Thursday, November 5, 2009 - Page 2
Geek Out

Cookie Monster Sang About Google 27 Years Ago


Gadgets

Remainders – Stuff We Didn’t Post (and Why)

It May Be The Best WoW Costume Yet, But It Makes Me Cry…Cupcake Frosting Robot Takes The Fun Out Of Licking Up Messes…Palm Will Not Be Having A Very Merry Christmas…Personalised Google News Pages Appeal To The Narcissists In Us


T-Mobile HSPA 7.2 Rollout Has Begun

At least some good news follows T-Mobile’s recent messes: reports are coming in that users in New Jersey, Chicago, Minnesota, Virginia, and some other areas are getting download speeds above 2+ Mbps, meaning that the HSPA 7.2 rollout has begun.


Science

New HiRISE Images Show Chilly, Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander

Mars isn’t exactly the warmest place during the winter transition, but as the first few rays of sunshine lick at the planet’s surface we’re able to make out the Phoenix lander shivering under a cover of dry-ice frost.


Science

Scientists Mapping Out 10,000 Animal Genomes For “Genetic Zoo”

On the tail-end of news that all of the HIV genome and 98% of the pig genome has been decoded, scientists are announcing that they’ve got a plan to collect and sequence the DNA of 10,000 vertebrate species.


Furniture Suitcases Are Living Rooms To Go

This is not a sofa. This is luggage. From Erik De Nijs—the designer who once bastardised these pants—I present you with your new airport/train station living room-to-go: The Suited Case. One by one, the suitcases are quite charming.


Instructions On Playing The FlashHarp Harmonica USB Drive Come Included

It’s intended as a fun way to deliver instructional videos to those wanting to play the harmonica, but I don’t think I’d spend $US55 on those if they didn’t come on a playable harmonica-shaped USB flash drive to begin with.


Entertainment

The Michael Jackon Movie Is Kinda Good

I’m not going to admit I teared up a bit when Michael Jackson sung The Way You Make Me Feel in this movie. Let’s talk about the tech for a bit.


Google’s Swiss HQ Blends A Lot Of Fun With Some Function

I couldn’t be more envious of Google engineers working out of Switzerland. Despite the tacky wallpaper in its library, the new EMEA Engineering Hub is the most fun-looking office environment I’ve seen in a while.


Entertainment

When TV Moved From Mechanical To Electronic

Gizmodo AU

It may have been Scotsman John Logie Baird who changed the world by broadcasting a moving image using his mechanical Televisor device, but a lot of the credit for the fully electronic televisions we watch today goes to Hungarian Kálmán Tihanyi, who pioneered a fully electronic system and the development of the use of cathode ray tubes.