Archive for July, 2009
Tim Ferriss your love life
by nigel on Jul.29, 2009, under Love
I had to laugh when I read the description for this video, Tim Ferriss - you rock!
“This video explains how I used Elance to find teams around the world — including Jamaica, the Philippines, India, and more — that then competed to set coffee dates for me. The result? More than 20 dates in one weekend and a long-term girlfriend. It’s an absurd and amusing example of just how effective personal outsourcing can be. If you can imagine it, you can delegate it.”
XP to Windows 7? No soup for you!
by nigel on Jul.28, 2009, under Tech
An interesting note on Windows 7 - Microsoft has come out and said that there will be no supported upgrade path from Windows XP to Windows 7, instead only inviting machines already running Vista to upgrade onto 7 without a fresh install. Its a shame, but also it is a fair move on microsofts part - there never has been upgrade paths between operating systems more than a generation apart in the past - think Windows 98 to Windows Vista. In this instance however since the uptake of Vista has been so small due to the product being shunned from Business and Consumers alike, due to its many and well documented flaws, it would be adventageous of Microsoft to make an exeption in this case.
Via pcmag.com
They’re coming right for us!
by nigel on Jul.28, 2009, under Tech
Are you always running into the problem of facing up to 3 bad guys with only the one stun gun? Not anymore! Tazer has just announced the Tazer X3 stun gun which includes the ability to stun up to 3 unwilling participants at once. Not only that, but the X3 can also display a “warning arc” when loaded, allowing officers to “gain voluntary compliance” and “avert use-of-force” by putting on a light show.
Via engadget.com
Super Slow Mo! 1000 frames a second
by nigel on Jul.27, 2009, under Tech
The video below is quite amazing and the detail is stunning. It has been shot with the SprintCam v3 with a setting of 1000 frames a second, which over a minute equates to a staggering 60,000 individual shots - much more in comparison to regular video shot on a consumer grade camera which is just 24fps/1440 shots a minute.
Watch this in full screen with high def setting if your bandwidth/computer can handle it - its worthy!
via digg.com
