Video has become unstuck in time. Or it has become stuck in 3-space.
This is what happens when you stack
video frames to make a rectangular solid. It kind of crystalizes the moving 2d
picture into a static 3d object. I bet this is how a Tralfamadorean
sees things.
(via boingboing)
Don’t be forgettin to talk as if ye were a pirate, matey.
This is kinda neat … Upcoming.org – “a collaborative event calendar”. Not much there now, so I added Austin City Limits Festival, since we’re about to head down there tonight .. should be fun. 🙂
(As seen on a.wholelottanothing)
Neato: some Germans built a foosball-playing
robot.
Now if you had two tables like that, as well as some sensors on the
human side and a network connection for the computer controller, you’d be all
set for some telefoosing — except, the ball and the table surface and the
server would have to be identical, and even then I’m sure the way the
two balls bounced wouldn’t be the same ..
So instead of a real ball, all four players (local and remote) wear
special glasses and the image of the ball is projected onto the glasses .. and
the table introduces a bit of force-feedback into the rods when they’re
supposed to be making contact with the holo-ball. And it’d generate the sound
effects too (foos-man hitting ball, ball hitting goal, etc) …
now that’d be nifty 😉
We could call it virtual-tele-robo-foosball … or something
Today’s FoxTrot includes higher than normal quantities of geek humor. Although, the funniest thing may be that Jason names CSS as an encryption algorithm…
I woke up to this song on the radio this, er, yesterday morning, which was Tom Lehrer’s birthday. heh 🙂
(as found on Mt. Molelog)
Now for sale on Outpost.com: “Adult Gasmask – $79.99”
I don’t see any duct tape or plastic though…
Remember that show on Comedy Central, “Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist”?
Well, Jonathan Katz is at it again
…
Transom has some clips of raw unedited
phone calls that will be edited into a show. Has the same feel as the TV show
… and just as odd. And some of the callers are the same as the characters
from the show.
Mr. Kottke has some nifty pictures of his trip to Paris
last fall.
Great photos .. especially the
Eiffel Tower,
the Seine, and
Notre Dame.
Hey, Chris has a weblog type thingy up on his site now .. nifty 🙂
Also don’t miss the main page for KungFooHampster.com (which is owned by Adam)