Author Archives: Colin

rewind history with timelapse satellite images

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Colin

Here’s a link to a PhotoMap (satellite image) by NearMaps that shows the development of the site for the new Western Heights Secondary College in Geelong as at 9th November 2009. View Large Map You can see the date of … Continue reading →

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virtual choir (a special type of collaboration)

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Colin

Don’t know why I hadn’t come across this before, but Eric Whitacre’s virtual choir is an interesting concept. The composer invites people to participate, sends them out a score, and they video record their part independently and post to youtube. … Continue reading →

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do you mean what you said?

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Colin

The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words. 1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs. 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how … Continue reading →

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how realistic is the projection?

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Colin

Here’s a geography lesson and could come in handy as a party trick… I’m still coming to understand that there are different ways to represent the earth on a map or in an atlas. There’s a number of different map … Continue reading →

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I’m watching you watching me…

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Colin

Considering recent Facebook controversies, this week’s contribution gives a cheeky nod to issues of privacy. Niklas Roy’s, “My little piece of Privacy” is a robotic curtain that he recently installed in the window of his workshop. Niklas’ ‘curtain’ protects his … Continue reading →

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can you buy musical instruments from the grocer?

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Colin

Just in case you were going to be sitting around on a (potentially cold & rainy) weekend – here’s some inspiration to go and raid the veggie crisper draws in your fridge. No, not to make some soup (although you … Continue reading →

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when an innovation may not be an improvement

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Colin

Seeing as the iPad is becoming fairly popular and in demand, we should be prepared for the uptake and support those users who might want to be able to use the device while driving the car.  Here’s an innovative solution … Continue reading →

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what might happen at home when you’re not there

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Colin

‘Music for One Apartment and Six Drummers’ is something for all you musicians out there. A video/story by Sound of Noise who will surprise you with their imagination drum up some percussion & rhythm in an apartment while the owners … Continue reading →

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visualising what google has become – knowledgable

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Colin

I was going to do a post on Jack Rebney but decided against it (I’ll be writing something about the Winnebago Man elsewhere). Instead here’s a link to a post entitled: Google This – 13 Years of World Domination Visualized. … Continue reading →

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animated news stories allow for parody

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Colin

I know the Australian federal election is all over, but we need some cheering up after what was a rather strange process. From Next Media Animation.tv we have this animated news item called ‘Australia goes to the polls’. Catch more … Continue reading →

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