January 2008 Archives

• Julius Eckert - showcase quicksilver plugin
  A pretty plugin for quicksilver, using CoreAnimation, it looks like CoverFlow / Front Row, now my default.
  (tags: apple macosx quicksilver CoreAnimation)

I'm moving this server to another host, so things might be up and down a little over the next few days.

• High-performance lithium battery anodes using silicon nanowires : Abstract : Nature Nanotechnology
  A letter in Nature Nanotechnology pointing the way for higher capacity Li batteries, potentially up to seven times current levels
  (tags: battery technology li-ion li nanotechnology research nature)

• Cursor*10 (nekogames)
  Amazing game via Matt Webb, you play alongside your past lives, solving a platform puzzle.
  (tags: collaborative game puzzle)

• Virginia Heffernan - The Medium - Television - Internet Video - Media - New York Times
  Overview of non-Microsoft writing tools, in particular my new favourite scrivener.
  (tags: scrivener macosx writing)
• Stripped Science - Nature Network
  Unintended use discovery, a comic strip on Nature Network, sometimes quite funny.
  (tags: comic nature_network)
• BBC NEWS - Universal flu jab works in people
  Noted in passing, a single flu injection for influenza A.
  (tags: flu influenza)
• Nikon D3 / D300 Vs. Canon
  Detailed comparison between the new Nikons and the Canon range. The D3 has some nice features, which I hope Canon will copy for the 5D mkII.
  (tags: canon nikon photography)
• Academic Productivity » How to complete your PhD (or any large project): Hard and soft deadlines, and the Martini Method
  I'm liking the sound of the martini method
  (tags: writing gtd)