All of the Podcasts

Jason Scott:

"'Why throw that out? I'll put it away with the others.'"

The ATM keypad as security portcullis | The Register

The Straight Dope Archive

Lords and Ladies

Bubble Chamber

Some very pretty computer generated images (many kb...).

www.number27.org

weapons.jpg (JPEG Image, 1224x790 pixels), transportation.jpg (JPEG Image, 1225x790 pixels).

10x10

100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time by Jonathan J. Harris

dirtSimple.org: Mind Over (Things That) Matter

"Fritz writes that primary choice is choosing what matters to you. He adds, 'nothing has to matter.' Of course nothing has to matter, because if it did, it wouldn't be a choice, would it?"

Why is it so? - The Lab - ABC

Some pretty cool videos from Julius Sumner Miller's "Why is it so?" program many years ago.

"Watch, watch it now... watch!"

Planet Slayer - Greenhouse Calculator

The Guardian - A genius explains

"He lives on the Kent coast, but never goes near the beach - there are too many pebbles to count."

Improv Everywhere Mission: The Mp3 Experiment

See also: The Parking Lot experiments by The Flaming Lips.

Christopher Alexander: A city is not a tree

ASPN : Python Cookbook : Infix operators

An amazingly good Python hack.

Eight years of email stats, pass 1

The Gates, Central Park

A great satellite photo of "The Gates", an interesting public art project in New York. Wired had a story on it a few weeks back: It's been planned for 26 years and cost more than $20 million of the artists own money.

Knuth versus Email

Opera Press Release: Opera releases "Bork" edition

An old Opera Press Release (14/2/2003)

New Scientist - Multi-player PacMan jumps between devices

"When a ghost leaves one side of the player's screen ... it instantly leaps to the nearest person's console. To continue, the player must look over that person's shoulder at his or her computer screen."

Browser speed comparisons

New Scientist - Time in the future seems to go further

"people consistently over-commit because they expect to have more time in the future than they do right now."

"He would like to study how people can be taught to realise they will be just as busy in the future as they are today."

New Scientist: Night-vision camera turns night into day

Wired News: Photographer Seeks Resolution

Another story about an amazingly high resolution camera. A sample gallery of it's photos.

Wired News: What Exactly Is Under the Sea?

"The nuclear-powered submarine USS San Francisco was heading toward Australia on Jan. 8 when it hit an underwater mountain not marked on naval charts."

"'Most of the world's oceans are imprecisely mapped, and depths from Captain Cook using lead lines are still used on some charts'"

The dullest blog in the world

Can't help but link to this, it's like a post-modern car crash (with zillions of comments!)

Wired 10.09: Hacking Las Vegas

Seagulls fly around the Bolte Bridge.

An excellent "My Melbourne" picture in The Age.

The Cuddly Menace

A Golden Book that finally tells the truth!

Why, oh why, does Windows suck?

Ars' response to Why Does Windows Still Suck? Why do PC users put up with so many viruses and worms? Why isn't everyone on a Mac?

What You'll Wish You'd Known

Another great essay from Paul Graham.

Music of the Blogospheres

ABC Radio National - Background Briefing: 31 October 2004 Transcript

New Scientist: 'Zero intelligence' trading

"A model that assumes stock market traders have zero intelligence has been found to mimic the behaviour of the London Stock Exchange very closely."

Wired News: Folksonomies Tap People Power

The blind painter and the Cartesian Theater

Relaxen und watchen das blinkenlights. What lights?

"Achtung: Das machine ist nicht fer gerfingerpoken und mittengraben. Ist easy snappen der springenwerk blowenfusen, und corkenpoppin mit spitzensparken. Ist nicht fer gewerken by das [dumpfoken]. Das rubbernecken sightseeren keepen das hands in das pockets. Relaxen und watchen das blinkenlights"