The Geek Atlas – 128 Places Where Science & Technology Come Alive by John Graham-Cumming is by far my favourite non-fiction book to be published last year. As the title suggests, it’s full of geeky places to visit and it offers great insight into the science behind different concepts.
This is a prime example of ‘I [...]
(Runebergin torttu resepti)
For me, the favourite day of the year is, of course, 6th February, the day I was born. Second favourite? 5th of February because it was the birthday of another great Finn, Johan Ludvig Runeberg. I’ve got a bit of a sweet tooth and on Runebergs day, we have this seasonal delicacy called, [...]
End of last week Amazon pulled all of Macmillans books off their website and the Kindle store to try and bully the book publisher to let them sell ebooks at a lower price of $9.99. Moments later, they caved and all the books were back, some with higher prices.
Macmillan’s argument was that they should [...]
One of the first features that struck me as surprising was the screen form factor. 4:3. As in, 4:3, like no other screen Apple makes. First, it feels strange to steer away from the expected widescreen aspect ratio the iPhone has, not least because most iPhone apps will run natively on this device.
On the other [...]
Only way to be right – or wrong – is to make a claim.
If you still haven’t heard anything of the buzz surrounding Apples now confirmed press event on the 27th January, you’re either living under a rock or you’ve got better things to do than follow what’s going on in the world around you. [...]