said before that the quality of Last.fm's audio streams is far better than Spotify's. So that i can't go to Last.fm and click to listen to a track is slightly upsetting. Ok, so you can still listen to your radio stations, but i can no longer subscribe and just ...