23: Not fashionable
Hello.
"you can start buying the Raspberry Pi today"
http://www.raspberrypi.org/
[In theory, at least. They're predictably under a lot of load today. Hope you have better luck than I've had so far.]
Just discovered this lovely New York Times photography Tumblr.
"these photographs give lie to the idea that The New York Times is not a picture newspaper ... Our best guess is five million to six million prints and contact sheets ... we'll be dipping in and publishing several photographs each week"
http://livelymorgue.tumblr.com/
"there is a problem with brainstorming. It doesn't work."
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/30/120130fa_fact_lehrer
Captchas don't work especially well either
"Unfortunately, these barriers generally inconvenience the law-abiding citizen and do very little to impede the bad guys."
"Spammer bots are a problem, yes. But Captchas are a problem, too. They're a bother, they're not foolproof and they assume that everyone is guilty until proven innocent."
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=time-to-kill-off-captchas
@charitychap says "Loads of UK charities don't know they can get �6,000 worth of free Google advertising *every month*..."
If you're working with a charity, you'll want to know about Google Grants.
http://www.google.co.uk/grants/details.html
"The day I tried teaching primary school kids to code (and succeeded)"
http://www.martingsaunders.com/2012/02/teaching-primary-school-kids-to-code/
"'What's a commercial?' She asks."
http://minimalmac.com/post/18189678921/tv-is-broken
"The situation will only change when it's not fashionable to give away your data, when it becomes sad to do so in front of your peers."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/feb/28/the-end-of-online-privacy
"Taking the sport of aqua climbing to a whole new level"
http://www.aquaclimb.com/prod-sport.php
[via lots of people]
The Big Red Button
http://instituteforthepresent.myshopify.com/collections/latest-products/products/the-big-red-button
[�110? Gosh.]
"Only thing is that it is not as sharp as I hoped it to be. But a great buy nonetheless."
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004UCIU24/?tag=047-20
"We don't know how to build a general-purpose computer that is capable of running any program except for some program that we don't like, is prohibited by law, or which loses us money."
http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html
[A useful reminder to any Hollywood executives who might be reading]
Yours sincerely
Roo
Roo Reynolds
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