News: No need to breed like rabbits - Pope
By Robert Ellison. Updated on Sunday, October 16, 2022.
No need to breed like rabbits - Pope
Breeding like Popes also not a great idea - Rabbits.
Baby tech should let everyone sleep
By Robert Ellison. Updated on Wednesday, February 22, 2017.
The range of baby technology now available is astonishing. You can load up with a smart sock, smart diapers, smart pacifier, phone connected scales (doppler, ultrasound...), Nespresso for formula, a cry translator and of course a wide range of ultra-sensitive, night-vision stalking, shrieking / vibrating baby monitoring systems.
But all this innovation is mostly being wasted on paranoid first time parents who need to obsessively check that everything is OK every five seconds (not judging, have been there).
What I need is a baby monitor that does one thing: wait a minute per month of age and see if there is still a problem. Stay silent until this threshold is passed.
As usual, billionaire investor readers please call me.
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(Published to the Fediverse as: Baby tech should let everyone sleep #etc #parenting #baby #sleep #tech #lazyweb A proposal for a baby monitor that waits a minute per month of age before it alerts you to anything. )
Every House I've Ever Lived In
By Robert Ellison. Updated on Thursday, November 12, 2015.
Here's a list of every house I've ever lived in. It's 32 across four continents - a different one every 15 months or so which is impressive as I lived in one of them for ten years.
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(Published to the Fediverse as: Every House I've Ever Lived In #etc #bio #houses A project to document every house I have lived in through Google Maps - so far 32 of them. )
GDP, The Music Video
By Robert Ellison. Updated on Saturday, February 19, 2022.
The time on screen for each country is proportional to its Gross Domestic Product.
GDP figures are from the United Nations for 2013 from Wikipedia. Flag images are also from Wikipedia via the handy Google region-flags project. Music is "Money to Burn" by Alex (cc).
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(Published to the Fediverse as: GDP, The Music Video #etc #gdp #video A music video made from flags where the amount of time on screen is proportional to the GDP of each country. )
Book reviews for December 2014
By Robert Ellison. Updated on Friday, February 24, 2017.
The Peripheral by William Gibson
5/5
William Gibson does time travel with a twist. Gripping and weird and wonderful.
JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford
4/5
A very quick (and helpful) read....
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ISS
By Robert Ellison. Updated on Saturday, June 7, 2025.
Two long exposure photographs of the International Space Station passing over San Francisco.
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(Published to the Fediverse as: ISS #photo #iss Photos of the International Space Station over San Francisco, California. )
Winter Solstice 2014
By Robert Ellison. Updated on Thursday, November 12, 2015.
Winter starts now in the northern hemisphere, Summer south of the equator. Rendered in Catfood Earth (Windows, Android). Now read why mornings will continue to get darker for the next couple of weeks.
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Four Parties
By Robert Ellison. Updated on Sunday, November 6, 2022.
The Washington Post fantasizes about a four party system:
"If we assign members of Congress to political parties based on the spending votes, we end up with four parties. The Liberals bucked the Democratic president to oppose the spending package. The Democrats voted for it. The Republicans followed Boehner and McConnell's lead. The Conservatives didn't."
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News: The War Nerd: More proof the US defense industry has nothing to do with defending America
By Robert Ellison. Updated on Thursday, November 12, 2015.
The War Nerd: More proof the US defense industry has nothing to do with defending America
Why we don't need fighter jets. Blistering.
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News: Prototype Companion Cube, 1980
By Robert Ellison. Updated on Sunday, October 23, 2022.
Prototype Companion Cube, 1980
And I ordered my 80s outfit right before reading this... (posting mainly to test my spanking new Feedly integration)
