Monday, February 22, 2010

Japanese Fashion Designer Uses Cables To Knit Art

11:40PM February 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

I’ve knitted a few scarves in my lifetime, and have a cupboard full of cables, so I’m thinking of whipping up a few winter-warmers like Japanese fashion designer Kosuke Tsumura. Though it doesn’t look nearly as soft as merino wool… More »


Seed Cathedral Could Do Some Serious Damage To Skydivers

11:00PM February 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Looking like an English hedgehog with over 60,000 7.5m-long transparent acrylic rods shooting out of the building, the United Kingdom Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo is costing the equivalent of $US38.6 million to construct. More »


Software

Palm webOS 1.4 Update To Bring Video Recording, New Speeds

10:39PM February 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

It failed to materialise on February 15, but now PreCentral’s claiming February 25th will see the webOS 1.4 update come good. This is a firmware update worth writing in your diary about, bringing video recording and Flash 10.1 compatibility. More »


Software

Now You Can Sh*t On Twitter With The Bird Turd iPhone App

10:19PM February 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

There’s a million and one Twitter apps available for the iPhone, but do any let you do a poo on tweets you dislike? Surprisingly, yes – and here I was thinking teenage roughnecks couldn’t afford an iPhone contract. More »


Online

iPad Video Rendering Flash Perfectly Reappears On Apple Site

10:01PM February 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

I’m sure someone at Apple has scars on their hands from the major wrist-slapping that’s occurred over their video cock-up of the iPad running Flash – but how could they make the same mistake again? More »


Online

Google Buzz Not A Threat To Twitter And Facebook

9:11PM February 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Google may be aware they should’ve spent longer testing Buzz, but according to their VP of product management, it doesn’t pose a threat to Twitter and Facebook. Instead, “it’s filling a niche, which is not currently met in the market”. More »


Online

Broken Step From Apple’s New York Store On Sale For $US2500

8:55PM February 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Answering the age-old question of what to buy a Mac fanboy who has everything, eBay user heylookitskibbe has put a stolen, broken step from the 5th Avenue Apple store up for sale with a buy-it-now price of $US2500. More »


Arne Jacobsen’s AJ Wall Light Gets 50th Anniversary Re-issue

8:26PM February 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Inject some cool ’50s style into your home’s veins, with the Arne Jacobsen reissue of the AJ wall light. First designed in 1956, it was part of the Louis Poulsen range which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. More »


Gaming

Two PS3 Slim Models Glimpsed On FCC

7:42PM February 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Still mashing your thumbs on the original PS3, after the PS3 Slim failed to ignite your fire? Yeah, me too – but unfortunately Sony’s not going to give us love anytime soon, looking at these FCC documents. More »


QOTD: What DVR Do You Use?

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4:00PM February 22, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Since it launched, I’ve been using Foxtel’s iQ2, and I’ve been happy. But for the past few weeks I’ve been playing around with a TiVo – in particular the new(ish) CASPA service, and I have to say that I’m really impressed. More »