Stolen from all over:
1. Comment and I’ll pick one or two of your lj interests and make you an icon.
2. You have no say as to what I iconize.
3. If you feel like it, copy this meme into your journal for your f-list.

Originally from her divine shadow on November 16, 2006, 10:32am

And now… I go off to some monestry near wales. I’ll finish off the rest of the icons when I get back.

Originally from her divine shadow on November 17, 2006, 3:47am

Randomly there has been filming going on in the local pub. I have no idea what for.

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I’m sure there were other things, but I can’t remember what they were.

Originally from her divine shadow on November 22, 2006, 10:05am

Casino Royale was entertaining. Though expensive to watch as tickets at the local cinema have gone up 25p to £7.25.

The 25p makes all the difference.

I also finally finished doing the icons from this post.

Originally from her divine shadow on November 25, 2006, 10:55am

… I just had to explain gravity to my mum.

*facepalm*

Originally from her divine shadow on November 27, 2006, 10:50am

James Dean
Elijah Wood
Domino
Dita Von Teese
Eric Bana
Ralph Fiennes
Jeremy Northam
Kip Pardue
Madonna
George Clooney
Hugh Jackman
Ioan Gruffudd
Heath Ledger
Drew Barrymore
Strange Days
Ben Affleck
Stephen Dorff
Viggo Mortensen
Uma Thurman
Tilda Swinton
Scarlett Johannson
Salma Hayek
Ryan Phillipe
Joaquin Phoenix
Natalie Portman
The Matrix
Lord of the Rings
Keanu Reeves
Juilette Binoche
Space: Above and Beyond
King Arthur
Kiera Knightly

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Originally from Iconses on November 26, 2006, 12:56pm

This screen comes from the people at Innovation Lab, who have embedded optical fibers that work like pixels into concrete. The optical fibers can be lit to create monochromatic images. Even more amazing, the optical fibers work with natural light as well as artificial light, making it effectively transparent. This technology has many applications for architecture and urban planning. I’m particularly interested in it’s application in transportation infrastructure, such as subway stations, highways, and sidewalks.

This is really cool and would could be used for advertising in places that have a lot of concrete, like car parks, or just to make them look less dreary. Another good use would be for information for pedestrians on the street, about stuff in the local area and offers in nearby shops. There are probably loads more nifty useful uses as well as the usual arty just looking cool kind of uses.

Originally by Rachel from More Tomorrow on November 14, 2006, 5:43am

A new electronic gadget called the Loc8tor uses radio waves and multiple aerials, plus some fancy software, to locate postage stamp sized transmitters which can be attached to almost anything, within a range of up to 600 feet.

This thing sounds really useful. I know I put things down and then spend ages looking for them. It’d also come in handy when trying to find my glasses (if an incredibly small chip could be developed to attach to my glasses) as the loc8ter device is far easier to see when not wearing glasses than my glasses are.

This could especially be very useful for paticularly scatty people who have a heck of a lot of gadgets, keys and other small items.

Originally by Rachel from More Tomorrow on November 20, 2006, 5:33am

The computer industry faces a skills crisis, the president of the British Computer Society has told BBC News.

Unless steps are taken now, there will not be enough qualified graduates to meet the demands of UK industry, warned Professor Nigel Shadbolt.

Prof Shadbolt said there was increasing demand but decreasing supply of graduates in computer science.

As a computer science graduate, this story makes me giggle a bit. Mainly because I’m now working in an area nothing to do with computer science. In fact, studying computer science may well discourage graduates from going into that area when they enter the workplace. I know I certainly learnt to hate programming and a number of my fellow students learnt to hate computers entirely.

Coupled with a seemingly high drop-out rate for Computer Science degrees (I’m sure only about a third of the students I entered university with stuck around to graduate), I’m not surprised that there is this concern about a lack of graduates.

One solution would perhaps make Computer Science more attractive to female students – I was one of only two girls graduating with my particular degree, and there can’t have been more than 40 girls total graduating from my department. Alternatively, another idea would be to give oppotunities in IT related careers to people without Computer Science degrees, but relevant experience and expertise from other sources.

Originally by Rachel from More Tomorrow on November 20, 2006, 5:41am

Motorists who get stopped by the police could have their fingerprints taken at the roadside, under a new plan to help officers check people’s identities.

I know there’s a lot of concern about how this is all Big Brotherish and turning the UK into Orwell’s “1984″ state but my concern about this mobile fingerprinting is slightly different.

My problem with this is that the devices used to take the fingerprints is bound to be something that will get dirty and not correctly capture fingerprints – possibly giving incorrect information to the police officers involved. This is especially a problem if the fingerprint capturing surface is made of glass or plastic – it’s bad enough when you get fingerprints on windows and mirror, but having a glass surface full of mucky fingerprints when you’re trying to use fingerprints to identify someone is wacky and crazy. I’d be interested to know how they get around this potential problem.

Originally by Rachel from More Tomorrow on November 22, 2006, 5:49am