Finding the chase and cutting to it » Uncategorized http://samjwatkins.com/blog A collection of thoughts, reactions and general comment Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:49:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Funny how things work http://samjwatkins.com/blog/?p=572 http://samjwatkins.com/blog/?p=572#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:46:45 +0000 Sam Watkins http://samjwatkins.com/blog/?p=572 I had this weird dream, as a child, of things lost being found centuries later and I have just had the same thing flash now. All in a strange bullet time but things surviving in one piece despite the odds.

Two completely different scenes which then reoccur in the dream in brilliant technicolor.

Apparently the effect is called time fraction memory.  Different bits being highlighted then the rest coming into focus - the moment I saw the second dream started, I realised what it was.  I’d first head the term from my granddad who was a pilot in world war 2.

I’m going back to enjoy. Sweet dreams.

]]> http://samjwatkins.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=572 How many cute gadgets are there out there? http://samjwatkins.com/blog/?p=128 http://samjwatkins.com/blog/?p=128#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:39:08 +0000 Sam Watkins http://samjwatkins.com/blog/?p=128

I’m guessing lots. I got an eyefull of the new Sony eBook reader today and was seriously impressed - but I’m not convinced it’s something I would rush out to buy. Maybe I’m not their target audience - to me a book is something I can lounge in a boiling hot tub with and I’m not sure the eBook is up to it (happy to be wrong here).

To be fair, it’s not doing anything that’s particularly unique either, modern phones and internet tablets are now performing this kind of media presentation very nicely now. Screens are now cheap (thanks to the Xo maybe) and I firmly believe that Apple have contributed by making this kind of gadget simple to use.

And maybe that’s why the dedicated device has it’s day today. Who knows what the future will bring?

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