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GoPro HD Hero Underwater Performance Unfortunately Poor

Sunday, November 22 2009 @ 07:53 AM PST
Contributed by: matt
Views: 485

Lately a lot of small and relatively inexpensive hi-def digital video cameras have hit the market. One of them is the GoPro HD Hero, which has some really interesting specs. Check out the videos on the home page, too.

720p and 1080p video
Very wide field of view
720p 60 fps mode
Includes a waterproof housing in the ~$300 price

The HD Hero's combination of a very wide field of view and a housing that will take recreational scuba diving makes it a really interesting little toy for divers looking to do video on the cheap. Unfortunately, the camera's underwater performance is seriously hobbled by the design of the lens.

Scribblenauts will bring out the worst in you

Tuesday, September 15 2009 @ 03:11 AM PDT
Contributed by: matt
Views: 390

Scribblenauts is a Nintendo DS puzzle game. In a typical level, your goal is simply to grab a star located somewhere out of reach. Your tools? Anything you want, ostensibly. You can write a word, like "gun" and the item will appear on the screen for you to use. The game itself has some flaws (here is a review) but the ability to summon items and creatures is astonishingly well done and probably worth the purchase price all by itself. It seems like they thought of everything...

I wrote chupacabra and a little green guy with red eyes appeared. He left a dog alone, but he instantly attacked a goat I summoned. (This alone makes it game of the year.)
God will kill a zombie, but a vampire will turn God into a vampire. I summoned a phaser to shoot the vampire but hit god-vampire instead; he was killed. The remaining vampire ran from my cross.
As the review mentions, you can summon a time machine and ride it, which takes you to a realm of knights and damsels.
In that medieval world, I accidentally destroyed a drawbridge with my sword. The princess on the drawbridge happened to fall in the water, so I summoned a shark to eat her. I tried summoning a school of piranhas to eat the shark, but as you can only do one at a time the shark kept eating them.
The game knows roflcopter. It looks different than the helicopter.
Try writing I win button.
An evil clown looks like a clown but thinks evil thoughts.
Pirates kill ninjas.
A succubus attacked me, but a cherub nailed her with arrows... after which she liked me. (I could use the cherub's bow to make other creatures turn good.)

There are definitely more surprises to find inside Scribblenauts.

Interesting reading on the Air France 447 tragedy

Tuesday, June 02 2009 @ 10:39 AM PDT
Contributed by: matt
Views: 682

This is a list of interesting material I have found while reading about the AF447 investigation.

Detailed meteorological analysis of the area
Big forum thread at airliners.net. Interesting reading--some pilots are participating.
Similar thread at jetphotos.net.
Lightning strike protection for composite aircraft
BBC article indicating debris has been spotted. Page has links to many other AF447 articles.
More recent article about the debris, with many interesting tidbits.
AirDisaster.com also has news on their front page.
SailWX.info lets you track the positions of vessels at sea. This link shows the area of the crash; currently the Dutch vessel Jo Cedar is on site, looking for debris.

The Truth About Cars

Sunday, December 21 2008 @ 06:39 AM PST
Contributed by: matt
Views: 1,310

TTAC is a web site with news and reviews. It's an enjoyable read. Their Worst of 2008 article was entertaining. If you are a defender of Detroit, you probably won't like what you see here.

Extremely Clever: Hand drawn holograms

Friday, December 05 2008 @ 05:59 AM PST
Contributed by: matt
Views: 1,392

By making scratches in a piece of clear plastic, you can create crude holograms viewable in normal light. Learn how at the link.

California Burns Again

Sunday, November 16 2008 @ 02:48 PM PST
Contributed by: matt
Views: 1,269

These pictures were taken on November 16 2008 in Diamond Bar, CA. The city's posh gated community, called "The Country," was evacuated due to fire danger. Not for the first time, planes had to make fire retardant drops around Ridge Line Road. See more below.

Currently there are fires in Brea and Yorba Linda, among many other places. iReport has more photos of the fires.

Update: Excellent photos at Boston.com.

11 die climbing K2

Tuesday, October 28 2008 @ 11:58 AM PST
Contributed by: matt
Views: 1,442

This is an interesting and morbid article about mountain climber deaths.

New info on SOE's "The Agency"

Friday, August 22 2008 @ 09:46 AM PDT
Contributed by: matt
Views: 1,627

JonnyG from The Agency HQ was at SOE's Fan Faire and talked to Hal Milton (lead designer), Steve Kramer (PvP designer), and Lorien Gremore (buildmistress). The interview transcripts reveal some new information about The Agency.

Part 1: PVP
Part 2: Operatives and Missions

Large Hadron Collider: Pretty Pictures

Friday, August 01 2008 @ 02:41 PM PDT
Contributed by: matt
Views: 1,740

This article has many excellent pictures of the gigantic machines that make up CERN's Large Hadron Collider. Even if you don't care about subatomic physics and the nature of reality, the pictures are astonishing.

Bonus content: an article which explains how the LHC will not destroy the world, and some photos and plain-English summaries of what the LHC is actually looking for.

Interviews with movie & TV people of interest to geeks

Friday, July 18 2008 @ 11:01 AM PDT
Contributed by: matt
Views: 1,883

"Den of Geek" has a load of interviews with movie & TV folks. Subjects include John Carpenter, Andy Serkis, Dan O'Bannon, and more...

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"The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it."

George Bernard Shaw

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