Nicholine Hayward 2001

Category: Copyright/Campaign Magazine advert
This caught my eye : Ads., brouchures, mailers, packaging and posters so good you'll wish you'd written them yourself. Beyond FMCG to IT, financial and technical. Call me. Or Wonder, till it drives you mad, what would have happened if you had.

Category: Mobil Phones

Those readers who believe that they have the phone with every conceivable function known to mankind are in for a nasty shock. As is anyone standing within striking distance of Nokia's forthcoming 3220 - the first mobile to offer aerial SMS displays to astounded onlookers. from John Oates at The Register..like the spin off of no-screen but eventual making screens visable in strong daylight..

Category: Gadgets/Invention

Sony pay German costs for inventing a portable music player circa 1977., from By Damien Fletcher at London's Mirror newspaper..
..and If Mr Pavel sues Apple over the iPod, it is unclear whether his patent is still valid: normally patents are valid for 20 years from the date of application. Apple did not introduce the iPod, which stores music on a tiny hard disk, until October 2001. The first version of Mr Pavel's patent was published in Italy in 1978. from Charles Arther of London's Independent News..
..it seems that patent infrigement occurs when this catagory in electronics has to be rather pacific in the detail which crosses this road because of in particular the volume control..
..also Pavel also has more assets up his sleeve. In 1989, he filed a patent application in the United States for a technology combining the functions of a pocket audio player and a mobile phone. According to Der Spiegel, a decision on that application will be reached soon..By Estelle Dumout at C|NET.. and then there's the double click patent posted by Dave Winer recently..

Category: London Meeting

online the latest style for the Guardian serves this item that Imperial College is hosting on Sunday and I have put myself up for so this this is going to be pretty sterile comment for me..

postscript mirrors posted by Cory Doctorow boingboing

Category: Futures

The BBC wants to create a new approach to publishing in the medium via copydesk

Category: Computers

The NATS computer system crashed this morning creating chaos for passengers on all flights out LHR Gatwick and Manchester plus emergency services..
And Burt Rutan plans a launch of Space Ship One in eighteen days time the first privately sponsored X prize attempt, that's why the Shuttle uses five computers to take flight because hell happens..

Category: Euro Lottery

Got this virtual world direct on the euro lottery via this Local Notices who sent me an email about my posting here for my capboarded Pentax LX system - What does that look like..

Category: Libraries

Yesterday, I went to my local library always on the off-chance to log on here and do something along a theme that I have been working on. When I arrive the staff or the pickets are outside making the place look very untidy! but the management in charge have no log on details so that's it but the staff's complaint is that work loads are be hauled onto new staff making the qualified staff suffer which is a wages thing - you know...

Category: Computers

I asked my sister to play something on her computer one day (this was some time ago before she had to replace it - blank screen) she said it would'nt - so I do a check on a few things and I check the speakers.. nothing, then she relpaced it again and she's still having the same effect..so now I've asked Laura who's a professional pianist and gave the general a generals pips so now I'm back at square one, but as you know other humans do have troubles as does Julie over in the Bear area of Vermont who's got a longer list to check where cables don't come into it? until your reminded the obvious when it could be too late?
When I solve this I should probably get the Register

tee-shirt RTFM

Category: Early Science

An interesting aspect of the history of science first read in Ivan Tolstoy's Book The Knowledge and The Power about 1: Zeno's Arrow..


zenos paradox

..but then Maxwell's recreation of the fish eye
lens helped in creating this item in Manhattan/1999...

worthathousandwords.com

Category: Intuitive Criticism

..From Monica a UK blog as Laura would say a little knowledge is dangerous, so, when I did a look-up at wordsmith.com for yours truly I got this wonderful criptic Whom-a-Incite..