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The World’s Resources by Country – Inforgraphic

Posted on August 16, 2010 by colly

This is pretty cool. Detailed infgraphic by mint.com showing the breakdown of the worlds (previous) resources by country.

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Breaking Bad – the best drama series on television

Posted on July 17, 2010 by colly

I don’t watch a massive amount of tv or follow a huge amount of shows, but once in a while something very very special comes along and just utterly grips you. “Breaking Bad” is a series by the AMC network … Continue reading →

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I wish I was this productive when I wasted my Degree

Posted on May 13, 2010 by colly

You have to watch this, brilliantly funny and clever – a few guys made a generic trailer for the type of movie that wins Oscars, with all the usual cliche’s… Genius!

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I want one of these

Posted on April 19, 2010 by colly

Designed by Philippe Starck for Andrey Melnichenko. Wow.

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Laughable Irish Speed Limits

Posted on April 14, 2010 by colly

I was just on a weekend away down south, and here are a few photos I took: On this tiny little dirt road, apparently our often overprotective government, think its perfectly ok to do up to 80kph while driving on … Continue reading →

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Statistical chance of being a Terrorist Victim in Flight

Posted on March 17, 2010 by colly

Came across this great little pictograph today and thought it was worth sharing. Some smart person has sat down and calculated the statistial chances of being involved in a terrorist attach while in flight. Funnily enough you are 20 times … Continue reading →

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Weird Robots

Posted on March 15, 2010 by colly

We all knew this would happen some day. A company called Boston Dynamics has created some pretty freaky animal/human like robots that move in a familiar but still quite strange way. Check out these video’s:

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New Mix – Colly Live @ Laundry – Hogan’s

Posted on March 11, 2010 by colly

So my clubnight Laundry licked off again last weekend. We’re really happy with the venue, it’s a cavernous basement with old style charm but perfectly accessible for a club setup with two interconnecting rooms with a bar that stretches between … Continue reading →

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This is how small we really are…

Posted on December 23, 2009 by colly

Fantastic animation here showing just how big the universe is:

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Automatic Twitter Updates

Posted on December 23, 2009 by colly

I love the way wordpress has some funky little plugins. This one: http://www.joedolson.com/articles/wp-to-twitter/ auomatically tweets any new post you do on your wordpress blog test

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Google Chrome gets Extensions and becomes pretty much perfect.

Posted on December 10, 2009 by colly

If you are still using the windows default Internet Explorer to browse the internet, shame on you, its a truly shockingly bad piece of software and should be banned.  Firefox has been very popular for a long time and when … Continue reading →

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Panasonic to cease production of Technics 1210 Turntables in 2010

Posted on November 27, 2009 by colly

Panasonic stop production Technics turntables in 2010 The DJing community and the greater dance music scene mourns the loss of a clubbing staple today. Iconic turntable manufacturers Technics will be stopping production on their universally loved Technics 1200s and Technics … Continue reading →

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Finally – Real World Enterprise Collaboration

Posted on November 23, 2009 by colly

Salesforce have just announced a new Enterprise Collaboration playform. It’s kinda like Google Wave meets Facebook + Twitter. Looks very impressive!

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Left v Right

Posted on October 21, 2009 by colly

I’m sure I’m not the only one who gets confused sometimes by political terms – even ones as simple as the differnce between Left Wing and Right Wing. This is a nice little image that makes it all pretty clear. … Continue reading →

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Laptops of the Future

Posted on October 17, 2009 by colly

This is just a design concept video, but the future is really not that far away. Pretty cool.

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