Month: October 2007

[The people using it aren’t the ones buying it](http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/669-why-enterprise-software-sucks). I think this is a little bit true, but often you get the same problem even when people who’ll use the software are involved. I think the bigger problem is that people don’t really know what they want in software, and hence end up buying something…

[Electric powered roller skates](http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2007/10/24/ishoes-electric-roll.html). Feh, 15mph. Give me rocket skates any day.

[A remote control with a bigger dose of ‘weird’ than ‘usable’](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/10/the_tv_remote_control.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890). What I *really* want is a remote control like the one Superman has in his fortress of solitude.

[A camera that shoots 300 frames per second](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/super-slo_mo/casios-exilim-cam-lets-you-shoot-300-frames-per-second-mythbusters+style-295491.php) Unfortunately it only does it in pretty low resolution, but it could be quite fun. But my real question is how long it can take pictures for – 300fps is no good if you can only get 10 frames!

[Burning one million pounds](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/30/klf-burn-a-million-q.html). Yes, it’s real. And yes, the K Foundation were very very strange.

[If you refrigerate an onion for 30 minutes you won’t end up with stinging eyes when you cut it](http://lifehacker.com/software/macgyver-tip/refrigerate-onions-for-tear+free-chopping-313343.php). Brilliant, but perhaps a little too time consuming.

[The Library of Congress is looking in to how to preserve video games for the future](http://kotaku.com/gaming/feature/the-library-of-congress-loves-video-games-313328.php). Anyone who’s tried to run old games on a modern PC knows what some of the problems can be there. Now imagine trying to find a working Coleco…

[Benjamin Franklin](http://21stcenturycicero.wordpress.com/fraud/how-benjamin-franklin-made-new-england-prosperous/): >The Colonies would gladly have borne the little tax on tea and other matters had it not been the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament, which has caused in the Colonies hatred of England and the Revolutionary War. Monetary policy is more important than most people…

According to the advertising system, Facebook has around 1.5 million members in Australia, or over 7% of the population… (The US has 20m/6%, Canada 7.4m/22%, the UK 6.4m/10% and NZ 200,000/5%). If you want to see some numbers for yourself, just look at the [Facebook Flyers](http://www.facebook.com/flyers/create.php).