Snapped by Quentin in Detroit airport. Now if they had one of our CODA systems…
Daily Archives: August 4, 2008
Cory’s Robinson lecture…
… is now available on the Web. Very good it is too. Make some coffee, draw up a chair and enjoy it.
Concertina architecture
Well, it’s one way of linking two buildings, I suppose. The Royal Opera House is the one on the right.
Manual cartography
Here’s an original idea — the Hand Drawn Maps Association.
Reminds me of Tim Robinson’s wonderful company, Folding Landscapes, which is based on the quay in Roundstone, Co. Galway.
Thanks to BoingBoing for the link.
Microsoft goes into drinks business
From BBC NEWS…
Microsoft has kicked off a research project to create software that will take over when it retires Windows.
Called Midori, the cut-down operating system is radically different to Microsoft’s older programs.
It is centred on the internet and does away with the dependencies that tie Windows to a single PC.
It is seen as Microsoft’s answer to rivals’ use of “virtualisation” as a way to solve many of the problems of modern-day computing…
Hmmm… Some people think that midori is a “beautiful green color liqueur with refreshing and fruity taste of melon” which “can be used to mix a wide range of juices, spirits”.
On this day…
… in 1914, Britain declared war on Germany, setting the scene for the grotesque carnage of World War 1.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn RIP
Alexander Solzhenitsyn has died aged 89.
What happened?
Hmmm… Funny that McCain should be attacking Obama for his youth and inexperience…