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fishead ...*∞º˙

See the Future: Real 3D Digital Building Holograms (Wow!) | Designs & Ideas on Dornob - 2 views

dornob.com/digital-building-holograms-wow

neato

shared by fishead ...*∞º˙ on 22 Mar 10 - Cached
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  • Imagine someone rolling out what looks like a blueprint … only the buildings begin to literally pop off the page, showing you like never before what the structure will look like before it is even built. There is no way to describe how amazing this architectural innovation is – you have to see it to believe it (video below)! Forget the physical: you can now generate high-speed, life-like, visually three-dimensional and fully-automated holographic models of buildings cheaper, faster and more accurately than its ‘real life’ equivalents.

fishead ...*∞º˙

The Definitive Color Wheel | Fuel Your Creativity - 1 views

www.fuelyourcreativity.com/the-definitive-color-wheel

shared by fishead ...*∞º˙ on 26 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Selecting a color has not always been something that was a few clicks away. Color used to be collected from pigments of the earth and then died into fabric. You had to collect the berries to make the purple-ish/reds or dirt to get a brown. Color, binds the creative realm together be it graphic design, photography, interior design, textile design, transportation design etc. Of course you can take pictures in black & white or make a logo black with greys but the colors are where we can experience emotion and that emotion ties us to the image, art, design or product. The colors bring the brand, the curtains, the rug, the subject, the foreground or the background to life. Do you just start picking colors and hope for the best or is there more science at work? In order to make your color picking easier there are several different color relationships that will help you along the way.
fishead ...*∞º˙

Official Google Blog: Collaborative bookmarking with lists - 0 views

googleblog.blogspot.com/...ve-bookmarking-with-lists.html

shared by fishead ...*∞º˙ on 24 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Today we’re debuting lists in Google Bookmarks, an experimental new feature that helps you easily share those sites with friends.Bookmarks are a great way to keep track of your favorite content across the web and we want to help you share them with your friends. To use lists, visit Google Bookmarks at google.com/bookmarks or by clicking “Manage all” in your Google Toolbar. From there, select the links you want to share and click “Copy to list.” Lists are private by default, but once you’ve created one you can share it with specific friends or even publish it to the web. For example, if a friend of yours is visiting Seattle for the first time and you have some local attractions bookmarked, you might want to create a new list for “Seattle attractions” and share it with your friend.
  • Google will algorithmically analyze your list to identify other potentially relevant links, such as the Seattle Aquarium. Similarly, when we detect that a list is relevant to a specific region, we provide a map of those places and relevant info for each place, such as addresses, hours and reviews.
François Dongier

Ben Folds Plays Chatroulette Live in Concert [VIDEO] - 1 views

mashable.com/...ben-folds-chatroulette

shared by François Dongier on 21 Mar 10 - Cached
  • François Dongier on 21 Mar 10
     
    This guy is pretty good at the piano!
François Dongier

Cities getting dressed up for the Google cameras | Google Earth Blog - 1 views

www.gearthblog.com/...ting_dressed_up_for_the_g.html

StreetView GoogleEarth

shared by François Dongier on 20 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Of particular note is Windsor, Canada, which has been looking really bad in StreetView.
  • the city would help pay the bill for Google to come back and reshoot.
Kurt Laitner

Paint on your ceiling with color LEDs - 2 views

www.inewidea.com/...24714.html

LED light ceiling lightbright

shared by Kurt Laitner on 18 Mar 10 - Cached
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  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 18 Mar 10
     
    ok now, that's just silly. better to do it with floor tiles so you can drive your cats bonkers.
Kurt Laitner

AMD's Eyefinity expands desktop real estate beyond reason | Crave - CNET - 1 views

news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10464788-1.html

eyefinity amd

shared by Kurt Laitner on 18 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Kurt Laitner on 18 Mar 10
     
    Six monitor HD array with new graphics card WOOT
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 18 Mar 10
     
    WANT
fishead ...*∞º˙

Steven Wright gems « Bits & Pieces - 1 views

bitsandpieces.us/...steven-wright-gems

funny

shared by fishead ...*∞º˙ on 17 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Steven Wright gems 1. Half the people you know are below average. 2. 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name. 3. 42.7% of statistics cited by people in arguments are made up on the spot. 4. A conscience is what feels bad when everything else feels so good. 5. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. 6. The early bird may get the worm, but it’s the second mouse who gets the cheese. 7. What’s the speed of dark? 8. How do you tell when you’re out of invisible ink? 9. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. 10. Hard work pays off in the future; laziness pays off now. 11. Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines. 12. My mechanic told me, “I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.” 13. If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. 14. A conclusion is the place where you get tired of thinking. 15. The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard. 16. The sooner you fall behind, the more time you’ll have to catch up. 17. Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don’t have any film.
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 17 Mar 10
     
    Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
fishead ...*∞º˙

The Maldives Buys a New Island - That Floats : CleanTechnica - 1 views

cleantechnica.com/...ives-buys-a-replacement-island

shared by fishead ...*∞º˙ on 17 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Sea level rise creates new business opportunity and “green jobs” that we’ll see more of, borne from the effects of climate change, as sea levels rise. The first floating island has just been commissioned this week by the sinking island nation of the Maldives, from Dutch Docklands, whose past work includes part of  the artificial islands comprising The World off the coast of Dubai.
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 17 Mar 10
     
    Does anyone recall Giorgio's Maldives project? Check this out. See what you missed out on oh, Chancellor?
fishead ...*∞º˙

Murrine Glass Art by Robert Wiener - 1 views

www.neatorama.com/...glass-artwork-by-robert-wiener

cool

shared by fishead ...*∞º˙ on 16 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Murrine glass is an art form using glass that is formed by layering colors and stretching the hot glass into a cane. Then the cane is cut into cross sections, exposing the colors and patterns inside. Robert Wiener is revolutionizing Murrine glass art. Using a spectrum of layered glass and a artistic mind, he creates some of the most innovative and inspirational pieces. Link
fishead ...*∞º˙

Fish-walking « Bits & Pieces - 6 views

bitsandpieces.us/...fish-walking

shared by fishead ...*∞º˙ on 15 Mar 10 - Cached
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 15 Mar 10
     
    here kitty, kitty, kitty
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  • Jack Logan on 15 Mar 10
     
    fishman walketh! We have a guy here in SD in my neighborhood that walks his big turtle for 5 or 6 hours a day while reading a book at the same time! All funny!
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 16 Mar 10
     
    The guy has a walking turtle that reads?!?!?!!!! How does a turtle turn pages. He must have a Kindle. That's some weird, wild stuff you got goin' out there in SD.
  • Jack Logan on 16 Mar 10
     
    He reads, you weirdo! That's weird enouth, isn't it? Look at your picture above - now, ... that's weird!
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 16 Mar 10
     
    and the best part is, they always say people look like their pets...take a look at the guy and tel me you don't wanna call him Mr. Guppy.
Jack Logan

Urban Velo - Bicycle Culture on the Skids - 0 views

www.urbanvelo.org/...p58-59.html

greener machines

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  • Jack Logan on 15 Mar 10
     
    Green-er MACHINES By Marci Blackman Photos by Ed Glazar In a four hundred square foot studio in Red Hook, the hinterland of Brooklyn, a botanist, an engineer, anthropologist and bike messenger mental away the hours putting the finishing touches on a bicycle that could save the world. Okay, maybe not the whole world. Perhaps not even a block of it. And twenty-somethings Justin Aguinaldo and Sean Murray would probably never refer to themselves as an anthropologist and botanist even though bike messenger Aguinaldo majored in anthropology in college, and Murray once taught the plant science to children with learning disabilities at the Churchill School in Manhattan. Mostly, along with Marty Odlin of Columbia University's Earth Institute (our engineer), they are a brainy trio of bike geeks who-like the rest of us-get excited over things like black-rimmed wheels with matching black spokes and black high flange hubs, gear ratios, and lightweight composites. And none of them is ever likely to profess that he could save the world. But the bicycle the three are developing along with the streamlining of its manufacturing process could help put a dent in a few of our problems: rural world poverty, health and well-being, greenhouse gases. Plus, as a bonus, they might even win the awesome wicked cool award while doing it.
Kurt Laitner

YouTube - EveryDay Looper - Les Ramens - - 5 views

www.youtube.com/watch

iphone easy looper

shared by Kurt Laitner on 14 Mar 10 - Cached
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 14 Mar 10
     
    That's AWESOME!!! I thought this guy was a freak at first. now I want a looper too.
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  • Jack Logan on 14 Mar 10
     
    I LOVE this! EveryDay Looper - I just bought it; I'll give it a try. The guy in the video's really talented! Thanks, Kurt!
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 15 Mar 10
     
    So when are you gonna upload your Looping video, Jack?
  • Jack Logan on 15 Mar 10
     
    Probably not. For me, this will be a personal effort - bad voice! Ha Ha! Thanks, fishead!
fishead ...*∞º˙

Awesome Tilt-Shift Time-Lapse Video of NYC - 1 views

www.geeksaresexy.net/...-shift-time-lapse-video-of-nyc

cool

shared by fishead ...*∞º˙ on 14 Mar 10 - Cached

  • When I first stumbled on this, I initially thought it was a new clip from [GaS] friend Keith Loutit, but the video actually comes from New York-based photographer Sam O’Hare. Check it out:

    Aero Director/ VFX artist Sam O’Hare has finished a short film, The Sandpit, that we’re very excited to be able to share with you. This short is inspired by films like Koyaanisqatsi (really, that’s not in spell check??), and time-lapse tilt shift photography.

    [Via Kottke]

  • Jack Logan on 14 Mar 10
     
    Awesome...
Jack Logan

Meet the Chevy Volt image - Behind the wheel of the Chevy Volt (photos) - CNET News - 2 views

news.cnet.com/2300-13577_3-10002790.html

electric car chevrolet

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  • Jack Logan on 13 Mar 10
     
    Some have called it the car that will save General Motors: the Chevy Volt, a plug-in electric sedan set to launch in three test markets (in California, Michigan, and the Washington, D.C., area) by the end of 2010. GM's Chevy brand was one of the charter sponsors of this week's South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, and it brought a Volt along for the ride. Why, exactly? The 12,000 SXSWi attendees, most of whom are all about the latest high-tech craze, are exactly the people Chevy thinks will want a Volt.
fishead ...*∞º˙

Evri Ties the Knot with Twine - Twine CEO Comments and Analysis « Nova Spivac... - 0 views

www.novaspivack.com/...evri-ties-the-knot-with-twine

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  • Evri Ties the Knot with Twine — Twine CEO Comments and Analysis March 11th, 2010  Share Today I am pleased to announce that my company, Radar Networks, and its flagship product, Twine, have been acquired by Evri. TechCrunch broke the story here. This acquisition consolidates the two leading providers of semantic discovery and search. It is also the culmination of my long and challenging venture to pioneer the adoption of the consumer Semantic Web.
  • The Twine team is joining Evri to continue our work there. Twine.com’s data and users are safe and sound and will be transitioned into the Evri.com service over time. This process will be done in a manner that protects privacy and data, and is minimally disruptive. I have great faith in the team at Evri and believe they will handle this with great care and respect for the Twine community.
  • Twine was well-received by the press and early-adopter users.
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  • At the time of beta launch and for almost six months after, Twine was still very much a work in progress. Fortunately our users and the press were fairly forgiving as we worked through evolving the GUI and feature set from what was initially just slightly better than an alpha site to the highly refined and graphical UI we have today. During these early days of Twine.com we were fortunate to have a devoted user-base and this became a thriving community of power-users who really helped us to refine the product and develop great content within it.
  • These losses meant we could no longer create compelling content or to manage the Twine community. So we put Twine.com on auto-pilot and let the traffic fall off. While painful to watch, this at least had the benefit of reducing the pressure to scale the system and support it under load, giving us time to focus all our energy on getting T2 finished and raising more funds.
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 11 Mar 10
     
    no direct mentions, but at least some recongition
Skeptical Debunker

Feds charge trendy sushi restaurant for serving whale meat - CNN.com - 0 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html

restaurant Typhoon whale horse meat crime Hump Santa Monica

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  • The misdemeanor charge carries a federal prison sentence of up to a year and a fine of up to $200,000 for the company, said Thom Mrozek, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office. Lawyers for Typhoon could not be reached for comment. But the restaurant told the Los Angeles Times it accepts responsibility and will pay a fine. The investigation began in October when two members of the team that made "The Cove" visited The Hump, officials said. "The Cove," which exposes the annual killing of dolphins at a Japanese fishing village, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary on Sunday. The restaurant, located at the Santa Monica Airport, is known for its exotic fare. Its Web site asks diners to surrender themselves to its chefs for "a culinary adventure ... unlike any that you have previously experienced." Armed with a hidden camera, the two women captured the waitress serving them whale and horse meat and identifying them as such, a federal criminal complaint said. A receipt from the restaurant at the end of the meal identified their selection as "whale" and "horse" with the cost -- $85 -- written next to them. The women snuck pieces of the meat into a napkin and later sent them for examination to a researcher at Oregon State University. He identified the whale sample to be that of sei whale, prosecutors said.
  • Skeptical Debunker on 11 Mar 10
     
    Federal authorities have charged a trendy Santa Monica sushi restaurant with serving whale meat -- an investigation that was spurred by the team behind the Oscar-winning documentary, "The Cove." Prosecutors charged Typhoon Restaurant Inc., the parent company of The Hump, and one of its chefs -- Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45 -- with the illegal sale of a marine mammal product for an unauthorized purpose. While it is considered a delicacy in Japan and some other countries, meat from whale -- an endangered species -- is illegal to consume in the United States.
Skeptical Debunker

Pink Floyd wins battle with EMI over downloads - Mar. 11, 2010 - 0 views

money.cnn.com/...index.htm

Pink Floyd lawsuit win legal battle EMI

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  • Skeptical Debunker on 11 Mar 10
     
    Pink Floyd won a legal battle Thursday against EMI that prevents the band's long-time record label from selling individual songs online. Sir Andrew Morritt, chancellor of Britain's High Court, ruled that Pink Floyd's contract forbids EMI from breaking up the band's albums without its permission, according to a spokeswoman for the British judicial system. EMI had argued that the stipulation only applied to physical albums, not online sales.
Wildcat2030 wildcat

Evri Acquires Radar Networks In Semantic Search Consolidation - 6 views

techcrunch.com/...evri-acquires-radar-networks

semantic radar networks evri

shared by Wildcat2030 wildcat on 11 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Wildcat2030 wildcat on 11 Mar 10
     
    "After shopping itself around to all the major search engines, Radar Networks finally found a buyer in another semantic search startup. Today, Evri is announcing that it will be acquiring Radar Networks, along with its core technical team and its main product, Twine. Rumors surfaced yesterday on ReadWriteWeb that Evri was being acquired, but that is not the case. Evri is the acquirer."
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  • Jack Logan on 11 Mar 10
     
    Well, there it is! Thanks, Wildcat!
  • Wildcat2030 wildcat on 11 Mar 10
     
    yes well we knew it was coming.. I just read what Nova says, quite interesting actually see here: http://www.novaspivack.com/uncategorized/evri-ties-the-knot-with-twine
  • Jack Logan on 11 Mar 10
     
    I read the article as well. Very interesting as well! It's hard to tell if anything in T1 will be maintained, so I guess we'll have to wait to hear an announcement from Evri on that. I've been a member of Evri - I'll take a look over there next!
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