Archive for the ‘Software’ Category

3 Links — 1-24-2011

Monday, January 24th, 2011

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3 Videos: Sport, Projection Mapping, Digital-Architectural Music Video

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

While already ancient in Internet years, these three stood out after a recent video viewing catchup binge: Sport: If this hasn't been on repeat on ESPN can anyone really even utter the word "sport" anymore? Meatspace: The 600 Years from the macula on Vimeo. Video Projection Mapping for the 600th anniversary of the Astronomical Clock in ...

GPS drawings

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Jeremy Wood makes digital marks -- drawings if you will -- by walking around with a GPS. From his site GPSdrawing: Jeremy Wood is a multidiscipline artist and map maker whose diverse work is an expression of the poetry and politics of space and reflects upon how we treat our travels and interact ...

The dreaded ‘Idea’ — Part 2: Media

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Part 1 of "The dreaded 'Idea'" spouts freely new notions concerning Twitter and iPhone/iPod Apps & iOS along with a short treatise-like rant on ideas. Media Monetizing great content stuck on crusty websites An opportunity exsists for acquiring old, but authoritative content that ranks good.  This written treasure is often buried on neglected websites.  There's plenty ...

Blue Microphone’s Mikey 2 still not available

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

UPDATE: Now shipping!! The web page for Blue Microphone's plug-in mic for iPhone -- known as Mikey 2 -- still says its release date is 8/20/10, but the buy now text is not clickable. The opening blurb on Mikey 2's product page: The all-new Mikey is the perfect tool for mobile recording. Featuring ...

BumpTop: 3D Mac Desktop

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

BumpTop -- a Mac program that converts your drab desktop from 2D into 3D --  looks interesting enough to try. Tech Startups brings a "hands-on" review and opines.

The Third & The Seventh

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo. Slow moving but breathtakingly gorgeous.  HD, fullscreen it. Full CG architecture and nature never looked more, um, (vibrantly) natural; although while gradually seeping into the surreal. To delve into this further, visit The Third & The Seventh site and view the shorter Compositing ...

Video-stitching live cellphone streams

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

So Microsoft labs in Cairo, Egypt, have developed a way to combine various videos shot live on separate cell phones, of essentially the same scene, and combine them into a single, wider video. A college of mine referred to this as, "adaptive supersampled combinators!" New Scientist has a write up. Let's take it ...

How to Create Custom Droid Ringtones

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Nearly A Nerd welcomes web programmer and enthusiastic new Droid owner Joel Doetsch who's also blogged his favorite Android apps. So, sick and tired of all the iPhone hype, you took it upon yourself to go out and buy a Droid today. Maybe you were ready to break into the ...

BuzzVoice reads stories aloud

Monday, September 28th, 2009

I follow Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) on Twitter -- why, I don't really know -- and usually just pass over his copious twittering. But the other day his mention of BuzzVoice caught my eye.  BuzzVoice takes the stuff you read and reads it aloud for you. Of course a computer voice ...