Jan 9, 2011
Arrrrrgh there me hartees. Me Parrot’s gone insane. Or, to put that into something more closely resembling English, Parrot, the people who make the AR-Drone that y’all know that we love so much, displayed some new toys at CES, and so, as it’s obvious that the Parrot isn’t just resting, we felt a need to bring your attention to them. First...
Jan 9, 2011
OK, this is one for the gadget junkies. You know who you are: you’re the ones who line up overnight at the Apple Store to be first in to buy the new iPhone 5, or the iPad 2. Or the latest Google Android phone. You simply must have the very latest and greatest. But that means that you probably have a very full drawer, stacked with all of your cast-offs....
Jan 2, 2011
Ashes to ashes, Dust to dust, It is with a great deal of sadness and fond memories that we put to its final resting place, that most wonderful of films, Kodachrome. In ASA ratings from 25 and 64 and beyond (ISO doesn’t seem right for this film). last year Kodak announce the imminent demise of this film, and now it has come to pass. Kodak used to have a...
Jan 2, 2011
There has been word circulating over the last few days if a virus that’s affecting Android smart phones. The virus, named Geinimi, is understood to have already infected up to several hundred thousand phones, although security advisors have you to fully understand what the end purpose of this virus will be. If you have a copy of any of Monkey Jump 2,...
Jan 2, 2011
The US Library of Congress is quite adept at bringing the latest technological trends into its realm and realities. In the past, they’ve been critical, for instance, of the current copyright regulations, reporting that those rules, as they currently stand, actually get in the way of them performing their appointed tasks. This week they announced that...
Dec 26, 2010
We all know how important fibre is in our diets; it keeps one’s body regular and healthy. But what about the carbon fibre dunny seat? Priced at US$279, my only question is why?