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Hide your fridge inside your kitchen table

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:42:00 +0000

If I was a refrigerator, I would be feeling pretty unappreciated right now. Spending all of their existence keeping your food cold and fresh and how do we repay them? By trying to hide them by hanging them from the ceiling or sticking them in the floor. And now, injustice of injustices, they're getting hidden in a kitchen table. What's a table ever done besides hold food level? If you leave cheese on a table for a few days it'll go bad, but if you keep it in a fridge it'll stay fresh! They should be putting tables in fridges, not vice versa! Uh, anyhow, the Gorenje Smart Fridge is a classy looking table that has a fridge in its core that rises at the push of a button. You won't need to stand up to get the milk carton, but you'll know deep down that you're doing something wrong. No price available, but you should be able to pick one up next year. — Adam Frucci

The sound of music underwater: SwiMP3

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:37:00 +0000

The same technology that rattles your jawbone so you can listen to calls on this Bluetooth headset empowers the SwiMP3 underwater headphones. This MP3 player-goggles-headphone combo is sure to make you the coolest kid at the pool… or at least the most oblivious and least bored. The concept of swimming laps to music has been around for decades, as evidenced by this Walkman-toting underwater fanny pack. But no waterproof gadget has ever caught on, mainly because no matter how waterproof the Walkman, Discman, or MP3 player, you just can't hear the music amid all that loud splashing. Theoretically, bone-conduction technology would be able to compete with the noise. Going beyond this skull-rocking prototype, the all-in-one SwiMP3 is available now for $200. That's a lot to spend for a player that stores a mere 128 MB of music, but it may be the only system that gives you a fighting chance of hearing underwater. — S.E. Kramer

Meet The First Car Powered By Air

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:31:00 +0000

No Combustion. No Gas. And A Zero-Emissions Vehicle That Runs For Pennies Per Mile
(CBS News) NICE, France With prices like these, maybe it's time to put some hard thought into what we could be filling up with. The Iranians say they have a solar-powered car. Engineers in the U.S. and Europe say they have tried hydrogen. But, how about air? CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar reports.

At their factory in southern France, father-and-son team Guy and Cyril Negre insist air power is no joke.

“It's a different way of thinking cars,” says Cyril.

Plain old air compressed in the tank, they say, cheap and non-polluting. Sound too good to be true?

“This is not a toy car,” says Cyril. “It's a real car. The other thing is it's a very zero emission car. You won't pollute, there won't be emission and the thing also, you have a very economical car.”

A car, says the Negres, that will cost just $2 for every 120 miles.

The Negres have a long love affair with cars. Guy designed a Formula One race car engine. Cyril worked at Bugati. The technology for their car, they say, is relatively simple and safe.

“When you compress the air in the tank, inside of the tank, this is like compressing a spring, and then the tank gives you back the energy of the air when it expands,” says Cyril.

Compressed air in a carbon-fiber tank, something like scuba divers use, drives the pistons and turns the crankshaft. There is no combustion and no gasoline. That's why there's no pollution. You fill it up at an air compressor. It may sound far-fetched, but at his labs on the campus of UCLA, professor Su-Chin Chow is also exploring the power of air.

“The beauty of this concept is air is everywhere and it doesn't generate pollutions. The main problem is the technology to make use of air,” he says.

Trying out the car, MacVicar says “It's a bit like driving a lawn mower.”

The Negres say after years of delays, even skullduggery, they have solved their technical problems.

“You know, it feels pretty solid,” says MacVicar. “It sounds like a lawn mower but it actually feels pretty solid.”

Another year, they say, and they'll be ready for large scale production, with a top speed of 55 miles-an-hour, floating on air.

(© MMVI, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

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7 Habits of a Highly Successful Freelance Web Designer - By Andy Budd

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:16:00 +0000

I’ve had a few people contact me recently, asking how to make it as a freelance web designer. Rather than answer everybody individually, I thought I’d post my thoughts online. So in my best impression of a self help book, here are my 7 habits of a highly successful freelance web designer.
Love what you do

If you work for a large company, it’s easy to clock in, do your job and then leave it behind at the end of the day. I’ve seen companies where the staff just don’t seem to care about what they do: either the projects they are working on or the profession in general. For them it’s just a day job and they wouldn’t dream of reading a web design book or going to a conference outside office hours.

To be a successful freelancer, you need to have a passion for what you do. Passion (with the aid of caffeine) will keep you working late into the night when the rest of your friends are down the pub or fast asleep. Equally passion will keep you focused, motivated and away from the TV when times are slow. It’s the driving factor that got you into the industry in the first place, and in all likelihood the reason why you chose to go freelance.

Passion is particularly important when dealing with potential employers, be they design agencies or end clients. As somebody who uses freelancers myself, being able to demonstrate your love for the industry is much more important than your experience or technical ability. After all you can teach somebody a new skill, but you can’t teach them to enjoy their work. Ultimately this passion will be contagious and will rub off onto your clients, prospects and the work you do.
Never stop learning

Web design is a multi-disciplinary skill that’s as broad as it is deep. Every day new ideas or techniques are discovered and sometimes it’s hard to keep pace. However the best web designers are endlessly inquisitive and always want to keep abreast of the latest trends and technologies. They will scour the web reading every blog post or article they can find, their RSS reader literally building under the weight of new content. Their Amazon wishlist will be full of the latest titles and they will always have a couple of unread books lying around just waiting to be digested. Simply put, the successful freelance web designer loves what they do and is constantly learning how they can do it better.
Specialise

Having a broad range of skills is vital as a freelancer as you never know what you may be expected to do. However gone are the days when you can get by being a Jack-of-all-trades. Now you need to specialise. Some skills are more in demand than others, but if you’re the top of your field in a particular language or skill, you’ll always be in demand.

Information Architecture is a hot field at the moment, as more and more companies focus on improving the user experience. Good graphic designers are also extremely thin on the ground, especially those who have an understanding of Interface design and the vagaries of CSS. And while on the subject of web standards, it seems that companies can’t find good standards based developers fast enough. Traditional programming languages will always be popular, particularly if you understand higher level concepts such as OOP and UML. However Ruby on Rails is the language du jour (OK, I know Rails isn’t a language), so if you happen to be a Rails expert, you won’t be short of a contract or ten.

It’s important not to specialise at the expense of your other skills. Clients and agencies like well rounded people with a wide set of interests. Your skills should resemble an inverted T. Generally very broad but with one (or preferably more) areas of deep knowledge.
Get a killer portfolio

As a freelancer, your resume isn’t worth the disk space it’s saved onto. Instead what you need is a killer portfolio. If you are new to freelancing, building up a portfolio can be quite tricky. The best way to do this is to contact friends and family and offer to build them a website. I’m not suggesting you do this for FREE as this is potentially damaging to the industry and can also leave you in the difficult situation where your work isn’t valued. If you must do something for FREE, consider offering your services to a charity or community group who just wouldn’t be able to afford the services of a professional designer. Alternatively, create your own personal project or sandbox where you can demonstrate your ideas. I’ve hired freelancers in the past based solely on the basis of their personal work.

If you’ve been working on the web for a while, don’t post up every project you’ve ever done. You’re only as good as your last couple of projects so put your best foot forward and showcase your most recent work. After all, Nobody wants to see a website you created back in 2002, no matter how good it was. People are very visual, so portfolios are a much easier prospect for designers. If you are a developer or Information Architect, case studies may be the better way to go. A good case study will allow you to explain your involvement with the project, justify the decisions you made and demonstrate how you contributed to the success of the project. Above all, be honest. If you didn’t do the design, or worked in partnership with another agency, let people know.
Network like crazy

As the old saying goes, “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know”. This couldn’t be more true as a freelance web designer. The best way to get work is to use your contacts and network like crazy. When starting out, let all of your friends and family know what you are doing. Ask if they know anybody who needs a website and whether they would mind introducing you. If you are going directly after end clients, local business networking events are a great source of contacts. Events like the local chamber of commerce are a great way to meet potential customers or gain those all important referrals.

Targeting end clients can be very time consuming and costly. Instead, consider letting others do the work by contracting direct with a design agency. Agencies are always on the lookout for reliable freelancers, often at a moments notice. These agencies do the hard work of finding and managing clients, leaving you to get on and do what you’re best at. If you can hook up with half a dozen agencies in your local area, you should find enough work to keep you busy. One way to find potential agencies is to email everybody in your local area and ket them know that you are available for freelance work. An even better way is to go where other web developers hang out. Geek events.

Going to pub meets, user groups and conferences is one of the best ways to make useful connections. On a basic level, people much prefer doing businesses with somebody they have met and feel comfortable with. Next time they need help on a particular project, they are much more likely to remember you and get in touch. If they know you are actively looking for projects, they are also more likely to recommend you to other people.

Networking sounds like a scary thing to do, but in reality it’s usually just a case of hanging out with people in your industry, sharing war stories and occasionally getting some work out of it.
Manage your time

As a freelancer, you need to make sure you manage your time well, and keep on top of all the administrate tasks you need to do. Many people expect to do less work as a freelancer then when they were in full time employment. However this couldn’t be further from the truth. As well as doing the work you get paid for, you also need to market yourself, manage your projects, do your accounts and everything else that’s involved in running a small business.

When you’re busy, it is very tempting to work all the hours under the sun. Even when you’re not rushed off your feet, the work you have always expands to fill the time available. To combat this you need to put some boundaries on your time and manage your work-life balance. This is particularly true if you work from home. Make sure people know the difference between your work time and your home time. Just because you’re at home doesn’t mean you have time to do the dishes, clean the house and take out the trash. Conversely don’t participate in avoidance techniques like doing the chores, making snacks or watching TV. As well as putting on the pounds, you’ll end up spending twice as much time working as you really need to.

One of the benefits of being a freelancer is being your own boss, so make sure you’re both strict and fair. Feel free to be flexible with your hours, but if you email a client at 10pm, don’t be surprised if they phone or email you outside regular office hours as well. If you find your attention fading, rather than sitting in front of the computer take a walk or go down the gym for an hour. When you come back you’ll be refreshed and much more productive.
Build your reputation

One of the best ways of becoming a successful freelancer is to become the person people want to do business with. That way, rather than searching for new clients, they will come to you. To do this you need to build a solid reputation. You can do this by doing great work and turning past clients into new sources for referrals. You can also build your reputation by sharing your experiences and knowledge through writing articles, blogging and speaking at local events. By building your reputation as an expert, people will be happy using your services and recommending you to others. Blogging is a particularly good way of doing this and is something I highly recommend. When looking for a new freelancer I’ll get a much better sense of their interests and abilities though their blog than I’d ever get from reading a resume. It’s a great marketing tool, so if you don’t have a blog, you should set one up straight away.

So those were my “7 habits of a highly successful freelance web designer”. Feel free to chip in with your own suggestions. Next week: “What Hex Value is your Parachute” and “Developers are From Mars, Clients are From Uranus” :-) - By Andy Budd

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Pictures of new 5 megapixel Nokia N95 SatNav phone 2007

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:32:00 +0000

Announced the extraordinary new Nokia N95 mobile phone, which must be their most advanced mobile phone yet. Seemingly set to out-do the Koreans at their own high-tech game, the Nokia N95 offers an unbelievable feature-set. How does a 5 megapixel camera sound? What about built-in GPS with streetmaps from over 100 countries? Still not enough? WLAN connectivity do you? Oh go on then, throw in HSDPA for blisteringly fast mobile data transfer.

* 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens
* GPS
* UPnP connectivity
* 2.6 inch QVGA 16 million colour display
* 3D graphics
* Superb sound
* 3G
* WLAN
* EDGE
* HSDPA

The GPS application not only provides maps from over 100 countries, it also provides route-finding software and the ability to locate services and restaurants.

The display is a glorious 2.6 inch QVGA with 16 million colours for superb web browsing using Nokia's glorious Mini Map feature, which lets you zoom in and out of web pages. Better still, the N95's form factor is a dual slider, with a traditional mobile phone keypad sliding out from one end, and dedicated media keys slding out the other. These media keys put the phone into landscape mode, enabling you to browse web pages much more easily than on a cramped portrait version.

Did I mention connectivity? Not content with standard 3G, Nokia have thrown in WLAN as well, and then thought "oh go on, then, have some HSDPA as well", giving you download speeds of up to 3.5Mbps on compatible mobile networks (i.e. none at the moment, but give it a year or two!).

The N95 also comes ready loaded with some great Internet applications, including email, support for RSS feeds, Yahoo! Search to search for and find most anything on the web, Amazon's MobiPocket Reader and seamless integration with Flickr for uploading images with just one click.

The Nokia N95 has been rumoured for some time, but I don't think anyone guessed it would be quite this feature-packed. Truly a stunning mobile phone. Congrats, Nokia!

The Nokia N95 release date is first quarter 2007, and should cost 550 Euros.

LG Art Side By Side Refrigerator: Pretty

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:25:00 +0000

This refrigerator is designed to embody gallery art, earning it the distinction of being an artistic home appliance. Beyond simply implementing enhancements on the exterior design, the model is designed to transform any space into something artistic. A kitchen, for example, becomes not merely a place in which to cook, but a family culture space. It features gorgeous flower designs created by Ha Sang-rim, and its knob features delightful crystal decorations. This is the first work from the Gallery Kitchen concept schemed by LG Electronics. By-LG

LG KB6100: Makes Calls, Records Television

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:16:00 +0000

LG just announced their KB6100 mobile phone that not only allows you to watch TV via Korea's T-DMB network (wireless digital broadcast), and can also record the shows you want to watch later in PVR fashion. These shows can either be played back during boring weddings/funerals or transferred to your computer via USB for later viewing.

The KB86100 features EVDO, MUVEE music video production, MP3 playback, dinky 1.3 megapixel camera, screen with 170-degree viewing angle and no word on how it actually stores video.

By the way: LG KB6100 is 10.95mm thick—skinnier than the RAZR by about 3mm. This is the first phone in a long time that's made me reassess my role as a US citizen. Seriously, this phone is so hot it doesn't need glam shots with a sexy Korean model; it is the model. – Mark Wilson

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noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:29:00 +0000

Halloween display mistaken for real crash

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:13:00 +0000

A mock-up of a plane crash is displayed as part of a Halloween display in the garden of a home in Los Angeles October 20, 2006. Los Angeles police visited the scene after thinking the crash was real. The homeowner is an aircraft mechanic in training and the parts are from a real Gulfstream jet. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES)

Final Version of Mozilla Firefox 2 Will Be Released Oct. 24

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:03:00 +0000

Not to be outdone by Microsoft's recent release of Internet Explorer 7, Mozilla will release the second major version of its rival Firefox browser on Tuesday, October 24.

According to Mozilla Vice President of Products Christopher Beard, Firefox 2.0, which should be available on Tuesday if all goes according to schedule, includes key new usability features missing in the new IE 7.

(Read PC World's comparative review of IE 7 and Firefox 2.)

Self-Illuminating 'Hair Gel' uses electro-luminescent particles

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:37:00 +0000

Wow... if you are like us, your first question will be "How did they do that?!" This has to be one of the most exciting new developments in fun hair color products in years. A patented process takes ordinary hair color and makes it extraordinary, by adding self-illuminating glow! Voltage does not rely on UV, neon or black lights to create glow. Instead, it produces its own light! Tiny, microscopic particles in the gel come together in the mixing process to produce a bright colorful glow that can be seen in partial light and in the dark for at least 6-8 hours (technically, this incredible effect lasts more than 24 hours at a diminishing glow). The glow is bright enough to even use in lieu of a flashlight to go through a campground at night!.......

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Let's see the Amazing online organizer

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:08:00 +0000

This is the new online organizer you can see at the follow video created by Scrybe, If the actual product is anything like the video on the Scrybe home page (and on youtube), this will scoop up and slaughter the current set of online personal organization and tracking systems. Very well thought out, can works offline without any intallations, prints to a useable, portable format and works with firefox.

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Cherry Blossom Magic 浮く桜

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:50:00 +0000

Magic can Bring you more friends, that's what I believe.

Lords of Logistic

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:48:00 +0000

The Art of Complex Problem Solving

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 05:07:00 +0000

This is such a good Big Picture to display How a Complex Problem to be a Positive Outcome.
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A Game for US Air Force Pilots

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:41:00 +0000

Can you hold the square more than 60 sec but keep away from other things??
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New Technology That Captures the Soul

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:38:00 +0000

In a demonstration reel created by Image Metrics to show off its filmmaking technology, Rodney Charles, an actor, gives life to an avatar named Samburu Warrior.

Emoting by Ilana Rogel, an actress, is translated into a computer image.

For more detail, click here to see the video how it work and what it is. "Soul transference Computer"
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Microsoft and Yahoo Prepare to Battle Google

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:26:00 +0000

Google’s momentum was echoed publicly by both Microsoft and Yahoo today. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, stated that Google is making it difficult for them to recruit top talent. Also, in a move to likely earmark more dollars towards acquisitions, Microsoft increased their research and development budget for 2007 to $7.5 billion, which is $1.3 billion more than they stated in May.

Yahoo made an acquisition and an investment today, which didn’t overshadow the fact that their quarterly profits took a 38% decline. They acknowledged that they face increased competition for online advertising dollars and thus announced plans to further invest in social media, Internet video and mobile access. Last month, Yahoo was reportedly in talks to acquire social networking website Facebook for $1 billion, but those talks went cold with speculation that Facebook is holding out for a higher offer.

Google’s recent YouTube acquisition is just the latest in a series of stings to both Microsoft and Yahoo, leaving many to wonder whether they can compete with Google in the future. Google is everyone’s darling right now — companies would rather be acquired by them (News Corp. sent a letter to YouTube seeking to start talks, but never received a response) and individuals would rather be hired by them (Google recently nabbed Yahoo India’s CTO).

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CONFIRMED: Touchscreen iPod To Come This December

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:06:00 +0000

Many people waited for a long time!

Welcome

noreply@blogger.com (Onis) — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:00:00 +0000

Welcome