Technology opinions and digital photography
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Happy new year 2011
Be sure to take advantage of this new year, the future is here. If you did not notice, this is a Firefox, not an Opera house nor a Chromium orb.
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Battlestar Galactica Online minimum requirements
In Battlestar Galactica Online, you will play an intense browser-based MMO game. This unusual setup will be requiring some pretty unusual hardware and software combination to be sure to play in good conditions. Minimum requirements Windows XP/Vista Processor: Pentium 4 2.2 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3000+ or better Memory: 512 MB of SDRAM Graphics: Any…
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Why nature photography is dangerous…
…for the photo/cinema gear. YouTube link
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Is it Arial or Helvetica?
Max Miedinger (24 décembre 1910 à Zurich, Suisse – 8 mars 1980, Zurich, Suisse) était un créateur typographique. Il est surtout connu pour avoir créé Helvetica en 1957.
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(Nearly) every Alfred Hitchcock cameo
You certainly knew that the great movie director, Alfred Hitchcock, was used to, first in order to reduce budgets, then merely for fun, keep one little cameo appearance in each of his movies, sometimes even a small role. An Internet user collected them all (nearly) in a single sequence. YouTube link
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The mimic octopus
This is an extremely weird octopus which -like many other octopuses- is able to change its skin color. It does it much better than usual, but its real prowess is its ability to change its body form to simulate or mimic the appearance of other aquatic animals. Absolutely astonishing. YouTube link
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Water droplet on carbon nano-tubes [video]
A carbon nanotube array is actually extremely hydrophobic (pushes water away). This makes bouncing water onto it quite interesting. For scentists and for us onlookers. YouTube link
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Words!
This is a nice neat little poetic video of words and their meanings. By Everynone. WORDS from Everynone on Vimeo.
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Back to port – Silly!
This boat (Danish as it seems) had a mad rush for haven in weather conditions which would normally force you not to leave the protection of a safe harbour. YouTube link The harbour is Svaneke in Denmark.
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