This is quite amazing: A guy called David Gilday has built a Lego Mindstorms NXT robot that solves a 4×4x4 Rubik’s Cube (way harder than a 3×3x3), but the twist is: the real brains of the operation is a Nokia N95 that actually scans the cube with its camera, figures out how to solve it and then tells the robot what moves to make. Very, very cool David, you have officially too much time on your hands 
Source: Make
No, this is *NOT* sad. I am just happy I made it to 35
Had some cake. Had some hugs and kisses, and my main man Robert bought me a totally sweet Asus VW220T 22″ widescreen TFT monitor, and it R-O-C-K-S!
Funny and instructional too:
Oh yes…you read that right: this video shows a demo of a Nokia N800 running VMware’s MVP (Mobile Virtualisation Platform), a hypervisor which virtualises the phone hardware, basically allowing you to run most any mobile device OS or more than one at once. In this demo the phone is running Windows CE and Android at the same time, while not limiting the functionality in any way.
Okay, technically the N800 is not a phone, but this technology is heading there fast. Very interesting, especially if both running OSes get full (shared) access to the actual comms hardware so you could for example run Android for your (GSM) phone functionality and Windows Mobile for the (3G) office connectivity at the same time.
Most PC’s are air cooled, some extreme machines have water cooling, but this little puppy is ‘Liquid Submersion’ cooled. Yes, you read that right: the buzzing insides of this uber-performance PC are submersed in a non-conductive liquid (an oil, really).
The patented cooling system allows for extreme performance without frying your boards or chips. The system circulates the coolant through a radiator at 2.5 gallons per minute, effectively providing a cool heat-exchange medium to every component on every available millimeter of surface.
The Hardcore machine uses oodles of custom or customised parts and can run up to three top of the line graphics cards without breaking a sweat. There’s two fan-cooled, 3.5″ SATA hot swap bays in the rear of the case but the Reactor has three 2.5″ slots which are outfitted with three Samsung SLC-based SSD drives. Do not put normal harddisks in these slots folks, they will most likely die in the liquid. Oh, and the machine has redundant power supplies, so you will probably expire before this puppy does.
Available from around USD 4000 for the base model the price is hefty compared to your run-of-the-mill system, but not when you take into account all that this powerhouse delivers. The stats are awesome and the full spec list is yummy.
Go check it out, Maximum PC did an excellent test & write-up of this beast.
Absolutely brilliant:
Gizmodo (my daily dose of gadget envy) has a great overview with explanations on use of the cable types in use attached to the average PC, media center or home cinema center. Get it straigh once and for all in one great list:
Giz Explains: An Illustrated Guide to Every Stupid Cable You Need
Steve Jobs’ WWDC keynote in 60 seconds:
Yes. I want one. Gimme.
I turned 34 last week, and decided to buy myself a little gift I bumped into in a local shop: The Bullshit Button.
Simple and fun: hit the button, it lights up and plays one of five sounds:
I like it. A lot.
Colleagues who come to my desk? Not so much [insert maniacal laughter here].
As a muddling designer I always have one or two color ideas when working on a new design, but you need more than just two. I’ve tried various pieces of color matching software in the past, but now my need for matched color ideas is combined with my love for my iPod (I am the proud owner of the most excellent iPod Classic 160Gb) in Koloroo for iPod, a free (well, careware) little tool that turns my iPod into a very spiffy color picker.
I can wax poetic about it all day, but this is one you just have to get and use to see what a great little tool it really is.
And remember, it is Careware, so you do actually have to do a nice thing for someone else as ‘payment’. I myself helped a friend dig out the foundations of his house (which gave me muscles sore enough to hinder my mouse use at the moment).
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