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Development Visualization: Apache & Python

June 15th, 2008 · No Comments

I am a fan of both Apache and Python.  I just came across this interesting visualization about developers committing to the code base of open source projects.  From the site:
This visualization, called code_swarm, shows the history of commits in a software project. A commit happens when a developer makes changes to the code or documents [...]

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R2-D2 Projector in Action

May 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

I’m a Star Wars fan and have been ever since I was a little boy, when I saw this R2-D2 projector with built-in DVD, iPod dock and a slew of other inputs I was blown away. Imagine showing this off to friends. See the video on Gizmodo.

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Mario Theme Played with RC Car and Bottles

April 27th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve seen this a few times now in my delicious feed so I figured it was worth posting it here. This sounds pretty good, even though I’m a little skeptical that this is real. I think I would have just used one row of bottles too. Either way this is pretty neat.

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Drink It Or Admire It?

April 19th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m not sure if I could drink a latte that was this detailed, I’d probably just sit there and look at it and it would then become an ice latte… I’ve seen this done by humans and it is pretty impressive, but this is just way too cool.

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Vintage Science On Flickr

April 6th, 2008 · No Comments

There is a vintage science pool on flickr that is certainly worth a visit. I spent quite a while looking at some of these wonderful retro images. I especially like the Russian matchbox labels, I wish I had some of these as posters for my office.

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The Filemakers Behind Second Skin

April 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

The film Second Skin has intrigued me ever since I learned about it a couple months ago. BoingBoing TV got a chance to talk to the guys behind the movie. It’s always interesting to get a behind the scenes look a project such as this.

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Building Stonehenge By Hand, With Gravity And Sticks

March 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Wally Wallington of Flint, Michigan is proving that it is possible to move 1,600 pound stones using only conventional methods as he attempts to build Stonehenge all by himself without any machinery.

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Lifelike Computer Generated Woman

March 30th, 2008 · No Comments

I stumbled across a post on BoingBoing.net today which pointed to a page containing a lifelike rendering of a women who follows your cursor around the screen. According to Cory Doctorow who posted this it was designed by a Brazilian design firm. The technology appears to be Flash based, though it could just [...]

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Tags: Art · Bizarre · Entertainment · Miscellaneous

Futuro houses

March 18th, 2008 · No Comments

This style of house is awesome and it appears that near Chattanooga, USA there was an auction for one of these homes. The starting bid was $100,000. The saucer house that was up for bid is pictured below. There is also a video below that shows a lot more of these architectural [...]

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13 Awesome Pools

March 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

There is a post on oobject.com which shows 13 of the most interesting pools, and there is a pretty diverse architectural style. Some of my favorites I’ve embedded into this post but you really should take a look at the entire list of 13, it’s well worth your time.
My top five: (captions are above [...]

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