Monthly Archives: March 2008

Sustainable Towers in Malaysia

From inhabitat. (photos)

A stunning new residential development is planned for the Putrajaya waterfront known as Precinct 4, just 30km south of Kuala Lumpur. The design, however, is a refreshing and original with unique, marine-inspired structures - which also draw from traditional Islamic designs - arranged in a permeable, radiating block of bioclimatic architecture.
The [...]

Photos Taken by Elephant

View at Daily Mail.

A camera is attached to an elephant’s trunk to capture those amazing jungle views.
Downer said he came up with the idea three years ago when his team started filming the tigers.
He noticed how gently the forest elephants carried firewood to their camp and wondered if they’d be as delicate with a camera.
“And [...]

Internet Explorer Flash 8 ExternalInterface Bug

In IE6, ExternalInterface.call method will result in a Javascript error when the flash object is within a html form! (an undefined error)
Steve Kamerman had produced a fix for the bug. (Check his blog)
IE’s implementation of Javascript seems to want to look for “window.yourObject” and not “document.form[x].yourObject”, so his script figures out which form you are [...]

Upgrade Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy to 7.04 Feisty

I have just upgraded my home pc from Ubuntu Edgy to Feisty. There are some problems along the way.
I am unable to use the Update Manager UI to upgrade the system. The Update Manager cannot proceed to upgrade if any available updates are not first installed, but it will just say that there is some [...]

The Rocketburg and Gettysburg Address

From chron.com by Fran Blinebury.
One score (wins) and six weeks ago, our Rockets brought forth on this continent, a new team, conceived in Intensity, and dedicated to the proposition that all NBA teams are not created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great winning streak, testing whether that team, or any team so conceived and [...]