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This is Water

r3dux — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:49:54 +0000

A transcript of the full speech can be found here: http://web.archive.org/web/20080213082423/http://www.marginalia.org/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html.

Microsoft’s IllumiRoom prototype aims for immersion

r3dux — Thu, 02 May 2013 06:30:18 +0000

The basic idea of the IllumiRoom setup is that you tap into visual content from a console and have that content affect how a projector displays additional/augmented/related content onto the walls surrounding your TV – you’ve really got to see it to get it: Interesting, huh? I like the idea, but… it seems a little [...]

Position Based Fluids: Incredible Real-Time Liquid Simulation

r3dux — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:17:32 +0000

Physics simulations are always interesting, and this one is probably the best liquid sim I’ve ever seen, all running live on a top-end NVidia GPU: You can read the paper about how it all works here, if you’d like. I don’t think NVidia are gonna hand out the source code, but they’re likely to incorporate [...]

Opale – Les Champs Magnetiques

r3dux — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:22:23 +0000

I caught this mesmerising teaser for a music video (directed by Nacho Guzman) over on BoingBoing the other day, and I guess I came for the video, but stayed for the music… If you’re down with its dark, electronic vibe also, you can find the full track plus a longer remix version over on their [...]

Miley Cyrus Vs. Biggie Smalls – Party in the USA Remixes

r3dux — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:27:37 +0000

That guy’s a terror since the public-school era: This one’s also excellent (it’s still Party in the USA – but mixed to “I Got a Story to Tell You” instead of “Party and Bullshit”) – in fact, it might even be the superior mix as it contains absolutely zero Miley Cyrus (just the Party in [...]

Candy Crush Rip-Off

r3dux — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:01:55 +0000

This should come as nothing of a surprise to anyone with a few working braincells, but shiny, happy match-3 game Candy Crush Saga is bullshit. The game itself is allegedly free to play, and it kinda is – only it’s designed so that you can’t finish any but the very earliest levels without paying for [...]

Alt-J – Breezeblocks (Live on Triple J)

r3dux — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:10:15 +0000

Liking this a lot – you can check out the official/studio version here, and you can download the full album An Awesome Wave album here [archive.org], so I’m assuming the band are okay with it and hoping if you listen and like then you’ll pick up a copy. Which is exactly what I’m gonna do…

Alaa Wardi – Risala Ela

r3dux — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:27:56 +0000

From the firehose of wonderful things BoingBoing: What a lovely little tune – made me smile, so I bought a DRM-free pay-what-you-want copy for the grand sum of $1. Lyrics: I’ve been waiting for years, to find someone new, that would fill my hole, and make me forget you. I promised you I’d leave, And [...]

How much does a Tobii X2-30 or X2-60 eye tracker cost?

r3dux — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:52:23 +0000

Good question! I’m looking to do some eye tracking research and couldn’t find any kind of price figure online, which generally means if you have to ask, you can’t afford it – so I enquired via email to a Tobii retailer, and they didn’t email me an answer: they sent me a powerpoint presentation containing [...]

Quake III DeFRaG World Cup 2008

r3dux — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:48:21 +0000

DeFRaG is a Quake III Arena mod where the goal is to remove ALL violence and replace it with skill. As such, the goal isn’t the most frags; it’s completing a level by shooting all the targets on walls, or getting from A to B in the fastest time possible (which is what the video [...]