Wisdom of Fans: http://wisdom-of-fans.com

The site aims to predict the outcome of events (starting with the World Cup) based on the input of many. Wisdom of Fans collects peoples tweets about various events and then converts them into one “mass” prediction. The idea is that the many can be more accurate that the one (i.e. football pundits).

This great little site will turn your photos into a stunning mosaic. The 2 main advantages of the site are that it automatically pulls all your photos from Flickr for you, so no tedious uploads. And secondly you get to determine how many times each photo is used (i went for twice to get a better overall clarity of photo). Other companies that i found will use the same photo up to 10 times in your mosaic which i find really takes away from the overall effect.

Here is my now framed attempt.

Zumyns quality and service both come highly recommended!

Mindo and humming birds. One of the first trips we took was to the cloud forests of Mindo, near Quito where we got to see wild humming birds. (see how many you can spot).

Galapagos Marine Iguana part 1

Galapagos Marine Iguana part 2

Machu Picchu – This was part of the Machu Picchu irrigation system. We only got to see it in action because it rained for part of the time we were there, but as you can see it is still working today!

Salar de Uyuni – 360° camera work from a cactus island in the middle of the salt flats.

Chile – This video gets slightly more exciting the longer you watch it…

Iguazu Falls part 1 – Some of the “lower” falls

Iguazu Falls part 2 – I think this part was called the devils throat. We were stood on the Argentine side looking into Brazil.

Franz Jospeh Glacier – One of our best trips on the whole travels was the Franz Jospeh Glacier. Whilst some of our photos were great (even if i do say so myself) they dont give a great overview of the glacier as a whole. Neither does this video… but at least it goes a little way.

OK, this one is a little blurry, but seeing monkeys in the wild was very cool! Cute they were not (check out the teeth!). This was taken in Ubud, Bali.

A puppet show in Solo, Indonesia. It cost us 20p to get in, and the show apparently goes on deep into the night. We lasted about an hour, but got a bit lost in the large sections of Indo dialogue.

This video was taken on a bike trip around Solo. We were taken into a Gamelan (musical instruments) making “factory”.

And last but by no means least… the magical retracting plant! Again taken near Solo, Java.

Cant see it? How about here? Notice the watermark?

I guess Exhilaration were in a bit too much of a rush to get their new front page online!

Oops.

Thanks to Neil for the spot.

I present to you my affiliate wheels…

For those interested in how the process actually works: You get to pick between one of 3 menus, or go for a “surprise” 4th option whilst sitting upstairs enjoying an aperitif (in the light). Once you have decided on your meal, you are led downstairs into a “midway” room with dim lighting. After a few basic instructions, the light goes out, your waiter takes your hand and then leads you to your table. Apparently they are guided by a series of carpets on the floor, and some kind of slightly raised marker system. Once seated, you get told where your cutlery and napkin is, and then the meal begins! Every starter is a soup, which feels horribly challenging at first, but is actually the easiest thing to eat in the dark. Especially when compared with trying to cut your vegetables in the total dark during the main course, or pouring your own wine! (there is noone telling you, potatoes at 4 O’clock, or some other useful system).

The whole experience was quite incredible. from being led to our table and served by our blind waiter, Isa, (all the waiters are blind or at most, have 6% vision) to “tasting” and i mean really tasting the food i was eating!

I would highly recommend it to anyone!

Just wasted a few minutes playing with this cool little tool over at Wordle. In no time at all you can create a stunning looking “word cloud” from any text or website.

Here’s mine: