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The Hitchhiker\’s Guide to the Galaxy coming from Hothead

A New HitchHiker\’s Guide to the Galaxy computer game, is coming out from HotHead Games. I say, a new game, since there already has been at least one Hitchhiker\’s game in the past.  From the Fabled realms of Infocomm came a game about this gentlemen named Arthur Dent…   As Douglas Adams, said: There was […]

IO9 explores the world of the Terminator, without Arnold.

Due to some recent indiscretions, Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided to pull the plug on his resurrected acting career. Which everybody\’s assuming means no Terminator 5. But wait — there are plenty of great ways to make a Terminator without Arnie. Here\’s our list of great Terminator storylines that you could make without the Governator. Read […]

Remember, domino\’s go up, and come down…

Here\’s to the attempt… [youtube http://www.youtube.com?v=GPjddqhB7f8] From the description: This would have been the biggest 3D domino pyramid on YouTube and very probably in the world (not a Guinness record though, they don\’t have such a category yet), with a bottom layer of 27×27 and 13,482, but there seems to be some kind of Egyptian curse […]

Engadget reviews the Dell XPS 15z

For about $200 less, you can get a fast machine, but with a cheap case and little battery life. We\’d mentioned that Dell\’s previous attempts at premium systems failed price, power and battery life tests. With the XPS 15z, well… two out of three ain\’t bad. Despite the fact that the NVIDIA Optimus GPU turns […]

Gremlins!

Darn those gremlins. I have activated CloudFlare for this website, and I missed a DNS setting for the S3 cache for the server. I believe everything should be working fine now..  But I hate the fact that, presumably due to caching, everything was looking fine until late tonight…

Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral

A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus, a bridge, a power station … And one is an extraordinary pavilion, the Seed Cathedral, a celebration of growth and light.