Saturday, June 21, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
Blogger Templates | CSS Design Templates
Blogger Templates | CSS Design Templates: "Templates for Blogger, Google's blog platform. Tutorial: How to install a classic Blogger template."
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Name That Disease-F-in Great Lill Game
This is a fun lill time killer. A simple game where you are compared to the likes of Doogie Howser, sad about him turning into a coke head and all. Lets all do it at work on Feb 14, no not that, the game, it only takes a min, but we will collectively cost corporate USA Millions of dollars. Stick it to the man, you know you want to! Better then sex!
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'Bush Lied'? If Only It Were That Simple.
The phony 'Bush lied' story line distracts from the biggest prewar failure: bad intelligence.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
Meet The British Teen Who Could Only Eat Tic Tacs..
Natalie Cooper can savour all things except good, scrumptious food, for all she can eat is Tic Tacs.
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Monday, June 2, 2008
Cars & Transportation Archives : TreeHugger
Cars & Transportation Archives : TreeHugger: "Meet the Trailcart, the future of offroad adventure for the post peak oil generation. A series of lucky coincidences led Frank Fraune and his invention -- a four wheel drive pedal powered vehicle called the Trailcart -- to the Adventure and Offroad Convention in Bad Kissingen Germany. There, surrounded by gas-guzzling, large footprinted vehicles, two trailcart prototypes drew a curious crowd.
Read more: Pedal Powered Four Wheel Drive SUV Invented in Germany"
Read more: Pedal Powered Four Wheel Drive SUV Invented in Germany"
Promote Your Band on MySpace - Wired How-To Wiki
Promote Your Band on MySpace - Wired How-To Wiki: "Promote Your Band on MySpace
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Like it or not, MySpace is a vital promotional tool for the web-savvy musician. As a multimedia-rich environment, bands have unparalleled access to their fans on both a social and musical level. However, achieving a full-on marketing coup is tougher than it looks. Here are a few tips for using the site to promote your soon-to-be rockstar band.
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Contents
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* 1 How To Proceed
o 1.1 Step 1: Gather Your Promotional Materials
+ 1.1.1 Pictures
+ 1.1.2 Music
+ 1.1.3 Video
+ 1.1.4 Bios
+ 1.1.5 Events
o 1.2 Step 2: Window Shop for a Page Layout
o 1.3 Step 3: Setup a Core Base of Friends
o 1.4 Step 4: Update Often
o 1.5 Step 5: Branch Out
How To Proceed
Step 1: Gather Your Promotional Materials
Ironically, this initial step starts out offline. First, collect any promotional materials you've produced for the band"
From Wired How-To Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Like it or not, MySpace is a vital promotional tool for the web-savvy musician. As a multimedia-rich environment, bands have unparalleled access to their fans on both a social and musical level. However, achieving a full-on marketing coup is tougher than it looks. Here are a few tips for using the site to promote your soon-to-be rockstar band.
This article is a wiki. Got extra advice? Log in and add it.
Contents
[hide]
* 1 How To Proceed
o 1.1 Step 1: Gather Your Promotional Materials
+ 1.1.1 Pictures
+ 1.1.2 Music
+ 1.1.3 Video
+ 1.1.4 Bios
+ 1.1.5 Events
o 1.2 Step 2: Window Shop for a Page Layout
o 1.3 Step 3: Setup a Core Base of Friends
o 1.4 Step 4: Update Often
o 1.5 Step 5: Branch Out
How To Proceed
Step 1: Gather Your Promotional Materials
Ironically, this initial step starts out offline. First, collect any promotional materials you've produced for the band"
Bloglines | My Feeds (84)
Bloglines | My Feeds (84): "Scientific American has a nice article listing the top five mistakes that photo-fakers make when they use photoshop to doctor piccies.
Surrounding lights reflect in eyes to form small white dots called specular highlights. The shape, color and location of these highlights tell us quite a bit about the lighting.
In 2006 a photo editor contacted me about a picture of American Idol stars that was scheduled for publication in his magazine (above). The specular highlights were quite different (insets).
The highlight position indicates where the light source is located (above left). As the direction to the light source (yellow arrow) moves from left to right, so do the specular highlights.
The highlights in the American Idol picture are so inconsistent that visual inspection is enough to infer the photograph has been doctored. Many cases, however, require a mathematical analysis. To determine light position precisely requires taking into account the shape of the eye and the relative orientation between the eye, camera and light. The orientation matters because eyes are not perfect spheres: the clear covering of the iris, or cornea, protrudes, which we model in software as a sphere whose center is offset from the center of the whites of the eye, or sclera (above right)."
Surrounding lights reflect in eyes to form small white dots called specular highlights. The shape, color and location of these highlights tell us quite a bit about the lighting.
In 2006 a photo editor contacted me about a picture of American Idol stars that was scheduled for publication in his magazine (above). The specular highlights were quite different (insets).
The highlight position indicates where the light source is located (above left). As the direction to the light source (yellow arrow) moves from left to right, so do the specular highlights.
The highlights in the American Idol picture are so inconsistent that visual inspection is enough to infer the photograph has been doctored. Many cases, however, require a mathematical analysis. To determine light position precisely requires taking into account the shape of the eye and the relative orientation between the eye, camera and light. The orientation matters because eyes are not perfect spheres: the clear covering of the iris, or cornea, protrudes, which we model in software as a sphere whose center is offset from the center of the whites of the eye, or sclera (above right)."
Art Deadlines List: CALL FOR ART ABOUT TABOO TOPICS - June 10, 2008
Art Deadlines List: CALL FOR ART ABOUT TABOO TOPICS - June 10, 2008: "CALL FOR ART ABOUT TABOO TOPICS - June 10, 2008
As social mores become more restrictive, expression becomes less free. In our increasingly polarized society, deep divisions allow for less freedom of expression. We, as Americans, are divided more and more by politics (liberals vs. conservatives), social values (traditionalists vs. modernists), religion (fundamentalists vs. everyone else), race, ethnicity, gender, and age. 'Taboo Topics' invites participants to use their artistic talents to explore and express the forbidden. This is an open show designed to provide a safe space for artists to use their creative talents to express ideas on society’s Taboo Topics. Entry fee.
Contact:
Ventura Artists Union Gallery
330 South California St Plaza
Ventura CA"
As social mores become more restrictive, expression becomes less free. In our increasingly polarized society, deep divisions allow for less freedom of expression. We, as Americans, are divided more and more by politics (liberals vs. conservatives), social values (traditionalists vs. modernists), religion (fundamentalists vs. everyone else), race, ethnicity, gender, and age. 'Taboo Topics' invites participants to use their artistic talents to explore and express the forbidden. This is an open show designed to provide a safe space for artists to use their creative talents to express ideas on society’s Taboo Topics. Entry fee.
Contact:
Ventura Artists Union Gallery
330 South California St Plaza
Ventura CA"
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Mount Everest Anniversary, Maps, Photos--National Geographic
Mount Everest Anniversary, Maps, Photos--National Geographic: "Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the First Ascent of Mount Everest
(1953-2003"
(1953-2003"
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Rifflet
"Rifflet claims to be the home for unfinished songs. Basically, anyone can upload a riff or soundclip, and anyone else can listen to and download that clip, add to it, enhance it, use it, etc -- sort of an open community audio blog, as it incorporates Creative Commons license terms into the experience.
Kinda interesting. There are a lot of 'free sound banks' and 'collaborative song writing' sites around, this is sort of a spin off those concepts. (Think Free Sound Project, Kompoz, SoundSnap, Splice, etc.) Good stuff..."
Kinda interesting. There are a lot of 'free sound banks' and 'collaborative song writing' sites around, this is sort of a spin off those concepts. (Think Free Sound Project, Kompoz, SoundSnap, Splice, etc.) Good stuff..."
IndieFlix
"IndieFlix, a marketplace for independent films, has launched MyFestival, a new streaming video site that will let film festivals crowdsource the movie selection process. MyFestival is making its debut in conjunction with the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), which is taking place from May 22 to June 15.
For MyFestival’s pilot trial at SIFF, users will be able to stream and vote for any of ten films and ten shorts for free from nowPublish Post until June 8. After the deadline, the votes will be tallied and the winning film will be screened during the one of the festival’s most prized time slots. Even the losers get something out of the deal - the site provides detailed demographic responses that let filmmakers tweak their distribution plans. The site has already forged deals with a number of other festivals, and major venues like Sundance are watching the results closely.
Getting a screening at a film festival can be very competitive, even with hundreds of festivals in the United States annually. Even if a film is screened, getting distribution is considerably more difficult - less than 1% of American films find meaningful distribution. IndieFlix CEO Scilla Andreen says that a new voting system could help expose many of these films to a much broader audience, with the ultimate goal of giving the audience a s"
For MyFestival’s pilot trial at SIFF, users will be able to stream and vote for any of ten films and ten shorts for free from nowPublish Post until June 8. After the deadline, the votes will be tallied and the winning film will be screened during the one of the festival’s most prized time slots. Even the losers get something out of the deal - the site provides detailed demographic responses that let filmmakers tweak their distribution plans. The site has already forged deals with a number of other festivals, and major venues like Sundance are watching the results closely.
Getting a screening at a film festival can be very competitive, even with hundreds of festivals in the United States annually. Even if a film is screened, getting distribution is considerably more difficult - less than 1% of American films find meaningful distribution. IndieFlix CEO Scilla Andreen says that a new voting system could help expose many of these films to a much broader audience, with the ultimate goal of giving the audience a s"
Free Jam Backing Tracks
Free Jam Backing Tracks
Keep up with your chops when your without a band or folks to play with. Upload and download your own tracks. All free.
Keep up with your chops when your without a band or folks to play with. Upload and download your own tracks. All free.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Latest iPhone 2.0 beta adds geo-tagging to Camera photos
A new beta of Apple's iPhone Software v2.0 Update released privately to a select group of enterprise partners this week adds a few new preferences and the beginnings of geo-tagging support for the handset's Camera app.
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