Microsoft SenseCam – a tribute to Vannevar Bush
@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,…
Son, you are now the captain of this ship.
30 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…
Mini Moke announced – I’d still prefer Castagna’s concept Fiat 500 C
Castagna’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
You 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. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted…
Last.fm (@lastfm) stops on-demand streaming. But long live the Scrobble and musical homophily.
I’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…
Personal Data Storage – Last Chance Saloon
We saw a similar model appear and as quickly disappear a few years ago with record labels offering albums on USB drives. It was not a success. Now, personal storage companies are trying to use content to subsidise their hardware. Seagate announced yesterday…
Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the pentatonic scale
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Lady Gaga 1 billion views in context
From Mashable’s Twitter stream: Now trending on Mashable: “Lady Gaga First Artist with One Billion Online Video Views” – http://bit.ly/cEAELB In the same way that people follow Mashable on twitter, people can’t help but watch Lady Gaga videos on YouTube….
Your face on a burger?
So, Burger King said they put faces on burgers, they didn't really, they put it on the wrapper: http://www.andykinsella.com/2010/03/14/burger-king-whopperface-your-face-on-a-wrapper/ I was hoping that they'd actually taken the pork grown in a lab idea a stage further: http://www.physorg.com/news178869104.html Now that's a…
Brilliant HPTO on MSN UK today
A brilliant interactive home page take-over on MSN today, preserved in screenshots below. I like the CTA with the added assurance that ‘you won’t leave this page’ underneath the ‘Click here to explore’ although a better job could have been…