August 2008
New DSLR Competition? →
RED’s next move: Monstro super DSLRs Red CEO, Jim Jannard, is stirring up trouble in the RED User forums, J. Wong-style. His latest volley discusses the new Mysterium “Monstro” sensor program, the…
Airline removes life vests to lighten planes →
With the rising costs of fuel, airlines are taking extreme measures to lose weight. Many companies in the States are persuading passengers to travel light by charging a fee for additional…
'My initial Ricoh GX200 impressions' at... →
Wouter Brandsma, a very talented photographer and Serious Compacts contributor has published his initial impressions of the Ricoh GX200. Wouter has extensive experience with that camera’s…
camouflage art by Liu Bolin →
camouflage art by Liu Bolin
Product: ScaleOut StateServer is Memcached on... →
ScaleOut StateServer is an in-memory distributed cache across a server farm or compute grid. Unlike middleware vendors, StateServer is aims at being a very good data cache, it doesn’t try to handle…
this made my morning →
And yes, I know I am late to the game with this one. Spotted over at culturalfuel.
Banksy on the streets of New Orleans →
Banksy on the streets of New Orleans
How many admin. does it take...? →
The Ridgewood Public School system employs at least 3 people, that the Fly can ascertain, who oversee the implementation of our math curriculum. This does take into account the Superintendent of…
The things you can see with a UAV →
The Draganflyer X6 UAV RC Helicopter is a surveillance nut’s dream come true. The compact ‘copter flies steady with its three rotors, enabling the on-board camera to record smooth video of…
Cloudbursting - Hybrid Application Hosting →
I get to meet with lots of developers and system architects as part of my job. Talking to them about cloud computing and about the Amazon Web Services is both challenging and rewarding. Cloud…
Wildlife Photography, the Video Game →
Would your job make a good video game? Mine wouldn’t. Wildlife photographer, on the other hand, sounds rather appealing. Sony thinks so. The company has developed a PlayStation 3 game…
Alphabet Truck →
Kids and parents often resort to playing the Alphabet Game to avoid complete boredom during long automobile trips. Photographer Eric Tabuchi has taken the idea a couple steps further in his…
2008 US Movie Box Office →
2008 US Movie Box Office Visualized by Zach Beane (via genpink)
Andy Warhol revisited: Banksy Barely Legal exhibit... →
Andy Warhol revisited: Banksy Barely Legal exhibit in Downtown Los Angeles
Night and Low-Light Photography →
This has been a busy summer for night photography books. First, Troy Paiva’s long-awaited second book Night Vision: The Art of Urban Exploration comes out. Next, Jill Waterman’s new book
True Colors at the DNC? →
Anyone who’s ever taken a color theory class at an art school knows that you can create harmonies and tensions simply by juxtaposing specific hues. And all the nominees’ stylists employed…
Apple details next-gen multi-touch techniques for... →
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider: Apple details next-gen multi-touch techniques for tablet Macs — In a revised company filing discovered by AppleInsider, iPhone maker Apple Inc….
2009 Hyundai Genesis 4.6 Review →
One of the cornerstones of TTAC’s existence is reminding the auto industry that “those who don’t learn from the mistakes of the past are destined to repeat them.” As a corollary we can…
TEKKEN 6 BLOODLINE REBELLION Revealed! →
Tekken 6 Bloodline Rebellion has been announced! It will be officially shown at the upcoming Amusement Show on September 20th in Tokyo, Japan! It will be an upgraded version of the…
Be fit with BeFit for Mac →
Filed under: Software
In case you’re wondering why I’ve been writing about exercise and food applications lately, it’s because I’m trying to lose a few pounds, OK? When I saw the press…
Ewha Womans University Campus Center →
Ewha Womans University Campus Center
New Nikon Holds a Secret (David Pogue/New York... →
David Pogue / New York Times: New Nikon Holds a Secret — If you saw it just sitting there, you’d never guess that the new Nikon D90 is a mind-blowing, game-changing…
Here’s What I Think Of Your Pictures →
I was looking at a photographers pictures recently trying to figure out what kind of advice I should give and having a difficult time of it, because I felt like they had perfectly decent pictures…
Nikon D90 →
Finally something to get excited about in the land of cameras. The long-rumored Nikon D90 is the world’s first digital SLR camera to do HD video recording. That’s right, in… Visit Uncrate…
Ryanair flight makes emergency landing because of... →
A Ryanair flight from Budapest to Dublin had to make an emergency landing because of a can of leaking soup.
Insert joke about airline food here.
Ok, so this isn’t funny if you’re a passenger…
Chase Jarvis Has Had the Nikon D90 For Weeks and... →
So you think you’re pretty hip, checking out all the images and specs of the new Nikon D90 weeks before its official launch this morning. Well, you’re not as hip, evidently, as photographer Chase…
Exotic Urbanism: Monu Issue 9 →
MONU - a magazine on urbanism - is a unique bi-annual international forum for artists, writers and designers that are working on topics of urban culture, development and politics. Each…
Draganflyer X6 →
Designed for aerial photography and video, the Draganflyer X6 ($TBA) lets you run your recon missions in style. Its anti-vibration camera mount can hold digital cameras, HD video cams, and…
Ridgewood New Jersey Ranked 15th Most Affluent... →
Ridgewood residents may not feel rich but according to Money Magazine we are a town filled with Top Earners.
In Money Magazine’s July 2008 list of the 25 Top Earning Towns in the…
Fight fire with a mean-looking gun →
It kind of looks like something from Quake: The Shooter fire extinguisher concept fires CO2 bullets rather than foam, meaning you get to terminate the blaze with extreme prejudice. Only thing…
Tokyoflash Rogue →
The LED-loving, standard clock face-defying Tokyoflash is back with its latest creation, the Rogue ($155). Made from stainless steel in either a polished silver or black finish, the Rogue…
Aurora@15 →
“photography that inspires action”
OT: Boooooo Canon →
Corporations have to protect their trademarks or they can lose them. That’s why Apple starting going after everything with “pod” in the name. Yet even Apple has a little bit of restraint in setting…
Canon's New Sensor Design →
By Mayank Bhatnagar
Since the Canon EOS 50D launch just two days ago, internet forums have been abuzz with what is perhaps Canon’s main imaging technology breakthrough this year: the new (CMOS)…
How to be a great boss →
How to be a great boss (PDF) by Number17.
RightScale Webinar: Leveraging Amazon's... →
The folks at RightScale will be conducting a webinar on Thursday, August 28th at 10 AM PDT. They’ll focus on the recently announced Amazon Elastic Block Store, discussing…
"Haggle" Button Boosts Sales →
Fascinating: a case study on Marketing Sherpa about an online golf equipment retailer that added a “make an offer” button and saw its sales jump by 685% in a year.
Did you know that …
It’s in my pig!
Wooden Animal USB Drives →
It’s in my pig!
Wooden Animal USB Drives
Slipper Genie Cleaning Slippers - Slipper Genie... →
awesome
Teddy Bear USB Drive →
Teddy Bear USB Drive
Cleaning slippers →
As someone who’s lived in no-shoes-allowed-in-the-house Asian environments, I love the idea of the bottom of your shoes being a cleaning element rather than a filth-attracting dirt magnet; at…
Useful Cloud Computing Blogs →
Can’t get enough cloud computing? Then you must really be a glutton for punishment! But just in case, here are some cloud computing resources, collected from various sources, that will help you…
The Hills' Have Paychecks..... →
Defamer leaked the salaries of the cast of THE HILLS, now you can finally understand why we hang around with them…
1.) LC $75,000 per episode ($1.50 million a year)
2.) Heidi Montag: $65,000 per…
Random Excellence: Paul Crovella →
Paul Crovella, Palm Tree Back in art school when I didn’t get enough haircuts and wore my jeans till they fell apart, I used to say my ambition was to take pictures with nothing in…
Hanged Floor Light →
The “Always Wanted to be a Chandelier” is what you might called a “failed” lighting design. An inanimate object so dejected and depressed with its lot in life that it has become suicidal! Perhaps…
Video of Donald Miller’s Prayer at the DNC →
We’re definitely the first blog to go live with this…Here you go…
Furniture that Doubles as Comfy Hideaways for your... →
For those of you who really love your pet, but you don’t want an ugly metal cage in your living room or bedroom to keep your pet inside here is a very good solution. DenHaus designs little homes…
Cannabalistic Sushi →
Cannabalistic Sushi
Nose shower gel dispenser →
Nose shower gel dispenser
How to be a good intern →
How to be a good intern (PDF). By Number17.