sodaplay

sodaplay [http://www.sodaplay.com/] is a wire-frame constructor and simulation modeller to create fluid, lifelike creatures that walk, roll and slink across the screen.…

The Life and Art of Charlie Chaplin

Yesterday night, SBS featured a documentary on Charlie Chaplin [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin] (1889-1977). Said to be an insight into one of the greatest figures of world cinema, from acclaimed documentary filmmaker Robert Schickel. It was a fascinating documentary — a great blend of film clips, rare footage…

Amount of sleep needed

Just something I’ve been wondering for a while — does the amount of sleep vary for each person? > Everyone’s individual sleep needs vary. In general, most healthy adults are built for 16 hours of wakefulness and need an average of eight hours of sleep a night. However, some…

I just shot John Lennon

Only a few hours before John Lennon’s grisly murder on Dec. 8, 1980, photographer Annie Leibovitz captured the cool Beatle and his icy wife, Yoko Ono, in an oddly seductive pose. Yesterday, the American Society of Magazine Editors named it the greatest magazine cover [http://www.news24.com/News24/…

Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes

Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes [http://www.useit.com/alertbox/weblogs.html]. Some great tips there! I seem to be making 4 of the mistakes on my blog: No Author Photo, Nondescript Posting Titles (for some personal posts), Classic Hits are Buried, and Mixing Topics (for the most…

The Bogey Nature

Its funny and a bit weird as well how news is often ironical. The information mesh in today’s digital world is often sarcastic on human progression. What made me put this thought down was actually a recent news story titled Quake rescuers send mules to remote valleys [http://today.…