Futurama is an amazing TV cartoon. However, it’s more than silly jokes. They actually use precise maths and science in their shows, right down to the minute details.

A recent episode was broadcast which is the same idea i have about how the universe works. How the big bang happens, then forms galaxies, then planets, then life. Life dies, planets die, suns die, galaxies implode, universe implodes. Then suddenly, BANG. Another big bang happens. And the same sequence of events follows.

I like this.

Using simple colour-cycling, artist Mark Ferrari and developer Joseph Huckaby have created beautiful vistas in 8bit.
http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/

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Works in all major browsers except any of Internet Explorer browsers.

Because they’re laden with so many features you will never use.

Just look at this motherboard for a PC. It has:
1 x 7.1 Audio I/O [perhaps, but i prefer my external soundcard]
1 x D-Sub [no]
1 x Line In [no]
1 x Line Out [no - why with the 7.1 then]
1 x Mic In [no]
1 x Parallel (LPT) [hell no]
1 x PS/2 Keyboard [yawn no]
1 x PS/2 Mouse [no]
1 x Serial (COM) [no]
1 x 10/100/1000 (LAN) [okay useful]
4 x USB 2.0 [you got me, yes]

Why do PC users always want this crap?

Is what my new Visa cost me:

Now I can live and work in the UK for 5 years.

BOOMTOWER!!

via Yell

Nice UI for Quicksilver from Ben Cochran.

http://code.bencochran.com/bezelhud/

I’ve found this really handy jQuery plugin for TextMate.

It’s originally written by kswedberg on github, but i’ve compiled it and zipped it for ease of use.

When you plug in a mouse to a Macbook/Pro/Air sometimes you want to ignore the trackpad because, well, you have an external mouse and don’t want to flick around with the trackpad.

Apple have changed this from being in either Mouse/Trackpad under System Preferences, to being in Universal Access > Mouse & Trackpad.

Great stuff, Apple.

Whaaaaat? Yes, that’s right. A new series of Futurama airs in the States tonight (9pm) on Comedy Central. So it should be turning up on iTunes or bit torrent soon.

Also today is the day iPhone 4 should be arriving. There’s such a demand for them that shipping has been pushed back to 3 weeks.

Recently I’ve been seeing some weird things happening with Safari & Google. Lately, gMaps is very slow and takes up a lot of process. Streetview is horrible in Safari 5. gAnalytics doesn’t display content correctly.

I’ve been using Chrome for each thing i think is dodgy and each time I’ve been correct.

Now I don’t think it’s to do with Webkit, i think it’s to do with the JS rendering system. Both Chrome and Safari use completely different JS renderers however share the same markup renderer.