Monthly Archive for April, 2006

Songbird 0.1 PoC released

Songbird

Songbird

Now this seems like something worth watching. It’s an open source media player with a BOATload of excelent features – like dynamic playlists, search like crazy, extensions support and a whole lot more. And it looks like iTunes, only black :p

There is a good screencast showing what the program is currently capable of right here: Songbird Screencast.

Don’t trust downloaded coursework!

Appart from plaguarising being very illegal and downright stupid, you’ve got to be careful how the authors have used spellcheck….
Follow along at home, now

Volumetric Analysis
Aim
The aim of this investigation is to find the various measurements of
concentration (Also called the morality) of acid that will neutralise
 1 mole of sodium hydroxide. This is found using the titration method.

Even for those not familiar with Chemistry that is a glaring mistake. The difference in meaning between morality and molarity is ludicrous, yet the author blindly clicked the red squggly line and checked off whatever the first option was.

The rest of it isn’t exactly great either.

I predict that the volume of acid that will be used to neutralise
the given solution would depend on the concentration. The more
acid I add to an alkali, the more neutral it will become. If I add
too much acid, the solution will not neutralise, so therefor it
will turn to an acidic solution. This happens in all scientific
experiments.

First they state the bleeding obvious, then they muddle with their words when explaining neutralisation – something they should have got completely clear at GCSE (basic qualifications taken at 15/16 in the UK for those who don’t know). Then they say that all scientific experiments will go acidic if you add too much acid. I guess that’s true, but not really got much to do with volumetric analysis has it?

And the more neutral it will become? That’s like saying it’ll get more medium! It’ll become more acidic – but that doesn’t mean it is acidic, it just means it’s pH is lower than it was before.

Later on they state they will use UI, which as anyone who’s done a titration before will know is next to useless (it doesn’t have a threshold and so cannot be used very accurately).

The last bit before the snip is rather more worrying

Safety with apparatus

· Do not shake t ...

Don’t shake the WHAT?

Watch paint dry – Live!

From the creator of Christmas Lights webcam, Alek – an all new interactive experience using X10 technology to control an assortment of things in the view of a wireless webcam. Click the on/off buttons to make stuff light up/turn off. Watching paint dry has never been so entertaining!

And will you look at that – since I submitted the Digg story he brought his pet goldfish (called Goldie) down to join the fun. (S)He’s probably the most watched goldfish in the world right now, as there are about 450 people looking right now! :D

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TSW Guest Strip

I humbly accept your award for bestest Guest Comic Evar. I’d like to thank Grisabella and Mongo for their excelent help in this matter!

Guest Comic

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