Class 3 Outbreak is a sandbox zombie outbreak simulator done via Google Maps where you can control the spread of the zombie infection and the speed of those infected.

Filed under: wish-I’d-thought-of-that.

I’ve just released the first public beta of Showtime, a fun little iPhone app that lets you know when new episodes of your favourite TV shows air. It’s powered by the excellent jQTouch.

The application itself is fairly simple. You add your favourite shows to your ‘watchlist’ and when new episodes become available they’re shown with a star beside their name:

Tapping any episode in your watchlist will give you extra details on the latest episode. Once you’ve seen it, just hit ‘I’ve seen this episode’ and the star indicator will disappear.

If you do try it out, please feel free to leave me feature requests and bug reports here. Thanks!

The creators of the worlds ‘deepest bin’ believe in the fun theory.

An interesting read on HTML powered iPhone application development.

This is great. Via Maniacal Rage.

A Wall-E made out of lego. That is all.

A wonderful post over at io9 sheds some light on the Where the Wild Things Are adaption.

One major, significant change from the original book is the way Max enters the world of the Wild Things. In the book, his bedroom transforms into a lush forest. (”That very night in Max’s room a forest grew, and grew — and grew until his ceiling hung with vines and the walls became the world all around.”) But in the movie, Max runs away from home, running down city streets and past dark parking lots, until he finds a waterfront with a boat, and then he sails to the world of the Wild Things.

Wonderful set of pictures on the inspiration for the IBM Thinkpad.

This is the notepad (the pencil and paper kind) that in the late 80s / early 90s inspired an IBM researcher to name the company’s new mobile computer the ThinkPad.

Anneka Tran’s 3d work is absolutely amazing. Her blog isn’t bad, either. It’s nice to see such a fantastic illustrator living this side of the pond.

PCWorld has an interesting article on the EU volume restrictions for personal music players.

• 80 decibels is equivalent to the level of noise you’d hear on a busy city street;
• 90 decibels is lawnmower-like loudness;
• 110 is as ear-shattering as a loud rock concert;
• 120 to 130 matches the level of an airliner taking off — or, in less technical terms, “GET USED TO PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVING TO SHOUT AT YOU!”