2011.12.02
Weekly Metapost : 2011.11.25 - 2011.12.02
03.00.02 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from November 25th, 2011 to December 2nd, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
Infographic: Get More Out Of Google | HackCollege
http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2011/11/23/infographic-get-more-out-of-google.html
Tagged : google infographic logic search technology
While I've been online old enough to remember the benifits of boolean logic in search queries, not many people are. While my habits faded away as Altavista faded away as Google grew, I can still form complex but precise queries, Google or not. Certainly more than many of my friends could say, so this infographic is a handy refresher for me, and perhaps a decent introduction to the unenlightened.
Oh, Pioneer!
http://ohpioneer.com/
Tagged : nature pictures rustic tumblr websites
While there are things I don't like about tumblrs, I love this collection. The beauties of nature, and the endurance of the rustics, with the occassional glimpse of technology. I love it.
Iron Man Gets the Shakes and Other Superheroic Animated GIFs | Underwire | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/12/animated-gifs-comic-books/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social%2Bmedia&utm_campaign=Facebook%2Bclickthru
Tagged : animation articles comics gif wired
It seems like everything needs video, including it seems, comic books. Sort of. While I like these animated gifs, and enjoy the occassional motion comic movie, there's only so much it can improve. Like novels, a well produced comic will let you dream...
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2011.11.25
Weekly Metapost : 2011.11.18 - 2011.11.25
03.00.02 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from November 18th, 2011 to November 25th, 2011
Eye Candy [list of other movies]
Source Code (2011) RatedLink | 0 Comments | metaposts Movies
2011.11.18
Weekly Metapost : 2011.11.11 - 2011.11.18
03.00.01 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from November 11th, 2011 to November 18th, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
Adobe Touch App Family | Touchscreen tools | Touch apps
http://www.adobe.com/products/touchapps.html
Tagged : adobe computers geek software technology
I once felt that iPads (and the subsequent pad computers) were not for me because, at the time, they couldn't handle streaming video, didn't have photoshop, and I wouldn't be able handle programing and arduinos. Well, video was quickly delt with, and Google Andrio plays well enough with Arduinos, and now Adobe has released touch apps to compliment its desktop bound Creative Suite. Between these developments and cloud computing I could almost adobt an iPad or android equivilent. Almost.
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2011.11.11
Weekly Metapost : 2011.11.04 - 2011.11.11
03.00.02 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from November 4th, 2011 to November 11th, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
Penn Jillette's 10 Commandments for atheists â USATODAY.com
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2011-10-28/penn-jillette-ten-commandments/50978982/1
Tagged : 10 commandments articles beliefs faith Penn Jillette religion USA Today
I'm always a bit annoyed when extremly religious individuals try to argue that to be a "good" person you need to live by the 10 commandments (and usually don't state which set of 10 commandments they go by) I usually won't argue with them, but it my mindset, "good" is defined by your personal beliefs and what your community will accept, not from lists given to you by arbitrarily assigned international organizations. You can take that as you will, but when you boil them down, it's essentially all the same. With that said, I like how Penn Jillette's 10 Commandments for Athiests has been getting some circulation...
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2011.11.04
Weekly Metapost : 2011.10.28 - 2011.11.04
03.00.02 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from October 28th, 2011 to November 4th, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
Mickey Mouse Boat Builders - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzD5cVPwUbg
Tagged : build cartoons childhood Disney make nostalgia videos youtube
One of the many things that helped me dream of being a builder, maker, invertor, was seeing Mickey Mouse "Boat Builder." As Mickey put it "All you do is put it together"
Missilebreak Outvaders - FREE online game - Jay is Games
http://jayisgames.com/games/missilebreak-outvaders/
Tagged : games mashup
Mashup of Breakout, Space Invaders, and Missle Command. [via Scalzi]
Clive Thompson on Why Kids Can't Search | Magazine
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/st_thompson_searchresults/
Tagged : article education society truth wired
it's a sad truth that people of my generation know how to "use the internet", yet constantly display an inability to understand and evaluate the information they collect as they pull in their nets. It's sad when people are unable or unwiling to do even a little fact checking - online or off.
Brit boffins print blinking booze bottle labels ⢠The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/03/printed_electronics/
Tagged : beer electronics future register technology
My homebrew beer is mostly unlabeled, mostly because I don't want to disticker my bottles each batch, but I'd probably change my mind if I could print electronics circuits unto the bottles (at least, without spending thousands of dollars to do so). [via adafruit]
Eye Candy [list of other movies]
Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) RatedLink | 0 Comments | metaposts Movies Weblinks
2011.10.21
Weekly Metapost : 2011.10.14 - 2011.10.21
03.00.02 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from October 14th, 2011 to October 21st, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
TV Fact-Checker: Inoculating House Against Bad Medicine | Underwire | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/10/tv-fact-checker-house/
Tagged : entertainment House interviews medicine science tv wired
For the last few seasons of House, I've developed a habit of checking out medical reviews of it at Polite Dissent (who also looks at comics and some other scifi for bad medicine). However, this WIRED interview with one of the medicine advisors is facinating - stores on simple errors he's fixed to one where he couldn't find a solution to a far fetched idea, left it on the fiction side, but later found out there was a more reality than he originally believed.
Conductive Silver Ink from a Ballpoint Pen - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dfNByi-rrO4
Tagged : chemistry diy electronics hack instructions labs make todo videos youtube
DIY conductive ink. While I would be fine with buying these pens, I almost want to get some lab equiptment. [via adafruit]
Playa Time Lapse Project
http://craneium.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109&Itemid=116
Tagged : burning man hack ideas make photography timelapse todo videos
A Timelapse project, where a DSLR camera took a photo, every 10 minutes, for 5 weeks, in the middle of nowhere. The fact that it's for Burning Man is worth it from the start, but I've been thinking about doing a similar project for a while now, and this is very similar to what I've been considering. While I wasn't aiming for the 10 minute increments, its cool to know my pipe dream is actually feasible.[via PetaPixel]
Food for Thought [other noteworthy books]
Jericho Season 3 TP [Paperback] RatedLink | 0 Comments | metaposts Reading Materials Weblinks
2011.10.14
Weekly Metapost : 2011.10.07 - 2011.10.14
03.00.01 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from October 7th, 2011 to October 14th, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
Photojournalism Behind the Scenes [ITA-ENG subs] on Vimeo
http://vimeo.com/29280708
Tagged : news photography reality video vimeo
A short presentation on photojournalists and war scenes. It's interesting to me because as a photographer, I know people will act in front of the camera. In an era where we'll quickly write off "fake" images as being photoshopped, it's easy to forget that the whole thing was staged. We may not want to consider that in war photography, but as this presentation shows, even that can be staged - on a regular schedule no less. [via petapixel]
35 Beautifully Animated Photographs a.k.a Cinemagraphs | inspirationfeed.com
http://inspirationfeed.com/photography/35-beautifully-animated-photographs-a-k-a-cinemagraphs/
Tagged : animations art gif images
I have a love/hate relationship with animated gif files. They used to plauge the world wide web, but as technology (and taste) developed, they've mostly faded away. In doing so the gems are out there. Some are short film length animations whose cousin was a flip book comic you doodled in the 3rd grade, while some, like the one, look like scenes from a movie. I'm sure they're massive, but I wish we had these floating around in the early 90s...
Why Fixers Will Save Our Planet - Fixers - Technology - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/10/why-fixers-will-save-our-planet/246349/
Tagged : articles Atlantic fix global ifixit make projects
Things break, and the American culture has a wide spread mentality that if it breaks, replace it. Within our borders it's rare for people like me to enjoy making and fixing things, but in the global scale, there's an argument that those are the people who power the world. The crew behind this article are working on a documantry on the subject, and from the looks of it it will be well done. [via MAKE]
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2011.10.07
Weekly Metapost : 2011.09.30 - 2011.10.07
03.00.02 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from September 30th, 2011 to October 7th, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
SF Signal: FLOWCHART: Navigating NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2011/09/flowchart-for-navigating-nprs-top-100-sff-books/
Tagged : books fiction flowcharts npr scifi
As the title says, a flow chart of NPR's top 100 Scifi/Fantasy books. Not a supprise, I'm on the Scifi and mixed portions of the chart, but I've dabbled on the fantasy side. [via Scalzi]
dy/dan » Blog Archive » Five Lessons On Teaching From Angry Birds That Have Nothing Whatsoever To Do With Parabolas
http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=9797&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dydan1+%28dy%2Fdan+posts+%2B+lessons%29
Tagged : Angry Birds education ideas math physics science video games
As an occassional programer and a currently struggling-though-calculus-based-physics-student, it's not hard to connect the ideas of video games and physics. While it has not been my first cross over point, it's probably one of the only ones that's easy to identify among the general population. That idea is touched on, but there's more depth in how it talks about other ways Angry Birds can be used as an educational tool in physics and mathematics.
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2011.09.30
Weekly Metapost : 2011.09.23 - 2011.09.30
03.00.01 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from September 23rd, 2011 to September 30th, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
Retro Muppet Concert Posters | Michael De Pippo
http://michaeldepippo.com/?p=876
Tagged : art fanart muppets posters retro want
Retro style posters for the Muppet's band Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem [via neatorama]
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2011.09.23
Weekly Metapost : 2011.09.16 - 2011.09.23
03.00.01 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from September 16th, 2011 to September 23rd, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
White House brewing its own beer - CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/16/earlyshow/main20107292.shtml
Tagged : beer cbs geek homebrew Obama politics POTUS
As a homebrewer, I get a bit of a kick that President Obama started making homebrew beer in the White House earlier this year. [via gizmodo]
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2011.09.16
Weekly Metapost : 2011.09.09 - 2011.09.16
03.00.02 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from September 9th, 2011 to September 16th, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
Pop Chart Lab â The Evolution of Video Game Controllers
http://popchartlab.com/collections/prints/products/the-evolution-of-video-game-controllers
Tagged : art history ideas posters video games
It's interesting seeing how one generation of video game consoles evolve and influence others, some we know of to other developments that were extremely scarce. [via laughingsquid]
light fossils - a set on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariustwin/sets/72157627531534892/with/6099377146/
Tagged : art flickr light painting photography
I've played with light painting a few times, and while anyone can do it, there's a special spacial awareness (or a zillion redos) needed to paint like these. [via petapixel]
Installing the Canon EOS Utility using the Updater Tool on Mac OS X « Navâs Story
http://www.navjagpal.com/blog/?p=16
Tagged : canon hacks OS X rants software
A clever hack for installing Canon EOS Utilities on a Mac since for some reason Canon only offers software "updates" as opposed to a regular installer. I doubt it's a high demand issue, but it saved me a headache.
If You Can Think, Design
http://flyosity.com/application-design/if-you-can-think-design-code-you-win.php
Tagged :
While I don't do a lot of web development anymore, this article is pretty similar to my philosophy, where if you really want to create some great sites, you need to know the code, not just you design skills and claims of SEO knowlege.
MAKE | Tool Review: Drill Press Bottle Capper
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/09/tool-review-drill-press-bottle-capper.html
Tagged : beer gadgets geek MAKE tools
Tool lust meets homebrew beer. A combination I'm almost tempted to buy, right next to Craftsmen Bottle Cab Wrench.
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2011.09.09
Weekly Metapost : 2011.09.02 - 2011.09.09
03.00.02 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from September 2nd, 2011 to September 9th, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
Virgin Radio 9 5 3 :: Fake Film Festival - You Voted!
http://vancouver.virginradio.ca/FakeFilmFestival.aspx
Tagged : culture funny videos youtube
Some famous movies, condenced in to 60 seconds, sort of like Be Kind Rewind, except produced with a bit more than a VHS camcorder...
Jonny Quest Opening Titles on Vimeo
http://vimeo.com/28278839
Tagged : animation classic jonny quest scifi video vimeo
An amazing stop motion animation recreation of the Classic Jonny Quest opening. [via io9]
A One Man Mobile Studio At Burning Man
http://www.visualnews.com/2011/06/29/a-one-man-mobile-studio-at-burning-man/
Tagged : art burningman gadgets ideas photography
I'll admit lighting is one of my weakspots in photography, I'm working on it, but a nomadic style studio lighting rig is stunning (plus, you know, some amazing burning man photos help sell the idea...) [via petapixel]
Waffle House Index Measures Hurricane Recovery - WSJ.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904716604576542460736605364.html
Tagged : FEMA natural disasters trivia Waffle House WSJ
Waffle House is usually the type of place I go to when it's after midnight, and I'm too lazy to cook. Apparently it's also a relaible place to go to after a hurricane. [via kottke]
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2011.09.02
Weekly Metapost : 2011.08.26 - 2011.09.02
03.00.01 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from August 26th, 2011 to September 2nd, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
Pamper Your Tools | MachinistBlog.com
http://www.machinistblog.com/pamper-your-tools/
Tagged : DIY hardware howto MAKE projects todo tools
I've been developing a love for form-fitting cases, at least the slim tool box sets. Arguably it's a waste of space, but there are tools that I loath having to hunt down in an overpacked drawer, so it's amazing how simple it can be to DIY. [via MAKE]
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2011.08.19
Weekly Metapost : 2011.08.12 - 2011.08.19
03.00.03 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from August 12th, 2011 to August 19th, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
GPS Visualizer
http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/
Tagged : cartography gps maps technology tools websites
Handy website for overlaying GPS data on a variety of map references, including USPS topo and aerial maps.
Eye Candy [list of other movies]
127 Hours (2010) RatedDuel (1971) Rated
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2011.08.12
Weekly Metapost : 2011.08.05 - 2011.08.12
03.00.02 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from August 5th, 2011 to August 12th, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
IBM Model M bluetooth controller board - geekhack forums
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:19104
Tagged :
While I've never been exposed to the legendary IBM Model M keyboards, I've been a long time fan of Apple Extended Keyboard II, and for years have been wanting to convert one to ADB/USB/Bluetooth compatibility. This project stokes my interest in makeing it a reality. [Link | 0 Comments | metaposts Weblinks
2011.07.29
Weekly Metapost : 2011.07.22 - 2011.07.29
03.00.03 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from July 22nd, 2011 to July 29th, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
âª2D Photography Rube Goldbergâ¬â - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKpxd8hzOcQ&feature=player_embedded
Tagged : make photography Rube Goldberg videos youtube
So many things I love cramed into one video - Photography, Gadgets, Rube Goldberg devices, and a bit of humor. [via MAKE]
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2011.07.15
Weekly Metapost : 2011.07.08 - 2011.07.15
03.00.02 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from July 8th, 2011 to July 15th, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
The History of the Space Shuttle - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/the-history-of-the-space-shuttle/100097/
Tagged : history NASA photos space space shuttle theatlantic
61 amazing photos on the Space Shuttle Program. I'll miss this program, it's been around since before I was born, but at least I'm one of the people who can say that I've watched it's launch from Cape Canaveral...
The History of the Space Shuttle - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/the-history-of-the-space-shuttle/100097/
Tagged : history NASA photos space space shuttle theatlantic
61 amazing photos on the Space Shuttle Program. I'll miss this program, it's been around since before I was born, but at least I'm one of the people who can say that I've watched it's launch from Cape Canaveral...
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2011.07.01
Weekly Metapost : 2011.06.24 - 2011.07.01
03.00.02 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from June 24th, 2011 to July 1st, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
555 Footstool - Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/555stool
Tagged : art DIY electronics evilmadscientist geek ideas MAKE projects
In rekindling my love of electronics over the last couple of years, I've developed a love for 555 IC circuits. Since I also love creative woodwork, I want a 555 Footstool, maybe with a Atmega328 (Arduino) coffee table...
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2011.06.17
Weekly Metapost : 2011.06.10 - 2011.06.17
03.00.02 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from June 10th, 2011 to June 17th, 2011
Eye Candy [list of other movies]
The Social Network (2010) RatedLink | 0 Comments | metaposts Movies
2011.06.10
Weekly Metapost : 2011.06.03 - 2011.06.10
03.00.01 - Mark
Weekly Metapost from June 3rd, 2011 to June 10th, 2011
Elsewhere Online [collection of past links]
YouTube - CAN you see my robot?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hag6Zgj78o
Tagged : electronics MAKE robots shiny videos youtube
I knew there was a reason I don't like canned beers... [a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/06/beer-can-bot-has-devious-disguise.html">via MAKE]