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USofA Air force Pilots Gain New Fangled Wings

March 12th, 2010 J No comments

More unmanned then manned aircrafts being purchased by the States signals a turned towards Skynet supremacy. 24 cadets at the Air Force Academy received the first wings awarded in the institution’s history for pilots specializing in unmanned aerial systems and other remotely piloted aircraft. Prepare to be terminated.

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Apple Cider with a Dash of Lemon

March 11th, 2010 J 4 comments

About 6 weeks back in the height of summer having already laid down a brew of beer with Nez that it was time to seeĀ just how easy it was to do the same with Cider. Conversations with various people led me to the simplest recipe imaginable:

  • 1.5kgs Apples
  • 5.7L Purified or Boiled Water
  • 1kg White Sugar
  • 3 Lemons
  • (I added a fresh Nectarine off the tree outside)

Tools:

  • Couple of Buckets
  • Muslin Cloth (had to substitute a tea towel)
  • Plastic Bottles
  • Time

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I’m a sorry!

February 23rd, 2010 J 2 comments

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Pirate vs Pay

February 19th, 2010 J 1 comment

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How about we use a green screen for everything…

February 18th, 2010 J 1 comment


via Kottke

And yes yes, I know that The 8ball is merely becoming a dumping ground for any kind of online video that crops up but seriously that is some impressive green screen effects going on right there. Makes you wonder when they will reach the point where by every single thing is green screened aside from the actors (that is until we perfect that too).

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Augmented Reality

February 15th, 2010 J 3 comments

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This is something of an eye opener for what is possibly in store for us in the later part of this century. With mobile computing/Internet increasing at a lovely rate (all be it else where in the world) there are already a number of iPhone apps that allow for some form of Augmented Reality. Keiichi Matsuda explains:

The latter half of the 20th century saw the built environment merged with media space, and architecture taking on new roles related to branding, image and consumerism. Augmented reality may recontextualise the functions of consumerism and architecture, and change in the way in which we operate within it.


Less a little of the extreme advertising and this system would actually help us ‘connected generation’ to keep the umbilical cord flowing with juices from our always awake, always waiting friend the Internet.

Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop from Keiichi Matsuda on Vimeo.

UPDATE

Another video that came out today about bing maps, shows live video being augmented over top of a street view image. Very impressive, scroll to 3mins for the build up.

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A picture of awesomeness

February 12th, 2010 J 2 comments

Look at that sweet sweet apple 2, not only that but a kick ass gameboy as well!

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Best T eva

February 4th, 2010 J 2 comments

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i(insertfemaleaccessoryjokeinhere)

January 28th, 2010 J 7 comments

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Skunk

January 27th, 2010 J 2 comments

New Analysis Says Cannabis Breeders Should Grow for Safety As Well As Potency

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