UbiKann

UbiKann is a blog/site managed by  John Garner. He's been adding to it, on add off in various forms, since the 90s.

Get your smartphone to count calories

As explained over on TechCrunch you may think the below is an April fools but apparently not! Check out what is "expected" as calories for a few cashew nuts. Imagine if you had a bag of them, they'd be deadly. And well here's a link for checking out the app However on a more serious […]
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Babies talk about Google's +1

OK you should probably only watch this once, as it may get annoying, listening to it again, so here is an exposé about Google +1, "from the babies mouth" as they say: Quote: "This is going to change everything" "Talk to the hand bill" It's a translation version of the viral twin baby video... Check […]
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Avoiding shadows with a single core LED light bulb

As can be seen below image + video the new Panasonic LED light by using a single core led avoids shadows that are formed by multiple LEDs The principle of having a single LED as illustrated in screenshot from the video gets rid of numerous shadows that are created when multiple LEDs are used in […]
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A musical fork: EaTheremin

Using the body as a conductor and part of the overall circuit to create sounds, different types of food create different sounds! Via http://www.diginfo.tv/
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Dell ATG E6420 starting at $2,294.00

The Dell US shop has (hidden at the moment edit: sorry has now been deleted from the catalogue) the Dell LAtitide ATG E 6420, Intel® Core™ i5-2520M (2.50GHz, 3M cache) 250GB/2GB, starting from $2,294.00 with current reductions it brings the price down to $1,949.00 : Configure your Dell LAtitide ATG E 6420 from $2,294.00 tag […]
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Kinect hack to manage home lighting system

No I'm not obsessed with the Xbox, I don't even have one, but this is pretty cool, where you can see that the Kinect (with major hacking and programming) is used to manage the whole lighting system within the flat... Simple really, lol 😉
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Add to the mixer: Windows phone and kinect for Xbox...

Posted by Riaz (whose soul belongs to Mr Gates) on Linkedin The concept looks fun but, oh my does the video just not have the glossy edge to it...
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Audition and maybe get tickets for the Cannes film festival...

...courtesy of Stella Artois in a very creative/imaginative campaign for the brand behind the beer: Check ou the campaign blog: http://www.pwrnewmedia.com/2011/anheuser-busch/stellaartois.com/media/en/pages/video.html And obviously let the fun begin by trying out the audition to see your webcam feed used in the screening audition process... The Cannes audition process may commence from here Enjoy
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Atrix: Motorola bringing you the dream setup

Just checking out the Engadget site specifically the "Motorola Atrix 4G, HD multimedia dock, and laptop dock hands-on" post and what can say but WOW. I think this looks like a dream come true and if they have put a decent camera in there I think I'm in love... The laptop dock is basically a […]
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Checking the speed of your pages for SEO

You may have recently seen articles that explain how Google will be checking the speed at which your pages load and will be using it in their page ranking system. I had read about it on the Register's article "Google tweaks search results with mystery site speedometer". I then realised that a company I have […]
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An iPad, a cat and a videorecorder...

...oh and the cat's friend who seems to know a little bit more than the cat does about the iPad and is probably the one that bought the iPad for his cat 😉 Don't usually like stuff videos with animals in it, yes I'm talking about the cat 😉
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Apple software not so secure?

Following a tweet on LinkedIn from Laurent VERMOT-GAUCHY : #news Apple software more vulnerable than Microsoft, security expert says http://goo.gl/fb/DpejF The LA Times article he refers to, indicates that a security expert raises doubts about Apple's claims that their software is more secure than Microsoft's: In Apple's famous "I'm a Mac" TV commercials, the Cupertino […]
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Social Media Dorks viral video

Being open about creating a video for it to go viral is pretty honest no? And all this to promote a service called grasshopper!
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Barcelona photos from last week-end

I took the below pictures below last week-end in Barcelona. I went to see a Depeche Mode concert with my best friend Amandine and we all had a great time with Caroline, Agathe and Mehran. If you like these you may want to check out the set of photos Enjoy
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Now is the time to start your company...

According to an article over at FastCompany, now is a good time to start a company. The article depicts the current trends and examples of the current profiles of entrepreneurs, far more people are sticking to their current jobs while only the "wild-eyed" ones are sticking to their guns and embracing the obstacles that didn't […]
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