Transient but interesting

There's treasure everywhere today:

Clearing through my backlog of articles, I come across the fact that in the UK we throw away more food than packaging (courtesy of the deliciously named Soggy Lettuce Report). Really not sure whether to be cheered or alarmed by that. I guess, if the figures weren't so high, it'd be a good thing - less plastic going into the environment, more of our waste is biodegrabale, etc.

Then, via a roundabout route including Charles Stross' blog (which has some real gems on it, by the way), I find the rather wonderful news that IBM have a secret island hideaway - inside a computer game. In true Bond-villain style, Big Blue have staked a claim to an island inside Second Life, and are using it for business meetings. I'm surprised they didn't phone Pixar and offer to buy the island in The Incredibles.

Tourist remover

It's been too long since I looked at core77 - too many cool
things! This is worth sharing, though: a service for removing tourists
from your tourist photos. Apparently you have to provide several shots,
and the service (algorithm? Software sweat shop? Hope it's the former)
provides you with photos free of irritating people. Personally, I like
to have someone in my photos - otherwie they seem a little sterile to
me - but hey.





These
snow globes are more to my taste. Deliciously whimsical, and not a little dark ;) What
did I tell you? Cool stuff!