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Cockatoos weeding onion grass.

Dave — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:12:27 +0000

These helpful chaps decided to snack on some starchy onion grass bulbs inn the front lawn.

The monolith.

Dave — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:09:08 +0000

Does anybody feel like they’re witnessing the construction of a monument to the mysterious black rectangles that appear in a space Odyssey?

Oh Schmidt . Sting Pain Index

Dave — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:19:24 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_Sting_Pain_Index

The descriptions of the various pain indexes are like wine descriptions.

When The Arctic Ice roads fail, send in the Blimps.

Dave — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:27:33 +0000

Discovery Air and HAV have signed a tentative deal that both companies hope to finalize in 2012, followed by the first delivery of airships in 2014.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/26/nwt-discovery-airship.html

A British manufacturer hopes to build a fleet of airships for Yellowknife’s Discovery Air to supply remote communities and enterprises in the North, the two companies say.

The futuristic giant blimps from Hybrid Air Vehicles would cost $40 million each, Discovery Air Innovations, a Quebec-based subsidiary of Discovery Air, announced after signing a tentative deal with HAV.

The aircraft use a mix of non-flammable helium and air power to fly and can land on almost any surface, HAV says on its website.

They’ll be able to carry up to 50 tonnes of cargo to mining camps and remote communities, HAV says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12110386

Subway in the sky.

Dave — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:18:26 +0000

Cineskates – Budget HD Camera Dolly solution.

Dave — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:50:46 +0000

Looks like quite a versatile solution to getting smooth tracking shots on your camera.

Open Source Flashlight.

Dave — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:44:49 +0000

http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/06/kid-tested-grant-imahara-approved-hexbrite-open-source-flashlight/

USB programmable flashlight eh?

I’d liked to see an led light array that can be syncronised with a phone alarm – say by bluetooth, and slowly illuminate the room with a false dawn as it reaches the time that your alarm will be triggered. You could even integrate it with a poster of a sunrise over mountains, or an ocean landscape.

Huh. They already have lights with a similar idea like this one from Phillips for Seasonal Affective Disorder. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003Y6B4XE

How to use stream your tv shows with Tversity and the Nintendo Wii

Dave — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:30:03 +0000

This page details how you can stream tv shows from the web and your computer to your TV with a wii, although you need the internet channel on the Wii.

http://dangross.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/setting-up-tversity-with-your-wii/

http://tversity.com

Coffee Jerks

Dave — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:49:52 +0000

A series of 1950s/60s-era coffee commercials edited down to just the moments when the guys were the biggest jerks to their wives about coffee.

BEDS

Dave — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:09:45 +0000

“Late in the evening I always feel my natural energy waning but thankfully I discovered an energy restorer that I permanently keep in my special room within my house. It’s called a “Body Energy Delivery System” but everybody calls them BEDS for short.”

Excellent quote from a whirlpool user, on a thread about the shonky Power Balance wristbands.

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1402930&#r13

Powerbalance have disabled the powerbalance.com.au website since they were told to remove misleading claims that their product had any effectiveness whatsoever, by the ACCC.

Choice Australia Review