Nikon camera lost at sea found 1000 miles away
Complete with video shot by a sea turtle!
Archiving my Twitter, Facebook and other social network activity
Nikon camera lost at sea found 1000 miles away
Complete with video shot by a sea turtle!
Solar Powered Shrub Car is Not Your “Garden Variety” EV
The things you find on Slashdot. This is like something out of a spy spoof. Or maybe The Tick.
I like open primaries in theory, but what CA just passed actually *reduces* choice on the final ballot: only the top 2 from the primary. How long until the first election where both candidates are the same party?
Oh, those Falcon UFOs
Yesterday, a lot of Australians reported seeing a bizarre UFO. Just before 6:00 a.m. local time, numerous reports came in about a spiral of light in the sky with a bright central spot. The light was actually spinning around, like a pinwheel!
Sightings line up perfectly with the Falcon 9 launch.
I hate misleading ad campaigns. CA Proposition 16 is NOT about “your right to vote.” It's about keeping local govermnents out of the electricity business.
Extreme beer – man’s favourite drink suddenly gets much stronger
By the time you get to 50% ABV, can you really call it beer?
Wow. Some downtown San Diego lots are pre-selling parking now. If you want to park underneath the convention center, I’m guessing you’ll need to buy it today.
Guillermo Del Toro departs “The Hobbit”
Guillermo Del Toro announced today that he is no longer directing the two movies based on J.R.R Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”…
Argh! I totally understand his decision (a 3 year commitment on the other side of the planet has turned into 6 years, and they still can’t start filming due to MGM’s financial problems), but this is one hell of a missed opportunity.
Video Gamers Can Control Dreams, Study Suggests
Playing video games before bedtime may give people an unusual level of awareness and control in their dreams, LiveScience has learned.
[ABC Cancels Romantically Challenged, Scrubs, Ted, Flashforward]
I can't say I didn't see it coming. FlashForward has been a study in missed opportunities from episode two onward, and Better Off Ted had “Too Good to Last” stamped on every frame. OTOH, at least we know ABC will *show* the last two episodes of FF. I'm not so confident about Ted.
Comic-Con Move From San Diego To Anaheim Or LA? (Hell No! We Won’t Go!)
I like this characterization of the San Diego/Los Angeles battle: “Are you a fan show with trade elements, or are you a trade show that lets in fans…?”
Telekom Austria turns phone boxes into car recharging stations
Neat idea for reusing obsolete infrastructure.
So…if Facebook *had* an “I don’t care” button, what would it mean if you cared enough to make the effort to click on it?
Sony delivers floppy disk’s last rites
Electronics giant, which pioneered and dominated the market for the storage medium, announces it will cease Japanese sales of the disks in 2011.
Farewell, floppy disk!
I remember seeing a plume from some rocket test back in the 1990s, but that one was mostly white and yellow. It didn’t get the color variation this one has from sunrise.
Among other events, WonderCon is holding several screenings of an “Uncensored” version of “The Last Unicorn.” I’m almost afraid to ask.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/03/30/the-ultimate-guide-to-cloning-in-photoshop/
This looks incredibly useful, and I wish I had time to read the whole thing now.