Archive for April, 2008

IronKey: Self Destructing USB Drive

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

This is pretty Get Smart if you ask us which is why we like it. A military grade encrypted thumb drive that will self destruct if an incorrect password is entered 10 times.
Full details at the IronKey site https://www.ironkey.com
(found via Think Geek)

 

Wii game for aspiring restaurant owners

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Forget Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, et al., and stop living vicariously through television cooking shows. Instead operate your own restaurant in Order Up a new game for the Wii by GreenScreen Games. Is being aimed to “adult foodies.
Read Wired’s full preview.

 

So, yeah, Big Brother is back, apparently

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Not watching it ourselves and have logged out of any social networks where it is currently being discussed. Not for an Australian Family Association style moral objections or dislike of the show itself. It is just that we have no level of tolerance to the sheer nothingness of Kyle and Jackie.
But, who are we but [...]

 

Australian Fashion Week

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Starts today and goes until Friday.
We’ll do some updates during the week if we see anything we like but if you’re in Sydney and see some gaunt models then please be hospitable and shout them a feed at Subway.
Though there is something that is troubling us about the quality of this year’s event. Fashionistas are [...]

 

Ingenious Consumer Flash Mobbing

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Usually flash mobbing is an activity that results in much video documented internet hilarity but not much else.
Until now.
Carrotmob is a flashmob-based movement that has come up with with an amazingly simple but ingenious agenda: to organise mass purchases to companies that agree to make environmentally friendly choices.
Read more about it at Consumerist and watch [...]

 

Quote of the Day #5

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

I implore you my fellow geeks, don’t do as I did and let your enthusiasms get the better of you. Bitch slap these losers, both the greedy retailers and pinheaded censors, put another dent in our balance of payments, and order your copy of GTA IV from the freedom loving peoples republic of Hong Kong, [...]

 

Screen Real Estate

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Ever see the broker’s screens in the background when Tom Petrovsky is crossing to Sandra Sully during the late night news on Channel 10 and think you want a sweet set up like that? Well now you can.

Ok so it has been proven that there are only productivity benefits when using two screens but having [...]

 

Small amounts of coffee for a better brain

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

A perfect bit of information for Sunday morning when you’re probably clutching a coffee at home or in a cafe. #6 on Wired Magazine’s 12 Hacks That Will Amp Up Your Brainpower was the tip that smaller frequent doses of caffeine were better for limiting the affect of adenosine, a chemical in your brain thought [...]

 

Quote of the Day #4

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Censorship, especially coming from the religious halls of parliment in Australia, makes me mad. People can vote with their remote controls, and saying the f word dos not make you an immoral person. So f–k off.
- dads and mice commenting on this SMH article.

 

Stormtroopers. Where are they now?

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Now that Star Wars has finished the Stormtroopers have finally found a new job.
(found via lithium flowers bloom)