Forgot the name of your favourite tune? Then just sing to your computer and let it download the song for you.

Australian computer scientist Dr Sandra Uitdenbogerd from RMIT University says retrieving music by singing will be possible with one of the next generation of search programs.

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When it comes to the first time you view a website, what do you look for? I suppose that hinges on the purpose of your visit. For instance, if you go to a news site you want to see the headlines first, and easy navigation. If you go to a shopping site you want a great search facility and obvious security. If you go to an advertising agency on the other hand, then what do you want?

I want originality.

There are precious few sites out there that grab my interest as much as that of Leo Burnett. Why? Because “big ideas come out of big pencils”. Have a look for yourself and let me know what you think.

I recently stumbled upon another site that makes use of a similar user experience - that of the pointer creating page patterns.

Here’s the wildcard.jp.org website.

Researchers at the University of Florida (UF) have developed chips which someday might be inserted in the brains of people affected by epilepsy or who have lost a limb. These neuroprosthetic chips ‘can interpret signals in the brain and stimulate neurons to perform correctly.’ The University claims this is the future of medicine. This is maybe a little bit extreme. Just the same, the researchers are already studying these chips with rats and hope to have a prototype ready within 4 years that could be tested on humans.

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Well its been a few weeks since Kezia and I returned home from Sant Agnello, Sorrento, Italy. So I thought I would share our holiday and publish some of our photos to take my mind off of the non-stop rain in the United Kingdom.

Sorrento - home of big fat juicy tomatoes, natural lemons and lush ice cream!

We stayed for one week at the “Hotel Pergola” in Sant Agnello - about a 15 minute walk outside of Sorrento itself.

There were three real highlights of the trip for me – the first was standing at the top of “Mount Vessuvio” which is the only live volcano in Mainland Europe, and apparently due to erupt at any time. erm.

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