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World's first downloadable camera
May. 22nd, 2006 12:51 am
No really, Lighthouse in a Tree has a camera you can download and make, complete with Flash 3D instructional materials.
Via Strange New Products.
IT'S CONTINENTAL!
Apr. 13th, 2006 10:28 pmThe Geologic Evolution of North America has been mapped out in great detail by Ron Blakey at Northern Arizona University. Matt Perry took the images and made a historically animated image (7.5 meg .gif file) so you can see the continent wiggle and fall apart and freeze and join up again through the eons. Fascinating stuff.
via the Map Room blog
via the Map Room blog
Latest map toy pinpoints my hangout and makes Costa Mesa, and everything else, look like Sim City as waxy pointed out.
Weird and cool: Coming into the living room and seeing my 76-year-old mother watching Nick Cave on the TV. And liking it.
Weird and funny: Getting two text messages from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bikupan that appeared to be from a year ago, one saying "What, no potato salad? Bah!" and the other "Is something wrong?". I vaguely remembered going back and forth about my accidentally vegan potato salad recipe last year and having some technical snafus. But no, she really did send those last night, and it wasn't a temporal wormhole in the SMS system.
Neither weird, funny, nor cool: My re-discovery tonight of the fatal flaw in desktop computers nowadays: they're all I/O bound. Here I sit with an 800 MHz PowerPC and 1 gig of RAM in my lap and I can't do jack. Why? Because there's disk intensive activity going on. The window manager slows to a crawl, none of my apps respond except in annoying bursts, and inexplicable errors occur probably due to clicks and keyboard presses out of focus because windows are changing erratically. It's like I'm connecting to my own computer over a crappy old 14.4 modem link. RAAAAAAR. I want IDE to go away. [/geek]
Neither weird, funny, nor cool: I am reading a book about the Vietnam war. Bad: we're doing it again. Worse: we're doing it again much more stupidly . I'm experiencing nostalgia for the sincerity, honesty, and sense of duty of CIA and military officers from 1966. YOW!
Weird and funny but not cool: Bro 'n' ho couple arrive in D's tonight and she asks D., who is behind the counter: "Do you have Chocolate Tea?" A moment of silence, and D. says "Umm, no?" Customer says: "Could you do that, like, put mocha in tea?" D: "I guess, yeah!" Customer: "Would that be disgusting, do you think?" D: "Yes, it would."
Weird and funny: Getting two text messages from
bikupan that appeared to be from a year ago, one saying "What, no potato salad? Bah!" and the other "Is something wrong?". I vaguely remembered going back and forth about my accidentally vegan potato salad recipe last year and having some technical snafus. But no, she really did send those last night, and it wasn't a temporal wormhole in the SMS system. Neither weird, funny, nor cool: My re-discovery tonight of the fatal flaw in desktop computers nowadays: they're all I/O bound. Here I sit with an 800 MHz PowerPC and 1 gig of RAM in my lap and I can't do jack. Why? Because there's disk intensive activity going on. The window manager slows to a crawl, none of my apps respond except in annoying bursts, and inexplicable errors occur probably due to clicks and keyboard presses out of focus because windows are changing erratically. It's like I'm connecting to my own computer over a crappy old 14.4 modem link. RAAAAAAR. I want IDE to go away. [/geek]
Neither weird, funny, nor cool: I am reading a book about the Vietnam war. Bad: we're doing it again. Worse: we're doing it again much more stupidly . I'm experiencing nostalgia for the sincerity, honesty, and sense of duty of CIA and military officers from 1966. YOW!
Weird and funny but not cool: Bro 'n' ho couple arrive in D's tonight and she asks D., who is behind the counter: "Do you have Chocolate Tea?" A moment of silence, and D. says "Umm, no?" Customer says: "Could you do that, like, put mocha in tea?" D: "I guess, yeah!" Customer: "Would that be disgusting, do you think?" D: "Yes, it would."
L.A. Observed reports on the Institute for Figuring, a new organization about, well, figuring. What they mean by this is the graphical representation of math in all ways: fractal art, paisley, mathematical patterns in natural objects, mosaics, buckyballs, half the stuff on your screensaver. There's fascinating stuff on the site about paper folding, crocheting hyperbolic space, etc. It reminds me of Bathsheba Grossman's amazing sculptures.
The Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) is mounted on top of a HMMWV and controlled from a command center within the vehicle. This system can mount the M2 50-cal machine gun, the M240 medium machine gun, the MK19 automatic grenade launcher, and the M249 squad automatic weapon in addition to a powerful color day camera, an infrared camera, and a range finder. This system allows the gunner to sit within the armored vehicle and, using a computer screen, control the weapon with the use of a joystick. Prior experience with Xbox desired but not required.
via Defense Tech blog
Wonderful/Terrifying Request
Jun. 21st, 2005 11:38 amBoy I'd like to see this, I hope they find someone. Spreading the word, here. Also I love the phrase "fire friendly venues". But I'd really love to see Blixa do some solo stuff.
From: mobilization@mobilization.com
Subject: [Mobilization] Blixa Bargeld needs a Theater Space for Destroy 5 West Coast tour: OCT 7-8, OCT 14-16
Date: June 21, 2005 2:52:09 AM PDT
We are looking for a nice seated theater space for the 5th "How to Destroy the Universe Festival". It will take place in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. Blixa Bargeld has been very kind in agreeing to perform a very rare appearance of his solo work here in the United states. He also says he will be performing his pieces in English. You can find samples of Blixa's solo work at:
http://www.blixa-bargeld.com/proj/rede.html
The festival will also include performances by F-SPACE. The other artists are yet TBD. We are accepting applications for the festival now.
If you have any venue contacts, please let us know. Blixa has requested the event take place in a non-traditional venue, different than the typical rock club setting. Fire friendly venues would be great for F-SPACE, but are not required.
From: mobilization@mobilization.com
Subject: [Mobilization] Blixa Bargeld needs a Theater Space for Destroy 5 West Coast tour: OCT 7-8, OCT 14-16
Date: June 21, 2005 2:52:09 AM PDT
We are looking for a nice seated theater space for the 5th "How to Destroy the Universe Festival". It will take place in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. Blixa Bargeld has been very kind in agreeing to perform a very rare appearance of his solo work here in the United states. He also says he will be performing his pieces in English. You can find samples of Blixa's solo work at:
http://www.blixa-bargeld.com/proj/rede.html
The festival will also include performances by F-SPACE. The other artists are yet TBD. We are accepting applications for the festival now.
If you have any venue contacts, please let us know. Blixa has requested the event take place in a non-traditional venue, different than the typical rock club setting. Fire friendly venues would be great for F-SPACE, but are not required.
