The widening gyre...

Amazing web site - Bob Schneider Music

Check this out: Bob Schneider - great Flash site and great music too - perhaps the best site I have ever seen? A big call - I am tempted to make it...

Speaking of great design - thanks to Az for the following great design links:

* www.dvdomain.com.au
* www.spoono.com
* www.sofake.com

Inspirational! I really have to make time to design stuff again - I used to love it!

Wired News: Fun in Following the Money

Does anyone fancy a job as a virtual economist? Read on: Wired News: Fun in Following the Money

Looking (way)Back

Speaking of WayBack machine (in my last post) - I (with Nic Cottrell) used to run a little business called Web Sight (which used to be at www.web-sight.com.au) while I was at university...

...the only parts still online (apart from Eat Out) are at WayBack (click here to check it out). Not much of that remains either! I will have to post a few of our sites for prosterity - I have them kicking around on my laptop somewhere.

Cool site of the day

Do you remember Cool site of the Day? I remember when I started using the internet in around 1994 this was the place to start... I haven't used it for years, but stumbled on it the other day while surfing... While there is a lot of waffle you can often find new and innovative sites. A great way to get to know the web, then and now!

It is also very interesting to look back over the archives - haven't we come a long way since 1994?

It is a little scary how few of the 1994 sites are still online - the web really doesn't have a great sense of history (unless you count the WayBack Machine, which by the way is a fascinating, though limited, tool).

The best dilbert ever?

Check it out - it is laugh out loud (LOL) funny: click here.

ScienceDaily News Release: American Innovators Take Robotic Technology Into The Field During Saturday's Inaugural DARPA Grand Challenge

Regular readers will know that I have been following the DARPA Grand Challenge (an autonomous robot vehicle race) with great interest. Well the race has been run, and lost by all of the teams. It seems that it will be run again in the future - so it will be very interesting to see if they get further next time.

“Today was a most important first step in a long journey,” said Dr. Anthony Tether, Director of DARPA. “Although none of the vehicles completed the course, and we were not able to award the cash prize, we learned a tremendous amount today about autonomous ground vehicle technology. Some vehicles made it seven miles, some made only one mile, but they all made it to the Challenge, and that in itself is a remarkable accomplishment.”

Read on: ScienceDaily News Release: American Innovators Take Robotic Technology Into The Field During Saturday's Inaugural DARPA Grand Challenge

Windows could lose Media Player in EU tangle - Breaking - theage.com.au

Trouble for Microsoft in Europe:

If Microsoft cannot settle an antitrust case brought by European Union regulators, the company may be ordered to remove Windows Media Player as an integrated feature of the dominant Windows operating system, at least for personal computers sold in Europe.

I wish government would stay the hell out of IT! Sure, watch out for Microsoft bullying other companies, watch out for them buying competitors or remove anything that stops competitors products working... but stay the hell away from the functionality of the operating system. The reality is that the inclusion of media player in Windows only helps consumers! They are provided with a working system to manage media etc. right out of the box. If people want to use another package, there is nothing stopping them downloading/installing it and using it (just like they would have to if the EU gets its way). Microsoft doesn't stop them! If someone can innovate and offer better products people can choose to use them..

Read on: Windows could lose Media Player in EU tangle - Breaking - theage.com.au

Wired 12.03: The Great Robot Race

More detail on the DARPA challenge that I have been following in previous posts: Wired 12.03: The Great Robot Race

Wired 12.03: The Complete Guide toGooglemania!

Get ready for the Google IPO! Read on: Wired 12.03: The Complete Guide toGooglemania!

Sputnik Agency

When I get a chance I am going to re-do my site in Flash... In the meantime check out the crazy stuff that you can do: Sputnik Agency