Elljay

John Winters — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:29:19 +0000

I’m sorry, but this is just the sort of thing that used to menace Doctor Who in the early 60s

John Winters — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:38:18 +0000

Precise Path Robotics, Purveyor Of Hat-Wearing Lawn Mowing Robots, Raises $4.5 Million.

This is it, people

John Winters — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:14:26 +0000

Neurons to power future computers:

“It might mean that computers learn to see or to hear in the future rather than just rely on sensors.”

I’m going to move to Lewis where the robots won’t be able to find me.

They’ve found an 18th century schooner under the World Trade Center

John Winters — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:10:57 +0000

Full story and pics at the New York Times, even if it does include the clumsiest opening sentence I’ve read this year.

OH

John Winters — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:55:42 +0000

“Alexa Chung was at that secret Strokes gig last night. I find her really irritating.”
“I’d like to find her really irritating. By rubbing her all over myself until I went red.”

Missed the last train

John Winters — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:18:29 +0000

…but London’s still beautiful

Me in the arse

John Winters — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:02:29 +0000

That’s about it.

Huge and terrifying Guatemalan sinkhole

John Winters — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:51:54 +0000

Gizmodo reports that tropical storm Agatha caused this sinkhole to open up in Ciudad de Guatemala. Apparently it swallowed a house and a three-storey building.

Live from the sea bed

John Winters — Wed, 26 May 2010 19:45:24 +0000

So we all know that BP are trying to plug the Gulf oil spill by top filling it with mud…live on the internet, right?

The Facebook Effect

John Winters — Thu, 06 May 2010 13:18:59 +0000

Really interesting excepts from David Kirkpatrick’s new book about the birth of Facebook over at Techcrunch.com.