Here's Why

Robot Fair

A robot with a wheel-barrow, robots in rocket cars, but not the toy robots I had as a boy.
Dealers tables at the Robot Fair at the Chauvel in Paddington on April 1st 2007.

moving to a new webhost

I'm moving the blog to http://www.HeresWhy.TK you should be redirected in a few seconds. I needed supported web hosting.

moving to a new webhost

I'm moving the blog to http://www.HeresWhy.TK you should be redirected in a few seconds. I needed supported web hosting.

GeeXboX is sweet

I'm playing with GeeXboX, a tiny 7 megabyte linux that turns an old PC with a TV-out card into a Home Theatre Media centre that plays most video and audio formats locally or over the network. They even provide a package to let you compile your own customized version. It runs from a CD, HD, or USB.


Netstreaming means that I can listen to 2SER over the internet even though I'm in a bad reception area, and I can just add new TV channels by adding web stream URLs to my custom build.

TricK

Thanks to jack_ryder for showing me this Japanese TV show! I transcoded and watched the three episodes of the first story yesterday. A Physicist and a Magician team up in the first story,  to prove that a cult leader with "spiritual powers" is really performing illusions instead of miracles. Much funnier than X-files, Jonathon Creek, or The Magician. I didn't realize I represented such a large demographic!

There are three seasons of Trick!

Cheap electric cars are too expensive

Importing the Indian all-electric Reva car from Britain to sell in Australia isn't easy because you have to crash the first 20.

One eye on the Ig Nobels

The 2006 Ig Nobel for mathematics goes to Australia for photography.