Inspired by the documentation for Wee Planets, I created this panorama with Hugin, an outstanding tool for aligning, joining, blending and correcting images. I simply followed the installation instructions and threw six relatively carelessly-taken photos at it to obtain this result. It was reported as a “very bad fit” by […]
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Observations on technology.
Cuil – The World’s Biggest Search Engine
From a team including ex-Google staff, an alternative search engine: Rather than rely on superficial popularity metrics, Cuil searches for and ranks pages based on their content and relevance. When we find a page with your keywords, we stay on that page and analyze the rest of its content, its […]
Read MoreSpy chiefs fear Chinese cyber attack – Times Online
INTELLIGENCE chiefs have warned that China may have gained the capability to shut down Britain by crippling its telecoms and utilities. They have told ministers of their fears that equipment installed by Huawei, the Chinese telecoms giant, in BT’s new communications network could be used to halt critical services such […]
Read MoreSafari 4 web browser on Mac and Windows
Worth a look: Apple – What’s new in Safari – See the new features available in Safari 4 Beta for Mac and PC.
Read MoreFixing the Grid: Make Conservation Simple (and Easy)
A smart grid requires smart electric meters that let households track and manage their power consumption in real time. The Obama administration wants 40 million homes to have technology like this installed within the next three years. But smart meters require smart consumers—or at least attentive ones—and most people don’t […]
Read MoreWell done BT!
We have moved house every two years or less for as long as we have been married. For the first time (IIRC), today, BT swapped our phone line and broadband within a few hours on the specified day. And I only had to make a single journey through a labyrinthine […]
Read MoreAAAS: ‘One hundred billion trillion’ planets where alien life could flourish – Telegraph
The case for charitable funding of space programmes? Within four years Dr Boss, who was speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, believes it will have found one in our galaxy and that will prove his theories about their abundance. He then would like researchers to […]
Read MoreHydrogen cars – just a thought
If the Californians have a “Hydrogen Highway“, which includes self-service hydrogen pumps, and if hydrogen internal combusion engines are possible, what are we waiting for and why are we talking about fuel cells? Wikipedia refers to claims of 20% extra power… And surely the conversion effort would more or less […]
Read MoreBBC – Air bag jacket ‘could save lives’
Via BBC – Newsbeat – Technology – Air bag jacket ‘could save lives’: Dozens of motorcyclists’ lives could be saved every year if air bag jackets were made compulsory, accident and emergency doctors have said. The jackets are the equivalent of car air bags and inflate if the rider is […]
Read MoreVector 3 parachute container modification for magnetic riser covers
United Parachute Technologies’ riser cover modification, which adds extra magnets. I understand this is intended to increase the security of the riser covers, particularly for those who work at higher freefly speeds. The cover on the left of the image is modified and that on the right, standard. The kit […]
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