Sorry for the lack of updates on the site. We’ve been battling a malware problem on our server. We’ve traced it back to August 2011, which was the date of infection. The malware exploits vulnerabilities in the TinyThumb plugin used by many WordPress themes. A backdoor script injects malware code into .js (Javascript files). We’ve [...]
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. 93 countries. 5140 athletes (683 women). 19 sports. 163 events. These games were also the first to be telecast internationally. Yoshinori Sakai, who lit the Olympic Flame, was born in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the day an atomic bomb was dropped on [...]
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985), best known as Orson Welles, was an American filmmaker, actor, theatre director,screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio. Welles first found national and international fame as the director and narrator of a 1938 radio adaptation of H. G. Wells’s novel The War of the Worlds performed for [...]
It’s great to see the new Machines website up and running after a long delay. scratchdisk was involved in the complete redesign of Malaysia’s largest Apple reseller’s website, which was completed last year. The inner workings and geeky programming was handled by our partners Buzzmedia. Hope you like the new layout, do send us feedback! [...]
Power Up Asia! The 2009 roundup of conference speakers is all about the new big voice of Asian design. Asian designers are drumming up worldwide attention, and we are bringing it home with a lineup of megawatt design icons and design powerhouses from all over the region. KUASA Design Power Asia will be a 1.5 [...]