tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64808192024-03-08T19:37:26.015-05:00BLOATED TROUTa tasty balloonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger280125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-78248604386971191392007-07-07T08:32:00.000-04:002007-07-07T08:34:30.090-04:00The Best Title In The World<li><a href="http://the-best-title-in-the-world.tumblr.com/">The title says it all</a></li>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-31837783911109140772007-06-25T21:21:00.000-04:002007-06-25T21:25:33.074-04:00<a href="http://www.iphonenews.tumblr.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">iPhone News</span></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">robotically bringing you the latest in iPhone headlines<br /><br /></span><span class="description">What do you get when use the ability of several search engines and several social linking sites to save searches as seperate RSS feeds, then set up Tumblr to read those feeds? Your own custom iPhone News feed comprised of searches from several search engines and social linking sites and a lazy man's blog. I access the RSS from iPhone News to give me a one stop list of the days iPhone Buzz Machine.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-22843697947643644362007-04-24T07:52:00.000-04:002007-04-24T08:02:51.480-04:00<li><a href="http://www.thecarconnection.com/Auto_News/Green_Car_News/Prius_Versus_HUMMER_Exploding_the_Myth.S196.A12220.html">The Prius Versus HUMMER: Exploding the Myth</a></li><br /><img src="http://www.xtcian.com/PriusHummer2%28bl%29.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.xtcian.com/arch/002082.php">photo from xtcian</a></span><br />"Over the past year, there has been an explosion of stories raising questions about the real environmental cost of hybrids.<br /><br />One of the most misleading ones, which has been spread by countless blogs over the past several weeks, and cited without verification by several sources that appear reputable, looks to have originated in a story last November in England's Daily Mail, a right-leaning, British tabloid paper, which bore the gleefully spiteful title 'Toyota factory turns landscape to arid wilderness.' An editorial, published last month in a newspaper for a small state university on the East Coast, helped bring this misleading report a new life."<br /><a href="http://www.thecarconnection.com/Auto_News/Green_Car_News/Prius_Versus_HUMMER_Exploding_the_Myth.S196.A12220.html">The click here to read the full article</a><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.xtcian.com/arch/002082.php"><br /></a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-26681442819305873902007-03-07T06:42:00.000-05:002007-03-07T06:49:51.676-05:00A.I. (Artificial Inteligence) busted for A.L. (Artificial Lawyering)<li><a href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/03/ai_cited_for_un.html">AI Cited for Unlicensed Practice of Law</a></li><br /> <img src="http://www.nada.kth.se/~asa/Game/Countdown/robot.gif"><br />"A web-based "expert system" that helped users prepare bankruptcy filings for a fee made too many decisions to be considered a clerical tool, an appeals court said last week, ruling that the software was effectively practicing law without a license."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-49429507274066306232007-02-22T08:01:00.000-05:002007-02-22T08:06:41.210-05:00When to buy a mac?<li><a href="http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Desktop_Macs">MacRumors Buyer's Guide page</a></li><br /><br />This page provides a product summary for each Apple model. The intent is to provide our best recommendations regarding current product cycles, and to provide a summary of currently available rumors for each model.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-64765906626804655102007-02-07T07:29:00.000-05:002007-02-07T07:34:55.610-05:00Phillips roll-up DisplayPhillips plans on releasing a portable display unit with a black and white screen that rolls up into the "Smaller than the screen itself" case.<br /><object width="320" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uQMBzXaCmqY"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uQMBzXaCmqY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="320" height="240"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-92057236182840039312007-02-07T07:05:00.000-05:002007-02-07T07:10:30.104-05:00Mairo in Grand Theft AutoWhat would happen if Mario and his brother from another mother went for a joy ride in Vice City? Here's Robot Chicken's take on it.<br /><br /><object width="320" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aqXu4f70Wcw"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aqXu4f70Wcw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="320" height="240"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-9809713171180977002007-02-06T22:09:00.000-05:002007-02-06T22:40:21.962-05:00Play OLD games on your PSP<img src="http://www.the-nextlevel.com/news/0405/PSP_E3/PSP_schematicA.jpg"><br /><br />So, you want to get in on the PSP homebrew scene? This ought to get you started. <br /><br />First your going to need a way to get files to your PSP, get a nice size memory stick and a card reader from the electronics store or get some online. Sandisk <a href="http://www.sandisk.com/Products/Item(1151)-SDDR-99-SanDisk_ImageMate_5In1_ReaderWriter.aspx">makes a 5 in 1 reader</a> that reads almost every card out there, well, at least five of them. The price of memory sticks have dropped dramatically and a card reader is real cheap. They run you about $20. You'll need it to copy files over to the PSP and a place to store all of your software.<br /><br />If you want to know how to start emulating old game systems on your PSP, go <a href="http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-homebrew-and-hacks-help-21/t-ultimate-homebrew-guide-faq-v214-updated-jan-30-07-76940.html">here</a>. <br /><br />If you have a mac, or just don't understand filing systems too well, go <a href="http://www.pspbrew.com/index.php?page=packs/generator.php&packId=1">here</a>. <br /><br />My favorite emulator to run is DGen, a Sega Genesis emulator. It's pretty flawless and the speed is spot on. Games like Vectorman and Sonic run without a hitch. Brings back memories of thumb blisters and orange carpet.<br /><br />Have funUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-84163619211910434132007-01-13T21:16:00.001-05:002007-01-13T21:21:39.030-05:00A sense of scale<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td colspan="2"><embed style="width:300px; height:243px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-3974466981713172831&hl=en" flashvars=""> </embed></td></tr></table><br />The variety of scale in the known universe is amazing. Think how big we feel when we look at an ant. Next, think of how tiny we are in relation to our planet, how tiny earth is in relation to our sun. Then there is VV Cephei, an eclipsing binary star system that makes our average sun look miniscule in comparison. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VV_Cephei">If it were placed at the center of our Solar System, it would extend to the orbit of Saturn</a><br><br><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Sun_and_VV_Cephei_A.svg/180px-Sun_and_VV_Cephei_A.svg.png" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-68746724206671608902007-01-09T19:13:00.000-05:002007-01-09T21:31:04.236-05:00iPhone<li><a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/">...and I thought my white chocolate was cool</a></li><br /><img src="http://www.martoon.org/brian/iphone-07-01-09-2-1.jpg">Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-1161185751529241602006-10-18T11:34:00.000-04:002006-10-18T11:36:14.406-04:00SWF DECOMPILERS / SWF EXTRACTORShave some old swf files you made but lost the source files? check out this list of flash extractors<br /><br /><a href="http://www.19.5degs.com/category/26.php">SWF Decompilers / SWF Extractors</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-1156685652569118712006-08-27T09:28:00.000-04:002006-08-27T09:34:12.716-04:00WEB - MySpace Friends Private Status Hacked!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><cite cite="http://grownupgeek.com/view-private-comments"/><cite cite="http://grownupgeek.com/view-private-comments"><a href="http://grownupgeek.com/view-private-comments">Simple Hack to view all comments on a private Myspace profile | Help For Beginners</a></cite></p> <blockquote><p>Thought your "private" myspace comments were really private? Well think again! This simple code lets ANYONE view all the comments on your PRIVATE profile. With a simple variation you can also view "private" pictures.</p> </blockquote><p>Digg-poster Kevgig nailed it when he wrote: <i>"There is nothing private about the internet, period. Just goes to show that if there are parts of your life that you do not want to share with the world, keep it to yourself."</i></p> <p>It appears this hack is restricted to friends seeing others friends private info. Even so, this is a major security flaw and if not fixed immediately, could spell disaster for MySpace AND some friendships. Hahahahahahahahahaha!<br/> </p> <blockquote cite="http://grownupgeek.com/view-private-comments"> </blockquote> <cite cite="http://grownupgeek.com/view-private-comments"><br/> </cite><p style="font-size:10px;text-align:right;">technorati tags:<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/MySpace" rel="tag">MySpace</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Security" rel="tag">Security</a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-1156480811559604752006-08-25T00:34:00.000-04:002007-02-07T06:53:35.864-05:00TECH - Writely, google's web based word processor launched<a href="http://www.writely.com/">Welcome to Writely</a> <br/> <img border="0" src="http://www.writely.com/images/ExampleEditScreen.gif"/><br/> <br/> Writely, the web word processor from Google says.<br/> <i><br/> Can I ... upload from Word? YES!<br/> Can I ... save to my desktop? YES!<br/> Can I ... publish on the web? YES!<br/> Can I ... post on my blog? YES!</i><br/> <br/> Writely was purchased by Google some time ago and is now poised to do for document creating what Gmail did for email. To take the application off of your desktop and make it web accessible. You can also share a document with a group for collaborative editing. Read up on the terms of service when deciding how personal you want to make your documents.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-1155827515526920192006-08-17T11:06:00.000-04:002006-08-17T11:11:56.066-04:00WEB - Web2.0 Logo Creator<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://msig.info/web2test.php">Web2.0 Logo Creator by Alex P</a> </p> <img alt="(reflect)BloatedTroutBETA.png" height="90" src="http://static.flickr.com/70/217703155_2388d2c59b_o.png" width="343"/><p>Create your own WEB 2.0 logo with this automatic WEB 2.0 generator. Even has the obligatory "BETA" burst as an option. <br/> </p> <br/> <p/><p style="font-size:10px;text-align:right;">technorati tags:<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/logo" rel="tag">logo</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/generator" rel="tag">generator</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/WEB2.0" rel="tag">WEB2.0</a></p><p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com" target="_new" title="Flock">Flock</a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-1155820420849907802006-08-17T09:08:00.000-04:002006-08-17T09:13:41.393-04:00TECH - Conceal Your Web Surfing From Prying Eyes?<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><cite cite="http://www.workfriendly.net/"/><a href="http://www.workfriendly.net/">workFRIENDLY - BETA</a><br/> <img src="http://www.workfriendly.net/Theme/Logo.gif"/><br/> Hahahah. For those of you for whom research on the tubes is shunned upon at the workplace, then I recommend you try "WorkFriendly". It masks the content of your most favorite page as a Word document.<br/> <p class="citation"><cite cite="http://www.workfriendly.net/"><a href="http://www.workfriendly.net/"><br/> </a></cite></p> <p/><p/><p style="font-size:10px;text-align:right;">technorati tags:<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/surfing" rel="tag">surfing</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/secure" rel="tag">secure</a></p><p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com" target="_new" title="Flock">Flock</a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-1155781044527357002006-08-16T22:12:00.000-04:002006-08-16T22:17:25.593-04:00Doug Engelbart: The Demo<table xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td colspan="2"><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-8734787622017763097&hl=en" style="width:400px; height:326px;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></td></tr><tr/><tr><td>"Doug Engelbart giving the "mother of all Demos" <br /><br />Watch as the computer mouse is introduced, back in December of 1968<br /> </td></tr></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-1155730572252090412006-08-16T08:11:00.000-04:002006-08-16T08:16:12.700-04:00SPACEPORT - New Mexico spaceport unveils new name<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><blockquote cite="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2006-07-17-space-tourism_x.htm?POE=TECISVA">Goodbye Southwest Regional Spaceport. Hello Spaceport America.<br/> <p>New Mexico officials planned to unveil the new name Monday for a proposed $225 million space hub where British billionaire Sir Richard Branson hopes to send paying tourists on suborbital flights.</p> <p>The previous name was a mouthful to pronounce and didn't reflect the cutting-edge vision of the project, said New Mexico Economic Development Secretary Rick Homans.</p> </blockquote><p class="citation"><cite cite="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2006-07-17-space-tourism_x.htm?POE=TECISVA"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2006-07-17-space-tourism_x.htm?POE=TECISVA">USATODAY.com - New Mexico spaceport unveils new name</a></cite></p> <p/><p/><p style="font-size:10px;text-align:right;">technorati tags:<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/spaceport" rel="tag">spaceport</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/newmexico" rel="tag">newmexico</a></p><p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com" target="_new" title="Flock">Flock</a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-1155607476675889672006-08-14T21:59:00.000-04:002006-08-14T22:04:36.786-04:00TECH - Program for mac users to remap keys on your keyboard<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="citation"><span><cite cite="http://doublecommand.sourceforge.net/"><a href="http://doublecommand.sourceforge.net/">DoubleCommand.</a></cite></span></p> <img alt="remoteImage.gif" height="321" src="http://static.flickr.com/42/215584706_435fcdd087.jpg" width="300"/><p/><p/><blockquote><i><span>DoubleCommand</span> is software for Mac OS X (a kernel extension) that lets you remap keys, in other words change the way your keyboard works. Often used to make a PC keyboard more comfortable with a Mac, swapping the Alt (Option) and Windows (Command or Apple) keys, since they are in swapped positions on Mac and PC keyboards. <span>DoubleCommand</span> is a quick and easy way to fix this if you use a PC keyboard with your Mac.</i><br/> </blockquote><p>I bought a spill-proof <a href="http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=BROWSE&N=200063+402934&product_code=309746&Pn=Flexible_Mini_Keyboard">PC keyboard</a> for my mac recently (since I went through three non-spill-proof keyboards recently) and this software works great. I can see windows switchers using this to make the transition from win-dose to mac more comfortable by remapping the mac keybord keys back to what they are used to on a windose keyboard.<br/> </p> <p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com" target="_new" title="Flock">Flock</a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-1155596634332190752006-08-14T18:58:00.000-04:002006-08-14T19:03:54.456-04:00VIDEO GAMES - Program your own xbox360 games!<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="http://www.nextechnews.com/PermaLink,guid,be8a12cd-c3d7-4ef0-b959-00ad529735f7.aspx">NexTechNews - Microsoft to allow 360 "Homebrew" well ... kinda</a>. <br/> <p><img alt="xboxgirls.JPG" height="240" src="http://static.flickr.com/74/215460424_71da63c0d5_m.jpg" width="191"/></p> <p> </p> <blockquote><p><i><span>XNA Game Studio Express, a set of (dumbed-down) development tools that will allow hobbyists and their ilk to develop games for both the <span id="clicksor_sp_xbox" onmouseout="ClxTMo("xbox")" onmouseover="return ClxLaD("xbox",event)" style=""><a href="http://ads.clicksor.com/serving/search4.php?q=lWL--%FE%28%2C%23%21%25%2C+%24%2F%24%FE%23%22U%5C%5B%2B%F8%215%FE%28&q3=%5BQTY_U0pS%5B%F9icNeS_MqW0%28+%FB%27.+%2B%27%26%FB&tl=16ae19040fd7ad6e&pn=7850bb1fce9e741d&pid=53580&sid=84647&curl=http%3A%2F%2Fr.looksmart.com%2Fog%2Fpr%3DPsr%3Bro%3D1%3Brc%3D6%3Bdigest%3D7dbe7dcc5d0b32dd0f95e54befd1f249%3Bkid%3D0cac0aec7f12d39c12b36c80b6071486%3Bt%3D1155595059%3Bv%3D2%3Bdata%3D7ddba5ff0cee466e20f67c778239950c9f523ef8aa6a167f%3Bla%3D350207%3Blm%3D340292%3Bkw%3D49054539%3Bed%3D%3Bqt%3Dxbox%2520360%3Bvr%3D%3Blt%3DBM%3Bmt%3DE0%3Bip%3D%3Bii%3D249.5b5d.44e0fb33.166e%3Bpn%3D%3Bto%3D%3Btc%3D6%3Bpo%3D1%3Bpc%3D6%3Bpi%3Dckss1%3Bts%3D%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.shopzilla.com%2Fmkt.xpml%3Fmkt_id%3D55960819&cpx=cpc&sc=xbox" id="clicksor" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);" target="_blank">Xbox</a></span> 360 and the PC. Initially, these homebrew (is it still considered "homebrew" if you're using official tools?) games will only be playable to other coders part of a so-called "Creator's Club," a nice way to say that Microsoft will charge you $99 for a one-year subscription to play such games. <br/> </span></i></p> </blockquote><p><span>S</span><span>till, $99 to play as many games as you like and the chance to develop your own with like minded folks? Don't sound so bad to me. I would even consider getting a PC for that.</span><i><span><br/> </span></i></p> <p style="font-size:10px;text-align:right;">technorati tags:<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/xbox" rel="tag">xbox</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/video" rel="tag">video</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/games" rel="tag">games</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/development" rel="tag">development</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/homebrew" rel="tag">homebrew</a></p><p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com" target="_new" title="Flock">Flock</a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-1155472034351792222006-08-13T08:22:00.000-04:002006-08-13T08:27:14.530-04:00TECH - Easily Create and Share Customized Google Maps<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://showmewhere.net/gmap/index.php?action=views.addpoints&map_id=4528">Show Me Where: Easily Create and Share Google Maps.</a></p> <p><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/85788082@N00/213380611"> <img border="0" src="http://static.flickr.com/96/213380611_af10abe7cd_d.jpg"/></a></p> <p>Need to make your own custom google map? With "ShowMeWhere", you can<br/> </p> <ul> <li>Drop markers or draw lines.</li> <li>Annotate markers or lines with any HTML you want.</li> <li>Send your map in an email, or host map on your website.</li> <li>Open your map directly in Google Earth. </li> </ul> <p> Show Me Where is a point-and-click interface to creating customized Google Maps. Want to place a marker on a map? Just click there. simple stuff.</p> <p style="font-size:10px;text-align:right;">technorati tags:<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/google" rel="tag">google</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/map" rel="tag">map</a></p><p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com" target="_new" title="Flock">Flock</a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-1155342961307595172006-08-11T20:31:00.000-04:002006-08-13T08:29:20.496-04:00TECH - Space Ship Builder Guru Burt Rutan talks about His Plans for Space Tourism<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><ul> <li><a href="http://www.space.com/news/060811_rutan_interview.html">SPACE.com -- Burt <span>Rutan</span> on Civilian Spaceflight, Breakthroughs, and Inside <span>SpaceShipTwo</span></a> </li> </ul> <img border="0" src="http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/hf_spctour_rutan060811_01.jpg"/><br/> <p/><blockquote><i><FONT face="arial" size="2"><FONT face="arial"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">At ScaledComposites—home of the privately financed and built <a href="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sso_rutan_archive.html">SpaceShipOne</a> that made atrio of piloted suborbital flights in 2004 under the rubric of Tier 1—thefabrication of a fleet of passenger-carrying space planes and huge carrierlaunch planes is underway. This activity is labeled Tier 1b.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.space.com/adastra/050519_nss_rutan.html">Burt Rutan</a>,head of the firm, is chief design maestro leading a spaceliner workforce. Whilehe’s not about to roll out blueprints or show you factory floor hardware, hegave this reporter a squat down, legs folded, but relaxing beanbag chairinterview in his office to discuss the business of public space travel.</span></p> </FONT></FONT></i></blockquote><p>What does <span>visionary</span> space frontiersman say about his planned fleet of space tourism crafts? </p> <blockquote><p><i><FONT><FONT><FONT face="arial" size="2"><FONT face="arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">“I’d loveto be working on going to the <a href="http://www.space.com/moon/">Moon</a>. I’m doing this really because I don’t thinkI can convince a funder to go out and invest in an orbital system that we’renot sure would work.”...</span></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></i></p> <p><i><FONT><FONT><FONT face="arial" size="2"><FONT face="arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">...</span></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Along withlots of windows, a close second on the “must have” checklist is for customersto experience weightlessness. A person in SpaceShipTwo will feel just fourminutes of freefall, so having a great big cabin is extremely important, Rutanpointed out, “to be able to stretch out your arms and legs and float around.”</span><FONT face="arial" size="2"><FONT face="arial"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">“Theimpression you get is that it’s important to know why you’re floating, so youneed windows. You want to fly…you don’t want to be strapped in. And toexperience weightlessness in shirtsleeve is important, not being bothered witha pressure suit or tied down to a cable or having a helmet on,” he said.</span></p> </FONT></FONT></i></p> </blockquote><br/> <p style="font-size:10px;text-align:right;">technorati tags:<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/spaceship" rel="tag">spaceship</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/space" rel="tag">space</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/tourism" rel="tag">tourism</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/burt" rel="tag">burt</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/rutan" rel="tag">rutan</a></p><p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com" target="_new" title="Flock">Flock</a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-1155341520799452502006-08-11T20:06:00.000-04:002006-08-11T20:12:00.960-04:00Robot - No legs and no wheels, this robot balances on a ball<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><ul> <li><a href="http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=dn9720&feedId=online-news_rss20">New Scientist Tech - Breaking News - Ball-balancing robot refuses to roll over</a> </li> </ul> <a href="http://www.newscientisttech.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn9720/dn9720-1_323.jpg" target="nsimage"><img alt="Its designers hope Ballbot will be able to interact with humans more easily (Image: CMU)" src="http://www.newscientisttech.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn9720/dn9720-1_250.jpg" title="Its designers hope Ballbot will be able to interact with humans more easily (Image: CMU)" width="250"/></a><br/> <blockquote><i>The tall, thin robot, called Ballbot, sits on top of a ball, which it controls using a pair of rollers. Balance sensors feed information to an onboard computer. This continually moves the ball to make sure it is always under the robot's centre of gravity. Ballbot can also move in any direction, and regain its balance after a push, by making minor adjustments to the ball beneath it.<br/> </i></blockquote>Click through for cool video clips<br/> <p/><p style="font-size:10px;text-align:right;">technorati tags:<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Carnegie%20Mellon" rel="tag">Carnegie Mellon</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/robot" rel="tag">robot</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/movement" rel="tag">movement</a></p><p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com" target="_new" title="Flock">Flock</a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-1155273637321438182006-08-11T01:15:00.000-04:002006-08-12T14:29:39.743-04:00TECH - How to Build a Panoramic Tripod Head for $10<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=161123&print=1">Worth1000.com tutorial</a> </p> <FONT face="arial, verdana, helvetica"><FONT face="arial, verdana, helvetica" size="2"> </FONT></FONT><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6359/0/1600/112588_PanoHeadCamera2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6359/0/200/112588_PanoHeadCamera2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><blockquote><i><FONT face="arial, verdana, helvetica"><FONT face="arial, verdana, helvetica" size="2">Panoramic heads can be very expensive – in the $300 to $500 range for “name brand” heads. Several designs for closer to $100 are available on the web, but look a tad on the flimsy side.</FONT></FONT><br/> <br/> <FONT face="arial, verdana, helvetica"><FONT face="arial, verdana, helvetica" size="2">Building your own panoramic head for an SLR isn’t too hard or expensive. The parts for the design shown here cost about $10. Every part here is available at a store like Home Depot.</FONT></FONT><br/> <br/> <FONT face="arial, verdana, helvetica"><FONT face="arial, verdana, helvetica" size="2">Once you get past some of the misinformation out there, the only really hard part is figuring out the dimensions. The downside is that the mount is only useful for a specific camera/lens combo. On the other hand, you can’t mistakenly mess up one of the critical adjustments once you’ve built it, and the homemade mount is as light as a couple small pieces of wood.</FONT></FONT></i><br/> </blockquote><p/><p style="font-size:10px;text-align:right;">technorati tags:<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/photography" rel="tag">photography</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/tech" rel="tag">tech</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/panoramic" rel="tag">panoramic</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/tutorial" rel="tag">tutorial</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/diy" rel="tag">diy</a></p><p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com" target="_new" title="Flock">Flock</a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-1155269206285518192006-08-11T00:01:00.000-04:002006-08-11T00:06:46.296-04:00FLOCK blog post test<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/10/first-bully-game-trailer-now-up/">First Bully game trailer now up - Joystiq</a> <br/> <a href="http://media.ps2.ign.com/media/746/746536/vids_1.html"><img align="middle" alt="" border="1" height="235" hspace="4" id="vimage_2" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2006/08/bully.jpg" vspace="4" width="425"/></a><br/> <p/><p style="font-size:10px;text-align:right;">technorati tags:<a href="http://technorati.com/tag/bully" rel="tag">bully</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/rockstar" rel="tag">rockstar</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/video" rel="tag">video</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/game" rel="tag">game</a></p><p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com" target="_new" title="Flock">Flock</a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480819.post-1153976584985560212006-07-27T00:00:00.000-04:002006-07-27T01:03:05.000-04:00TECH - interview with Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More<li><a href="http://www.whyy.org/rameta/RT/2006/RT20060725_20_2.ram">link to the real audio clip</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.whyy.org/91FM/radiotimes.html">link to Radio Times home page</a></li><br /><a href="http://jedi.org/p4/slide/image/anatomy_of_long_tail.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://jedi.org/p4/slide/image/anatomy_of_long_tail.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />WHYY's Marty Moss-Coane from Radio Times recently interviewed Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More. Chris is the current Editor-in-Chief of the tech-centric Wired magazine. I caught the podcast of her show this afternoon while installing some house stuffs and was immediately distracted by what Chris had to say. He does an excellent job of putting the Long Tail into layman's terms. If your interested in the possible direction of popular consumption, this would be worth a listen for you.<br /><br />DESCRIPTION: How the internet is shaking up the traditional supply and demand model for business. We'll talk with CHRIS ANDERSON, author of The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More. Anderson says, the internet is allowing less popular products to have longer shelf lives, creating a new class of retail niche markets.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0