orderFX is a plug-in for adding borders and titles to images, it works with both Aperture and iPhoto.
I love Betty White
The Force is strong with Betty White: “The Force is strong with Betty White “
Ultra slo-mo videos from Make Faire: ” hi tek vid for the rest of us
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3ric Johansen emailed me about this terrific video he made with Nathan Pegram using Intellectual Ventures‘ Phantom camera at Maker Faire 2010.
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We conducted some pure hackery in order to make these videos. The first key part was having a ‘Nanoflash SDI recorder’. This standalone recorder can do real-time compression of 1080p content onto compact flash. In order to film and export video at a fast rate, we needed some other method than our typical ‘wait 15 minutes for gigabit ethernet’ process. So we wired up this recorder to the Phantom, along with a linksys WRT54G access point running rogue firmware. The rogue firmware (which runs linux) enables us to make custom web applications which run on the access point. We built a [very simple] cgi which controlled one of the LEDs on the front of the AP. We then did more of our ‘hotel soldering’ to wire up this LED to the nanoflash recorder. Tada! We now have software control of this standalone recorder. Besides being useful for doing live demos, this mod/hack will enable us to take highspeed video and export it at a very fast speed. We still need to build an application which will sync the playback from the Phantom with the recording on the Nanoflash.
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Music: ‘Raise Riddim’ by I.D. & Baobinga
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(Via Boing Boing.)
I like them improving my trail – tres bien
Iron Horse Trail bridge installation begins Friday night – San Jose Mercury News: “ron Horse Trail bridge installation begins Friday night
By Lisa P. White Contra Costa Times Posted:Â 06/03/2010 02:54:06 PM PDT Updated:Â 06/04/2010 12:49:18 PM PDT
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The support columns of a pedestrian bridge sit at the intersection of Treat Blvd. and Jones Road… 1 2 » If everything goes smoothly, by Saturday morning two mammoth arches forming the framework of a pedestrian bridge will be suspended 18 feet above Treat Boulevard. Although the job isn’t nearly as complicated as replacing a 300-foot section of the Bay Bridge, it’s a delicate operation. The span across Treat Boulevard is 240 feet long and weighs 500,000 pounds; the tops of the arches will soar 43 feet above the roadway. The four sections of the arches are scheduled to arrive from Lindon, Utah, this afternoon, said Nick Panayotou, resident engineer on the project. ‘Basically, we’ll turn them into position in line with where they will go in the air and bolt them together,’ Panayotou said. ‘Then we’re going to hoist them up using 200-ton cranes.'”
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