A new take on transparent desktops
Posted on May 31, 2006 - Filed Under computer, humour | Leave a Comment
This is a real cat-bed, but wouldn’t it be cooler if it was a desktop image, a la transparent desktops, but only the screen is transparent, not the casing. Thanks, Phillip Torrone.
Read More..>>Alien Rain?
Posted on May 31, 2006 - Filed Under extraterrestrial life, science | Leave a Comment
In news that would be very cool if true, some scientists think that a mysterious red rain that fell in India in 2001 may have contained extra-terrestrial unicelular organisms. Apparently, these cells have been observed to reproduce, even though they don’t appear to contain any DNA or RNA. Link to Pop-Sci article. Link to Wikipedia [...]
Read More..>>Google Maps Australia is official, but still doesn’t work
Posted on May 30, 2006 - Filed Under google, map | 2 Comments
Well, Google has officially announced their support of Australian and New Zealand map data, but it still doesn’t support street or suburb lookup at this stage, rendering it almost entirely useless. I hope full support arrives soon.
Read More..>>Yuck
Posted on May 29, 2006 - Filed Under advertising, video, yuck | Leave a Comment
Wow, I bet hope this is not what they were thinking of when they made this ad (thanks, jeffrey rowland):
Read More..>>Google maps does Australia
Posted on May 18, 2006 - Filed Under google, map | Leave a Comment
Finally, Google has rolled out street level data for Australia.
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