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French Chocolate, made in Belgium

Memo to self, make a visit to Jeff de Bruges cholocates on King Street (Sydney).

09:37 AM, 21 Feb 2007 by Mark Aufflick Permalink | Short Link | Comments (0)

Rest in peace Robert Adler, co-inventor of the remote

Robert Adler, who designed the first non-visible light remote control.

Various sources have credited either Polley, another Zenith engineer, or Adler as the inventor of the device. Polley created the "Flashmatic," a wireless remote introduced in 1955 that operated on photo cells. Adler introduced ultrasonics, or high-frequency sound, to make the device more efficient in 1956.

Zenith credits them as co-inventors, and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awarded both Adler and Polley an Emmy in 1997 for the landmark invention.

Source: The Age, via Tram Town.

06:19 PM, 19 Feb 2007 by Mark Aufflick Permalink | Short Link | Comments (0)

Lisp enlightenment

My favourite web-comic, xkcd, has just featured a strip that speaks my views perfectly :)

 

04:19 PM, 18 Feb 2007 by Mark Aufflick Permalink | Short Link | Comments (0)

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