Category Archives: Scratch pad

Tinkering with nature: into the dark without a flashlight

An article in Science Magazine caught my eye. “Tiny ‘Flying Saucers’ Could Save Earth From Global Warming” the headline reads. It describes how physicist David Keith of the University of Calgary, Canada proposes to use a new technique to battle global warming. The technique consists of combining two principles. One is photophoresis, the effect we …

September 9, 2010 – 9:13 am | By Henk | Posted in Scratch pad | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

There’s an app for the web

Internet on mobile devices has taken off. Mobile phones, tablet computers and devices somewhere in between like the iPod Touch, all have mobile browsers. The Internet has become truly portable. bookmarks But the browser might soon become obsolete. Many content providers have now come out with applications that give you their content in a one …

August 31, 2010 – 2:44 pm | By Henk | Posted in Scratch pad | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

word play: how I discovered play writing with Celtx

After an earlier, aborted attempt at writing a play, I have tried again. With much more success. I am some 6000 words in and believe I have a viable pace towards the end. Whether the play will be playable, whether the play will be any good and whether the play will be ever performed are …

August 25, 2010 – 9:40 am | By Henk | Posted in Scratch pad | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Of aeroplanes and the next renaissance, part 2

(You can read part 1 of this article here: Of aeroplanes and the next renaissance, part 1) The sixth sense system developed by Pranav Mistry points to a blending of the technology driven virtual world and our real world. Although the sixth sense device looks rather crude, the technology and more importantly, the ideas behind …

July 23, 2010 – 7:29 am | By Henk | Posted in Scratch pad | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)