Surely it could never happen in Britain…but apparently in the US Hellmann’s have changed the recipe for their mayonnaise.
[via Kottke]
Monthly Archive for November, 2006
It is so rare that I actually find good and useful utilities for Windows XP, but these three I discovered today are something I wish Windows XP had been built with. Ever wonder what your machine was actually doing when the processor goes to 100% and the disk head is clunking left to right at a phenomenal rate? These recently re-branded applications from the Microsoft-enveloped Sysinternals site should shed some light on it…
Process Explorer
This is an extra detailed task manager, it shows everything about the processes currently running on your PC in a hierarchical view (to show what application opened the process). It has the functionality to not only show the current processor/memory usage, but also a neat little graph for each to show that usage over time and colour codes to show which applications are most active.
This is particularly useful to spot any rogue processes which may be sitting in the background using resources unnecessarily, which can then be killed, suspended or focussed. Unlike the standard task manager, this also has nice descriptions of the application’s vendor and the purpose of it, just a little nicety which makes all the difference.
Filemon
This is much simpler than Process Explorer, but still just as handy. It just lists all of the reads, writes and queries to your hard disks by each application you have running. Crucially it also states whether it was successful or not, perfect for those infinite loops when an application stops responding but there is no processor activity.
Regmon
Perhaps the least obviously useful application of the three, I still included it as it rounds them off nicely. This one shows all of the queries to the windows registry and which application is making them. Again, most importantly whether they were successful or not. If you are getting a whole bunch of requests which are not found perhaps it is time to do some registry cleaning, as this will inevitably slow down your machine.
These are the most popular images from the excellent photoblog, the daily dose of imagery.
Some stunning photography!
Reminds me of something from final fantasy.
This is the Bagger 288, the largest moving machine in the world, built by Krupp (no, not the same people who make the coffee machines) in 1978…
…and its huge!
[via Digg]
This is what actually happens when a laptop explodes…impressive!
It certainly makes me want to check my powerbook temperature more often, although I think the smoke would be a bit of a giveaway.
[via Engadget]
This is what happens if the installation of Microsoft’s new Zune goes wrong, and she is either really upset about it…or really, really happy about it. It is also a pretty clever way of getting lots of people to talk about their new product, but since I am one of them, I will shut up…
This also happens if you try to load the Zune on Vista…as Microsoft’s new media player is not compatible with Microsoft’s new operating system (pfft, hahah). Just imagine if the iPod wasn’t compatible with the new osx…there would be public outcry!
Still, very entertaining…or painful, whichever way you see it.
[via Newsvine]
Type in your word/message, this site changes it into letter shaped buildings from Google maps…it even tells you where the buildings are located.
Phew, I actually was getting worried that they had given the simpsons the pixar treatment…lets hope that this is a movie similar to early simpsons, not later ones…
[via Cynical C]
This one is an hour-eater if you are not careful, very simple idea…simply click the prettier image out of the two shown (kittenwar style). The site is absolutely devoid of other eye-candy, so the decision shouldn’t be too hard. There is also a listing of the top ranked images, including the one above which was at number one when I looked.
A collection of some of the earliest calculator watches circa mid-late 70’s.
Some (like this pulsar one) are actually kinda stylish…others such as this hideous sinclair one are not…
I wanted to take portraits of the people that would reveal a hidden part of their character, so i had them play videogames
My question is…what the hell game is this and where do i get it?
[via Joystiq]
Came accross this entertaining, modular shelving system by Lago, an italian design company.
Makes Ikea look boring as hell!
[via The Cool Hunter]
Goopymart brings the internet acronyms and l33t speak to life with these cool cartoons. Now you too can sound like a l337 h4}{0r…
[via Geeks are Sexy]
So we are all sure that (tiny) aliens from outer space actually haven’t been living among us for millions of years?
These amazing macro photos of bugs and other tiny creatures make you wonder…
[via BoingBoing]