Author Archives
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realMyst for Android
realMyst is all-things Myst, but amazingly more real. You can explore anywhere, unfettered, and in realtime! Pick your own path through the forest on Myst Island. Look lazily upward into the Channelwood Age trees. Relax next to the rippling fountain… Read More ›
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Who is responsible for what an individual does? Apple???
Weeks ago, Apple was sued on accusations that its FaceTime app contributed to the highway death of a young girl in Texas. The girl’s family claims that the iPhone maker should have deployed technology to prohibit motorists from using the… Read More ›
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Don’t Be Ashamed About Collecting
Last week I sat down in a bar discussing this topic with my colleague Jon Henrik Haraldsen from the Norwegian watch website, tidssonen.no. I showed him a website of a guy that was all crazy about some toys and he… Read More ›
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Setapp for macOS now available
Get 60+ high-quality applications for everything you need at a single subscription. No advertisement, in-app purchases or paid upgrades. And the app collection keeps growing… More here. The Mac App Store isn’t great by any means and so a solution… Read More ›
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Ray Wilson
Of the nine surviving members of the ’66 World Cup final team, three have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The others are Peters, 73, and Nobby Stiles, 74. The Wilson family support ‘Team Dementia Friends’, a campaign promoted by Alzheimer’s Society… Read More ›
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Rare Optical Illusion
Last Saturday, Andre Poineau had a feeling there would be a good, hard freeze at his cottage along the shores of Lake Charlevoix near Boyne City, Michigan. But when he went down to the house to have a look the… Read More ›
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A Bad Lip Reading of Donald Trump’s Inauguration
Now I know what the internet is for.
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reMarkable. I want!
Pen and paper are our simplest yet most powerful tools of creation. Its tactility and immediate response makes it natural, intuitive, almost like an extension of our body. In the digital world it’s difficult to replicate that experience. Attention to… Read More ›
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Modular Band Links
The patent describes a band made of a series of modular links containing electronic components, which are attached to each other using a flexible conductive material. A number of possible uses are mentioned for the linked design, including batteries, speakers,… Read More ›
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Interviews with dead historical figures
Vonnegut’s roster of afterlife interviewees included personages he personally admired such as Eugene Debs (listen), Isaac Newton (listen), and Clarence Darrow (listen), as well as historical villains like James Earl Ray (listen) and Adolf Hitler (listen). Other of the dead… Read More ›