As ever, Changi is clean, efficient and, for a major airport, relatively peaceful. Their free wifi is a bit flakey but the coffee is good and there are plenty of places to eat and relax; it's still the only airport I've been to with rainforest gardens inside the terminal buildings.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Green streets can cut pollution, says study
UK researchers say more trees and other vegetation at street level would clean air in areas that are normally exposed to higher pollution levels.
via bbc.co.uk
And they make open places more pleasant.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Actionsteps: A Simple Idea That Could Revolutionize Email And Save You Time
Managing email, especially at work, consumes a significant amount Of my daily effort. I'd buy this app for my iPhone, iPad and, I strongly suspect, my work laptop as well.
Actionsteps: A Simple Idea That Could Revolutionize Email And Save You Time
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670282/actionsteps-a-simple-idea-that-could-revolutionize-email-and-save-you-time#comment-589293403
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Rocket Espresso Cup
This is a fun way to serve espresso: 
Source: http://www.shapeways.com/model/577677/rocket-espresso-cup.html
Rolls Royce Creates World’s First Jet Engine Made From LEGO Bricks
If you're a fan of Lego and jet engines, this one is for you.
Rolls Royce Creates World’s First Jet Engine Made From LEGO Bricks
http://designtaxi.com/news/352992/Rolls-Royce-Creates-World-s-First-Jet-Engine-Made-From-LEGO-Bricks/
The Macalope Weekly: Trying too hard
The Macalope - as entertaining as ever: http://www.macworld.com/article/1167676/the_macalope_weekly_trying_too_hard.html
Saturday, July 14, 2012
International Earth-Destruction Advisory Board
If you're interested in knowing whether or not the Earth has been destroyed (it hadn't last time I refreshed the page), check out this useful website. Particularly useful if you're having a bad day and you want to know if everyone else is having a similarly bad time.
So many spam comments
I get very few comments on my blog posts. The most regular commenter is "Anonymous", who I've never met, and he normally writes grammatically poor advertisements for products nobody would ever want to buy. Some people might find this lack of interaction with my readers depressing but it helps to keep me from unwisely pursuing a career as a writer (which would probably end in starvation). More to follow, probably.
Yellow Jacket iPhone stun gun case
This is a bad idea. Would anyone other than James Bond ever really want a stun-gun in their phone?
Is This the Ultimate Map of the Internet?
Great graphic showing the world's fibre cables. Kazakhstan and its neighbours seem to be particularly poorly server.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Android Jelly Bean roll-outs begin with Nexus devices
So now it's in the wild. With Ice Cream Sandwich not yet installed on 11% of Android devices, Google have rolled out the next version of their operating system, Jelly Bean. Didn't they pledge, when launching ICS, that they'd fixed the problem of manufacturers failing to update older phones? Hmm. Story on BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/18795711
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