Monthly Archives: July 2007

iPod Security

If you have an iPod, and are worried about getting it stolen, this could be the ultimate in protection.

32 hours

Harry Potter arrived in our house around 10am on Saturday, and by 6pm Sunday my better half had finished it. Now I know what you’re thinking, and it’s true; that is a long time. We had to go to my father’s for a birthday party, which really cut into her available time. The verdict? It’s [...]

Pythagoras Switch

This is so odd I can’t actually tell if it’s good. But the second half has Ninjas!

HDR

Here’s an excellent Flickr gallery showing the results of HDR (High Density Range) photography. HDR photos are amalgams of several (usually three) pictures of the same subject, but shot with different exposure settings. Typically one normally exposed image captures the mid tones, an underexposed one captures the highlights, while a third overexposed one gets the [...]

Saying versus doing

The government wants to improve the health of its citizens, reduce congestion and pollution, and not impose burdensome taxes. You’ll notice I haven’t yet said which country I’m talking about, and yet it’s true isn’t it? Those things are so self-evidently what a government would want to do that it’s true of just about any [...]