visualise it

If there's an action, there will be reaction. This is a good example.

Every drop of water ultimately going to the sea. The sea water evaporates and pave the way for clouds. These clouds returning back as rain again to the sea. Do you visualise it as a boomerang of...

Bridging Worlds 2008 Conference, Part 6: Sidsel Bech-Peterson - The Mashup Library

[From Part 5]Sidsel Bech-Peterson, from The Main Library, Aarhus, Denmark.Sidsel spoke about Aarhus Public Library's efforts in mashing up digital and physical spaces, and people.People?Yeah, I heard...

IFLA 2008 (part 12): Adhoc meeting

Update on the Sister-library and the Youth Expression project proposals (previously mentioned here):After this morning's visit, a few of us met to discuss the scope of the two proposals.Final...

Speaking at USF (Part 11): Learning the Basics (or, "Why libraries should support Digital Literacy")

[From Part 10]The ability to use modern amenities is a skill.I see these appliances being used on American TV shows. But they stumped me when faced with actually using them (they were in the...

All-in-one furniture shopping

A new home decor website from the UK lets shoppers experiment with room planning and buy directly from a wide range of retailers. mydeco, founded by lastminute.com's Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane...

Four mental foibles we all cherish - and how to get rid of them.

As human beings, we have a natural wish to improve ourselves, and are always looking for ways to be more efficient, focused and fulfilled. However, we also have the opposite tendency to cherish...

The Sony TP1 Entertainment centre means you'll never leave home again

Once I get the TP1 installed in my house I visualise my body will somehow morph into a couch shaped vacuum and that my weight will triple. Well, why not?   

With Optical Projection Tomography, No Need to Pick Fruit Flies' Brains

Medical Research Council of UK is reporting that an innovative new imaging modality called optical projection tomography (OPT), when applied to Drosophila melanogaster, may reveal mechanisms...

Backyard Giants: Smashingly Big Pumpkins

Imagine a garden where vegetables are infused with anabolic steroids and instantly you can visualise the gist of Susan Warren's first book Backyard Giants: The Passionate, Heartbreaking, and Glorious...

Microsoft Created Tafiti!

Tafiti, an experimental demonstration site that combines Live Search with Silverlight has just been launched. Its described as follows: Tafiti, which means "do research" in Swahili, is an...

Like a Kid in a Candy Store: The Value of Excitement

How long is it since you got genuinely excited about something?I'm not talking about moderate enthusiasm or slight motivation, no; I'm talking about overwhelming, bursting-out-of-your-skin,...