Starts With A Bang: Hell Yeah, Hubble – “The first thing we did was take a patch of sky that was relatively empty. No bright stars, no large galaxies or clusters, no planetary nebulae, just a little tiny patch of black, empty sky. And then we point Hubble at it. And what do we do? We sit there. And wait. Collecting tiny, miniscule amounts of light. First, for minutes on end. And then the minutes turn into hours, and the hours turn into days. All the while, Hubble just patiently sits there, pointing at the same patch of empty sky. Over 10 days, Hubble took a photograph of the same exact patch on the sky 342 times.“
Lifehacker: 10 Must-Dos for the First Week of College – “With the start of the academic year, it’s time to switch out of vacation mode—pronto. What you do the first week of classes can majorly impact your grades four months from now, so don’t skip these first week must-dos.“
Second Life Blogs: Introducing the LLMedia API – “We’re constantly working to enhance the Second Life experience, and I wanted to share an exciting development I mentioned in my keynote yesterday at SLCC: today’s release of the LLMedia API, which lets developers create plug-ins for the Second Life Viewer to bring new media-rendering capability to Second Life.“
Second Life Wiki: Media Rendering Plugin Framework – “With this branch of the Second Life Viewer, Linden Lab introduces the ability for third-party developers to create media rendering plugins to display rich media content inworld. The Viewer provides this capability by loading media rendering plugins at runtime.“
Avatar Planet: SLCC 2009 Day Two – “Jeff Barr of Amazon Web Services gave a fascinating talk – ok, fascinating to technical people – about using the Linden scripting language LSL together with PHP to collect data about objects in Second Life.“* – ““
Pocket Lint: Microsoft LifeCam Cinema Goes 720p – “This is the first consumer webcam to support 720p video at 30fps. That’s the full 1,280×720, unlike some other attempts at so called HD video for some 2 Megapixel webcam’s that only managed 960×720 which isn’t really HD. “
ThinkBalm: New ThinkBalm Innovation Community video: “The Bridge” – “The bridge is an immersive 3D space where decision makers and project team members can meet to view and interact with data, collaborate, and make business decisions. It can be the bridge between the physical world and the virtual world; an organization and the outside world; and where we are and where we want to go. It can be the bridge among people who need to collaborate across silos, cultures, languages.“
Dave Winer: Programming Wisdom – “Every year or so, re-read the docs for your programming environment. You’ll always find a feature you didn’t quite grok the importance of the last time you read the docs.It may make your code simpler, or enable you to approach a problem you previously though unsolvable.“
Make: The RGB Coffee Table – “IKEA Granas side table (over 2×2 feet, big enough for coffee table) with 9×9 array of 81 ShiftBrite RGB LED modules. Currently running a simple sine plasma into HSV/RGB conversion on an Arduino.“
Flickr: ShiftBrite RGB Coffee Table – “IKEA Granas side table (over 2×2 feet, big enough for coffee table) with 9×9 array of 81 ShiftBrite RGB LED modules. Currently running a simple sine plasma into HSV/RGB conversion on an Arduino (Seeeduino). “
Cheese and Burger Society – “We are the Cheese & Burger Society. We believe that cheese is the Grand Poo-bah of every cheeseburger grilled at a backyard barbecue or flame-broiled at a roadside diner. But not just any slice of cheese, Wisconsin Cheese. So join us as we celebrate the greatest cheeseburgers ever made.” – Sorry, dieters.
Macetech: Octobrite – “The OctoBrite is a unique product that allows independent control of eight bright RGB LEDs.“
