Everyone dreams of quitting a horrible job in a blaze of glory, but most of us end up just slinking out the door. What do you do then if you want to quit, stay on good terms with your old boss and still go out in style? Well if you’re a software developer like Jarrad Woods , you code your resignation notice in a Mario brothers-esque game and sit back and reap the publicity. When Jarrad resigned from software developer…
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Cast your mind back to the 7th of October, 2008. Anything special happen that day? Nope, me neither. Well as it happens, that was the day an asteroid became a meteorite and crashed to earth. So what, you say, meteorites hit the Earth all time. Well this one was a little different because astronomers knew it was going to hit us. The asteroid was called 2008 TC3, a 4 metre near-earth object that was first spotted by SpaceGuard orbiting just…
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I’ve heard some people don’t like the iPhone camera, that it’s not very good, etc etc. Chase Jarvis is a photographer, he owns an iPhone and he takes lots of photos with it. His iPhone photos look all right. The best camera is the one that’s with you. As such, I take between 1 and 1000 iPhone images every day and share at least one online with the world via Twitter and Facebook. These images are uploaded directly from my…
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The Hunt for Gollum is a fan-made addition to the Lord of the Rings saga, with its world premiere on the 3rd of May, 2009. From a quick look at the two trailers, it’s looking pretty darn good. The script for the Hunt for Gollum has been pieced together from the appendices of the Lord of the Rings books. Chris Bouchard, the writer-director, then assembled a team of dedicated cast and crew and began filming around the UK. The 40…
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If you’re dog-rich but time-poor then maybe you need a Jog A Dog doggie treadmill. There are 4 different versions, for toy dogs all the way up to your giant bull mastiffs. The treadmills can do between 1 and 10 mph, are very quiet and are claimed to be maintenance free. They also have an easy grip surface and the running surface can be easily removed and cleaned. Prices start from $US1,195 and just remember what’s good for the dog…
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MSolar is a range of portable solar power units. Packaged in a hard case, they contain solar cells, 220 volt inverter and a sealed lead-acid battery. They can put out between 200 and 350 watts peak and claim to be able to charge in 10 hours (sunlight dependant of course). I’m not sure if I complete agree with their idea of portable, the top-of-the-line model weighs 54kg. $US676.40 for the smallest 20W model. MSolar (Portable Solar Power Solution) can be…
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Financial crisis got you over a barrel? Well you know what the self-help gurus say, you make your own luck. Now it’s true with the Grow Your Own Lucky Four Leaf Clover. Comes with a compost tablet (that’s what it says), mini terracotta pot, instructions (!!) and an oxalis bulb. �2.99. Take the randomness out of luck by being able to grow your own! This Grow Your Own Lucky Four Leaf Clover will stop you having to spend days…
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Remember Space Quest, Police Quest and Leisure Suit Larry from Sierra On-Line? Well they’re back and they’re in your browser. Over at sarien.net you can relive them in all their EGA, 16 colour, command line glory. Battle the evil Sariens, save Lytton from the Death Angel or go carousing in the back alleys with Larry (definitely not safe for kids). The games run in most browsers; FF2+, IE6+, Chrome, Safari and Opera, but there are a few bugs, you can’t…
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High definition cameras are getting bigger each year, but they’re still not big enough to rest on your shoulder like the pro ones, so if you’ve got a lot of shooting to do, wrist fatigue is going to bite. If this is you, then take a look at the WristShot from Hoodman. The WristShot works by transferring the weight of the camera to the forearm instead of the wrist, leaving fingers free to twiddle and operate the camera and taking…
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In a move that has surprised no one, Nikon has once again proved to be the master of the controlled information leak (or really bad at keeping secrets) with the release of the D5000 entry-level digital SLR. Momentum has been been slowly building over the last couple of weeks culminating with a far-from-secret film shoot. Naturally this kind of thing ends up on the internet and the photophiles get all aflutter with anticipation and each new model generating more and…
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Ahh, Game-and-Watch, where are you now? Relive your giant ape gaming glory days with these Donkey Kong Wall Graphics. The kit comes with 42 movable and removable decals for creating the perfect level. $US79.99 from Perpetual Kid. Made with blik Re-Stik, these movable and reusable decals are based on the same 8-bit graphics from the NES version of Donkey Kong. This is an official Nintendo Licensed product. You can do a lot of decorating with one pack but imagine the…
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You probably haven’t heard of John Alvin, but if you’ve seen a movie in the last 35 years then you’ve seen his work. John was a movie poster artist and was responsible for some of the most memorable movie posters ever created. Sadly he passed away early last year but has left behind an incredible legacy of artworks to enjoy. Posters for everything from Bladerunner to The Goonies, from Blazing Saddles to Empire of the Sun. A remarkable talent. Considered…
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Anyone who’s a fan of The Big Picture photo journalism blog put out by the Boston Globe will probably remember LIFE magazine, home of some of the most iconic photography of the 20th century. Sadly LIFE wound down in 2000 and hasn’t been seen around much since. Well roll on 2009 and things look a little different. LIFE has been reborn under Getty Images who have created Life.com. Life.com is a photo archive of current and historical photographs, all fully…
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The Red Ferret is a big fan of Drobo, the RAID-like USB storage extravaganza, Nigel awarded it the Red Ferret Computer Product of the Year award for 2007. Well since Drobo released the Ethernet interface a year or so back, it’s been pretty quiet over at Data Robotics … until now. Behold the DroboPro. The DroboPro still has everything people have come to love about the Drobo, but with more redundancy and heaps more drive space, up to…
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Everyone lends other people books, it’s what makes them so social. I have purchased three copies of Cryptonomicon yet I only own one copy, I just keep giving them away. The 1 Dollar Book Company thinks this might be a neat idea and they have created a kind of Tupperware party plan around referring ebooks. The idea is you first buy an ebook for $1. You then refer the book to friends, as many as you like obviously, and for…
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