x100.365 #71: Tri-colour
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x100.365 #70: Mad man
Let’s try the Mad Men look, she said.
It’ll be hot, she said.
Unlike the Liberal Party of Australia, Google knows how to be good
Unlike the Liberal Party of Australia, Google knows how to be good
Follow the link for Google’s announcement re: their latest Google Fiber rollout. It’s like Australia’s National Broadband Network, but Google’s doing it.
Yay! Something to love about Google!
[Unless, of course, they’re rolling out Google Fiber just to increase the speed with which they can collect your data. Hmm…]
Anyway, here’s the bit Malcolm Turnbull needs to read, very slowly, to Tony Abbott:
We believe the Internet’s next chapter will be built on gigabit speeds, and we hope this new Google Fiber city will inspire communities across America to think about what ultrafast connectivity could mean for them.
No offence, Mr. Shadow Minister for Communications, but your National Dial-Up Network policy is an absolute joke. I do hope your boss will allow you to resume the use of your very capable brain in the not-too-distant future.
Branding famous dead scientists
Branding famous dead scientists
I’m particularly partial to this guy’s logo, seeing as how my parents took both of his names and put them in the middle of mine:
(via It’s Okay To Be Smart)
x100.365 #69: Mirrorless
My entire camera kit fits in this Think Tank bag.
[OK, so my lighting gear doesn’t fit, but I work with available light almost exclusively anyway.]
Inside: 2 cameras (Fujifilm X-Pro1 and X-E1), 4 lenses (every compatible prime lens Fujifilm currently offer), a heap of batteries and a heap of SD cards.
Weight: not much.
Now you know why I went mirrorless. Why I chose Fujifilm is coming up soon.
x100.365 #68: Toy ramps
There’s something about watching a ball or car or random cube (!) roll down a sloping spiral.
x100.365 #67: Visual stereo
He knows his way around all of the devices (despite receiving almost zero instruction), but still obsesses over one particular screen in one particular app. “The doors of the bus go open and shut…”
He had two phones in sync tonight.
Happily, Miss 1 is showing less interest in gadgets.
Christian vs. “Christian”
An insightful piece on why it’s unhelpful to put Christians in a convenient box for the purposes of your argument. Annoyingly, Christians do it as much as anyone else.
No excerpt. The whole thing is great.
Smart people on critical thinking
Smart people on critical thinking
The last rule is my favourite:
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second, it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident.