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 [...]
One Day in IcelandOctober 29, 2011
via vimeo.com One day in Iceland can last a long time During the Midnight Sun, the sun never fully sets, but hovers across the horizon during the night. The prolonged ‘sunset’ and ‘sunrise’ provide perfect light for photographers. Photographer Joe Capra is our ‘keenie’ of the day. He writes – “For 17 days I travelled [...] |
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Small Cardboard PeopleOctober 26, 2011
Anton Tang in an artist from Singapore. He shares his neighbourhood with a rather fabuolous family of small cardboard people. See the full gallery on Posterous Posted via email from What I Learnt Today |
Ring, Ring, Why Don’t You Give Me a Call?October 25, 2011
Ring Ring, The Happiest Sound of them All Don’t you just love getting a phone call at home at 7pm each night to let you know about some fascinating opportunity to save money? Or a call tat gives you the chance to help an organization in need? And Isn’t it nice to be able to [...] |
Bluff your way through the Rugby World Cup – Part Four: Four More YearsOctober 24, 2011
Our Kiwi friends can breathe a huge collective sigh of relief. Full time has been called on Rugby World Cup 2011 – with the same results as the first one in 1987. The same four teams make up the top four (although in 1987 Wales beat Australia 22-21 in the Bronze playoff, to claim third [...] |
The Sound of Music – UnpluggedOctober 22, 2011
Tonight we watched the Sound of Music. (Millie’s First Time) The film was first released in 1965, and is the third highest grossing film of all time, behind Gone With the Wind and Star Wars. It is based on the true story of the Von Trapp Famly Singers, who had a successful career in Austria [...] |
iOS 5 – what now? Ten Things about iCloudOctober 20, 2011
The last in our series ’iOS 5 – what now?’. Today – Ten Things about iCloud 1 iCloud is Apple’s new ‘cloud computing service’. It allow users to store their files and data remotely on Apple’ servers. This allows data to be easily synced between computers, iPads and iPhones – keeping them all up to [...] |
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 [...] |
iOS 5 – what now? Wi-fi Sync and Home SharingOctober 16, 2011
iPhones and iPads are pretty easy to break, or lose. And sometimes there is a software problem that requires a full restore. When this happens, you’ll be glad that you have a recent back up. Makes it a snap to get back all your app, songs, movies, and data. You do have a [...] |
iOS 5 – what now? iMessagesOctober 15, 2011
iMessages allows free text messaging to anyone else which has updated their iPhone or iPad to iOS5. Like me, you may have trouble finding the new iMessages app. This is because there isn’t one. The new service is built into the old Messages app, used for SMS. To activate iMessages, go to Settings>Messages and [...] |
