Scary Axel

Posted on May 29, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment

Scary Axel
Originally uploaded by David Dean.
I’m not sure how this came about, but doesn’t Axel look hilarious in this photo. I think the flash may have been a bit much.
tags [ family photo ]

DIY 3D Laser Scanner

Posted on May 25, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment

MAKE Blog has put up an interesting link to a group that have hacked together a 3D laser scanner using a laser pointer and a wine glass, and not much else. Cool.
However, this one looks impressive too.
tags [ 3d scanner diy ]

Systm: War Spying

Posted on May 25, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment

Over at systm.org, there are torrents of their first episode, which is on “War Spying”, locating unsecure wireless camera feeds (ala X10). The episode shows the building of a single box that can be used to perform this interesting task. Reminds me of the google search you can do for cameras left accessible to [...]

Simpsons as Radio Play

Posted on May 23, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment

Someone has put a mp3 file of a “Descriptive Video Services” audio track for the simpsons on the web. It is basically a blow-by-blow commentary of the simpsons, with whatever is happening on the screen indicated by a narrator. Very listenable, and as mentioned here, would be good as a podcast. Thanks, MAKE Blog.

Music retrieval by tapping

Posted on May 20, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment

Duke, who listens! (aka Paul Lamere), has posted a link to a song search by tapping applet. It is pretty cool, as you can retrieve songs by just tapping the keyboard, similarly to song search by humming/whistling, which was cool a while ago.
tags [ research music ]

Brisbane Hail Storm - Shade Cloth

Posted on May 20, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | 1 Comment

Brisbane Hail Storm - Shade Cloth
Originally uploaded by Michael Henderson.
Isn’t this a beautiful photo?

Snow Hail in Brisbane

Posted on May 20, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | 1 Comment

It hailed in Brisbane last night. I didn’t personally get caught in it, but a bunch of Flickr users did. This particular photo is something I would never have expected to see in Brisbane. Looks like snow.
tags [ brisbane weather hail ]

The original analog-to-digital converter

Posted on May 19, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts | Leave a Comment

I was reading an article (online link) in the lastest IEEE Spectrum magazine outlining the research life of James Flannagan, a pionering speech researcher, and came across this amusing anecdote:
… when Flanagan began this work, such simple components as analog-to-digital (A-to-D) converters did not exist. There was no way to get real-time analog signals into [...]

Bloggers vs Locks

Posted on May 19, 2005 - Filed Under Blogger Posts, biometrics, fingerprint, lockpick | 1 Comment

You’d thing the blogosphere was out to get lock makers, but seeing as how pointing out flaws in products designed to provide security is a good thing, I’m OK with it.
You may remember that you can use a bic pen to open bicycle locks, well now you can use a small roll of cardboard to [...]