Burst Attention Span

I learned some interesting things about Britains motorways today. For example, I just discovered that Britain's Shortest Motorway is in the town where I used to live. Not only that, but it is on the route I used to drive to work! Most of it really is just a concrete trench through the city, brightened occasionally by strange geometric murals presumably intended to prevent drivers from being hypnotised by the monotony. Other highlights include views of the black and threatening Armley prison, the imposing Social Services building or 'Kremlin' as it is known locally and the Yorkshire Post head office. Exciting stuff ;)

Dutch designers Vlieger & Vandam have a cute solution for those of us who worry that a laptop bag is an invitation to be mugged. I think I'd enjoy carrying this around to meetings. If they start taking custom orders, I want one with a pair of flip-flops, a frisbee and a facemask with snorkel 'in' it. Read the rest of this entry »

A short animation, Hiccup 101 by Jessica Sances. One other nemesis of the hiccup.. a shot of Roses Lime Cordial, as recommended by my Oupa. Never fails to work, possibly because of all the mad chemicals in it!

Taking a closer look at the astonishingly affordable new Mac mini, I spotted an amusing disclaimer at the bottom of the page… Keyboard, mouse, megaphone and display sold separately. Megaphone or not, I want one. I've been using a G3 Powerbook with a broken display for about 2 years, so the basic concept is already working for me ;-)

Nice little tool. Web Color Converter saves going into photoshop to convert colo(u)rs :)

Gmail (beta) really annoyed me today. I wanted to send a zip file with a pdf and two bookmark files in it, but Gmail's security features had other ideas and claimed that I had an executable in the attachment. As the picture shows, that wasn't the case. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been rumoured for a while but this is a beauty, lack of signature jogwheel notwithstanding, the iPod ‘Flash’, or Shuffle as Steve has chosen to name it. Attention sports fans, shuffling is taking over jogging ;-)

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