What a great day, saw CSIRAC as an unexpected extra and Titanic was amazing, the tour really took you to 1912 and gave a good feel of the story, to me the most amazing thing was the iceberg that was at the end, it was real ice and you were invited to touch it knowing it was NOT as cold as the water faced by the passengers and crew that night. The tour brought the story together, all the old movies and more recent ones I have seen about the Titanic, as well as reading I have done in the past just came together today. It just makes me feel so sad for all the people affected, an interesting point was the amount of crew that did not survive, and there are so many other passenger stories to learn and things to see.

GREAT JOB

museumvictoria.com.au

CSIRAC	Laptop 2005
Processing Speed	500 – 1000 Hz	2000 million Hz
Memory Capacity	2000 bytes	600 million bytes
Size	40 sq m	0.2 sq m
Weight	2500 kg	2.5 kg
Power Consumption	30,000 watts	10 watts
Technology	2000 valves	microchip equivalent to tens of millions of valves

I went to the Museum to see the Titanic Artefacts, and this was also on display….

Built in Australia, the fourth computer in the world, and it is the only intact first-generation computer surviving anywhere in the world.

WOW, hard to believe these specs, in 1947 the CSIRO invented this computer known as CSIRAC , it was the very first computer in the world to be programmed to play music (1955), now this next little gem on information is priceless, IT NEEDED STICKY TAPE, yes …. me the queen of all things stucky taped could have driven this baby , programmes were strips with a series of holes punched in them, so programmers needed a hole punch to place holes where needed and if one was placed in error or the programme needed tweaking, they covered the unwanted hole with STICKY TAPE 

After 30.000 hours of service and working on 700 projects, that included weather forecasting calculations, forestry, financial loans, building designs, psychological research and electricity supply, it was switched off in 1964

(based on information from museumvictoria.com.au/csirac/)

See the Museum website … here

33 years ago today, 16/8/1977,  we lost the best that ever was

The music of Elvis has been the major content of the soundtrack of my life, I am so looking forward to working through the rest of my Elvis LP’s and getting them on to my iPod, the 104 I have on it at the moment is just not enough

It is very sad that one person lost their life, but what a miracle everyone else survived. An amazing effort from the pilot to limit the damage when the plane was struck by lightning.

Full story … here

Click on the link here for a beautiful interactive Hong Kong skyline

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Omo place GPS trackers in products then knock on the customers door !!!!

Unilever, the company behind the washing product Omo, sold 50 “special” boxes of their product with a GPS inside in Brazil, and then knocked on the customer’s door.

It is a stunt being likened to the golden ticket in Willy Wonka, but in this instance, when a winning box is bought, the GPS activates and leads an Omo team to the purchaser’s house in order to give them a prize – a video camera and a day at a Unilever-sponsored event.

Does this use of technology raise privacy issues?

Full story… here

I am the first to say, if you were not happy, then complain..look, I asked for 2 scoops…… no I wanted chocolate   …….  BUT! in this instance I award IDIOT OF THE WEEK  to….  “insert your own drum roll” … the burglar who called Wendy’s after robbing them, to make a complaint about the amount he was able to steal….

see full story…here

If you have not already heard of Isaiah Mustafa, not to worry, you soon will, he has become famous overnight as “The Old Spice Man” in an innovative ad campaign by Craig Allen and Eric Kallman of Wieden+Kennedy. The former NFL footballer is now set to star alongside Jennifer Aniston in a Hollywood film, a comedy Horrible Bosses, among other things.

Incredibly, this ad was filmed in one continuous shot (the only CGI used was for the shell/diamonds/old spice part), it took 3 days. They rigged the 3 sided bathroom set, one a boat set, on a beach. Then they used a mechanical arm to carry him onto the horse, watch carefully as he sits down, you will see he is being moved onto the horse. Clever Stuff !! Old Spice sales soar 107% as a result and Isaiah Mustafa is a star

He made Twitter and Youtube magic by replying to over 150 twitter questions via video from the bathroom set used in the ad. Highlights included celebrity questions and a marriage proposal and acceptance !

This shows how advertising companies can take full advantage of the new world of Social Media.

link for Twitter stuff… here

Oh, and of course he has a FB page…here

Full Story… here

iPhone 4 is set for Australian launch,
One thing to be aware of would be Antennagate. . . Full Story . .here

For die-hard apple devotees this will not be an issue, and Apple are now including free bumpers as a fix.

However early adopters might want to consider that Windows Mobile 7 is on the way also, and will have a lot to offer to not only the windows lovers , but maybe smartphone lovers in general, in particular, social media fans. So get your windows live account ready to bring the experience to life

See Paul Thurrott’s full rundown ……  here

The New Ritz Carlton….. Next time I go to Hong Kong maybe, …. not ….

When The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Hong Kong opens in late 2010, it will become the tallest hotel in the world – measuring 488m.  More Pictures here