Archive for the 'Off Topic' Category
The Last Cause Gets $10,000 Pledge from Software Company
May 11th, 2011Via: Kickstarter – The Last Cause: If you know that C.O.F.F.E.E. or Xpresso are things not available at Starbucks, then you’ve already recognized that the 3D package that we used in the Kickstarter video is Cinema 4D. Maxon, the creator of Cinema 4D has seen that too, and just made an incredible $10K pledge! Correct […]
Growing Up In Arcades: 1979-1989
April 29th, 2011I don’t know how old you were in 1981, but I was ten when I was spending my allowance getting high score on Defender. —The Future Where Soda Cans Have Screens If you want to know if this is me, no, but the hair is about right. Flickr: Growing Up In Arcades: 1979-1989
Kickstarter for ‘The Last Cause’
April 22nd, 2011You might think that I have something to do with this project, but I don’t. However, I want to see it and I kicked in some money. Hmm. On the other hand, who needs Sci-Fi when people can use the Interwebs to crowdfund their film projects?! Kickstarter: The Last Cause
Off Topic: Telecom More Than Triples Far North XT Rural Download Speed
April 8th, 2011On 8 April, early AM hours NZ time, I noticed that my Telecom XT connection was running much faster than usual: Woh. That’s interesting! I’ve been using Telecom XT “out here” since November 2009 and the link was always throttled back to a maximum of 1.3 Mbits/sec up and down. Since this morning, I’m getting […]
NASA SCIENTIST CLAIMS TO HAVE FOUND FOSSILIZED REMAINS OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL BACTERIA IN FRESHLY FRACTURED METEORITES
March 5th, 2011Via: Journal of Cosmology: Journal of Cosmology, 2011, Vol 13, JournalofCosmology.com March, 2011 Fossils of Cyanobacteria in CI1 Carbonaceous Meteorites Richard B. Hoover, Ph.D. NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Synopsis Dr. Hoover has discovered evidence of microfossils similar to Cyanobacteria, in freshly fractured slices of the interior surfaces of the Alais, Ivuna, and Orgueil CI1 carbonaceous […]
The Pallet Wood Shed
February 26th, 2011This is very interesting. Via: The Pallet Wood Shed: Last fall I had the need for a new shed to store my garden tractor in. Since I had a large number of used wooden pallets on hand I decided to put them to a good use. The following pictures show the end results.
The Irish American Business Network
February 24th, 2011Update: The Irish American Business Network Website Is Up iabn.net —End Update— I met John Richards when I was back in the U.S. He contacted me and asked me to mention this. If you have any interest, contact John Richards at john.richards@c3g.com: The Irish American Business Network (IABN) is one of the fastest growing social […]
Researcher Controls Worm by Stimulating Individual Neurons with Laser
January 21st, 2011Via: Github: Andrew’s research is called CoLBeRT: Controlling Locomotion and Behavior in Real-Time and works by running real-time analysis on video of a 1mm long specially bred light-sensitive C. elegans worm. The CoLBeRT system tracks the worm as it moves and shines laser light on specific neurons as the worm is moving to stimulate or […]
Sloan Digital Sky Survey III
January 12th, 2011Via: Guardian: Astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey release SDSS-III, the most detailed picture of the universe ever made. It is the culmination of a decade spent scanning the night skies and would take half a million high-definition televisions to view at its full resolution. With more than a trillion pixels, this is the […]
Vi Hart
December 17th, 2010Vi Hart might be interesting for Cryptogon homeschoolers out there.
