Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff

• Sun, 16:42: That was my duck egg sandwich. http://t.co/9hzmN84K
• Sun, 16:55: Weird thought running through my head: Al Pacino's Live Tiles on the Microsoft Scarface.
• Sun, 17:03: Recent Reads: Brain Thief. Alexander Jablokov channels Rucker and Pynchon in a rogue AI/serial killer caper. Situationist comedy.
• Sun, 17:06: Recent Reads: The Rapture Of The Nerds. Stross and Doctorow satirise the post-human condition. A comedy of very human errors ensue.
• Sun, 19:11: Bilbo's #wp8 http://t.co/nalST7iI
• Sun, 21:21: RT @kwjeter: Doing me a favor if u retweet: My story LAYOVER free 2day @amazon http://t.co/HAsZ7lnB &UK http://t.co/xkWJR8Pi #kindle ...
• Sun, 21:21: RT @ianbetteridge: End of an era: Sony ceases production on cassette player/recorders http://t.co/S6Qkuzt7
• Mon, 00:12: EWR, in the new Virgin Lounge. Heading to LHR and home...
• Mon, 00:28: RT @justinpickard: "Your bitcoins are loaded on a USB stick and strapped to a carrier pigeon" is the new "your cheque is in the mail."
• Mon, 01:41: Got the new Laura Resnick Esther Diamond novel to read on the plane. Off off off Broadway magical mystery theatricals. This time with elves.

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I have a new phone, a shiny red Nokia Lumia 920.

Among its many nifty features is a fun little camera app, Cinemagraph. It takes a short image loop and lets you convert it into a simple animated GIF. Like this:



A quick way to share images of these animated Christmas lights in New York.

Fun!