Monthly Archive for August, 2004

driving, phones, ale

Published by shaky at 11:58 pm on 31/8/2004 in miscellaneous. 0 Comments

Interesting study, A Comparison of the Cell Phone Driver and the Drunk Driver

When drivers were conversing on either a hand-held or hands-free cell-phone, their braking reactions were delayed and they were involved in more traffic accidents than when they were not conversing on the cell phone. By contrast, when drivers were legally intoxicated they exhibited a more aggressive driving style, following closer to the vehicle immediately in front of them and applying more force while braking. When controlling for driving conditions and time on task, cell-phone drivers exhibited greater impairment than intoxicated drivers.

That’s the abstract. Read on …

when participants were legally intoxicated, neither accident rates, nor reaction time to vehicles braking in front of the participant, nor recovery of lost speed following braking differed significantly from baseline.

Er, right. So, in this test, where the drunk drivers had a blood alcohol level of 0.8 wt/vol, whatever that means, they drove OK?!

[via Kottke]

mac skype

Published by shaky at 11:39 pm on 31/8/2004 in geekery. 2 Comments

Skype is out [beta] for the Mac.

Might be handy if I had a mic.

comedy phone ads

Published by shaky at 11:32 pm on 31/8/2004 in miscellaneous. 0 Comments

Check ‘em out. Comedy phone ads.

[via Engadget]

feastad no more?

Published by shaky at 4:16 pm on 31/8/2004 in geekery and shifty capone. 5 Comments

New phone is coming in handy. FEASTAD came over yesterday:

“Oooh, new phone!”
“Yeah”
“Takes video right?”
“Yeah, and pretty good pictures, wait I’ll show you …. try to look pretty … OK .. See..”

And here she is:

What’s that!? No tazza!?

Maybe her name shoud now be Fit Admin Doris, except she no longer works in admin either.

good or bad?

Published by shaky at 1:53 pm on 31/8/2004 in miscellaneous. 0 Comments

‘Freshly squeezed’ kiwi fruit juice that’s slightly fizzy?

nibbles vid

Published by shaky at 1:49 pm on 31/8/2004 in rant. 6 Comments

New phone fun: Just recorded Nibbles eating then sleeping. Will edit and post it later. The Snoop wants to borrow it to record Frank Sidebottom (his colleague) playing computer games all day.

laser weapons

Published by shaky at 12:09 pm on 31/8/2004 in geekery and news. 1 Comment

Right, laser weapons that destroy incoming motars.

“The Tactical High Energy Laser, built by Northrop Grumman for the US Army, shot down multiple mortar rounds Aug. 24, proving that laser weapons could be applied on the battlefield to protect against common threats.”