Syntactically Correct

Here’s a nice collection of strange houses around the world. Some of them look like they have hard corners to reach. Enjoy.

If this was just a brute force technique I wouldn’t care about it so much, but after watching this video on how to pick a Masterlock combination lock by testing only 100 combinations (out of 64,000 possible) I’m very interested in knowing math-wise why this works. (via Digg)

Yahoo! proves once again that there’s still innovation left in them, this time with Yahoo! Pipes. Yahoo! Pipes lets a user define a pipe, which is a way to customize the web to your needs. A simple example would be “take the latest articles in New York Times and find related pictures on flickr”. The [...]

The Dishmaker, still in development, is a device that creates dishes out of acrylic material so that when you’re done eating from them you can place them back in the machine for re-use, without the need to wash them. Watch the video – it’s actually a cool idea. I only wish they would somehow apply [...]

Did you know that doing taxes might actually help you to keep your brain sharp? Here are two articles about things you can do to keep your brain sharp. 8 ways to exercise your brain 22 Ways To Overclock Your Brain By the way, you’re welcome to do my taxes anytime. (via Lifehacker)

Very cool video of Jeep’s waterfall, which they put up at shows. (via Digg)

As some of you may have noticed, I don’t have much time to write stuff lately. Today will be a short one as well: a “mind reprogramming” video designed to make you feel happy. It’s pretty cool. (via Digg)

Confused by the title? You should be. It’s a factory made out of LEGO blocks, which creates cars made out of LEGO blocks. It’s extremely geeky, but still a pretty amazing fit. You didn’t know you could do that with LEGO when you were kids, right? I sure didn’t. Check out this video. It’s a [...]

On September 4th, 2006 I asked if we were in a new bubble (previous post link). Although I don’t think it was so hard to see it coming, it seems that now is the time to give a smug smile and say: I was right. We are seeing startups starting to close shop and investors [...]

A guy, who simply didn’t own a TV for 32 years decided to go and buy one. A New York Times article covers this story (free registration required), in which the guy shares his observations about modern TV (programming, watching it, time shifting and so on).