Monthly Archives: May 2009

io9 – What Part Will Summer Glau Play On Dollhouse?

Win. =) Joss Whedon works fast: now that Summer Glau is no longer busy with Terminator, he’s already talking to her about showing up on Dollhouse. But she won’t be playing the role you might expect. Possible spoilers below. Whedon … Continue reading

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Lifehacker – LightBox Makes Simple Touch-Ups a Snap

I’m downloading this now – looks very cool. =) Windows only: LightBox is an extremely user friendly tool for editing photos when you need more than a simple crop and resize but less than a full out Photoshop massaging. How … Continue reading

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jQuery fadeIn/fadeOut IE cleartype glitch

Thanks to Benjamin Michael Novakovic for this fix! jQuery fadeIn/fadeOut IE cleartype glitch While using the jQuery  javascript library today at work, I noticed a glitch under IE7. When fading a html node with the .fadeIn() and .fadeOut() functions in … Continue reading

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Samsung to show off DLP Pico projector phones at MWC at Samsung Central

Other than its mighty cameraphones and outstanding netbooks, Samsung plans to unleash a flurry of projector phones (OK, two) that should be able to show the contents of their display screens on any flat surface. These are the Samsung I7410 … Continue reading

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Samsung’s DLP Pico Projector Phone at CES

Samsung is the first to embed DLP Pico projector into mobile device. DLP Emerging Markets Manager, Frank Moizio gives up close look from the show floor at CES 2009.

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Top 10 Essential Cydia Apps | The iPhone User Guide

Updates: I’ve posted a new Top 10 list for 2010! Revised Top 10 Cydia Apps for 2010 If you’re looking for a quick iPhone jailbreaking guide, I’ve compiled a list of steps for iPhone OS 3.1.2 (and prior) jailbreaking at this … Continue reading

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Sofia’s People: Canon 5dmk2 25p on Vimeo

Wow. This is some crispy video. Now I *really* want a 5d Mark II. Shot over a couple of nights, taking the 5dmk2 out on the streets and getting shots of the inhabitants and visitors. No lighting, no grading. This … Continue reading

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Undead LIVE! Codes!

Update: If you’re looking for Mafia! Live codes, try this post – Mafia Live! Codes! OK, I’ll admit, I’m a sucker for this game, Undead LIVE! on the iPhone. If you play as well, please add me to your clan; my … Continue reading

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Rotten office fridge cleanup sends 7 to hospital – Yahoo! News

And you thought your office fridge was bad… SAN JOSE, Calif. – An office worker cleaning a fridge full of rotten food created a smell so noxious that it sent seven co-workers to the hospital and made many others ill. … Continue reading

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Clipdiary: Clipboard Manager

I previously recommended PhraseExpress for similar clipboard management functionality, but I’ve since switched to Clipdiary (available free via Clipdiary.com or Download.com) for a couple of reasons – first, that PhraseExpress would randomly lock up and prevent me from using my … Continue reading

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Computer Lays the Prettiest Brick Walls Since Eladio Dieste : TreeHugger

One of the oldest building materials known to humankind, bricks have great thermal mass and last almost forever. But laying them takes skill, and complex forms and shapes are hard to design and build. Now Professor Ingeborg Rocker and students … Continue reading

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Lifehacker – What’s New in the Windows 7 RC?

Windows 7′s Release Candidate is free and available for download, but what’s all that different from the beta version? Quite a bit, it turns out, and we’ve got the screenshots to prove it. via Lifehacker – What’s New in the … Continue reading

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Claude Debussy – Clair de lune

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suite_bergamasque

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Aalto Doorstop

Awesome. =) Here’s an interesting continuation from yesterday’s post about taking the known and twisting it around. Tobias Wong took a famous vase, filled it with concrete, then busted the vase so just the concrete filler remains. Now he sells … Continue reading

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YouTube – Night Run II

By LouVest: A time lapse video made by setting a camera to take photos at six second intervals during a trip outbound on the Houston Ship Channel. I used Quicktime to assemble over 2000 individual photos into a 3 minute … Continue reading

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Cinco De Mayo Carnival on Vimeo

Cinco De Mayo Carnival on Vimeo by Andrew Curtis Waterfront Park, Portland, Oregon. Some details: Shooting 1 second exposures every 2 seconds A total of 2683 images in this video, played back at 12fps. Shot on 2 consecutive nights. First … Continue reading

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WP.com « Blog « WordPress.com

Hopefully they’ll hook up <blogname>.wp.com soon… =) Want to see a cool trick? Open up a new browser tab and type “wp.com” into the address bar. Whoa! It just redirected you to WordPress.com. I could do that all day. Yes … Continue reading

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