Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: General
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If you are ambivalent about TV advertising (esp. with the huge amount on NZ free-to-air channels) then this is alarming. Wired News: TV Writers Must Sell, Sell, Sell. To overcome ad-skipping technology etc. more pressure to put more product placement directly into scripts.
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This week’s BBC Radio 4 ‘In Our Time’ programme is on artificial intelligence. More information at BBC – Radio 4 In Our Time – Artificial Intelligence including links to the MP3 file (podcast is only up until the next one replaces it on Thursday). ‘In Our Time’ is one of my favourite podcast programmes. It’s…
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So we can’t bowl at the death in one day cricket but it looks like we can chase well. We (NZ) just chased down Australia’s 331 to win! (And set a new world record doing it) After getting 320 in a losing chase last Wednesday tonight we didn’t stumble at end. Hats off to McCullum,…
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Still having problems but two rays of sunshine. Firstly, I’ve managed to get Ecto to post. And secondly the problem isn’t just me. Others using the similar ADSL set ups are having bizarre issues too accessing the odd site which means the problem (and the ISP have confirmed this) cannot be passed off as an…
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Interesting posting on storytelling and digital creativity at Craig’s blog – mountain masala: the hyperrhetoric of the quilt of the quilt.
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Still having problems but hopefully for not much longer. Hurling the ADSL equipment out of the window would alleviate some stress but then I’d have to go and fetch it.
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For some bizarre reason I go away for the weekend and return to find that the only web site in the world that I cannot access through ADSL at home is http://www.greenflame.org. Yet I can when I dial-up with the same ISP. Very, very annoying. But why? And why now after almost 3 years of…
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Nice summary of a talk given on the influence of Google (and like) upon the identification of critical and helpful knowledge, particularly within the academic world, over at planet telex » Blog Archive » The University of Google – Speed Searching and the Killing of Knowledge. A problem that I come across regularly when marking…
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The Slouch!Buster looks interesting. I wonder if anyone imports them here? The Nadachair and Slouchbuster are based on the ropes that Tibetan monks use to sit upright for hours on end when meditating. The monks use these ropes between their knees and back to help them stay upright. The Slouchbuster is a small, much more…
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Kevin Kelly compiled a list of his 100 must see documentaries and documentary series which includes “Hell House“. The latter being a documentary about a church that creates a “virtual Hell” to scare people into the Kingdom. Full list at Kevin Kelly — Cool Tools — True Films.