Flickr favorites (08-18-2010)

Lifehacker Desktop Show & Tell Jacaranda Desktop Wallpaper Desktop Wallpaper Collage Windows Desktop Black Lagoon Screenshot my geektools desktop a la piratebay! Octopus fractal desktop background

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Flickr favorites (08-15-2010)

Jai Hind India_344_04-10-06 suryakirans hoisting tri-color Flying high Independance day flag hoist इन्कलाब ज़िंदाबाद

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Flickr favorites (08-15-2010)

Sweets Indian Indian sweet cupcakes Indian sweet - rasgulla Indian Milk cake Kozhakattai and Poornam Sweet Sweet India

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This week in tweets (08-14-2010)

Windows 7 Tip of the Week: Prevent Windows Update from Automatically Rebooting Your PC


When Windows Update installs certain types of updates, a reboot is required so that certain software components can be updated while they're not running. Unfortunately, this means that many people...  read more


jQuery Mobile Announced; Palm excited to sponsor the effort


Palm made a huge bet on the web when we decided that our next generation operating system would have a Web runtime at its core. We are constantly investing in the Web and are always looking for great Web developer products, especially anything that focuses on device form factors. When we heard that the jQuery team was putting a lot of effort towards supporting their great library on devices, w...  read more


Internet Explorer 9 Beta launching September 15th, might enter a beauty pageant

Source: Engadget

Once again, the whispers were true. Microsoft has proudly announced on this fine day that September 15th will mark the official launch of the Internet Explorer 9 Beta, but details beyond that are scant. We do know that the Big M will hold a gala in San Francisco to celebrate "The Beauty of the Web," and once it hits the tubes, you'll need either Vista or Windows 7 to use it (sorry, XP loyalists...  read more


Behind the endless iPad photo book: Fotopedia Heritage

Source: Scobleizer

I love getting an in-depth look at cool new technology, but even better I love getting to know some of the great technologists that have done amazing things in the industry. This video has a little...  read more


Microsoft Research reveals RearType, puts QWERTY back where it belongs

Source: Engadget

We've seen a few wacky split keyboards in our day, and even the occasional back-typing peripheral, but Microsoft Research has just congealed the core ideas into a why-didn't-I-think-of-that device for mobile use. Dubbed RearType, the QWERTY solution literally sticks a three-row keyboard on the back of a tablet PC, allowing users to have the same physical sensation as on laptop or desktop withou...  read more


The story behind the 2010 startup success: Siri (why it’s so important to Apple’s future)

Source: Scobleizer

You know Siri. Back in February I said that if you miss Siri you’ll miss the future of the Web. Apple didn’t miss it. Just a few days after that blog ran Apple bought Siri for somewhere around $200...  read more


Netflix Lands Streaming Deal With Paramount, MGM & Lionsgate

Source: TechCrunch

You’ll soon be able to watch “Dinner for Schmucks” via Netflix instant streaming. The company inked a deal with Epix, a new pay TV channel, for the rights to Paramount, MGM, and Lionsgate movies. The deal cost Netflix $1 billion. That’s quite a bit of money, yes.  read more



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Flickr favorites (08-09-2010)

iPhone 4 Bumper + Universal Dock w/ DIY Adapter Bambuser for Android iPhone 4's Retina Display v.s. iPhone 3G iPhone 4 in Person Apple iPhone 4 Windows Phone 7 Series

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TED 09: David Blaine held breath for 17 mins


Flickr favorites (08-06-2010)

Facebook Vs Myspace Brand Typefaces facebook Signalnoise on Facebook Facebook If Facebook Was a Country Facebook

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Flickr favorites (08-03-2010)

~ Tennis Time is Finished ~ Lightroom red Head tennis racket reflecting on my wooden floor - Shot on my Nikon D3 Oblique Tennis Internazionali  femminili di Tennis "Città di Latina" Kingfisher Tennis Open Tennis

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This week in tweets (08-01-2010)

Google brings a Facebook rival

Source: Holy Kaw!

Google’s at it again: The Internet giant is reportedly huddling with online game developers to create a social-networking service to compete with Facebook, according to The Wall Street Journal. These game developers include big names such as Playdom Inc., Electronic Arts Inc.’s Playfish and Zynga Game Network Inc. Details about the product, however, are scant. A launch date is not yet known. R...  read more


New C# Yellow Book version available - Yeah, big, yellow, ebook, 197 pages, C#, free…


robmiles.com - New C# Yellow Book Now Available “The new version of my famous C# Yellow Book is now available for download. This free 197 page book is the basis of our programming course and has a whole bunch of new content, along with reorganised layout and proper sections. Get yours today from here: …” robmiles.com - C# Yellow Book “The C# Book is used by the Department of Computer Scie...  read more


What is Flipboard? Hint: The iPad app you’ll be talking about. [video]

Source: Holy Kaw!

Robert Scoble calls it “revolutionary.” Kara Swisher says “it blew me away.” So what has all the tech geeks talking? A social magazine concept called Flipboard. Dubbed “a prettier way to browse the...  read more


Giant mechanical elephant made out of recycled steel and wood

Source: Holy Kaw!

In honour of the Sultan’s Elephant that no longe exists, France decided to create a large-scale replica of the mammal to share with the world. The huge mechanical structure was constructed as part of the Machines of the Isle of Nantes (an artistic, tourist and cultural project). The project’s aim is to transform the city into a world of imagination and fantasy. We’d say this amazing installatio...  read more


Wacky helmet designs

Source: Holy Kaw!

Looking snazzy while cruising down the street on your Harley (or, let’s be honest, your Vespa) usually means leather galore and helmet bedazzles, but now your noggin can look stylin’ without breaking out the cowhide and glue gun. Behold, oddly cool novelty helmets. Full story and more images at Geekologie. Vroom, vroom! All the top motorcycle news. Permalink | Leave a comment »  read more


Robot arm learns to flip pancakes, can never know the joys of tasting one

Source: Engadget

We'd like to pretend to be all serious about the science behind teaching a robot arm to teach itself a complicated motion like pancake flipping. We'd drone on and on about how the combination of demonstrated motion, trial-and-error, and object motion tracking come together for some "Expectation-Maximization based Reinforcement Learning," but really we just can't stop giggling at all the pancake...  read more



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Flickr favorites (07-31-2010)

Cinematic / rain / landscape / umbrella / beautiful / lightroom preset / rose vogue / romantic / water / love Blue / rain / reflection / urban / graffiti / umbrella / walking / woman / street photography Rain drops on the window - This makes a cool water droplet background Purple Rain II "RAINING IN MY HEART" KILKENNY, IRELAND. After the rain has fallen...

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