Friday, November 7, 2008 at 5:01PM 
I Think He Realizes How Awesome His Jacket Is
With about 20 minutes of reflection today [it's been a busy week] I guess it wouldn't be TO out of character to make a little brog about the recent happenings in Ohio and to a larger extent, America.
Dribble After the Break...
Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 1:48AM
Updated on Monday, October 13, 2008 at 4:22PM by
Isaiah T. Taylor
Why are 'Booth Companions' Necessary?
Okay, I know what you're saying...well...if you are a guy I don't WANT to know what you're saying or thinking from looking at the image above. If you are a woman...you're probably wondering why there are scantily clad women who look as if they have nothing else to do, but be scantily clad. According to Brian Cresente of Kotaku.com, these are Tokyo Game Show's 'Booth Companions'. Necessary? No. Weird and Pervy? Yes! But I'm guessing it wouldn't be a gamer convention without a certain degree of 'pervocity'.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 9:36AM
Light-Paint Piano Player from Ryan Cashman on Vimeo.
In lieu of me posting the new, fancy HD-movie ready D-SLR cameras; I thought it would be a good change of pace to show what can still be down with 'old technology' D-SLRs. I don't think I have to say how freaking difficult this is, but just in case...does anybody remember the California Raisin's commercials? Well those were actual built models...this guy, Ryan Cashman has a series of 20-30 second exposures, where in he lines them up and editted them into one movie which has his own music in it. How's that for inspiring? I believed he used a Canon Digital Rebel as well.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 8:56AM 
My god...that is some sexyness staring back at me.
How could I forget to post this last week? Canon has decided to let the public in on its new top secret weapon, the EOS 5D Mark II D-SLR. In what seems to be an almost direct response to Nikon's D90, Canon's new behemoth will also be one of the first D-SLR's with the ability to shoot video. The difference, well...besides Canon's video specs being at 1080p and the D90 being at 720p...not much.
more from Dailytech after the jump...
Canon, Photography, technology in Photography, Tech Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 11:47PM 
Yep...I see what the problem is...Cheetos in the Magnets....
My obsession and I'm sure many others out there, the LHC [Large Hadron Collider] has suffered a minor setback from what would appear to be a 'slight over heating' of a transformer. Alex Higgins reports for the Associated Press:
The faulty transformer has been replaced and the ring in the 17-mile circular tunnel under the Swiss-French border has been cooled back down to near zero on the Kelvin scale — minus 459.67 degrees Fahrenheit — the most efficient operating temperature, said a statement by CERN, as the organization is known.
When the transformer malfunctioned, operating temperatures rose from below 2 Kelvin to 4.5 Kelvin — extraordinarily cold by most standards, but warmer than the normal operating temperature.
Total bummer...just when you thought this week couldn't get worse...then this happens. To make matters worse, due to the complexities of the LHC...its still questionable as to when it will be up and running again. It looks workable, but man...i just got slightly MORE nervous about this whole 'milestone in technology'.
Read more here.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 12:00PM 
Okay...so it is the big day. I'm actually typing this on Tuesday, the 9th of September. So if you are reading this then the earth wasn't destroyed...err...well the internet is still intact and so is whatever spaceship you've managed to stitch together. The above clip is the CERN lab explained [purpose, history, hubbub, etc.] in 3 minutes.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research known as CERN is the world's largest particle physics laboratory, situated in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco-Swiss border. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will begin operations soon. On September 10th, the most sophisticated particle accelerator will go online, injecting the first circulation of accelerated particles. Actual experiments involving collisions will occur once scientists are satisfied the LHC is fully optimized and calibration is complete. The LHC has been undergoing "cool-down" for some time, ensuring the LHC's eight sectors are approaching the 1.9K (-271°C) operational temperature (that is 1.9 degrees above absolute zero). All going well, on September 10th, the first beam will be accelerated to an energy of 450 GeV (0.45 TeV), the preliminary step on the path to attaining particle energies of 5 TeV, a record breaking target
After the jump is a clip if things went horribly awry today...
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 2:00PM 
eeeeeeeeeew Mimivirus
Okay, I can't really express how cool this really is, because there is a large part of my brain still trying to comprehend what the ramifications of this discover. Know this, viruses can be infected and possibly attacked by other, smaller viruses. What this 'could' mean? Viruses are evolving, into what, is still yet to be studied. What is odd, is that if viruses are evolving, wouldn't that mean that cells [by nature or unnatural means] have to evolve too?
After the jump : The Mamavirus get's infected by the Mimivirus!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 4:59AM 
Take That...Face!
As big a fan I am of the Blu-Ray technology, I am an even 'humonguser' fan of OLED tech. While perusing Pocket-Lint, I found an interesting article about what 'could be' the life span of the newly inducted next generation storage format in Blu-Ray.
"I think it [Blu-ray] has 5 years left, I certainly wouldn't give it 10", Andy Griffiths, director of consumer electronics at Samsung UK told Pocket-lint in an interview.More Geekdom, Video & The Article after the jump...
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 1:08AM 
You know...I really am afraid for my life...no seriously...i just peedSpeaking as someone who is working on a personal invention, that and i'm a huge nerdwad when it comes to particle collisions and what not. The Large Hadron Collider is something i've been keeping my eye on since early this spring. True, there is a chance that the Earth can inherit stranglets produce mini-black holes in the very lab where this is being tested [the CERN lab]. There are a number of pros and cons and I feel the more I try to explain this truly 'great moment' in science; the more it sounds like it could be the end of us all. Its hard to communicate to people that we could find out the inner workings of gravity or even gain ground on the "Big Bang Theory".
But then there is a young lady named Kate McAlpine from Michigan who writes about science regularly. She made a rap about the LHC and initially when I heard this, I put two and two together pretty hastily. Nerd Science Journalist + Rap = TERRIBLE. Boy was I wrong...peep the video for yourself after the jump.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 9:34AM 
According to the image above you'd probably think that crazy ole Japan and their crazy ole women are doing something all 'karayzay' again on the technology front. Barring this being limited to women [guys like bears too...err...pause] the cuddle and cute concept phone known only as 'Kuma Phone' made by Willcom stole the show of the Good Design Expo this weekend. Like most phones it has: a vibrate feature, custom sounds for incoming calls, and all calls can be answered or ended by merely pressing the tail. [Take that cuteoverload.com!]
More about this plushy item after the jump...
"Fear For Your Puny Lives!"
