Emily is the future of Computer Animation (7)
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Is the above video real or computer generated? That’s the question Image Metrics wants you to ask. Emily is the latest in computer animation, delivering a more life like animation than previous efforts. According to PC World, Image Metrics works with Capcom, Activision, 2K Games, ATI, EA Games, Epic Games, Konami, Eidos, THQ, Vivendi, Sony, and more so expect this level of animation in your games, or even eventually movies in the not to distant ...
Social Media In Plain English (1)
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The team at Common Craft have created a great overview of Social Media, especially showing how Social Media applies to a Business Environment. This is the video to show to that co-worker or boss who doesnt quite get that new fangled Social Media thing… BTW….My favorite ice cream is Butter Pecan…whats yours:-)
Specialized Perceived Value Trumps Real World Value (14)
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If you've attended college, or at least know somebody who has, you know that students are willing to pay hundreds of dollars a term for some of the most mind-numbing texts alive. Students will wait in line for hours, or go store to store to acquire these textbooks, which might only be available in one location, knowing that to not pay these exorbitant prices and, therefore, miss out on the texts, could lead to lower ...
Is the Music Industry Digging Its Own Online Grave? (18)
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As Twitter and Techmeme lit up with the news that Pandora might be going under and Muxtape was shuttered, the immediate reaction seemed to be a deep and abiding hatred of the music industry as well as a collective wish that the record labels and governing bodies be sent to any type of available grave. The ironic part is the the recording industry doesn’t need anyone’s help; it’s going to kill itself sooner or later ...
New Music: Squarepusher: "Delta -v" [Stream] (2)
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Tom Jenkinson's output as Squarepusher has spanned from IDM and rapidfire "drill'n'bass" to loping breakbeats, electro jazz-funk, and hypnotic drones. The UK electronic musician's most recent album, 2006's Hello Everything, had, well, every one of those things. "Delta -v", the first track available from Squarepusher's upcoming Warp LP, Just a Souvenir, appears to take as its jumping-off point the rock-fuzzed jostling and organic-sounding breakbeats of Hello Everything-era single and Japan-only bonus track "Exciton". With screeches ...
Seven Things People Do That Kill Presentations (2)
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I gave a talk last week at the SocialDevCamp last Saturday on Social Media for business. I also had the opportunity to watch many presentations, both good and not-so-good. I’ve had some great training on presentations from Northwestern (particularly Surepayroll founder Troy Henikoff) and notice where people go right and where people go wrong with their presentations. This is a quick list of seven things that will kill your presentation - avoid these problems as ...
Cameron v Blair v Clegg v Wizbit (1)
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Space Shuttle Launch from Air Canada Plane (3)
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The above video surfaced on Gizmodo and is alleged to have been shot by a passenger on an Air Canada flight during a Space Shuttle launch. There’s no reason to believe that it’s fake, and ignoring the commentary on the video, it’s pretty cool. The speed of the Shuttle as it rises is phenomenal. According to NASA, the Space Shuttle does zero to 17,000 mph (27,400kmh) in 8.5 minutes
Don't steal TV formats, ABC is warned (1)
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The Format Recognition and Protection Association has attacked US TV network ABC over a leaked memo appearing to encourage its producers to rip off foreign ideas. By Leigh Holmwood
Canadian cannonball champ's Mario outfit makes a splash (2)
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Filed under: CultureYou wanna know how we know that cannonball jumping (cannonballing?) is going to be an Olympic sport soon? Not because 29-year-old Doug Bermann said, "This is going to the Olympics, baby," after splashing his way to victory at the Trident Splash National Cannonball Championship in Canada. No, because he did so in a Mario outfit (seen right).Here's what we know: Olympic aquatic gold medalists play Mario games; cannonball champ Doug Bergmann dresses up ...
New Final Fantasy XI boss could take 24 hours to kill (10)
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Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox 360, MMO Hey, have you given up? We don't mean just depressed. We're talking to those of you who are ready take the precious gift that each day of life is, attempt to put it back in its clamshell packaging and return it for store credit. Then you might just be ready to take on the Pandemonium Warden, a newly added Final Fantasy XI boss that guild ...
Whodunnit? Colonel Mustard and Miss Scarlet killed off (1)
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Monsanto to genetically modify Royal family (1)
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Agrotech giant Monsanto today hinted at radical new proposals which it said would allow it to secure a long term future in which it could eventually see its global activities entirely free from pestilence from upper echelons of British society. The company plans to eradicate what it sees as its most pressing challenge by selectively altering the DNA of future generations of the Royal family, saying the move was ‘an absolute necessity for our global ...
Twitter Downgrades (1)
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It seems Twitter is interested in making money, eventually, with the announcement they are dropping outbound SMS from their UK based number. The move leaves everyone outside of the USA, Canada and India in the lurch. In the meantime Twitter recommended a number of web-based alternatives. Twitter is promising a number of more local numbers for any country that it is cost effective to do so. Best of luck to all my foreign Twitter friends ...
BBC NEWS | dot.life | A blog about technology from BBC News | US medias crimes against Web 2.0 (3)
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I've been on holiday - and mostly offline - in the United States for the last couple of weeks, but one story has caught my eye. Two American "old media" organisations - a TV network and a newspaper - have had ridicule poured upon their heads for crimes against the Web 2.0 orthodoxy. But both companies may feel they are doing what is right for their 2008 audiences - and for their bottom line. First ...
What is Google Hiding in Holland? (3)
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Google blurring out high security sites in Google Maps isn’t new, but photoshopping such sites poorly is definitely new. This location is Holland has a bad case of Photoshop Blues, complete with 2007 Google remnants on the copy: Photoshop Disasters suggests it’s an Alien Landing site. What ever it is, it needed to be covered up fast and without due care and attention. (via Chris Nixon on FriendFeed)
