I haven’t posted much the last few days. I haven’t been “busy” as such, but pre-occupied. I’ll explain more soon. Meanwhile, I’ll warn you that the very next post will be long.
Quote the Bible out of context
While exploring cyberhymnal.org — part of the explorations that’s following our conversation about the Latin Mass and church music — I was suddenly confronted by this Bible quote: “Behold, I come quickly. (Revelation 22:12)” I laughed out loud. How grubby.
iTrapped!
An “amusing trick” for owners of the over-hyped iPhone. If you take photos of your friends against some glass (or with a scanner) and make that their contact photo in your iPhone, then when they call it’ll look like they’re trapped in your phone! Thanks to The Apple Blog for the pointer.
Hubster: ultra-thin clients
As PCs get more powerful, it’s possible to run multiple users on each computer — just like in the mainframe days. Samsung’s new DisplayLink monitors make it easier — and here’s a video explaining how it works. Thanks to Memex 1.1 for the pointer.
The greatest cartoon ever?
According to the Bad Astronomy Blog — and who am I to argue? — the world’s greatest cartoon ever was released 50 years ago last week. Do feel free to disagree…
“At war” with rail unions
NSW premier Morris Iemma says we’re at “war” with the railway unions. I presume that means he’ll arrange for the army to be sent in to deal with the unionists, their welfare payments withheld, alcohol and pornography banned and their land repossessed. Oh, sorry, that’s for aboriginals.