• What typeface are you?

  What font matches your personality? I answered the questions and was told I am a font called Universal. Interesting the way it's done. Because there's a human telling you, it's somehow more believable than if you just ticked boxes.
  Tue, 02 Feb 2010

• Cubism

  OK it's Art Installation with Spooky Music time. A one minute video for modern art lovers.
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010

• Keylogger vs Candid Camera

  South Australian Police are after a man who broke into a recruitment firm and installed remote monitoring software on a computer. It was captured on closed circuit TV. Candidate for a Darwin Award.
  Thu, 21 Jan 2010

• Games for kids

  The Age recently asked readers to nominate best games for kids under 10. Some names that came up: Aquaria and World of Goo. They're both around $20 and they work extremely well for kids over 10 too.
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010

• Crayon Physics

  As a birthday promotion (turns out companies have birthdays too) Crayon Physics is offering itself at Pay What You Want rates. So be as generous or stingy as you like. Crayon Physics is a favourite game of Computer Mechanics staff because it doesn't have any guns in it and we are all pacifists. The offer is valid til January 15th. Company birthdays run for more than just one day you see.
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010

• And you thought the Pop-up Pub was big...

  Here's a video about big.
  Sun, 03 Jan 2010

• Cheese or font?

  When I look back at the year that was, I sometimes think I don't know the difference between a type of cheese and the name of a font. Computers do that to you.
  Mon, 28 Dec 2009

• Very cool game with steampunk graphics and sophisticated soundtrack

  Bound to fail. Anyway, it's our US$10 Christmas gift suggestion. Here's the video, Here's the demo and download page.
  Tue, 22 Dec 2009

• Botnets

  Ever wondered how criminals run the bad stuff on the net? Kaspersky spells it out in an article on Botnets. Here is the short version and here is the long version so you can ramp up your geek credentials.
  Sat, 19 Dec 2009

• Christmas lights for the laptop

  A photo of a laptop with Christmas lights. Yes, they plug into your USB port. Replacing your USB mouse.
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009

• Office work getting you down?

  The USB Chainsaw is the solution.
  Mon, 14 Dec 2009

• The Black Screen of Death

  Here's a lesson in how to destroy your professional reputation as an IT security person. Turns out Microsoft were not responsible for the end of the world as we know it. Source.
  Tue, 08 Dec 2009

• Look mum, no text

  Here's the trick. You photograph a building or a shop on your mobile then use Google Goggles to search the internet. Then you can, like, send them an email asking their telephone number! Photograph a book cover and bring up the reviews. Here's a run down from PC World and here is the video demo.
  Tue, 08 Dec 2009

• The problem with children's reading books

  Is that they just don't have enough COMPUTERS in them.
  Mon, 30 Nov 2009

• Digital camera: the Fong design

  Given that digital cameras don't have to have film, why do they still have the same body shape that film cameras had? Erin Fong asked the question and came up with this design; only a concept at this stage but too cool for school.
  Sun, 29 Nov 2009

• Google history in a 2 minute animation

  And a damn fine piece of animation it is. Whew. Powerpoint eat your heart out.
  Sun, 29 Nov 2009

• Cyberbullying

  Now there's an ugly word. An increasing phenomenon as social networking increases. There are some impressive information sites around on this subject. Here is the Australian one we found which includes contact phone numbers. In case you missed it, Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year: Unfriend.
  Sun, 22 Nov 2009

• How heavy is the Internet?

  Yes, someone has done the maths. Adds up to ~500 million tonnes or the equivalent of about 5,000 Nimitz class aircraft carriers. Here's the full article so you can check the calculations.
  Sun, 22 Nov 2009

• Microsoft bans modded Xboxes

  Microsoft has banned a reputed 1,000,000 XBoxes which owners have modified, allegedly to play pirated versions of games. The impact of the ban is that you can't access Microsoft Live to play online versions of games. Serious stuff.

  eBay and Craig's List are said to be brimming with banned boxes. Hackers are looking for workarounds. The rest of us remain calm.

  Sun, 22 Nov 2009

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