Michael S. Clark

We’ve always liked Weather Underground for its no-nonsense, real-time weather info. Today they’ve released a new service called Full Screen Weather that mashes up Google Maps with weather data for nothing but maps and up-to-the-minute weather info.
[Via: Lifehacker]

Robots born with the sole purpose of solving the Rubik’s Cube are nothing new, but we’re pretty sure we haven’t seen one crack the code in under a dozen seconds before.
[Via: engadget]

We finally began redecorating the livingroom last weekend, and we decided to wall-mount the television. The Plasma Centre provided all the supplies:

UM101M Tilt – Black Universal Slim Tilting Wall Mount
PAVS-2 – PAVS-2 530mm Cable Management Trunking
3x PAVS-S – PAVS-S Premier AV Support Shelf Unit

Now all we’ve got to do is finish papering, and get new [...]

I’d been looking into getting a compact video camera for a while now, and more recently since Alfie came along.
I’d initially looked at the RCA EZ409HD, but after reading the disappointing reviews, I decided on the Flip Ultra HD. It’s fairly inexpensive and very easy to use, and the quality is excellent.
You can see some [...]

Why?
Why do I have to be signed in to XBox Live to use a media codec?
I was trying to watch a programme last night with was encoded using the ISO-MPEG4 compatible XviD codec, but I was having trouble signing in, so it wouldn’t let me.
Why can’t they add it to a dashboard update and have [...]