Archive for January, 2006

The Pee Tree

January 31, 2006 with No comments

PEETREE1.jpgwe make money not art: The Pee Tree

Ok now this is truly odd. Some German design school came up with the, wait for it… Pee Tree.

Some men avoid going to the public toilets due to the smelly atmosphere and, unable to find a wildlife tree, they go for street corners or the facade of your favourite bar. So Joa Herrenknecht has designed the Pee-tree urinal for public spaces. His bright ceramic white colour is a strong signal that can be seen from far – making it accessible when in urgent need. The trunk offers a perfect place for messaging, e.g. “I was here” or “done that” statements. The urine is directly flushed down to the underground sewage canal.

Olympic Villages Open in Turin

January 31, 2006 with No comments

XTUR10301311738.jpgNewsvine – Olympic Villages Open in Turin
A partial view of the Olympic village that was officially unveiled in Turin, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006.The village includes some 52 thousand square meters of residences with 750 apartments and 40 thousand square meters dedicated to village services. The Village will host over 2,500 people, including athletes and technicians. A logistic centre, medical services, shops, restaurants, gyms and reception areas for athletes and their staff will be provided here, as well as a large parking area. The opening ceremony of the XX Winter Olympic Games is scheduled for Feb. 10, 2006 in Turin. (AP Photo/Massimo Pinca)

KDE 4 Screenshots

January 31, 2006 with No comments

Planet Diaz Index – KDE 4 Screenshots

One of the benefits of using Linux is choice. For desktops for example, there are numerous choices, varying greatly in feature set and style. So far I’ve always been using Gnome but after finding these screenshots of the new version of KDE (4) that’s in development may make me change my mind. The attached image is a screenshot of the Music folder view. I can’t wait to try this once it’s publicly available.

KDE 4 Screenshots

January 30, 2006 with No comments

Music.pngPlanet Diaz Index – KDE 4 Screenshots

One of the benefits of using Linux is choice. For desktops for example, there are numerous choices, varying greatly in feature set and style. So far I’ve always been using Gnome but after finding these screenshots of the new version of KDE (4) that’s in development may make me change my mind. The attached image is a screenshot of the Music folder view. I can’t wait to try this once it’s publicly available.

Clusty the Clustering Engine

January 28, 2006 with No comments

Clusty the Clustering Engine

Google has been in the news a lot recently, both being accused of producing mediocre, constantly beta, products (see Google Video), and folding to pressure by governments. While they’re fighting the US government to not release search results, they are complying with censorship rules imposed by the Chinese government. Whether you like Google or not, here’s an alternative search engine that I really like:

Clusty is a metasearch engine developed by Vivísimo which offers clusters of results. Clusty adds new features and a new interface to the previous Vivisimo clustering web metasearch. Different tabs also offer metasearches for news, jobs in partnership with Indeed, U.S. government info, pet owner info and blogs. Special tabs can be added to search eBay, Wikipedia, or Slashdot. Customized tabs allow users to select sources for their own metasearch to create personalized tabs.

Newsvine – Get in the Private Beta

January 28, 2006 with 1 Comment

Newsvine – Get Smarter Here

Newsvine is essentially a social news website. But it’s different from other sites like Digg in that it actually involves news that you would read in the newspaper or see on the evening news. The service is still in a closed beta but here’s a quote from its welcome page:

If you’re just into reading, you’ll find thousands of Associated Press articles posted and indexed faster than any site on the web. If you’d like to discuss the news, you’ll find places to chat and comment within every article. If you’d like to write your own column – and collect ad revenue from it – Newsvine will publish it for you.

Now, their private beta works on a system of invititations. Every user lucky enough to get in, gets to invite 20 other people. Lucky me, I have a few invitations left. If you’d like one, comment on this post, making sure you leave a working email address.

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