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Cometdocs: Free Online File Converter……
Well just came back from NAB’09 in Vegas. NAB was a bit thinly attended this year (I hear ~85,0000 people, as opposed to close to 200,000 in previous years). Had lots of time to browse the entire show floor. Lots of neat little booths and an entire section for experimental media in North Hall which…
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TPMG visits The Carlu and TSG shoots outdoor to celebrates one year at Ryerson
Okay so the title is long….but now you know what’s coming….right? TPMG (Toronto Photography Meetup Group) visited The Carlu courtesy of Jenn. We were group number four and there was 15 of us. The Carlu , for those of you who don’t know, is the new name given to the 7th floor of Eaton’s College Street store. An…
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Home Computer of 2004?
Well, I guess we all better thank Steve Wozniak…..I wonder what their idea of a portable computer would have looked like? I wonder what the steering wheel is for? The MOUSE?
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Tilt-Shift fun……
I came across Keith Loutit‘s work via an email Brad Fortner sent me a couple of days ago. I have to admit, I’ve never seen anything quite as good as Keith’s work with the Tilt-Shift lens . Hop over to his Vimeo page and/or his Photoblog to check out more of his work. Bathtub IV from…
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Ghost in the Machine
Ghost in the Machine: Jimi Hendrix, originally uploaded by iri5. Here is a great flickr photo set I came across this morning. Anyone remember cassettes? :-)
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JetBytes: On-the-fly file transfer……
Neat idea…..You all know about sites where you can upload a large file, for your friends to download. It’s simple, but what if you don’t want to store the file somewhere. It suddenly gets a bit harder, right. Now you need to bring up that FTP/SSH server, create userid’s, open firewall, forward ports, etc. You…
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New carpentry tool….Wiimote!!!
Are you missing a spirit level? Pulling out your hair because you can’t remember where you left the damn thing? Well, install the Leveltool on your Wii’s homebrew channel, grab your wiimote and get to work. Leveltool program uses your wiimote’s internal tilt sensors to simulate a spirit level on your TV.
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Chrome makes google proud….The one browser they couldn’t crack…
A recent contest at CanSecWest, an event that brings together some of the most skilled experts in the security community, has demonstrated that the three most popular browser are susceptible to security bugs despite the vigilance and engineering prowess of their creators. Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer were all exploited during the Pwn2Own competition that…
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You have to watch this….
Adam Savage talks about obsessions at TED….absolutely fascinating.
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Coraline takes fabbing to the next step…..
CG Society has a great detailed article on the tech that went into creating the new 3D animated movie, Coraline . For those of you who don’t know fabbing — the technique used in creating the characters for this movie — is the process of 3D printing . The article explains the use of 3D scanning and…