St. Eutychus

An ode to one

Channel Ten is launching a new. Free. 24 hour dedicated digital sports channel today. That’s pretty exciting. I’ve been waiting for this for a while – and Craig kindly reminded me with his post.

But. It seems we may not be immediately getting it in the regions…

“Network Ten broadcasts ONE in our markets of Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth. For viewers outside those areas, our programs are carried by local affiliates.

We understand our affiliates are progressing well towards carrying ONE in their markets but for further information please contact:
– If your station is a Southern Cross station, please call Southern Cross TV on (02) 6242 2400
– If not, please contact WIN’s head office on (02) 4223 4199.”

But not to worry readers – I’ve contacted my contact at Macquarie Southern Cross and will let you know as soon as I find out.

I hope this isn’t one of those examples of regional areas losing out through the tyranny of distance.

March 26, 2009

UrbanTrend: Get the party started

Always be the life of the party with by bringing disco to every context. Life is better with disco. Maybe. Try this hat and let me know.

March 26, 2009

Our daily Fred: The breakfast edition

Two products for today’s email – they’re not sold as a set but will no doubt bring countless minutes of joy to your breakfast routine.

By the way, did you hear the one about the little burnt cornflake?*

Here’s the milk jug… in a convenient half pint size.

And now, the cereal bowl – remember, no crying over spilt milk, but how could you if the spillage was permanently capture in such a stylish fashion.

*I can’t tell you the rest this time… it’s a cereal.

March 26, 2009

Whoops

Sometimes letting a computer do all your work for you seems like a good idea. Other times it just gets you in trouble.

“The parents of a girl who died suddenly two months ago have been sent a letter from her school demanding she improves her attendance.”

“The letter – dated March 16 – said `students must have at least 92 per cent attendance and Megan’s is currently 60.4pc”

“At the time of her death, headteacher Mr Ward led tributes to Megan. He said: “Megan was a popular, bright girl, with a promising future ahead of her.”

For the full story click here.

March 26, 2009

Tetris in real life…

This microscopic Tetris was created using 42 glass microspheres (1 μm or 0.001 mm diameter) in a 25 μm x 20 μm sized area under a microscope. They’re then pulled around through the miracles of modern computer technology. I for one am glad research dollars are being spent on this sort of thing.

March 26, 2009

A bunch of links – March 25, 2009

Last.fm To Start Charging International Users

Making The Rubens’ Tube

Photojojo » How to Develop Film Using Coffee and Vitamin C! Srsly!

Finally – a use for the stockpile of instant coffee in the back of your pantry.

How is Yogurt Made?

I can’t for the life of me understand why the gourmet yoghurt I like to eat is so expensive. Maybe I should make my own.

StillTasty Tells You How Long Your Food Will Last

BestInClass Helps You To Find The Best Digital Camera

puppyocracies OH MY GOODNESS WHO HAS THE BALANCE OF POWER AND SUCH A CUTE LITTLE NOSE

The Skunk Doth Speakth

Letter to a Young Diner: 10 Reasons *not* to go out to Dinner.

10 Rare HTML Tags You Really Should Know – Nettuts+

Useful. But obscure.

March 25, 2009

Piece offering

How would you advertise Lego? It pretty much sells itself. Here are 39 clever Lego ads. A mix of inspirational and controversial. And a periodic table for good measure.

March 25, 2009

The results are in…

According to this long test I am only 24.76% geek. So there.

According to this nerd test I am 40% nerdy. I’m not sure you can compare the two…

March 25, 2009

Convenience store convergence

This week I’m all about convergence devices – toasters printing weather forecasts and the like. One day there’ll be a gadget that does just about everything. Oh wait. That’s an iPhone. Apparently I’m getting my work one soon – fingers crossed…

Anyway. I give you. The Trolley Bike. And instructions on how to make one yourself. Thanks to instructables…

March 25, 2009

Keep on truckin’

What does it say about me that this made me laugh? A lot. On the third, fourth, fifth and subsequent viewings…

March 25, 2009

Is google like God

I’m trying to decided whether using google as an analogy for God is appropriate or not. There are certain similarities that would help make God more accessible to geeks.

First I considered the possibility of using an open source analogy… it all started when I was trying to explain that it’s not inconsistent for an omnipotent God to change his system of doing things…

“The logic is perfectly consistent. The OT is a precursor to the NT – and certain things from the Old system are replaced in the new. It’s like a software upgrade that makes that piece of technology so much more awesome. In fact – the OT is like a proprietary software system that only works for the original company that won the contract,and in the NT it’s open source. Available for all. For free. Actually, it’s more like shareware because you don’t get to hack the code to bits and make it do whatever you want…”

Here are five ways God is like Google…

He knows everything
His slogan is “don’t be evil”
His products are free and good and available to anyone who wants to use them
It’s best if you just take them as they naturally appear and don’t go around trying to outdo the core program with your own stupidity
While everything comes free and easy, he’s actually keeping a record of everything you’ve ever done in order to target you better.

Yeah, so it’s not perfect. But help me refine it in the comments.

March 25, 2009