A long time ago, I saw a movie clip called “Pipe Dream” from a company called Animusic. I loved it! Here’s a brief clip: The concept behind the whole project is so fascinating. On the first note, the whole thing is raytraced. (For those that don’t know, in its most rudimentary form, raytracing is a […]
Entries Tagged as 'techno geeks'
Birthday Gift
March 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments · dave, family, techno geeks
Every time occasion lends itself to gift giving, Dave tries to guess what he is getting. More often than not he is right. But this year, for his birthday, he was convinced that I was getting him an air compressor. I played along, and fueled the fire. . . for almost 2 weeks. So when […]
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“Now you’re thinking with portals”
March 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments · techno geeks
There’s a computer game released by Valve I’ve been wanting to pick up ever since I heard about it 2 years ago. The game is called Portal. Wikipedia has this to say about Portal: The game consists primarily of a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting the player’s character and other simple […]
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Hey Wilhelm!
March 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · techno geeks
If you have never heard of the “Wilhelm Scream,” then this post may change the way you watch movies. Wikipedia gives background on the “Wilhelm Scream” as such: The Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect first used in 1951 for the film Distant Drums…it is probably one of the best-known cinematic sound clichés…The Wilhelm […]
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redbox
February 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments · a day in the life, random, techno geeks
It all started February 7, 2008. That was the first night we rented from redbox. We’d heard good things, but hadn’t tried ourselves. You would think, being the technology geeks that we are, that we would have tried before then. Well, at any rate – now we are hooked. We’ve been averaging one movie every […]
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Cheap Cables
February 24th, 2008 · No Comments · techno geeks
This post is more about a discovery than anything else. First, some background: We installed our home theater over the past couple of weeks. We’ll put together a separate post about the components we installed our observations and considerations, but that can come later. Part of the project led us to needing to purchase some […]
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DROBO
February 8th, 2008 · No Comments · techno geeks
Tina and I have varying needs regarding having a reliable backup solution for our computer-related/techno-geek sort of needs. For me, I like to store all of our media for the Apple TV, as well as have a reliable backup solution for any of the projects/files I drum up. Basically, I like knowing that everything in […]
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Light Show
January 28th, 2008 · No Comments · techno geeks
This year we went a little crazy with our Christmas lights. I uploaded the video to YouTube. Check it out: The whole thing was made possible by a Light-O-Rama Controller, 5930 lights, more than 25 extension cords, 6 trips to home depot and lots of work.
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Wiimote and Desktop Virtual Reality
January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · techno geeks
I have a new hero. His name is Johnny Chung Lee. Johnny Lee is a Ph.D. Graduate Student at the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. This guy is a genius. Lee has come up with several innovative uses for Nintendo’s Wiimote, the device input for the Wii gaming console that utilizes gyroscopic sensor inputs and […]
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Surface
January 20th, 2008 · No Comments · random, techno geeks
Have you heard about Microsoft’s “Surface” computer? If not, watch this (Even if you have, watch it): Now that you know. Watch this: Dave’s friend, Jared, found the video on YouTube a few days ago. The parody is great.
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