Technology has brought and changed a lot of things in our lives.

I am surprised technology can merge with magic! How amazing!

Have you ever tried to open up to 300 tabs in your browser?

I have a habit of opening up tons of tabs in my browser (well, not 300, probably 20-30 tabs), because I always want to come back to websites that I have not finished reading.. However, this habit always crashes or slows down my computer.

Google Japan shows how fast and light Chrome is by Tab Play Project. The idea was to “Play” a stop motion animation with 300 paintings using Chrome.

So, how to do this? It’s simple, visit Tab Play Project, open all the 300 paintings in Chrome then press Ctrl + Tab (switch between tabs) or Ctrl+ W (close tabs) to “Play” the animation!

Google Chrome is light and stable enough to open up to 300 tabs, however they do have minimum requirements of the computer, so please check before you start playing with it!

OS	Windows Vista SP2 / Windows 7 64bit 、Mac OS X 10.6.4、Fedora 14 / Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo or above
Memory	4GB or above
Browser	Google Chrome
Network	Broadband (ADSL, Cable, etc)

As much as I love my typewriter “A” key pendant (with wings!) purchased at a Mountain View flea market, I must admit that this is a an even better use, due to its functionality and technological reference.

What you’re looking at is a mouse, designed in what I might call a retro-futuristic (I suppose that’s similar to steampunk) style.

The question now is, would you pay HK$1,400.00 for a redesigned, remanufactured Logitech?

Source link:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/13/rotobot-mice-the-best-use-of-typewriter-keys-since-the-typewrit/

So on Tuesday, we had the privilege of having our Italian friend, Mr. Arnaldo Acconci, come over to make pizzas for us! Everything tastes better when it’s fresh and made from scratch.

Getting all the ingredients out…

He prepared the dough at home so here he only had to knead it and make it into pizza shape…

Adding ingredients

Into the oven!

Ta-da! Delicious pizza! So quick and easy.

And mac and cheese for appetizer. Yum.

Dan Escobar is a versatile photographer who is inspired by the execution of strong concepts. Whether it’s the pure interaction of composition and light, the staging of stylized portraits, or the creation of complex environments or effects, Dan has been responsible for some of the most celebrated, image-driven ads of the last 20 years. Dan spends his spare time in San Francisco trying to figure out his kids and waiting for the Giants to win a World Series.

See more in Dan Escobar website: http://danescobar.com/

I use the term “hack” rather lightly here. It’s such a well known and simple hack that it really shouldn’t go under the radar for such a large tech-based company such as Sony. While I won’t delve into the details of the financial side of the story (which more can be read about in the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13636704), I will show you how to achieve such a simple hack.

The main feature of the hack is the SQL Injection. What’s this, you ask. SQL is the main language used for accessing the database. As an analogy, imagine the database is the bank, the website is the account holder and SQL is English. SQL is what’s used by the website to access the correct data in the database. Now, if were to be able to alter what the account holder says to the bank, then you can ask the bank to give you anything that the account holder can normally (ie. all his money and info, etc.)

This hack can mainly be done by the typing extra bits into the address bar of a normal browser. You can even purposely send incorrect data to the database so that it can tell you more about the database structure and voila. You have access to everything in the database.

The funny thing is, all this could be avoided by simply doing escapes whenever they get data from the website, something which could be done using a fraction of a line of code.

Pick-up-sticks is not easy and sad to say it gets more difficult with age!

Who says tech people don’t have fun?

Flexbook -  a flexible notebook concept by a Taiwan-based designer – Hao-chun Huang. It offers portable, multi-use computing within a single device.  It comes with a waterproof keypad and 21:9 180-degree swivel touch screen that makes it a tablet and notebook in one go!

concept illustration of the range of possible configurations of the device

Flexbook can be folded for easy portability, or used as a gaming device, e-reader, tablet, or laptop

rendering of some of the possible uses of Flexbook

More details:‘flexbook’ by hao-chun huang at Designbloom

This crazy alarm clock is going to cost you if you don’t spring out of bed immediately after it goes off. This just might be the solution for my “wake up 1 hour after alarm rings” habit.

Original article: http://mashable.com/2011/05/29/money-shredding-alarm

“Our obsession with our smartphones has grown into a full-blown addiction, according to a new survey in the iPass Global Mobile Workforce Report. According to iPass, one of every three mobile workers get up regularly throughout the night to check email on their phone, and nearly half of those surveyed admitted that they couldn’t sleep without a smartphone within reach.

And loss of sleep isn’t the only obstacle our phone addiction brings with it, as a little under one third of respondents said that their domestic partners were upset by their incessant use of technology. And that’s most likely a low-ball figure, as a good chunk of those surveyed were probably either single, or somewhat oblivious to the fact that their partners were upset.

The report claims that our mobile obsession, at least within the workforce, started when people began to value speed over quality. In many executive circles, the employee with the first response was considered to be a better worker than his more thoughtful colleagues. According to the survey, 40 percent of respondents admitted to interrupting a meeting to take a call.

Even those of us who don’t partake in the corporate America lifestyle know how annoying it can be to try having a conversation with someone whose main priority is their current SMS exchanges. What’s funny is that, along with the 40 percent who admit to interrupting meetings for phone calls, an additional 40 percent agree that doing so is unacceptable behavior. ”

Original article: http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2011/05/27/study-shows-13-of-mobile-workers-prefer-smartphones-over-sleep

With the way apps are rolling out in speed and abundance, of course people would addicted to their smartphones. People are no longer interested in “Snake” or fascinated by typing “0.7734″ on their calculators…