Categories
Ramblings Uncategorized

What I’ve been listening to ….. The Left Banke – Pretty Ballerina

What I’ve been listening to

album: there’s gonna be a storm: the complete recordings, 1966-69
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Left+Banke/_/Pretty+Ballerina

Categories
How Why DIY Radio Uncategorized

Pandora’s Box – An Internet Radio player made with a Raspberry Pi!

Pandora’s Box – An Internet Radio player made with a Raspberry Pi!.

Overall.jpg

I came across this article about an Internet Radio player and just wanted to share it – I really should get my Raspberry Pi working properly and give this a go.

Categories
Photos Uncategorized

Photo walk: St James’ Cemetery

I took a photo walk the other day, the snow had been coming down hard and I had hoped the snow was going to be deep, it wasn’t but it was still a relaxing walk.

I took a photo walk the other day, the snow had been coming down hard and I had hoped the snow was going to be deep. It wasn’t but it was still a relaxing walk.

http://storify.com/Defnetmedia/photo-walk-st-james-park-liverpool

Categories
How Why DIY Social Media Uncategorized

The shape of things to come Social Media Cafe

  • smcliv
    Talk about magic beards – with a picture of Richard Stallman and Gandalf the White #smcliv
  • leeomar
    Good talk about internet of things from@osfameron @smcliv #smcliv lots of stuff being made in Liverpool.
  • smcliv
    now onto the Internet of things for Chickens #smcliv thanks for that thought @osfameron
  • Our final speaker of the night is @osfameron telling us about the Internet of things…. For humans #smcliv http://pic.twitter.com/hPzTtTU5
  • smcliv
    RT @dexlincoln: New guidelines on social media charges – Financial Times #socialmedia bit.ly/UCvUOk
  • smcliv
    Talking about mesh networking for mobiles phones #smcliv
  • eyesparky
    Are we lacking visionaries to shake up the status quo and create a redecentralised future? #smcliv
  • smcliv
    RT “@lydiajo: Re-de-centralisation, a lovely word from @frabcus #smcliv
  • smcliv
    he is talking about protocols – the way that systems talks to each other – fascinating talk #smcliv
  • smcliv
    @frabcus is talking about the future – and drogulous?? #smcliv
  • smcliv
    tent.io mentioned at #Smcliv fascinating. the ghost of christmas future
  • eyesparky
    Walled gardens galore in our current Internet disutopia. Behemoths becoming the same beasts. #smcliv
  • amcewen
    Lovely, @frabcus channelling @anildash and showing the ghosts of the web past, present and future #smcliv
  • The Internet. Past, present and future by @frabcus at #smcliv http://pic.twitter.com/e9v9RWDR
  • eyesparky
    Now for @frabcus starting with a picture of nuclear explosions. #smcliv
  • How many computers does it take to run a presentation on #openoffice at #smcliv ??5! http://pic.twitter.com/8awlpI1K

  • eyesparky
    Like to hope that @AlexMoore2001 is right that game play will be at centre of future gaming. Worry that we will get Hollywood model. #smcliv
  • First up @AlexMoore2001 talking video games. And no Lana Del Rey to be seen #smcliv http://pic.twitter.com/koxILiCR
  • eyesparky
    Historic business model disruption in gaming and how models may evolve into the future. @AlexMoore2001 #smcliv
  • Fascinating first talk and discussion around the future of gaming. #smcliv http://pic.twitter.com/9RZQwRZy
  • eyesparky
    First talk of evening, the future of gaming with a little history upfront from @AlexMoore2001 at #smcliv.
  • Our compere without compare unless the compare is Val Doonigan @wimpyking #smcliv http://pic.twitter.com/34TAz8AT
  • It’s the real Father Christmas!!! #smcliv http://pic.twitter.com/mGYyAlri
  • smcliv
    Sorry yep no live video stream tonight many apols but you’ll just have to come down and watch it live #smcliv
  • smcliv
    Sorry the internet is broken in the future NO STREAM tonight RT @amcewen: @andspo @TheSnowMachine
  • AlexMoore2001
    @smcliv it’s good for social game awareness, but not sure I rate it much as an actual game 🙂
  • smcliv
    FarmVille is part of @AlexMoore2001‘s talk at #smcliv tonight. What do people think? good thing or bad thing?
  • smcliv
    Hoping to get a few Carols going tomorrow night our youtube playlist ow.ly/gaHZ3 #smcliv
  • smcliv
    Hope your looking forward to tomorrow night – it’s gonna be great – see you there from 6. Talks start at 6.30…. fb.me/1pMJKk53t
  • Categories
    Ramblings Uncategorized

    What Prometheus teaches us about human recuperation after hibernation

    On rewatching Prometheus I suddenly find an explanation for why the crew act in a very disjointed way towards each other. Why they aren’t acting as a team in the way that you would want them to. It’s something which explains their poor interactions.

    Why is it we found it so hard to believe that they were a real team working together on this mission.

    Well it’s all due to the length of time they had to recover from that long period of sleep. I know what I am like after waking up before coffee.

    They emerged from hibernation with only a very brief time before they reach their destination, the planet is already in sight and the next day thy are scorching towards the planet and their deaths. This allowed them very little time to reorientate themselves with who they are, let alone before they have to act as a team to defeat the aliens.

    Imagine how very different the story would have been if they had an extra 3 or 4 days recuperating in space before they had hit the planet. Valuable time to build the important bonds that a team needs outside of the mission objective.

    So if and when we decide to start on deep space flights then we must think first about waking astronauts well before they arrive at their objective destination. NASA if your still around take note.

    Of course a better script would have helped also but who am I to say.