one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
October 12 2008
Electric Bike versus Car over a 3 mile commute
October 09 2008
British artist puts Royal Mail to the test. Now there’s something you can’t do with email.
October 08 2008
Augmented reality in-car video game
October 05 2008
The blinkenlights crew have setup a new project in Toronto: Stereoscope. Using the dual city hall buildings as displays. Even rickrolling got its spot.
October 03 2008
One of the clearer explanations I’ve read of how the current financial mess came about.
October 01 2008
Paid for by the Someone better start pointing out the obvious committee for a better planet.
September 25 2008
Bright Idea Shade
Project Cybersyn, the forgotten story of Chile’s “socialist internet”.
September 24 2008
Gas Signs Truth in Advertising
September 10 2008
Transformers
September 08 2008
The rise of ambient awareness.
September 05 2008
The social function of NIMBYism.
A changing climate of opinion?“Some scientists think climate change needs a more radical approach. As well as trying to curb greenhouse-gas emissions, they have plans to re-engineer the Earth”
September 04 2008
It’s not just the carbon, it’s the nitrogen too.
September 01 2008
The Archive
August 31 2008
Steve Jobs is not the Pope
A Wired article says Apple’s loyal fans, and even casual users, have come to identify so strongly with Apple’s high-end, individualistic vibe that they’re willing to look the other way when things don’t work.
It may be true, but it’s been the opposite for me. The more time passes, the more I find their products lack the quality control they used to have, even the operating system. I no longer recommend them to people who ask for my opinion for fear of getting hit with the backlash.
Not that the alternatives are much better, it’s more akin to choosing the least worse solution, but I just don’t get involved in other people’s choices.
August 27 2008
Nos enfants nous accuseront
August 24 2008
Today on Xantiar
August 12 2008
The Myth of the Scofflaw Cyclist“there is nothing unique about the frequency with which cyclists as a class break the law when compared with drivers or pedestrians”
There’s a whole subculture of people in the states who travel for pleasure on railroads using old railcar inspection vehicles.
Pac-Man: The Movie
August 09 2008
Another example of RFID passports being easy to compromise.
August 06 2008
Want to know what kind of dirty investments your Belgian bank has got its fingers in? Check right here (well, if your bank is in there, mine isn’t)
This is hacking at its best: doctor builds a custom dialysis machine in his garage to save a baby.
August 04 2008
A new BBC series overlays multiple types of data over satellite imagery to show things like traffic patterns and phone chatter spread.
August 03 2008
Impressive car park signage in Australia.
The market is adapting: increasing oil prices are moving manufacturing back closer to the customers.
August 01 2008
Spain implements heavy measures to reduce energy consumption. The population’s reaction is pretty much what you’d expect and explains why limits of this type are rarely implemented elsewhere.