Author Archives: Bryn

Contemporary and war time photos of St Petersburg merged

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Bryn

via Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing Sergei Larenkov has photoshopped together modern images of St Petersburg with photos taken during the brutal Siege of Leningrad during WWII. Sergei Larenkov’s images. Very powerful and amazing images.

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Broadband for Arnhem Land

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Bryn

From the ABC’s 7:30 report, a good news story about the Broadband Revolution coming to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. A fibre optic cable has be laid into Arnhem Land. This is great story in so many ways: The … Continue reading →

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Garrett Lisi: A beautiful new theory of everything

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Bryn

via Mickipedia Garrett Lisi: A beautiful new theory of everything Garrett Lisi discuses his theory of how the fundamental forces can be described via the E8 group.

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ABC (au) Radio National launches Pool

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Bryn

via Boing Boing ABC Radio National has launched Pool: It’s a place to share your creative work with the Pool community and ABC producers – upload music, photos, videos, documentaries, interviews, animations and more. It’s a collaborative space where audiences … Continue reading →

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Radiohead’s "House of Cards" video made without cameras

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Bryn

I am a big fan of Radiohead, their album In Rainbows and cool uses of technology, so this is the kind of think I like. The video for “House of Cards” from In Rainbows was not shot with cameras in … Continue reading →

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Astronomy study proves mathematics theorem

Posted on June 8, 2008 by Bryn

From New Scientist, Astronomy study proves mathematics theorem. As an astronomy and maths geek and teacher, this is the kind of story that makes me smile. The research concerns gravitational lens. This phenomenon occurs when the light from a very … Continue reading →

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NSW education downgrades Microsoft

Posted on April 19, 2008 by Bryn

via Jeff Waugh’s Be the signal. The Australian Financial Review reports NSW education downgrades Microsoft. “The NSW Department of Education has put Microsoft on notice after it agreed to extend its software licensing agreement for just one year instead of … Continue reading →

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Google's Photovoltaic System

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Bryn

This is kind of a follow up to my previous post on Green Computing. IT Conversations has posted a talk by Anthony Ravitz, Project Coordinator, Real Estate & Workplace Services, Google, about Google’s installation of photovoltaic cells on the roof … Continue reading →

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Negroponte on why OLPC needed to be non-profit

Posted on April 5, 2008 by Bryn

The Science Show (Radio National, ABC Australia) recently broadcast Nicholas Negroponte’s address to the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Boston. He spoke about the OLPC, One Laptop Per Child, being interested in both education and technology … Continue reading →

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Green Computing

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Bryn

From IT Conversations Phil Windley’s interview with Jeremy Faludi about Green Computing. I highly recommend listening to this. They address the environmental aspects of computing from the massive amount of power used by data centers to the chemicals used in … Continue reading →

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