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January 31, 2004
Open Source WiFi Stumbler for the Mac
KisMAC is a free stumbler application for MacOS X, that puts your card into the monitor mode. Unlike most other applications for OS X we are completely invisible and send no probe requests.
Another Open Mac Stumbler is: Mac Stumbler
I have also been told about: iStumbler
Posted by vanevery at 04:45 PM
Computer games that involve excersize
GETUPMOVE.COM - Story Mode
From the site:
I started playing Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) at the age of 17
with the very first version that was released to the United States, DDR Version 1.5. The first time I saw the game was at Gameworks arcade in Seattle, where tons of people were crowded around the DDR machine to watch different players dance. At this time, I was a senior in high school and weighed about 235 lbs. Four and a half years later, I now weigh close to 140 lbs and I would’ve never guessed how much that trip (OR a video game) would affect me with my health/weight, and in growing to be a better, more self-confident person.
Posted by vanevery at 01:25 PM
Friendster goes to the Dogs
Dogster :: A Walk Through The Dog Park
Woof and welcome To Dogster. You've come directly to the page of Jarvis.
Feel free to look around when you're done with this perfect pooch. Woof!
Posted by vanevery at 12:49 PM
Watch the MoveOn ad on CNN during the Superbowl
MoveOn.org Voter Fund
From the page:
Join the One-Minute Boycott of CBS
The CBS network still refuses to run our winning ad in the Bush in 30 Seconds ad contest during the Super Bowl. This Sunday, during the Super Bowl half time show, join us in changing channels on CBS. At 8:10pm and 8:35pm EST, switch over to CNN to watch "Child's Pay" on a channel which doesn't censor its ads. We'd like to keep a tally of the number of people who participate -- just fill out the form below:
Posted by vanevery at 12:40 PM
January 30, 2004
Voices from the Days of Slavery
Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories
Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories provides the opportunity to listen to former slaves describe their lives. These interviews, conducted between 1932 and 1975, capture the recollections of twenty-three identifiable people born between 1823 and the early 1860s and known to have been former slaves. Several of the people interviewed were centenarians, the oldest being 130 at the time of the interview. The almost seven hours of recordings were made in nine Southern states and provide an important glimpse of what life was like for slaves and freedmen. The former slaves discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, how slaves were coerced, their families, and, of course, freedom. It is important to keep in mind, however, that all of those interviewed spoke sixty or more years after the end of their enslavement, and it is their full lives, rather than their lives during slavery, that are reflected in their words. They have much to say about living as African Americans from the 1870s to the 1930s, and beyond. As part of their testimony, several of the ex-slaves sing songs, many of which were learned during the time of their enslavement.
Posted by vanevery at 04:52 PM
Travel video (from a virtual city)
My Trip to Liberty City
Jim Munroe
Posted by vanevery at 04:32 PM
March 20th: The World Still Says No to War
Momentum is building across the globe for the Global Day of Action against War and Occupation on March 20, the one-year anniversary of the U.S. bombing and invasion of Iraq.
Posted by vanevery at 04:05 PM
Digital Instrument Collection
Thanks to Ann for the link.
Posted by vanevery at 04:02 PM
January 29, 2004
Creative Time
"presenting art where you least expect it"
Posted by vanevery at 01:39 PM
January 28, 2004
Robot journalists
BBC News | SCI/TECH | Robo-reporter goes to war
From the article:
A robotic war correspondent that can get to places even veteran correspondent John Simpson cannot reach is being developed in the US.
The Afghan Explorer looks like a cross between a lawnmower and a robotic dog and has been designed to travel to war zones to provide images, sound and interviews from hostile environments off-limits to human reporters.
Thanks to Hans for the links.
Posted by vanevery at 02:57 AM
January 27, 2004
Image Processing w/Java ConvolveOp and More
Filtering a BufferedImage
The Java 2D API defines several filtering operations for BufferedImage objects. Each image-processing operation is embodied in a class that implements the BufferedImageOp interface. The image manipulation is performed in the image operation's filter method. The BufferedImageOp classes in the Java 2D API support
Posted by vanevery at 11:15 PM
Getting that job at that software co.
Joel on Software - Getting Your Resume Read
Joel from Fog Creek writes:
I've been going through a big pile of applications for the summer internship positions at Fog Creek Software, and, I don't know how to say this, some of them are really, really bad. This is not to say that the applicants are stupid or unqualified, although they might be. I'm never going to find out, because when I have lots of excellent applications for only two open positions, there's really no need to waste time interviewing people that can't be bothered to spell the name of my company right.
Posted by vanevery at 03:42 PM
Move On's Ad that isn't being showed during the Superbowl due to CBS' censorship
Posted by vanevery at 03:31 PM
J2ME on the Mac
MIDP on Mac OS X
Posted by vanevery at 02:47 PM
Java Extras on MacOS X
Developer - Frequently Asked Questions
Answer Q's such as how do I get serial working with Java and can I do J2ME programming on the Mac?
From the site:
Welcome to the Mac OS X Java Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for developers. This page is intended to provide answers to frequently asked questions about the direction and current features of Java on Mac OS X, as well as common development questions and problems. Due to the high volume of email we receive, we cannot respond to every question or suggestion, but we are interested in what you have to say. If after reading the Java Developer FAQ, you still have a question, please contact us.
Posted by vanevery at 11:39 AM
PHP, New York Style
Seems like a very active community developing some nifty open source projects (look for CLEW on a screen near you).
Posted by vanevery at 02:16 AM
Mobile mobile mobile
Mobile Phone News and Reviews (MobileBurn)
ps. I want my 6620
Posted by vanevery at 02:07 AM
January 26, 2004
NYC Openings, All of them!
Posted by vanevery at 03:22 AM
January 25, 2004
Dean's "rant" was nothing..
http://www.webmastersforamerica.com/Idiom_Studio/theSpeech_HiBand.mov
I like the remixes though: http://deangoesnuts.com/
For a description of why it sounded worse than it actually was: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_2004vote_012904dean.html
Posted by vanevery at 11:20 PM
Google's Friendster/Tribe play
orkut
From the site:
Orkut is an online community that connects people through a network of trusted friends.
We are committed to providing an online meeting place where people can socialize, make new acquaintances and find others who share their interests.
Someone invite me....!
Posted by vanevery at 11:12 PM
Virtual money becomes real
The Gaming Open Market - Welcome
GOM is an exchange site designed specifically for trading standard online game currencies, items, and accounts. Not only are we cheaper than the auction sites, but our trades are instant and secure.
Wired article: http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,61999,00.html/wn_ascii
Posted by vanevery at 11:10 PM
DIY Video Projector
Build your own LCD Video Projector
A great archived listserv is available here: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=281
Another interesting publication here: http://lumenlab.com/
Posted by vanevery at 09:59 PM
NYC Green Guide
Gotham Green Guide - New Yor City Green Living Links
Gotham Green Guide
Green Living in New York City
Dedicated to the Vision of a Big Green Apple
And a Kinder, Gentler, More Beautiful World
Posted by vanevery at 05:02 PM
Interesting ultra-portable (somewhere between a pda and a laptop) computer coming this year (2004)
From the site:
The OQO computer has all the functionality of an ultraportable notebook computer, with a 1GHz processor, a 20GB hard drive, 256MB of RAM, color transflective display (for easy indoor and outdoor viewing), 802.11b wireless, a removable lithium-polymer battery, and FireWire‚Ñ¢ and USB 1.1 ports. For input and navigation it includes thumb keyboard with TrackStik‚Ñ¢ and mouse buttons as well as digital pen and thumbwheel.
Posted by vanevery at 04:58 PM
Open Source Idea's, Defeat the patent system.
Not much here yet but a damn good idea.
Thanks again to Hans for the link.
From the site:
This section contains ideas published by OpenBrick users. Publishing and idea with some example of implementation allows to destroy the possibility of having that idea patented by others. Since we all have 10 ideas per week and since writing a patent takes 2 days, we will never have enough time to patent all our ideas. It would be very sad if someone else did and remove our possibility to use our own ideas. So, please publish your ideas here: this will make patents from Hitachi, IBM, etc. invalid.
Posted by vanevery at 03:48 PM
Audio Stream Recording
Rogue Amoeba - Good Software With A Bad Attitude!
For MacOS X..
Windows users see this: http://www.totalrecorder.com/
Posted by vanevery at 03:44 PM
What happened to my book?
Salon.com Technology | Blowing up "The Anarchist Cookbook"
I used to have a copy of the Anarchist Cookbook but can no longer find it. Hmmmn.. Not too long ago I decided to see if it was still in print and available, in the process I found William Powell's comments/letter on the Author's comments section on Amazon's page for the book. Here is some discussion of that from Amazon. BTW: Of course it is available, I added it to my wishlist.
From the Salon article:
The author of the famous do-it-yourself bomb book renounces his creation -- on Amazon.
Visit the page on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0962303208/rightocom/103-1792148-7791024
Here is the Anarchist Cookbook FAQ: http://www.righto.com/anarchist-cookbook-faq.html
Posted by vanevery at 03:41 PM
The Danger of Software Patents
Thanks to Hans for the link:
Speech by Richard Stallman at Cambridge University,
25 March 2002
You might have been familiar with my work on free software. This
speech is not about that. This speech is about a way of misusing laws
to make software development a dangerous activity. This is about what
happens when patent law gets applied to the field of software.
It is not about patenting software. That is a very bad way, a
misleading way, to describe it, because it is not a matter of patenting
individual programs. If it were, it would make no difference, it would
be basically harmless. Instead, it is about patenting ideas. Every
patent covers some idea. Software patents are patents which cover
software ideas, ideas which you would use in developing software. That
is what makes them a dangerous obstacle to all software development.
Posted by vanevery at 02:39 PM
Do turkeys enjoy thanksgiving?
The Hindu : Do turkeys enjoy thanksgiving?
Since seeing a speech that Arundhati Roy gave in NYC last year I have paid close attention when coming across her words. Here is the transcript from a speech she recently gave.
From the article:
It's not good enough to be right. Sometimes, if only in order to test our resolve, it's important to win something. In order to win something, we need to agree on something." After a tour d'horizon, the author of The God of Small Things calls for a " minimum agenda" as well as a plan of action that prioritises global resistance to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Here is the text of her speech at the opening Plenary of the World Social Forum in Mumbai on January 16, 2004:
Posted by vanevery at 02:28 PM
January 24, 2004
Run MacOS X on old hardware
Welcome to the development site for XPostFacto, the software that permits you to install Mac OS X on certain unsupported systems.
Posted by vanevery at 03:14 PM
We all like to stop motion and compress time
iStopMotion - Welcome to iStopMotion
iStopMotion is the ideal supplement for your Digital Hub. Used by educators, professional and amateur film makers all over the world to create astonishing work, iStopMotion is the tool of choice for Stop Motion Animation (aka. Claymation) and Time Lapse Recording.
Posted by vanevery at 03:46 AM
Rover videos...
Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Multimedia
Posted by vanevery at 01:44 AM
January 22, 2004
Java Devices
Looking for J2ME devices? You've come to the right place.
Posted by vanevery at 11:54 AM
This is the phone I want...
The Nokia 6620 imaging phone offers advanced messaging capabilities. The integrated camera lets users record video clips as well as capture VGA (640 x 480-pixel) images. The ability to share images and messages via Multimedia Message Service (MMS), e-mail, infrared, and Bluetooth makes the Nokia 6620 phone suitable for both mobile lifestyle and business applications.
Developers will also appreciate the Nokia 6620 phone's use of the latest in mobile technology, including support for Java‚Ñ¢ MIDP 2.0 applications, MMS, XHTML content, and high-speed content (over EDGE). The Nokia 6620 phone is a tri-band device developed for the Americas market; data carrier support is CSD, GPRS, EGPRS, and EDGE. Note that messaging functions, Java application downloads, XHTML browsing, and high-speed access all require operator and network support.
Posted by vanevery at 11:39 AM | Comments (1)
Cross Platform Open Source Streaming Solution
VideoLAN - Free Software and Open Source video streaming solution for every OS!
Free Software and Open Source video streaming solution for every OS!
The VideoLAN project targets multimedia streaming of MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and DivX files, DVDs, digital satellite channels, digital terrestial television channels and live videos on a high-bandwidth IPv4 or IPv6 network in unicast or multicast under many OSes. VideoLAN also features a cross-plaform multimedia player, VLC, which can be used to read the stream from the network or display video read locally on the computer under all GNU/Linux flavours, all BSD flavours, Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, Solaris, QNX, Familiar Linux...
Posted by vanevery at 12:17 AM
January 21, 2004
Light (Color) Music
Early Colour organs
"The early history of this art was driven by an interest in color. In the eighteenth century, a Jesuit priest, Louis- Bertrand Castel, invented the first color organ. Others, including D.D. Jameson, Bainbridge Bishop, and A. Wallace Rimington, created color organs through the next century [2].
Posted by vanevery at 09:25 PM
Check the facts
About Us - FactCheck.org
From the site:
We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.
Posted by vanevery at 09:19 PM
Light, light, light
SPIE is a not-for-profit society that has become the largest international force for the exchange, collection and dissemination of knowledge in optics, photonics and imaging. Founded in 1955, SPIE is the growing legacy of those who seek to learn, discover and innovate by building a better world with light.
Posted by vanevery at 09:14 PM
Language for "demanding multimedia applications"
Interesting.. I will have to check this out too...
From the site:
Isis, named after the Egyptian goddess of fertility, is a programming language that is specially tailored to support the development of demanding multimedia applications
Posted by vanevery at 06:10 PM
musicplasma : the music visual
musicplasma : the music visual search engine
Interesting concept, the Flash interface doesn't work in my browser though.. Any comments?
Find related musicians and music based upon what you like...
Posted by vanevery at 06:03 PM
Bush IS an Asshole (or many)...!
art of resistance - bush mosaic
Th Bush Asshole Mosiac
Posted by vanevery at 05:56 PM
DataData, Turn your bits into sweet music
From the site:
DataDada, version
Looks like fun.. I will have to give a run.
Thanks to Scott for the link...
Posted by vanevery at 05:53 PM
Share your calendar (iCal style)
The iCal Exchange was created to give the Internet community an easy way to publish their calendars using the built-in "Publish to a web server" mechanism.
Thanks to Mr. Sharon for the link.
Posted by vanevery at 12:59 PM
January 20, 2004
LCD Screen Source
Welcome to Digital WorldWide, Inc.
All the Carputer people seem to think this is the place to go..
Also visit this forum for an active body of users of small vga touch-screens.
Posted by vanevery at 06:22 AM
January 19, 2004
Video games with motion tracking... Nice.
Toysight is set of cool games and toys to play using your iSight‚Ñ¢ or similar firewire camera.
Using a system of object and motion detection to track your position, Toysight allows you to control buttons, sliders and perform gestures on the screen, putting you right in the action!
Posted by vanevery at 03:11 AM
January 18, 2004
Apple's Image Processing Library
Optimizing Image Processing With vImage
From the site:
vImage is Appleís image processing framework. It includes high-level functions for image manipulationóconvolutions, geometric transformations, histogram operations, morphological transformations, and alpha compositingóas well as utility functions for format conversions and other operations.
Posted by vanevery at 11:59 PM
How to write an artists resume (CV)
CAA | Ethics & Guidelines | c.v.conventions
Artist R?©sum?©
Recommended Conventions
Posted by vanevery at 11:00 PM
Our patent system does everything except encourage innovation
The purpose of Fight The Patent is to bring awareness and activism to Internet-related patents that affect all websites. In addition, this website presents searches for Patent Prior Art.
Posted by vanevery at 09:59 PM
Nice mandalas
Posted by vanevery at 01:12 PM
This is the end.
The page you are looking for is unavailable. The Web site is not experiencing technical difficulties, it is quite simply the end of the Internet.
Posted by vanevery at 12:54 PM
Open source audio editing for all
Audacity is a free audio editor. You can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your sounds using Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks together, or apply effects to your recordings. It also has a built-in amplitude envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode and a frequency analysis window for audio analysis applications. Built-in effects include Bass Boost, Wahwah, and Noise Removal, and it also supports VST plug-in effects.
Posted by vanevery at 12:45 PM
January 17, 2004
Streaming the Screen
Streamingmedia.com: Screen Recorders for Streaming
With visual communication over the Internet an essential business and educational tool, screen recording can provide a simple means to create presentations of software demos, data walk-throughs, or even traditional slideshows. Let's face it, nothing beats the "Show me, don't tell me!" approach of a narrated screen recording.
Posted by vanevery at 01:26 PM
Try before you (don't) buy CMS
This site was created with one goal in mind. To give you the opportunity to "try out" some of the best php/mysql based free and open source software systems in the world. You are welcome to be the administrator of any site here, allowing you to decide which system best suits your needs.
Posted by vanevery at 12:01 PM
January 16, 2004
The criminal justice system is being completely ignored
when it comes to "Homeland Security".
Posted by vanevery at 01:21 PM
Electric shock for game feed back..!
Reiff and Morawe are not the only ones to flirt with the idea of electric shock controllers and joysticks as a means of introducing greater realism into computer gaming.
Posted by vanevery at 12:57 PM
From the all knowing - Howstuffworks - Microprocessors
Howstuffworks "How Microprocessors Work"
A microprocessor -- also known as a CPU or central processing unit -- is a complete computation engine that is fabricated on a single chip.
Posted by vanevery at 12:13 PM
January 15, 2004
MPEG-4, Coming to a camcorder near you..
MPEG-4 Camcorders: Boom OR Bust?
At the Consumer Electronics Show this year, two companies made what seem to be the first serious attempts at MPEG-4 dedicated, tape-less camcorders. These digital camcorders claim to have advantages of high video compression, they are tightly housed within attractive, small profiles and generally are tapeless. Most of the models being introduced use either Secure Digital cards or write directly onto an internal hard drive.
Posted by vanevery at 09:59 PM
Browser plugin penetration
Macromedia - Flash and Shockwave Players : NPD Methodology
Posted by vanevery at 12:48 PM
PIC Programming on the Mac
PIC Development, Long awaited Microchip tools on OSX
Here is a thread on Mac Slash: http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/29/1336213&mode=thread&threshold=-1
Posted by vanevery at 12:39 PM
January 14, 2004
Bug vision
Wired News: Bugs Taking Over Robot Guidance
"The principle is simply that, if the insect flies along a straight line, objects that are near it appear to whiz by much more rapidly in the eye than objects that are far away," says Srinivasan. "Thus, the distance to an object can be inferred in terms of the velocity of its image in the eye -- the greater the velocity, the nearer the object."
Posted by vanevery at 04:42 PM
Hey, there's my bike..!
Abandoned Bicycles of New York
From the site:
New York has a lot of abandoned bicycles. I don't know why. Do people forget the combinations or keys to their locks? Do they forget they had a bike? Most of the bikes pictured here are pretty cheap bikes. Some of the bikes appear to have been abandoned long ago. Consider this ever-growing photo album a way to remember those forgotten bicycles.
Posted by vanevery at 12:02 AM
Blog Subject Popularity Index
blogdex - the weblog diffusion index
The following sites are the most contagious information currently spreading in the weblog community.
Posted by vanevery at 12:00 AM
January 13, 2004
Strange Science News
atomcc science nature technology genetics weird news
SCIENCE NEWS NOT FIT TO PRINT BUT WORTH THE READ
Conspiracies, Cool Science, Mad Science, Biotechnology, Military and Nuclear News, Our Environment, and a little Pseudoscience
Posted by vanevery at 11:44 PM
What is the story behind Love Canal?
Love Canal
From the site:
Love Canal is a neighbourhood in Niagara Falls, New York. The nickname "Love Canal" came from the last name of William Love who in 1896 began digging a canal connecting Lake Ontario and Lake Erie (bypassing Niagara Falls) in order to serve as a water power conduit. It was never completed but the Hooker Chemical Company, located west of the canal, had the ingenious idea of turning the uncompleted canal into a dumping ground for the chemical by-products of its manufacturing process.
Posted by vanevery at 11:42 PM
Open Source Project Management on the Palm
Apparently there is a desktop version to synch to as well (Windows for now, others on the way).
Thanks Hans..
Posted by vanevery at 08:42 AM
TKNY ... ?
TKNY home
From the site:
TKNY is an idea lab where the latest in urban lifestyle technology is conceived of, developed, and made available to the public.
This is a store..?
Posted by vanevery at 06:52 AM
Getting started with video processing..
Introduction to VideoScript
From the site:
VideoScript is the perfect tool for getting started with Digital Video processing. Designed for educational and home use, VideoScript is still powerful enough to log visitors, analyze movie files, track objects and make time & motion-lapse movies.
Posted by vanevery at 06:25 AM
Capture QuickTime on your PC
Welcome to vdig.com. Makers of QuickTime Video Digitizer Components for MacOS, MacOS X and Windows.
Posted by vanevery at 06:18 AM
January 12, 2004
Thanks for the memories Saddam
The truth behind the US' long love affair with Saddam.
Posted by vanevery at 12:07 PM
January 11, 2004
AOL Instant Messenger with Video (Beta)
Download AIM Beta for Windows
From the site:
Now you can see and hear your buddies with Live Video IM. All you need is a webcam, microphone, and a broadband connection.
I am told that it uses QuickTime but is apparently not interoperable with iChat AV. Also, not sure if it works with the Mac either. Wonder how it compares...?
Posted by vanevery at 10:17 PM
Internet Radio Tuner
iMuse Electronics Home of the Internet Radio - iAPlayer
From the site:
iAPlayer connects to the Internet through your home network. It allows you to play your conventional and compressed music CDs (in MP3 and mp3PRO formats); can play back digital files stored on your PC and is specifically designed to connect to the Internet to stream digital music from a world of online sources: radio stations, music charts and more.
Posted by vanevery at 09:46 PM
Digital Video Broadcast Stream Analysis
dvbsnoop - A DVB Stream Analyzer Tool
dvbsnoop is a DVB / MPEG stream analyzer program, which enables you to watch (live) stream information in human readable form.
Its purpose is to debug, dump or view digital stream information (e.g. digital television broadcasts) send via satellite, cable or terrestrial. Streams can be SI, PES or TS. Basically you can describe dvbsnoop as a "swiss army knife" analyzing program for dvb, mhp, dsm-cc or mpeg - similar to TCP network sniffer programs likesnoop on Sun Solaris or tcpdump under Linux.
Posted by vanevery at 09:20 PM
What happened to ... The Dead Media Project ...
The Dead Media Project consists of a database of field Notes written and researched by members of the Project's mailing list.
Posted by vanevery at 08:00 PM
Vinyl video discs
CED Magic - The RCA SelectaVision VideoDisc Web Site
From the site:
Capacitance Electronic Discs
This web site pertains to Capacitance Electronic Discs or CED's, a consumer video format on grooved vinyl discs that was marketed by RCA in the 1980's. This is the home site for the RCA SelectaVision VideoDisc FAQ and the CED Title Database. Additional information on the RCA VideoDisc System will appear here as it is prepared.
Posted by vanevery at 07:55 PM
Getting NAT to work on MacOS X Server (10.3, Panther)
O'Reilly Network: Squeezing NAT Out of Panther Server [Nov. 25, 2003]
Unfortunately this didn't work for me during a recent gig.. Anyone else have better luck?
Posted by vanevery at 04:48 PM | Comments (1)
NPR's Science Friday from Talk of the Nation
Science Friday: Making Science Radioactive
Posted by vanevery at 04:43 PM
WE HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE
We, the undersigned, are troubled by the way information flows and the way meaning is produced in our society.
WE HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE in what we are seeing, hearing and reading: too much infotainment and not enough news; too many outlets telling the same stories; too much commercialism and too much hype. Every day, this commercial information system distorts our view of the world.
WE HAVE LOST FAITH ...
Posted by vanevery at 02:04 PM
What is RSS anyway..?
RSS is a Web content syndication format.
Posted by vanevery at 01:39 PM
January 10, 2004
ibiblio
ibiblio - Science, Science, Science!
The public's library and digital archive
Posted by vanevery at 09:26 PM
Commercialism and American culture, they are the same, right?
Stay Free! is a print magazine focused on issues surrounding commercialism and American culture
Posted by vanevery at 09:09 PM
January 09, 2004
Video mixing gets packaged
Pioneer Electronics Announced New DVJ-X1
From the site:
Pioneer Electronics announced its new DVJ-X1 digital audio and video turntable, which allows users to manipulate and playback synchronized digital audio and video.
DJs will be able to use Pioneer's new unit to manipulate DVD visuals in the same way as they would music. So real-time digital video scratches, loops and instant cues are all possible with the DVJ-X1, while the video and audio streams stay in sync, even when they're being reversed and pitched. The DVJ-X1 brings together existing A/V technologies into a single unit that interfaces with currently available software and hardware.
Posted by vanevery at 02:31 AM
Design NYC's Streetlights..!
City Lights Design Competition - Competition Info
From the site:
New York City's Department of Design and Construction, in partnership with the Department of Transportation, is pleased to announce an international design competition for a new streetlight for the City of New York. The City of New York has provided lighting for the city's streets since 1762. New York City currently maintains over three hundred thousand streetlights within its five boroughs, and is seeking a new streetlight design for the city in the twenty-first century. The city intends to add the new design to the Department of Transportation's Street Lighting Catalogue, continuing a tradition of innovative street lighting begun more than two centuries ago.
Posted by vanevery at 02:21 AM
Shake for light.. Tell me how it works..!
From the site:
The Forever Flashlight uses the Faraday Principle of Electromagnetic Energy that guarantees replacement parts will never be needed!
Super bright Blue LED
Never needs batteries
Never needs bulbs
Waterproof
Floats in water
Great for cars, boats and campers and all emergency kits.
15-30 Seconds of shaking provides up to 5 minutes of
continuous bright light!
Posted by vanevery at 02:17 AM
January 08, 2004
Java and OpenGL Resources (Lwjgl, Jogl, GL4Java Tutorials, Demos)
Java and OpenGL Resources (Lwjgl, Jogl, GL4Java Tutorials, Demos)
Posted by vanevery at 12:43 AM
January 07, 2004
Open Source Java Class File Obfuscator
SourceForge.net: Project Info - ProGuard Java Shrinker and Obfuscator
From SourceForge:
ProGuard is a free Java class file shrinker and obfuscator. It can detect and remove unused classes, fields, methods, and attributes. It can then rename the remaining classes, fields, and methods using short meaningless names.
Posted by vanevery at 09:16 PM
EAI: A Video and Interactive Media Collection
Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI)
From the site:
Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) is a leading resource for artists' video and interactive media. EAI's core program is the international distribution of a major collection of new and historical media works by artists. Founded in 1971 as a nonprofit media arts center, EAI also offers a video preservation program and a screening room/study center. The Online Catalogue is a comprehensive resource on the 175 artists and 3,000 works in the EAI collection. The searchable database includes artists' biographies, tape descriptions, QuickTime excerpts, resource materials, and online ordering.
Posted by vanevery at 08:42 PM
Digital Radio Broadcasts begin
Wired News: Radio Ready to Go Digital
Not much about this in the media or anywhere else for that matter. Read about iBiquity some time ago, seems interesting but I don't quite understand why the FCC choose a product from a single vendor instead of an open standard for this. Can someone fill me in?
From the article:
Digital radio has been used for several years in Canada, Israel and parts of Europe. In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission voted in October 2002 to adopt iBiquity's technology as the standard for digital broadcasts, and allowed radio stations to begin broadcasting digital signals in addition to traditional analog signals.
Stations eventually will be able to broadcast two separate FM programs on one channel simultaneously, thereby offering customers more programming options. Listeners also will be able to save their favorite tunes and programs and replay them when they want.
Posted by vanevery at 04:35 PM
The future of automated video indexing
Informedia-II Digital Video Library
Some nice research being done at CMU.
From the site:
The overarching goal of the Informedia initiatives is to achieve machine understanding of video and film media, including all aspects of search, retrieval, visualization and summarization in both contemporaneous and archival content collections.
The base technology developed under Informedia-I combines speech, image and natural language understanding to automatically transcribe, segment and index linear video for intelligent search and image retrieval. Informedia-II seeks to improve the dynamic extraction, summarization, visualization, and presentation of distributed video, automatically producing ‚Äúcollages‚Ä? and ‚Äúauto-documentaries‚Ä? that summarize documents from text, images, audio and video into one single abstraction.
Posted by vanevery at 01:37 AM
Dangerous Experiments
Welcome to Dangerous Laboratories!
Not sure where to categorize this.. These guys go a bit far with some of these things (particularly the lazers and jet powered bicycles) but it sounds like fun....
Posted by vanevery at 01:30 AM
January 05, 2004
Move On's Bush in 30 Seconds Ad's
Bush in 30 Seconds
My favorite: In My Country
They all deserve air play.
Posted by vanevery at 06:05 PM
January 03, 2004
Today's Front Pages
Thanks Olivier.
Posted by vanevery at 01:50 PM
BBC Report on Cycling 74's Max/MSP Software
BBC - Radio 4 - Today Programme Listen Again
Are computers are transforming the way people make music today? Mark Cole investigates..
Posted by vanevery at 01:48 PM
Retrofitting..
Bootleg Objects
From the site:
A phono-radio without the phono, a cassette receiver sans cassette, and a non-turning turntable are the first three pieces in a series called “Bootleg Objects”.
Posted by vanevery at 12:59 PM
What is that counter in Union Square anyway?
Metronome.relatedrentals.com: Press Release
New York (October 21, 1999) - On October 26, 1999, at precisely twelve-noon, Metronome, the 98 foot by 200 foot art wall, commissioned by The Related Companies, L.P. for the faÁade of One Union Square South, will come to life with a burst of steam, a melodious tone and the illumination of the digital time piece, officially inaugurating this remarkable gift to the City of New York.
Posted by vanevery at 11:51 AM
Stories from the NYC Subway
Welcome to The Subway Chronicles -
a place for insightful, creative
writing about the
New York City subway system
Posted by vanevery at 11:32 AM
Extra tax deduction on equipment (including electronics..?)
Wired News: Incentive to Recycle Tech Gadgets
The tax break gives businesses an added 50 percent "bonus deduction" from a company's profit for equipment purchased between last May 5 and the end of next year. The deduction, in a law signed by President Bush, is on top of the 30 percent first-year write-off that many businesses take on new equipment.
Posted by vanevery at 12:37 AM
Nice Panoramic Photo of Time Square on New Years Eve
Posted by vanevery at 12:14 AM
January 02, 2004
Networking Trends to watch in 2004
BitTorrent, 'Gi-Fi,' and Other Trends in 2004
From the article:
Thanks to a never-ending supply of sharp minds and energy in the information technology industry, innovation will keep on marching ahead in 2004 -- good economy or bad. (But a good economy sure helps.) Editors from internetnews.com and across Jupitermedia have compiled a list of ideas/trends/innovations to watch in 2004.
Posted by vanevery at 11:48 PM
SCP and SFTP for Mac
Research Systems Unix Group: Fugu
Fugu - A Mac OS X SFTP, SCP and SSH Frontend.
Posted by vanevery at 08:41 PM