Did You Ever Know That You’re My Hero
Friday, March 30th, 2007Mike Davidson is my personal pick for Hero of the Week.
Mike Davidson, proving once again that men with beards are very cool.
And I should know.
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OLPC $100 Laptop Review by Stammy
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007Stammy has a nice write up of some hands-on time with a OLPC Laptop.
Right now it’s pricing at $148. Even if they couldn’t get the cost lower than that, this is a marvel of design & engineering; both in terms of hardware and software. Goes to show what can be done if enough [...]
Colourising Images and Movies With Squiggles
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007Okay, this is cool. The coulourising is done using MATLAB, the “flagship” product made by the company I work for. Though, I wouldn’t post this unless I thought it was cool.
Basically, this allows you to take black & white images and movies, add a few coloured squiggles to the areas of the picture [...]
Crazy — Landing A Plane Without Wheels
Thursday, December 28th, 2006Via Stammy, I am filling this under “Holy Crap! That’s Cool!” however I wouldn’t want to have to go through it…
Emergency Landing Without Gear - video powered by Metacafe
It looks like a smoother landing than I’ve had on most of my flights, but of course that point of view is deceiving. Each shift and [...]
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