Gizmodo: Poetry

One Day Poem Pavilion: The Sun's Powerful Rays Become Cheesy Couplets In Art-School Photosynthesis

Wilson Rothman — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:30:00 EDT

Solar power doesn't just have to be for them holier-than-thou green types, it can also be for the filthy rich—or for lovelorn poets. Art Center student Jiyeon Song made the One Day Poem Pavilion of boards with holes punched at different angles. Depending on the angle of the sun to the earth where the pavilion sits, different parts of the poem shine through. After about five hours, you will have the complete message. I just thought of something: This dot-matrix sundial technique could easily be used to make a solar "digital" clock, by showing times instead of stanzas. Calibration would be a bitch, but someone could do it. Phil Torrone, are you hearing me?? [Project Page via Geekologie]

Shitting On Vista Isn't Just a Metaphor Anymore

Benny Goldman — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:43:23 EDT

Though Vista's had its share of bugs, flaws, and faults,
a patch coming soon should bring some good results.
But at the end of the day, when all's said and done,
We'll still be wiping our asses with Service Pack 1. [Impress]

Video: Hitachi 1.5-Inch Thin Monitor Haiku

Charlie White — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:43:11 EST

Dancing monitors
Trade show proof that you can't be
Too rich or too thin

FrankenHaiku: Nokia N95

Mark Wilson — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:45:45 EDT

In their initial press release, Nokia called their N95 "what computers have become." It wasn't just a new phone, or even a new smartphone. The N95 was the evolution of the computer.

In short, we were reading PR poetry. And as it is known, there is only one way to counter PR poetry: dorky tech reviewer poetry.

So for this week's Frankenreview, we decided to abandon the traditional pullquotes and call in some favors to our fellow N95 reviewers.

Hit the jump to read—in Haiku form—what GigaOM, PCWorld, LAPTOP, MobileBurn and, of course, Gizmodo, had to say about the Nokia N95.

*This score does not represent the official PC World ranking, and is instead based upon reviewer Melissa Perenson's Melissometer(tm).

Five megapixels
GPS, 3G, nice screen
Here (unlike iPhone)
- Harry McCracken, Editor in Chief, PCWorld

Fast surfing, sharp pics
Shows you nearest ATMs
Too bad cash is gone
- Mark "Scoopy" Spoonauer, Editor in Chief, LAPTOP

Slick dual slide smartphone
More tech than Optimus Prime
Shame it has no juice
- Michael Oryl, Editor in chief, MobileBurn

He doesn't like poems
But we enjoyed his review
So we have it here
- Om Malik, Editor, GigaOM (POA Mark Wilson)

Like a concept phone
Great Cam, Nav, Endless Features
Shoddy Build, Battery
- Brian Lam, Editor, Gizmodo

– Mark Wilson

Specs
OS: Series 60 (Symbian)
Bands: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (in the U.S.)
Data: EDGE, Wi-Fi
Display: 2.6 inches (320 x 240 pixels, 16 million colors)
Bluetooth: 2.0
Memory: 160MB
Expansion: microSD
Talk/Standby Time: 3.5 hours/9 days
Weight: 4.2 ounces
Size: 3.9 x 2.1 0.8 inches

Apple Hides One-Eyed-Willy-esque Poems in OS X

johnb — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:27:56 EST

OS X hackers have found a cute little poem inside the Apple kernel. It's a warning would-be plunderers to leave the OS be. The poem, which appears in locations that could potentially be edited in order to slam OS X onto commodity Intel hardware, implores hAXorZ to stay away.

The embedded poem reads: "Your karma check for today: There once was a user that whined/his existing OS was so blind/he'd do better to pirate/an OS that ran great/but found his hardware declined./Please don't steal Mac OS!/Really, that's way uncool./(C) Apple Computer, Inc."

Sloth love Chunk, indeed.
Apple Hackers Encounter a Poetic Warning [AP]