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High speed photography

Adam Hopkinson — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:09:40 +0000

Lots of photos of things exploding, shattering and fracturing

‘Creative plumbing’ delivers beer

Adam Hopkinson — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:37:54 +0000

A plumbers mistake connected a kitchen sink to the beer cellar of a neighbouring pub

Machine washes, dries & irons

Adam Hopkinson — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:21:58 +0000

A British university graduate has developed a machine that washes, dries and irons clothing automatically.

Benford’s Law

Adam Hopkinson — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:36:50 +0000

Benford’s Law can be used to show fraudulent data by predicting the frequencies of the most significant digit in a series of data

Iran blocks BBC Persian website

Adam Hopkinson — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:52:14 +0000

The BBC believes its Persian news website has been blocked by the Iranian government, after a sharp fall in hits over the last three days.

Help a young gamer

Adam Hopkinson — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 16:01:09 +0000

Charlie Eakman, a 14 year old with muscular dystrophy, has had all his consoles and games stolen by thieves. If you have a paypal account, send a pound his way.

End of the Line

Adam Hopkinson — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 01:52:45 +0000

Ship-breaking in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Therapeutic sand game

Adam Hopkinson — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 01:02:31 +0000

Reminds me of an old school screensaver I saw once, but this time it’s interactive!