Only a designer would appreciate this.
Should NOT have left home today —worth1000.com
The five members of the Cube Works art group, based in Toronto, spent two months making the mosaic, which measures 8.5 ft (260cm) by 17 ft (520cm). The Rubik’s cube replica of the 15th century mural, which is painted on the back wall of the dining hall at Santa Maria delle Grazie, a church in Milan, is thought to be the largest work of its kind. (via The Last Supper in Rubik’s cubes - Telegraph)
MacMini with touchscreen console in a car. Very nice.
This workspace is just great. I would be really happy to spend my days creating in this place.
Creative Review - Design Council image archive goes online
The Design Council’s slide collection has been launched online as a database featuring 4,000 images of British design from the 1940s to the 1990s…
2012 Olympics pictograms launched
Twould be a dream job.
Harnessing bees to detect bombs
Nice work honey. Sent to you via Google Reader Harnessing bees to detect bombs What do you do when you can’t make robotic systems sensitive enough to detect faint traces of an unknown explosive? Normally, one would train dogs, but apparently this takes many months, and many treats. Inscentinel has a different solution- why not use bees instead? They claim that within a few hours, they can train a whole crop of bees to sniff out and react to a different kinds of scent, and then the bees are released back to their hive at the end of their shift. Maybe someday, they will team up with the people who are creating remote-controlled beetles, in order to create an army of sensor insects to fly around and monitor everything. Which might be ok, as long as they don’t sting me for not doing my laundry. [via neatorama] Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Biology | Digg this! Regards, Colin.
Rumor: Six-Core Mac Pro Lands 2010
Enough said. Sent to you via Google Reader Rumor: Six-Core Mac Pro Lands 2010 Rumor has it that Apple’s next-generation Mac Pro will feature Intel’s elite desktop chip codenamed Gulftown, according to a blog. Recently demonstrated by Intel, Gulftown is a six-core, dual-socket processor with 12 threads. (In normal human speak, it’s essentially a processor with six brains, capable of efficiently distributing power to execute 12 concurrent tasks.) Apple blog Hardmac claims receiving a tip that the Gulftown-equipped Mac Pro could arrive early 2010. A highly threadable processor such as Gulftown would be most useful for prosumer applications, such as video editing and encoding. Apple’s latest operating system Snow Leopard was specially designed for efficient multithread processing. Therefore, for regular consumers who don’t use their Macs for very processor-heavy tasks, this rumor about Gulftown won’t sound all that exciting. But inevitable price cuts for current Mac Pros, which carry quad-core processors, might be something to look forward to. See Also: Apple Slows Down Mac Upgrades, in Sync With Economy Apple Pre-Announces Updated Mac Pro Ahead of MacWorld My $29889.53, 8-Core Mac Pro Apple Announces Tower of Power: 45nm Mac Pro Mac Pro Mini Puts the Mac Mini to Shame Photo: nathangibbs/Flickr Regards, Colin.
Taking the iPhone to the next level
Have been doing some web work today and came across this news site. It pulls data from Google News and displays it in a similar fashion to a tag cloud.
As of today, this is my new default homepage.
So you think you’re a type guru do you?
Ironic Sans: So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? Quiz
Tis been a while since i’ve Tumbled but thought this new site from Seth Godin is worth mentioning.
Brands in Public is a collection of interesting, accessible, public-facing dashboards for your favorite brands – from Zappos to Virgin America to In-n-Out Burger. Each dashboard organizes a hot list of what’s being said about the brand around the web, via Twitter and blogs and YouTube and Google Trends and more. As well as polls and debates and commenting for people who want to do more than just watch. Is your favorite brand online and “in public” yet?
Heya Tumblr.
Tis been a while.
Broadband promised to unite the world with super-fast data delivery - but in South Africa it seems the web is still no faster than a humble pigeon. A Durban IT company pitted an 11-month-old bird armed with a 4GB memory stick against the ADSL service from the country’s biggest web firm, Telkom. Winston the pigeon took two hours to carry the data 60 miles - in the same time the ADSL had sent 4% of the data. (via BBC NEWS | Africa | SA pigeon ‘faster than broadband )
Swap Your Life. Keep Your Job. | Swap Your Shop
Interesting job swap concept. I’m in.
