I was curious when I came across Snapmania’s Tourist Remover. I thought now how on earth can they guess what is behind the tourist and fill it in.
The system actually relies upon you having several (for a better result) photos of the same place. This way it takes the photos and uses each to patch […]
Archive for July, 2006
I’d had this problem before and it still seems to come back and bite you. Internet Explorer 6 is still going to be around for a while so you can’t just ignore it.
I was at one of my best mates, showing him a personal site I’m working on.
As you can see below the initial state […]
There is a fascinating article about human evolution at the washingtonpost.com that explains how human genome research has helped understand specific changes in the human DNA around the world :
Europeans seem to be adapting to the increased availability of dairy products, with genetic changes that allow the enzyme lactase, which breaks down lactose in milk, […]
Brainwaves replacing the mouse
Published 2 years ago in Tech, Design, Experimental, Trend and Society. 0 CommentsIn a futuristic article, Fortune discusses the way research in to reading and interpreting brainwave activity, has lead to conclusive initial experiences that allow the brain to replace the mouse for basic functions.
Science Fiction Novels have often given us images of a future with voice controlled and complex computer systems providing valuable services and functions. […]
If you downloaded the previous beta versions of Office 2007 then it replaced any previous installed versions potentially creating compatiblity issues with documents from earlier versions of Office. The solution as discussed on ComputerWorld is to have the program(s) running in your browser and voilà ! no more those issues…
Among the programs availble to test […]
Well, I remember having watched some ceremony where the latest batman actor jabbed at Superman and proclaimed himself the “bad ass” superhero! Yes batman everybody envies a “bad ass”, not! I have yet to see the batman movie (watched 20 minutes once and had to stop for some reason), but Superman Returns was good. I […]
Don’t click it, no really, don’t click it
Published 2 years ago in Tech, Design, Experimental, Trend, Society and Web. 1 CommentAfter having recently posted about the joke-site “don’t press the red button” I was amused to discover an extremely serious experience/study over at www.dontclick.it. Yes Don’t Click It, spelled the geeky way, in a domain name way.
The site is not only an experience for the creators, it’s a real and novel experience for the visitors. […]
George Bush Moments : Top 10 moments
Published 2 years ago in TV, Video, Society and Satire. 0 CommentsJust take a look and laugh along with Letterman’s compilation :
So when the Neo conservatives in Washington think he’s losing it should the rest of us that despise what he is doing to the image of the US or didn’t even vote for him, be worried !?
When will this be taken seriously ?
Published 2 years ago in Tech, Advertising and Criminal. 0 CommentsI have spent at least five hours recently, over the phone and on site, fixing computers that have been infected, not by viruses because I have got family and friends to install antivirus software like NOD32, but by spyware !
Annoying pop-up messages that often sound scary to novices, “You have been infected by spyware” […]
An article in the New York Times covers a study by Albert-László Barabási of the University of Notre Dame called “The Dynamics of Information Access on the Web,”. The study concludes that an article once published will generally be read by half the total readership it will get within 36 hours…
This has supposedly surprised many […]
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