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I Don’t Know About You But I Want This Badly. Now Make It Happen

franky — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:36:30 +0000

Every other blue moon, or even less regular, one item catches one’s attention enough to say that one wants that thing badly. I think I just had one of those moments seeing what is sadly only a concept design by Mateusz G?ówka.

Block Valve Amplifier by Mateusz Glowka

If ever this finds production, trust me one will be mine, even more if it were to be released as a high end surround amplifier.

Valve amplifier BLOCK is designed according to HI-FI audio rules. Components which spread most electromagnetic interference (AC, power transformers, chokes) are placed in closed compartments further away from audio lines. The main sound board rises on hinges to enable dusting electronics without the need to disconnect anything. The amplifier is made from stainless steel and aluminum.

Block Valve Amplifier by Mateusz Glowka

Check out Mateusz Glowka portfolio to see more awesome pictures of this amplifier.

Google Groups Is Dead? Worse, Could This Be The End of Newsgroups

franky — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:33:34 +0000

It is interesting to note how what is Google’s main battle, the battle against spam, and once was one of the main reasons to switch to Gmail, now seems to become the end of ‘Google Groups’:

When you create a public group everything will go well for a couple days, at most. Without fail an onslaught of spam will start to come through your group – I’ve even seen it happen within the first day. It happens to every group and doesn’t matter how well you advertise it (or try to hide it). After having watched Google Groups for as long as I have I can only assume that there exists no spam filtering whatsoever. Or, if there is any, it’s the most grossly incompetent spam filter I’ve ever seen.

Or could it be that newsgroups, by their own very nature of relying on emails, are doomed themselves. Surprisingly the WordPress newsgroups do not suffer this problem. At least not that we can tell.
Read more at John Resig‘s blog.

App of the Day: NASA iPhone App (Free)

franky — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:16:33 +0000

NASA, who have been doing some ace stuff online recently, have now launched their free NASA iPhone App [iTunes link]. The app is exactly what you expect: an easy an quick way to follow the news, new photos and videos of missions, explorations.

More screencaps after the jump.

MacBook Transformer

franky — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:36:54 +0000

Some French dude is working on his MacBook when suddenly it transforms and takes off. Watch it because it’s really awesome.

Have a robot make your morning coffee

franky — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:53:09 +0000

The thought of having a robot make your first coffee of the day is an awesome one. Now it seems to have become a reality with the robot Hina from Clockwork. Besides that Hina is rather cute (for a robot) too.

Pictures of Hina after the jump.

More pictures of Hina over at Clockwork.