Happy Monday – Washing Machine Vs Brick
1. I’m not a fan of equipment meant for chores that doesn’t live up to expectations. A washing machine should be able to take anything that you throw in it, especially heavy loads. Yet somehow this isn’t what was expected by the manufacturers… 2. Happy Monday! [Boing Boing]
Happy Monday – iPad Takedown
1. If you’ve bought a new electrical device, you’ll want to take it apart as quickly as possible to see how it works. Sadly, most of us are unable to do so as we are klutzes and will damage the goddamned thing. Well, the people at TechRestore have demolished and rebuilt an iPad. In stop [...]
Conan O’Brien Has A Twitter, World Rejoices
Comments OffConan O’Brien, the world’s greatest late-night talkshow host, has now got a Twitter. He’s @conanobrien, and yet has somehow managed (at this time of writing at least) 385,000 followers after posting just 3 tweets in as many days. Yes, he is popular. But will he become more popular than @Oprah? I at least hope so…
Guitar Hero Vs Christmas Lights
Comments OffAs you may be aware, some people go nuts over Christmas decorations. Some more so than others to stupidly competitive levels. . How do you top a light and musical extravaganza that your neighbour down the road has created? Answer: You make it interactive! There’s a wireless Guitar Hero controller that works just like normal [...]
Photoshop CS4 Has Sliders… Lots of Sliders…
Comments OffYou would expect from a high-priced product with a vast user base to get things right. Sadly, it appears Photoshop CS 4 has issues. For reasons known only to Adobe, Photoshop has lots of different types of sliders. A good selection of those are documented here, along with a few other gripes over the software [...]
Sir Tim Berners-Lee Apologises For Double Forward Slashes
Sir Tim Berners-Lee (Also known as that guy that did the making of the internet tubes type stuff) has admitted that he didn’t really need to put two slashes near the start of a URL. “Really, if you think about it, it doesn’t need the //. I could have designed it not to have the [...]
Mythbuser Has Large Phone Bill, Tweets and Gets Charges Dropped
Comments OffIt now turns out that Twitter has a use, aside from getting news out about major world events! Shocking! Adam Savage, the guy from Mythbusters, had a phone bill from AT&T for $11,000. Apparently he was in Canada and got heavily charged for light data usage. Just like any other phone company on the planet, [...]
