Gates and Seinfeld’s New Family

Well the first ad may have been a low random start, but the next ad has come out to be bigger, uncut and is still about… nothing. In this one, Bill and Seinfeld have now gone to a “new family” and are living with them before they eventually get kicked out. Besides the implication that [...]

Review: Google Chrome

Up until now, Google have been responsible for creating numerous tools on the internet – everything from search to email to book and newspaper archives. However, Google Chrome marks the internet giant’s first fortay into the world of internet browsers, and my initial impressions are that its launched with mixed success. Google’s reasoning behind launching [...]

Its Moist and Chewy and About… Nothing?

I don’t know if this is worth “big top points” but Microsoft have launched their new $300 million advertising campaign with this ad about something (its just not easy to work out without sitting around thinking about it). Hopefully this is just leading up to a bigger advertising campaign about something that actually might make [...]

EE Journal #3 (28/7/08): Narrowing My Topic

Today after working for an hour continuing my general research, I started working with my supervisor to try to narrow down the topic which I was going to focus on for my Extended Essay. During the hour which I spent researching with her, she noticed that the food which was recommended to be consumed over [...]

EE Journal #2 (15/7/08): Focus on Research

Since I last began thinking about the circadian rhythm of the Australian redclaw crayfish, I determined that probably the applications for a study into the this were too remote and useless, so essentially I was back to the drawing board. Today for the first time we had a lecture by the head of Information Services [...]

EE Journal #1 (8/7/08): The Journey Begins

Recently I’ve started working on my Extended Essay (EE), which essentially is a thesis level research paper of about 4000 words which I need to complete to attain my International Baccalaurate (IB) diploma. At this stage of the game, the idea of topics and potential areas of research are floating around. Because we’re able to [...]

Review: Microsoft Research AutoCollage 2008

In the last few days, a new program has arrived from Microsoft that allows you to stitch your photos to automatically create a wonderful looking collages. While its possible to manually stick together your photos using other programs, and there’s heaps of programs with similar features, AutoCollage 2008 takes collages to a new level with [...]

The South-Ossetian War

Today in The Seeker Daily, we take a closer look at the South-Ossetian war between Russian and Georgia that broke out earlier last month. While it is difficult to pinpoint some of the specifics of this conflict, such as what triggered the beginning of the war, and what both sides have done militarily, it [...]