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Incredible 3D pavement art
Wow. Amazing 3D pavement art [via Fark.com]
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It’s not faulty, it’s just duff design
Half of the “malfunctioning” products returned to manufacturers aren’t defective – they’re just duff designs, reckons Reuters. Netherlands researcher Elke den Oulden found that some firms’ products are so badly designed, even the firms’ own staff can’t work them. A wave of versatile electronics gadgets has flooded the market in recent years, ranging from MP3…
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The reborn Ask.com: good, not great
Ask.com (formerly Ask Jeeves) is spending a fortune on newspaper ads at the moment, because it wants you to use it instead of Google. It’s nicer than before and when the “binoculars” (a mouseover that displays a site preview) work, the whole experience is very clever. The search results seem pretty good, too. I’m sticking…
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“Something for the weekend, sir?”
The Observer’s running a superb advert at the moment, for The Original Blue Pill. It’s not the product that’s amused me – it seems to be yet another pretend Viagra – but the ad, because it’s a work of advertising genius. The advert takes up a quarter page of the newspaper, but it doesn’t make…
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Let’s make some Noise
Noise is either really clever or really stupid: it generates “pink noise”. The site says: Also known as a signal with even power distribution on a logarithmic frequency scale, pink noise masks background noise to help you concentrate. Now with source code and white noise, for those less colorful. Drown out annoying roommates and co-workers…
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Sod technology. Here’s a puppy
Never mind Apple announcing stuff or Microsoft’s new handheld PC – what really matters on blogs is pictures of puppies. Heeeeeeeeeeere’s Megan!
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More Google censorship
This time it’s video, according to Andrew Orlowski at the Register: The internet search giant’s video service is blocking US viewers from seeing an innocuous piece of Iraq footage that Google delivers to internet users in the rest of the world without any problems… Google has little cause to prohibit the clip on grounds of…
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Stop! Bloggin’ time!
MC Hammer is blogging on Blogspot. Do doo de doo, de doo, de doo. Etc.
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eBay food: sucks
I wouldn’t have thought of using eBay to buy food, but apparently lots of people do – and according to a press release I’ve just got from Trading Standards, some of the stuff they’re buying isn’t up to scratch. 73% OF FOOD BOUGHT IN EBAY SURVEY UNFIT FOR SALE IN UK SUPERMARKETS Tighter controls on…
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Nifty Mac media software
I’m very impressed by MediaCentral: it’s free and while it doesn’t have the graphical polish of Front Row, on both my Powerbook and my Mini it’s considerably faster than Apple’s program.