Intel have been playing with the Itanium processor. I mean messing with the internals, like removing the 32 bit hardware compatibility moving to software emulation. CNet discovered this and got a strange letter from Intel according to The Register. The letter comes from Will Swope who I met back in 2001 at an Intel Sales and Marketing Conference where I was doing some consulting work. Will is one of these people who is really really smart, and knows it, and has the social skills to make fun of it. Smart Character…

The SMH is reporting today that the baggage system at Sydney Airport is still really bad. It seems that performance peaked at the Sydney Olympics, and things have been bad ever since. At the moment they are undergoing a $100m upgrade to ensure that 100% of international bags are x-rayed, and this is making things worse. On January 1 where the temperatures were really hot the baggage system actually failed causing almost all flights to be delayed.

When I was a baby I used to love watching the fish in a fish tank, so I am told. I have no memory of this for some reason! None at all. I still find watching fish generally soothing and peaceful. There is one thing for sure… I would never actually build a fishtank like this. Actually I do not know anyone who would. This tank is about 200,000 liters. That is a lot of water by anyones standards.

And for the person who has built everything comes instructions on how to build a HDTV video projector. Really cool.