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Augmented or virtual: Is your reality working or wearing?

Posted on December 30, 2008 by stalker

Steve Mann, inventor of wearable computing, came to the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in the 1990s when I was PhD student there. He had some difficulty getting on the metro as his head-mounted aerial added several inches to his … Continue reading →

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Bad design: Fresenius Applix Smart food pump

Posted on December 5, 2008 by stalker

The Fresenius Kabi Applix Smart food pump is a masterclass in bad design. There is nothing smart about this food pump and its accessories. It has been designed without taking into consideration the context in which it is to be … Continue reading →

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An error occurred while processing this directive

Posted on October 11, 2008 by stalker

I updated both my wordpress versions a while back and ever since I have had an an error occurred while processing this directive message when trying to access this blog. I incorrectly diagnosed the solution to be some conflict due … Continue reading →

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Running two versions of wordpress

Posted on March 17, 2008 by stalker

I set up a second wordpress installation in a directory named /jasmine so that Neil and I could blog about our daughter Jasmine who has chronic renal failure. However, because I fiddled with the .htaccess this technical blog kept serving … Continue reading →

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Jasmine

Posted on February 17, 2008 by stalker

I imagined myself as a bit of an earth mother and did the whole yoga and practising for a natural birth thing like the true hippy I am, albeit one with a great interest in technology. However, due to complications … Continue reading →

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