tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133937402024-10-04T19:04:20.462-07:00Gadgets that make us salivate.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.comBlogger588125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-42982291822949683112010-05-10T14:27:00.000-07:002010-05-10T18:13:36.483-07:00I have to come out of hiding for this one:<br /><a href=http://www.gelib.com/clean-earth.htm>http://www.gelib.com/clean-earth.htm<br /> <br /><img width=400 src="http://www.gelib.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/clean-earth1.jpg"></a>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-41211182560815923502010-01-14T09:32:00.001-08:002010-01-14T09:32:31.768-08:00Feeling this way recently... <br /><br /><a href="http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1992-08-03/" title="Dilbert.com"><img width=400 src="http://dilbert.com/dyn/str_strip/000000000/00000000/0000000/000000/20000/8000/600/28667/28667.strip.gif" border="0" alt="Dilbert.com" /></a>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-58960525052276263522009-12-17T12:47:00.000-08:002009-12-17T12:51:44.153-08:00Pretty sweet browser app from <a href="http://mrdoob.com/blog">MrDoob</a>. <br />Display adjusts to match the viewer's position, based on just a webcam. Add stereoscopic display and you could have an object remain "stationary" in space.<br /><br />via comment on c|net covering <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10417268-17.html">Apple's patent for similar techniques</a><br /><br /><object width="400" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7q3-YbOM8yI&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7q3-YbOM8yI&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10417268-17.html"><br /><img width=400 src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20091217/Apple_patent.jpg"></a>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-55082369705326616042009-12-10T13:13:00.000-08:002009-12-10T13:16:05.343-08:00Amazing models... Retired dentist Young Park and his work:<br /><a href="http://craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Park.htm"><br /> <img width=400 src="http://craftsmanshipmuseum.com/images/ParkP51iCockpitside.jpg"><br /></a>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-71531568216496340022009-11-11T13:54:00.000-08:002009-11-11T13:55:24.375-08:00Update since <a href="http://caffeinepete.blogspot.com/2009/08/fast-fingers.html">part 1</a>...<br /><br /><object width="400" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7iqHSlgpapY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7iqHSlgpapY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="344"></embed></object>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-69462624754484804502009-10-16T14:32:00.000-07:002009-10-16T14:39:06.516-07:00<a href="http://www.worldtempus.com/fr/actualites/actualites-horlogeres/detail/article/1255686745-panerai-le-jupiterium-devoile/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">World Tempus</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/pmaxfield/JupiteriumPanerai?authkey=Gv1sRgCImgpPeS0YahzAE&feat=directlink"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVYnaWAWD6a5XHDZ27m_KaMoPh5yQ3fhZVOdIHzx8mE4cwXfVF0050yP5CSBXD6JF_z7VT6xp6yEan62_qITuvpnReGViM-1gVmhm2bZKb1nZ310SMTfah8dbc3NDGpy659w_/s400/Jupiterium_Panerai+b2d74c6e81.jpg" border="0" /></span></a>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-55922815332901613892009-10-04T09:40:00.000-07:002009-10-04T09:45:18.689-07:00New <a href="http://www.polycom.com/products/voice/conferencing_solutions/microsoft_optimized_conferencing/cx5000.html">conference system</a> at work... Eager to try it out.<div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UAGATkXihuo/SsjQGQ4kY-I/AAAAAAAAJJ4/EL0eXdpvEaU/s1600-h/Tele+conf+360++2009-10-02+9-52-42+AM.JPG"><br /><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UAGATkXihuo/SsjQGQ4kY-I/AAAAAAAAJJ4/EL0eXdpvEaU/s160/Tele+conf+360++2009-10-02+9-52-42+AM.JPG" /></a><div style="clear:both; text-align:RIGHT"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div></div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-6656972234012924102009-09-19T08:17:00.000-07:002009-09-19T08:20:29.435-07:00<a href="http://www.audiusa.com/us/brand/en/exp/progress.html#source=http://www.audiusa.com/us/brand/en/exp/progress/electricityuntamed.html?csref=inin_electricityuntamed&container=layerModal">Audi e-tron<br /><br /><img src="http://www.automoblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/audi-e-tron-concept-side.jpg"></a>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-38787567282542368832009-09-15T22:13:00.000-07:002009-09-15T22:13:57.602-07:00Yelp Augemented Reality on iPhone is a must see. Very cool proof of concept.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UAGATkXihuo/SrB0Ew2q71I/AAAAAAAAI28/viK2iOrBREE/s1600-h/Yelp_AR+3794.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UAGATkXihuo/SrB0Ew2q71I/AAAAAAAAI28/viK2iOrBREE/s320/Yelp_AR+3794.JPG" border="0" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-23693820066403953852009-08-17T15:16:00.000-07:002009-08-17T15:18:45.625-07:00<a href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/08/17/pulled-ahead-scion-dealers-saying-iq-headed-for-u-s-in-2010/">Pulled Ahead? Scion dealers saying iQ headed for U.S. in 2010</a><div><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/08/17/pulled-ahead-scion-dealers-saying-iq-headed-for-u-s-in-2010/"></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/new-york-scion-iq-concept#11" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><img width="400" vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/scion-iq.jpg" alt="" style="text-decoration: underline;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><br /><br /><br /></div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-979616200877896662009-08-05T10:09:00.001-07:002009-08-05T10:12:30.402-07:00<div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">An oldie but goodie...</span></div><br /><object width="400" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Aja7gcgRMJU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Aja7gcgRMJU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="344"></embed></object>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-1975332941829233712009-08-04T10:27:00.000-07:002009-08-24T11:03:55.584-07:00<div>UPDATE: Go to 2:39 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KxjVlaLBmk#t=2m36s">here</a> </div><div><br /></div>Remember Bishop's knife trick? We're one step closer. via <a href="http://justinblanton.com/2009/08/high-speed-robotic-hands">Justin</a><br /><br /><object width="400" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cv-Qlas1JCE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cv-Qlas1JCE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="400" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bfdHY26E2jc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bfdHY26E2jc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="344"></embed></object>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-68828680950537291002009-07-03T01:33:00.000-07:002009-07-03T01:35:29.492-07:00Great article on Wolfram Alpha in Tech Review. Compelling quote:<br />"It would be great if the Semantic Web had happened and we could just go and pick up data and it would all fit beautifully together. It hasn't happened."<br /><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/web/22834/">Semantic Web<br /><img width=400 src="http://www.sagerock.com/blog/images/wolfram-alpha-diagram.jpg"></a>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-11415557321403917452009-07-01T07:41:00.000-07:002009-07-01T07:41:39.908-07:00Family friend Don is a pioneer in the mapping industry. He recently got an ETAK system up and running again. It used dead reckoning from a car's wheels to map streets! <br /><br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDEdYeLtF1ohTLg3jMInI2wZAL7oTFk7T0shzcfxyUXlfvWBN0Jxq8Do5NTQZQOLRr4tW0IXd8xB9qT7-JZcRNMpT7_dOYu_YMVLvSS0pqNSbu9hwaUbM2dXqDjuh6_7NvFcM/s1600-h/Don+Old+GPS+ETAK+P6250973.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDEdYeLtF1ohTLg3jMInI2wZAL7oTFk7T0shzcfxyUXlfvWBN0Jxq8Do5NTQZQOLRr4tW0IXd8xB9qT7-JZcRNMpT7_dOYu_YMVLvSS0pqNSbu9hwaUbM2dXqDjuh6_7NvFcM/s320/Don+Old+GPS+ETAK+P6250973.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a>&nbsp;<br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB72R9vg9OP4SN1Nq4w58QW1d5vtdOdIm1F4S2yGJ1RdXnNMgPjNMTxgIF22bFlaC2Cpsrz5B7v1RWAJYIfI4fu4vB-y33mVU3rNz7dFQEoOKFEQ45sspYumUTljNtkZGcespr/s1600-h/Don+Old+GPS+ETAK+P6250976.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB72R9vg9OP4SN1Nq4w58QW1d5vtdOdIm1F4S2yGJ1RdXnNMgPjNMTxgIF22bFlaC2Cpsrz5B7v1RWAJYIfI4fu4vB-y33mVU3rNz7dFQEoOKFEQ45sspYumUTljNtkZGcespr/s320/Don+Old+GPS+ETAK+P6250976.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a>&nbsp;<br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAVaMPzhKtivuJJmrcYP7ZQ47SJLMG-6jXmEX-Wi3hskH_jb5GZTndX9r_h7pXhypYvfIIJ2qa23fxNDxuJZgM4re-UagekdvnhevQxih6q1Buy9Xe5ySVOlPkz8v0Hhm8szm/s1600-h/Don+Old+GPS+ETAK+3TJ3230.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAVaMPzhKtivuJJmrcYP7ZQ47SJLMG-6jXmEX-Wi3hskH_jb5GZTndX9r_h7pXhypYvfIIJ2qa23fxNDxuJZgM4re-UagekdvnhevQxih6q1Buy9Xe5ySVOlPkz8v0Hhm8szm/s320/Don+Old+GPS+ETAK+3TJ3230.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a>&nbsp;<br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZigtQDSAXLjkE5KLvSiZJns_oMyu2CvPGT7n5orVtvEunlFAiG0HMMz2p4OiBEK3JjiR0ansYtDLy9WlLazGiZIxy9KMi8YHYjuTou0PSK4oqKkG-1_BTtUnrorLwFtt8FrPq/s1600-h/Don+Old+GPS+ETAK+3TJ3235.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZigtQDSAXLjkE5KLvSiZJns_oMyu2CvPGT7n5orVtvEunlFAiG0HMMz2p4OiBEK3JjiR0ansYtDLy9WlLazGiZIxy9KMi8YHYjuTou0PSK4oqKkG-1_BTtUnrorLwFtt8FrPq/s320/Don+Old+GPS+ETAK+3TJ3235.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a>&nbsp;<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-62090992423977432432009-06-22T13:44:00.001-07:002009-06-22T13:47:17.264-07:00Saying goodbye to the Comcast Motorolla DVR, 'cause Tivo is the new hotness. After calling to close my account, they were happy to offer an HD box for $99 and keep my grandfathered rate. <br />1990 is calling, Comcast, and they want their UI back.<br /><img width=400 src="http://gamesnet.vo.llnwd.net/o1/gamestar/objects/271253_main.jpg">Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-83958722826055215492009-06-03T09:20:00.000-07:002009-06-03T09:25:17.741-07:00That's quite an ECO to move the Death Star's laser a full 45 degrees....<br /><a href="http://www.atlantismantis.com/deathstar.html">A Long Day Remembered<br /><br /><img src="http://www.atlantismantis.com/images/deathstar/eye.jpg"><br /><img width=400 src="http://www.atlantismantis.com/images/deathstar/diagram.gif"><br /><img src="http://www.windycitylefty.com/images/death_star.jpg"><br /></a>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-1309240961479428862009-05-18T09:07:00.000-07:002009-05-18T09:09:16.186-07:00This is too cool: <a href="http://mike.teczno.com/notes/slippy-faumaxion-II.html">Fauxmaxion Slippy Map</a><br /><br /><a href="http://teczno.com/faumaxion-II/" target="_blank"><br /><img src="http://mike.teczno.com/img/faumaxion-slippy.png" border="1" alt=""/></a>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-41750245695386420332009-05-13T13:32:00.000-07:002009-05-13T13:34:30.573-07:00Elegant design. So simple but effective.<br />via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/12/hundred-year-mechani.html">Boing Boing</a><br /><a href="http://cwwang.com/2009/05/05/316-billion-cycles/">100 year clock</a><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4368844&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4368844&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/4368844">3.16 Billion Cycles</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user271044">che-wei wang</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-33771947128580951762009-05-07T15:08:00.000-07:002009-05-08T09:54:25.179-07:00Slick complication(s) and crisp presentation.<div>A. Lange &amp; Söhne Zeitwerk <a href="http://www1.alange-soehne.com/en/index.html">main site</a></div><div>via <a href="http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2009/05/lange-sohne-zeitwerk-mechanical-digital.html">Watchismo</a></div><div><a href="http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2009/05/lange-sohne-zeitwerk-mechanical-digital.html"> <img width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Z5A9-oVNkPhVB1HfqM0eAG4Hi9h-tX3gzuDXPBydbRUt88JWow57bi14rfm9PDqRBpYfHcn0bbVhc5NcRzUJYFp18BDnCv3DaLBsdSehcXfvDT7CCJdyY6GZNExYUTKIQQk8/s320/LANGE-CONSTANT-FORCE-ESCAPEMENT.jpg" /><br /></a></div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-33322537596156326182009-04-28T12:59:00.001-07:002009-04-28T13:02:45.324-07:00A shame this is being delayed until 2010...<br /><a href="http://www.codemasters.com/games/?gameid=3073">Game info</a> and <a href="http://www.formula1-game.com/">F1 2009 homepage</a><br /><br /><object width="400" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aI79ADKXUGU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aI79ADKXUGU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="340"></embed></object>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-53947969680796515372009-04-28T12:46:00.001-07:002009-04-28T12:55:47.210-07:00Would you say I have a plethora of vehicles? <a href="http://www.fuel-game.com/">FUEL homepage</a><br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="288" id="viddler"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/ec749e1b/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/ec749e1b/" width="400" height="288" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler" ></embed></object>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-17596111791449634972009-04-24T16:36:00.001-07:002009-04-24T16:37:11.198-07:00Saw Don McMillan at Autodesk University last year. Hilarious.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m5Y3P41hr-Q&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m5Y3P41hr-Q&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="344"></embed></object>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-77513010448313352382009-04-12T17:47:00.000-07:002009-04-24T16:37:27.617-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I have to say this is one of the most innovative and original, if not potentially groundbreaking, UI paradigms I have seen in some time. Not quite at the level of iPhone multi=touch, but close.</span></span><div><a href="http://www.dasher.org.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Dasher </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">via </span></span><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/04/single-finger_text_input_1.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Make</span></span></a></div><div><object width="400" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0d6yIquOKQ0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0d6yIquOKQ0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="344"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><object width="400" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FLalNywdHxU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FLalNywdHxU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="344"></embed></object>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-26009849647834070822009-04-11T08:08:00.000-07:002009-04-12T08:05:41.570-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Very cool demo of ChromeExperiemnts. Twitter conversations ala particle collision.<br /></span></span><a href="http://www.chromeexperiments.com/detail/social-collider/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Social Collider<br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img width="400" src="http://infosthetics.com/archives/social_collider.jpg" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13393740.post-25461498059323085042009-04-01T14:33:00.000-07:002009-04-10T11:40:26.451-07:00"And I thought they smelled bad... on the outside."<br /><br />UPDATE: Turns out this was an April Fool's joke from ThinkGeek. However, the response was so overwhelming that they are going to try to make it a real product. Story <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-talk-taun-taunapr09,0,6232033.story">here</a>.<br />Backstory <a href="http://electricsoup.livejournal.com/631830.html">here</a>.<br /><br />via <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/tauntaun.html">ThinkGeek<br /><br /><img src="http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/front/tauntaun-sleepingbag.jpg "><br /></a>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16022331831365074423noreply@blogger.com0