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» Free the Jena Six Craziness - Free The Jena Six. Its truly disturbing this kind of thing still goes on in the US.   |
» Groupware Bad JWZ opines - Groupware Bad. As it turns out the Hula project went nowhere and spawned a fork called Bongo. Before over-complicating your application be sure to read about what users really want.   |
» How the Meter is Measured Nice infographics - Weights and Measures. The US is keeping great company sticking with the imperial system. Check out their other awesome content at GoodMagazine.   |
» A4 vs US Letter 'Sane versus insane' would appear to be a better summary - a great comparison of 'A4 vs US Letter' and how best to avoid getting caught out when laying out pages for print.   |
» Best blog name ever From the worlds toughest programmer comes the blog of Mike Lee. Amusing domain too.   |
» WTF - Ballistic School Bag For those paranoid parents - Bulletproof school pack.

I guess if you goto school in the US or maybe work at the post office or maybe live in Iraq ?   |

Tumbleweed Tiny Houses

Wednesday 04 October 2006 at 10:59 am I'm sure I've pointed to these guys before but it took me two days of googling before I found them again (even on my own site) - shows the importance of metadata and keywords. So if you're after a tiny (small) cabin (cottage, house, home) then the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company have plans for some wonderful ones.

Useful Windows Tools

Thursday 07 September 2006 at 08:47 am A couple of useful tools and tips -

Useful to prevent people getting carried away with permissions - Remove the security tab using group policy

A simple script to locate files which arent work related. Useful to discover where all your precious disk space has gone.

Nifty free tool from Stardock - Bootskin lets you customise the Windows XP boot 'animation'. Handy if you decide to add some extra branding to your corporate hardware (esp. laptops which seem to get nicked with frightening regularity).

Lego Mindstorm Review

Wednesday 06 September 2006 at 1:09 pm One of the few times ArsTechnica has given out a 'X' - check out their review of the new Blutooth enabled Mindstorm from Lego (retails for $400NZ - I need to start a Paypal donation fund ;-)

Certainly come a long way since I played with my first set back in the 70's - I think it might have been either Set 460 Rescue Unit or Set 360 Lunar Lander.

Friends Logs

Saturday 08 April 2006 at 11:19 am Updated my head.html with an extra sidebar for friends sites.

New Concrete Allows Light to Pass

Wednesday 31 March 2004 at 02:26 am A new type of concrete called LitraCon uses embeded optical-fibre to allow light to pass through from one side to the other.

Electronic Paper

Tuesday 30 March 2004 at 01:14 am First Generation Electronic Paper Device from Sony/Philips.

How to Map Everything You Think About

Monday 29 March 2004 at 11:27 pm Lion Kimbro has written about how to keep track of Everything You Think.

Perpetual Motion

Monday 08 March 2004 at 7:55 pm Take a look at the Museaum of Unworkable Devices

New Age Soldiering in Mongolia

Thursday 04 March 2004 at 04:06 am From Jon Robbs blog comes a piece on An American Colonel in Mongolia.
 

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