Cheap storage… where will it end?

June 12th, 2009 No comments

Today the price of 1 terabyte hard discs (which can store about 250,000 songs, or 500 hours of HD video) came down to under £50! I can’t wait to see what happens in the next decade if things continue at this rate… hopefully one day we won’t have to bother compressing anything.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150256

Categories: Geeking

Be afraid, children!

June 11th, 2009 No comments

Just when you thought that using fear of terrorism couldn’t get any worse, children are now being taught about the dangers of terrorism. Alongside how to save people from drowning, making sure your house doesn’t burn down, and not trusting strangers, children are now taught to look out for extremist views… What next?

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/blackburn/4425941.East_Lancashire_youngsters_see_film_on_terrorism_danger/

Categories: Rants

The Bloody Apprentice

June 3rd, 2009 No comments

It appears CassetteBoy have now started making video remixes. This one’s hilarious:

More available at their YouTube channel.

Categories: Videos

Aaron Koblin

May 19th, 2009 No comments

This guy is an artist who specialises in data visualisation. Some of it is very interesting:

http://www.aaronkoblin.com/work.html

Aaron Koblin - Flights

Categories: Links