Random Things

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Organize your Life - Design an Online Workflow

There are countless wonderful, free, online tools out there that help you with productivity, and give you a pretty good way to manage your projects, your small business, and more. But how do you design your workflow, such that you actually make use of the tools consistently, and to their best effect?

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Sunday, June 25, 2006

Giant MP3 LED DIY Display


You gotta see the pics! "To build your own nifty “Giant MP3 LED Display”, you’ll need lots of 128×64 two-colored LEDs, approx. 80×40cm panel, 110A/5V = 550W power input, an Ethernet interface, and a 16-MHz ATmega128 processor. Full instructions here."

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Friday, June 09, 2006

WIRED: A Speedboat that Really Hauls Ass... Literally!


"It can be a real pain in the butt. Just ask Peter Bethune, who's powering his speedboat with biodiesel made of fat from his backside. Of course, nobody's butt is big enough to sustain a 27,600-mile journey. Bethune's contribution amounts to only a liter of fuel; the rest comes from vegetable oils and other animal fats."

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Friday, May 26, 2006

Xbox Live Update Brings Major Enhancements!



A list of features that will be added/changed. "I just got off the phone with Microsoft. They walked me through what features the Live update will include and said it will hit next Friday. The update includes major music and DVD playback tweaks, adding the ability to conduct downloads in the background and boot to the console's dashboard."

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Saturday, May 20, 2006

LED Touch Sensor Project




"This is a collection of the work I’ve done with using the bi-directional properties of LEDs. I have also included links to information I’ve found on the subject and the project by an NYU research that inspired me"

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Thursday, May 11, 2006

Collection of 1100+ found grocery lists


Ever wonder what happens to your grocery list after you're done with it? Apparently, this guys collects them and has a scanned collection of over 1000 grocery lists.

The Future Home - Part Yacht, part submarine


Welcome to the future. Part Yacht, part submarine, the Tribolis designed by Italian architect Giancarlo Zema is a 20 mt long semisubmerged floating home which can accomodate 6 people.

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

See the World Through the Eyes of a Baby


A group of visual researchers have come up with a method that alters pictures so that they look like what babies see. (Just ignore that terrible phrasing and take a look at the picture to understand better.)

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