Listening to: Life On Mars? - David Bowie

Provided by the animator…

… simply wonderful!

Listening to: Give It Back (Electro Funk Lovers Mix) - Gaelle

I found this over on Rod’s blog… More really amazing work by Johnny Lee:

Listening to: Tales Of A Scorched Earth - Smashing Pumpkins

To the surprise of The Missus I displayed a good degree of apathy towards the MacBookAir. I am someone who now lives out of a laptop… and small is beautiful, but not the be all and end all. The MacBook sits so snuggly at the price/capability/weight sweet spot that moving is a thing I really need to think about. Conceptually I love the MBA, but practically it doesn’t do it for me. I think the 2nd and 3rd revs of the product will be the ones to watch. Gizmodo do an easily digestible comparison of the MBA and the other players.

Listening to: Quiet - Smashing Pumpkins

While it’s technically the second time I have seen a Reprap in the flesh (I saw one in Boston last year) today was the first time I saw one running. A seriously cool piece of technology.

A Rep Rap
Originally uploaded by flash5.

I was collecting my photos together and I am now convinced that NZ is a real hot bed for the digital manufacturing game and Wellington especially.

Listening to: Lost One - Jay-Z Feat. Chrisette Michele

A web-server and wifi on a SD-card… seems to be a sitter for a home automation hack.

Listening to: Afterglow - INXS

…should you feel guilty for torturing and killing a robot?

Can’t say that video was any more enjoyable to watch than if it was a flesh and blood entity.

Listening to: Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits

There is something about Top Gear the taps into that same coolness of racing matchbox cars as a kid….

Listening to: The Moon Has Lost The Sun - Alabama 3

Touchy Feelly

Originally uploaded by flash5.

iPod Got!

Listening to: Kenji - Fort Minor

People are starting to make things, and it’s even better than I dreamed …

Assembled

Originally uploaded by saniac.

It works!

Originally uploaded by Steve Baker.

Also:

• Jewelry by ellipse
• Table 1 and table 2 by Jeff Wegesin
• Flickr photos tagged with Ponoko

Listening to: Better Than Change - Dallas

Ever since kicking Ponoko off I have started to discover a whole range of great rapid manufacturing projects here in NZ. Wellington, especially, is a hot bed for this work. I had a really amazing experience today … I was able to walk down to the VUW Design School to check out the 3D printers created by the students … I can’t tell you how exciting it is to see this sort of thing literally down the street from my home!