According to that famous philosopher, Barbie, “Maths is Hard – Let’s Go Shopping” For the last few years I have been a confirmed Zazz man. Each day at midnight, Zazz offers one things for sale. It stays on sale for 24hours unless sold out beforehand. You get only one chance. http://zazz.com.au Zazz mainly offers electronic [...]
Winter Solstice – time for the Lismore Lantern ParadeJune 26, 2011
June 21st marks the the Winter Solstice. The tilt of the earth leans us as far from the sun as we go, and the days are as short as they get. The passing of the Solsitice means it must be Lismore Lantern Parade time. Last night was the 18th year it has been celebrated. See [...] |
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AppSpin: Top 100 Apps – The Good WeekendJune 26, 2011
What is your favourite app? As of today, there are 96929 iPad apps available in the AppStore, as well as 350,000 for the iPhone. That’s a lot of apps to sort through. Current top paid app is Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, and the top free app is Mr Giggle HD Lite . The Good Weekend last [...] |
JK Rowling and the Benefits of Failure and Crucial Importance of ImaginationJune 22, 2011
JK Rowling admits to being very nervous before she delivered the Commencement Address to the Harvard Alumni Association in 2008. No wonder, its a big gig. ‘The Commencement’ is the American term for the what we call a Graduation Ceremony. The Harvard Alumni Association have only been organising the Harvard Commencement since 1867! The year [...] |
GadgetCorner: Evil Alarm ClocksJune 22, 2011
“Will, get out of bed, for goodness sake”. Repeat every minute for 10 minutes. On these cold mornings, we need some evil alarm clocks. Maybe one of these will do the job. 1. Clocky, and his new hi-tech little brother Tocky, jump off the bedside table and run around the floor when they raise the alarm, [...] |
There I Fixed It: Duct Tape and WD40, all you needJune 20, 2011
There is a collection of epic kludges and jury rigs at ‘There I Fixed It‘. Posted via email from What I Learnt Today |
HowTo: Smokey the Bear Learns to Start a FireJune 20, 2011
Here in North Coast NSW, we get a surprise when it gets cold at night. We get the same surprise every night for 6 weeks every year. Our houses are designed for summer. Open spaces, wide verandahs. No central heating because ‘it never gets cold’. In fact, in June and July it is colder inside [...] |
WebWatch: AnimusicJune 20, 2011
Animusic is music-driven animation. This is best illustrated by example. Thanks to Stefahn who showed me ‘Pipe Dreams’ today Wayne Lytle is the producer of these amazingly detailed videos, each of which can take some months to create. He and partner Dave Crognale have developed software that enables the music to drive the animations – [...] |
WebWatch: SeatguruJune 19, 2011
In the ‘old days’, if you dressed well and smiled nicely at the check-in counter, you may have been offered the choice of a window or aisle seat. Now with self service web check-ins, you have the chance to pick the exact seat you’d like for your flight. (on Jetstar and Virgin, this now comes [...] |
Great Playgrounds we have been injured inJune 17, 2011
We were talking recently about the playground equipment of our youth – much of it undoubtably sponsored by the Australian Orthopaedic Association. My favourite undoubtably was the Rocket at Dobroyd Point. Dick West is the godfather of fancy playground equipment in Australia. In 1961 he acquired some plans from America and built a 30 foot [...] |
