Archives for: June 2007
CatCam
An enterprising German figured out how to attach a small camera to his pet cat that would take photos automatically throughout the cat's daily wanderings. It's really quite clever.
(Via BoingBoing) more »
Voice channels in online gaming
There's a good article from Wired about the effect of voice chat within online gaming. Personally, while I'm more than happy to use it while gaming -- it's pretty much a requirement when participating in a WoW raid -- I never speak unless participating… more »
Rejected Wii Games
I may have to create a Wii section on the blog at this rate... Anyway, link is to a video of a few "rejected" Wii games!
(Via Kottke) more »
The Wiimote bravely goes where theremin has gone before
More YouTube silliness: the original Star Trek theme as played on a Wiimote.
(Via Gizmodo) more »
YouTube Oddity of the day: Bikini Computer Smashing
I'm at a total loss to explain the audience for this one, other than people looking for bizarre videos.
Still, at least she's following basic safety procedure by donning protective eye-wear prior to destroying the PowerBook.
(Via Gizmodo) more »
Fun with GoogleStreets
Google recently added full photographic views of some parts of some cities to GoogleMaps. Much like with GoogleEarth, people have been spotting a few interesting events on camera. Here's Wired's take on it.
BoingBoing also has an interesting discussion… more »
New Boot Camp feature
While Parallels is the way I prefer to run XP on my MacBook these days, DF notes that Apple's Boot Camp windows environment now has a new feature that suspends OSX and BootCamp launch. Thus when you return, you can pick up where you left off rather than… more »
The fall of the captcha
Neat article from the NYT on the rise and fall of the captcha ("Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart") authentication process.
(From TalkingPointsMemo) more »
"Fallout" returns
Oooh! One of my favourite game franchises is back. I can't wait to see what they do with it this time around.
(Via Nodwick) more »
Wired on Wii-eight loss
This one's for the new Wii owner on this blog. From Wired 15.05:
Instead Of
Play...
1.5 hours of weight lifting (842 calories)
1 hour of Dance Dance Revolution (900 calories)
30 minutes of aerobics (242 calories)
30… more »
Good news out of Calgary Transit for a change
Looks like the City and the transit union have reached an agreement, signing a contract for the next three years.
I do hope this means the end of work-to-rule so I can actually rely on the buses being present at their scheduled time (or at all.) more »
Spidey does a mean shimmy-shake
Don't watch this if you revere your DC superheroes...
(Via OptimusCrime) more »
