Vertigo sufferers can now push their fears right over the edge in the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere.

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Firefox 3.5 has been released and it’s the greatest, fastest version yet. As it’s so quick they’ve enlisted some high speed individuals to help promote it such as the amazingly nimble lad above.

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The iphone, wonder gadget of the techno world. What can you do with one? The answer is everything, you can even phone people. One definite owner of the iPhone is Mr Jorge Colombo and he knows how to use it. Mr Colombo has recently designed the new cover for the New York based New York Magazine The New Yorker.

Using an Apple App called Brushes he parades the city in the night, capturing the sights with his sturdy finger. Here is a short video plotting his process for the New Yorker cover. (I am aware that this topic has appeared on quite a few other blogs but I hadn’t seen the video on one yet, except the New Yorker one)

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A very impressive bit of Friday fun from some students in Poland.

What a cool watch, it has LCD screens inbetween the braclet links! I want one, but it will probably cost an arm and four legs. It was designed by Hiranao Tsuboi.

He has the ability to look at everyday objects in a completely new way. Only a real design talent could breath new life into mundane objects such as umbrellas and light bulbs.

Joe Ferry, Head of Design at Virgin Atlantic,

Via: Creative Review Blog

The Verbarius clock, designed by the same people as the amazing Optimus Maximus keyboard, tells the time the way people do. Rather than using numbers it spells time differently every minute. For example it might say either forty-five minutes past four, or fifteen minutes to five, or four forty-five, or a quarter to five. It’s multiligual and looks rather sexy in a minimalist way.
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Once upon a time when the internet was young and a 56k modem was an item of envy there were two main web browsers battling for supremacy, Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer. After a long, hard fought fight Internet Explorer won the war and became the browser of choice with nearly 95% of the market, and it’s remained top of the pile ever since. At it’s peak it was arguably the best browser on the market but in recent years the competition have regrouped and launched a major offensive, the two main combatants are Mozilla’s Firefox and Apple’s Safari with the former in particular taking great strides into Internet Explorer territory. As a web developer at Betley Whitehorne I feel it’s my responsibility to educate you as to why you NEED to update your browser. This little quote might help convince you:

In 2006, citing its lack of security, PC World magazine named Internet Explorer 6 eighth on their list of the “25 worst tech products of all time”.

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