Technology and a little Transportation Skype is an important part of the ‘net ecology especially in parts of the world where phone taps are ubiquitous. Various programs have been written to allow intercepting and recording VOIP. Now the programmer who wrote one of them has released his code to the public. Interesting results. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/08/skype-trojan/ If you are …
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Morning Linkage (Aug 31)
Design and Artifacts From Tokyo, a round up of Good Design 2009 winners. The automatic meat freshness indicator is clever and useful. I want a couple of the lamps listed second. There’s cute, clever, and head scratching further on. http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/08/photos-good-design-2009/ I love tea in the morning. The joy of watching this little shark float around in my cup would …
Morning Linkage (Aug 28)
Transportation Boeing’s Scan Eagle UAV gets put to civilian use during the Alaska wild fire season. Video of the launch and recovery with infra-red fire spotting footage. Verra cool. http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/08/firefighting-uav/ This is the most unfortunate color scheme for a bike I have ever seen. Even John Deere gets the accent color for a green vehicle righter than …
Morning Linkage (Aug 27)
Transport Did you know that the wheelie was invented by some guy on bicycle who was trying to frighten a horse? Okay it’s just a drawing but it’s a giggle. http://thelittlechimpsociety.com/barrett/the-day-the-wheelie-was-made-by-barrett/ OMG that’s fugly. Autotopia caption contest. And the captions are lame. http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/08/wtf-caption-veritas/ OMG that is *not* fugly. Swoon. http://www.thecoolist.com/the-1937-bmw-r7-restored-to-perfection/ —————- Objects of Design There were eight winners in …
Morning Linkage (Aug 25)
Transportation The scrambler is a great idea for a weekend toy. Here Touratech creates a modern take on the theme using a BMW F800. http://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-f800scrambler Texting and driving is a bad idea. How can anyone think that building traffic mashups while on the go is a good idea. http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/08/two-new-iphone-apps-go-beyond-navigation/ ——————— Science Sunspots and solar magnetic changes fascinate …