Seemed like a simple enough question. Reddit user ‘expiredcheese’ had recently purchased a new TV. I was in Best Buy looking at the televisions when I noticed the cheaper models were on non-HD channels while the larger more expensive televisions were on HD channels making the unaware customers lean more towards spending the extra hundred […]
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You Should Open a Shop – 10 Tricks of the TradeDecember 19, 2011
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Every home should have at least two – the iPhone coffee making appDecember 14, 2011
Everybody knows it is impossible to open one’s eye before the first cappuccino in the morning. This is why homo sapiens has evolved smell, touch and hearing. Now, a true visionary at Scanomat (http://www.scanomat.com/) has developed the Top Brewer espresso machine. It’s possible to make barista standard espresso with frothed milk of your choice with […] |
Nerdy Santa is Coming to TownDecember 9, 2011
I now realise that I was wrong on August 23rd. I apologise. Why waste time reading the adventures ot the Poky Little Puppy and travelling the world with Scuppers the sailor dog? Millie will get quite a surprise when she opens her stocking from Santa this Xmas. I’ve asked the big man to bring some […] |
Your experiencing self vs your remembering selfDecember 4, 2011
Why do people behave the way they do? And what is the meaning of ‘happiness’? These questions have been the life work of Daniel Kahneman. Prof Kahneman may be the only non-economist to win the Noble Prize for Economics (2002). He is professor emeritus of psychology at Princeton University, and is known as one of […] |
50 Top Free Apps | Lifehacker AustraliaNovember 29, 2011
via lifehacker.com.au LifeHacker this week features the best 50 (!) free applications for Mac, iPhone (and other systems).
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Four Degrees of SeperationNovember 28, 2011
When you live in a country town, you soon learn that everyone is directly connected to everyone else. Even in a large city like Sydney, its unusual if someone you meet doesn’t know a friend of a friend. But did you know that if you meet a stranger anywhere in the world, whatever remote spot, […] |
Medicine is still pre-digitalNovember 25, 2011
Author Seth Godin – A brief visit to the emergency room last month reminded me of what an organization that’s pre-digital is like. Six people doing bureaucratic tasks and screening that are artifacts of a paper universe, all in the service of one doctor (and the need to get paid and not get sued). A […] |
Crowdsourcing To Cure TBOctober 29, 2011
via fastcompany.com Researches at MIT have thousands of images of TB bacteria undergoing multiplication. Hidden Somewhere in these photos is the key to finding a cure for the illness. But the task of analyzing them all would take many many years. Crowdsourcing uses the power of the online community to undertake tasks hat would otherwise […] |
iOS 5 – what now? RemindersOctober 19, 2011
Because buying new running shoes is more fun than actually running. – Merlin Mann I’m keen on the ‘GTD’ approach to getting organised, and therefore I’m into compiling lists of things to do. There is very little more satisfying than crossing an item off a list. Luckilly for me, there are lots of task manager apps in […] |
Steve Jobs is my HeroOctober 6, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly […] |
