Cool DSLR Camera Remote iPhone/iPod Touch app from onOne software. The camera has to be connected to a computer, but could be good for some situations and seems well made. You can adjust shutter settings from the iPhone and even … Continue reading →

Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet announced today that they’re making some changes(Google translation) to their comment system. Two changes primarily. The first change I understand, they want to lessen anonymity by making commenters registered with their full name and a picture rank … Continue reading →

Stark, dramatic images by photographer Lu Guang of pollution and its effects in China. The unhuman, insidiously industrialised world portrayed in these pictures could well be from a dismal sci-fi film. The tag line from a recent XKCD strip seems … Continue reading →

The leader of the Swedish Pirate Party, Rick Falkvinge, has an exceptionally clear-headed open letter to the music industry up on his blog after experiencing both positive and negative reactions after speaking at a UK music industry seminar on sunday. … Continue reading →

The National Film Board of Canada, NFB, has put out an iPhone app (iTunes link) that makes a great mobile companion to their web site. Nice uncluttered straight forward interface and good search and browsing capabilities. The movie loading seems … Continue reading →

Hanna Sköld’s film Nasty Old People is a thoughtful and charming story. It is, I’m happy to say, definitely worth watching just in its own right. I’m also equally happy to say that the film is licensed under a Creative … Continue reading →

A lot of vinyl records you buy these days come with a code to download the mp3 version of the same album. It’s the perfect marriage, you get the vinyl to play at home, a (sometimes) well designed cover to … Continue reading →

The infamous Balloon boy already has his own Wikipedia page of course, but follow the link from there to read about Larry Walters who with the help of his girlfriend in ’82 floated off sitting in his patio chair tied … Continue reading →

Conehead mantis, CC image by Béotien lambda The intriguing looking figure above is a Conehead mantis. I was browsing Reddit and happened upon one of its cousins, the African Devil Mantis. No less interesting that one but I thought the … Continue reading →

My wife is doing a sketch of the day thing at the moment, leaving me rather impressed. Check it out!