Memories of Itaipu
Had to bid farewell to one of my favourite T-shirts today, I think it was a birthday present aquired visiting the colossal Itaipu damn in South America – one of the 7 wonders of the modern world.
Good memories from South America.
Latest Posts
Economy Class on Pan Am 747 in the late 60′s
This encapsulates so much of what I think about how the world has changed for people. You can’t compare this to the experience you have nowadays in commercial air travel.
[Sourced from @HistoryInPics]
How to make a burger
2 very minimalist approaches:
(original source: http://kottke.org/13/09/the-ernest-hemingway-burger)
My favourite MP3 player of all time
Sleek, light, shiny perfection.
It worked, stored almost 4GB of songs, didn’t get updates that slowed it down to a crawl, and didn’t require your facetime all that much.
wtf gmail contacts?
So this probably got implemented awhile ago, but how the blazes are you supposed to know that contacts are found by clicking on the Gmail word with the tiny arrow?
This is an example of trying to minimise the interface at the cost of usability, with negative results.