Category Archives: miscellaneous

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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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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the post you write when you’re not writing a post

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Colin

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time can provide a more meanful context

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Colin

Another video today which will delight those camera buffs as it was shot with a Canon 5d mkII (digitals SLR). Anyway, this very nice example of timelapse video of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland taken over a couple days. It … Continue reading →

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