Bike crashes can be beautiful...

Bike crashes can be beautiful...

...if they are reversed in slomo. The force is strong in these...

Crash Backwards Compilation

Source: http://cheezburger.com/58280193
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI7AxSVeqPE

They need more training.

They need more training.

Right. After firing more than 100 shots at two women, just because they drove a pickup (even though model, brand and even colour were different from the one Dorner drove) and not really hitting them, the cops who opened fire like maniacs will not be disciplined, but instead better trained - so that they hit next time...

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/02/05/us/ap-us-lapd-revenge-killings.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/02/05/us/ap-us-lapd-revenge-killings.html

What you need to know about Sotchi, in 1.5 minutes.

What you need to know about Sotchi, in 1.5 minutes.

Mo Sochi Mo Problems feat Vladimir Putin by DJ Steve Porter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTy1XUIYUbg#t=76

Day 3 of the Mars mission: Still no water, but there's an open WLAN.

Day 3 of the Mars mission: Still no water, but there's an open WLAN.

Originally shared by Sascha Krause

Die ersten positiven Nachrichten

All in the name of science - of course

All in the name of science - of course

http://cheezburger.com/8035897344

Taking the rain into your arms

Taking the rain into your arms

If you've seen the Panda playing with snow, you might want to see this child trying to take the rain into her arms...

http://swiss-lupe.blogspot.tw/2014/02/den-regen-in-die-arme-nehmen-video.html

Having fun at work

Having fun at work

Most of the products we make are useful, but rather "dull". This one however... We are using this box for exhibitions and other portable demonstrations of these downlights. They are not normal downlights, they can be controlled, through an interface, and that interface is (drumroll...) DMX-512. (Which means: Disco!)

So on the last day at work before Chinese New Year I simply had to hook this box up to a computer running Vixen 2.1.1 and explore the possibilities. Each light listens on two channels, one for brightness, the other for color temperature, so I tried all four possible modes, with a song I had long wanted to use for something like this:
- C1 controlled by music, C2 is 0 (warm white)
- C1 controlled by musc, C2 is 255 (cold white)
- C1 and C2 are controlled by music (the brighter the light, the whiter it gets, low light is yellow)
- C1 is 60 (~30% brightness), C2 is controlled by music (only color temperature changes)

I personally like the third mode best. And after CNY, I really need to try this with a whole meeting room. That should be fun...

Bad choice

Bad choice

At Costco today I saw someone advertising electric heater blankets. Yes, you are right, it's winter, but...

First, this is a subtropical/tropical island. Second, of those cities featuring a Costco on this island, this is the warmest. Even now during this cold wave we still have 12C at night, six degrees more than most other cities. And during daytime the car A/C is very busy.

So, probably not your best idea, Costco...

Gender inequality in Taiwan

Gender inequality in Taiwan

We were at an indoor swimming pool yesterday and I took two photos at the place where the paths of men and women separated.

The first photo shows the entrance to the women shower etc tract. The sign in red says "Men not allowed". The second photo obviously shows where men go. There are two signs saying the same: "Please take off shoes inside."

My conclusions: Taiwanese women either don't need to take their shoes off or they don't need to be reminded. And women seem to be allowed in men's showers.

I broke Ingress. Again.

I broke Ingress. Again.

The firestorm you see there is the result of eight L6 XMP, all fired at the same location, none of them going off.

When the light turned green and I had to move on the firestorm was still circling, may be so even now. A result of the Google hiccup?