What’s more inconvenient: Bringing the appropriate cord, or wearing a breathing-powered USB charger? Yes, yes, I know that perfect utility is not the point behind the MAKE movement or Instructables, but this still struck me as a silly, yet cool device.
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Computers Are Trying to Kill Us
The Master Control Program has it in for humans. Or maybe it’s Skynet. Or maybe WOPR Whatever diabolical digital entity it is, it’s paring us down using our satellite navigation systems against us. Thanks to Transport Blog for alerting us to this menace.
Eric Rudolph is a Dolt
Eric Rudolph, the convicted abortion clinic bomber and the perpetrator of the backpack bomb at the 1996 Olympics here in Atlanta, is sending out hate mail from prison. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Victims of Eric Rudolph, the anti-abortion extremist who pulled off a series of bombings across the South, say he is taunting them from deep …
This Week in Traffic: 15 May 2007
Highway of the Future This article links to a Disney video depicting the highway of the future. This ranks right up there with Where is my Jetpack. Comprehensive Alternative Transport List Want to try something new while getting from A to B? Kristi Keorkunian has a list. Using Available Traffic Congestion Resources I live in …
Museum of Useful Things
Next time I’m in Boston, I’m going to the Museum of Useful Things. Rock on!
Chicken
Thanks to jazzmasterson for showing me the way to present at conferences.
Website Story
You must check out this website. It will bring whole new meaning to your kitchen.
The Fame of Flickr
Since I started using Flickr with regularity, I’ve noticed a few trends in the viewing of my images (there is a counter below each image that tells me how many unique urls or Flickr users have viewed them). Firstly, an intro for you non-Flickry users: When you post images to Flickr, they are viewable sequentially …
Google Maps Hack for Route Mapping
Thanks to Tom, I’ve been alerted to gmap-pedometer.com. It lets you manually enter routes (say) for running and calculates your mileage to a degree that is way more accurate than you need. It gets you down to the 1/5th of a foot, which is a bit silly, in my opinion. Here is an example, if …
Enhanced Fujita Scale
Matt Rosenberg alerts us that the Fujita Scale, used to measure the intensity of Tornados (F0 through F6), has been superceded by the Enhanced Fujita Scale.