Archive → January, 2006
WoW 1.10 details, weather effects and more!
1UP has an interview with Blizzard’s Jeff Kaplan detailing the upcoming 1.10 patch for World of Warcraft. They have movies and pictures of the highly awaited Weather Effects-system!
Putting Star Wars to the Mythbusters Test
The cast of the show MythBusters chat about their pasts with ILM, talk about some Star Wars myths (Can you avoid freezing to death in a blizzard overnight by gutting a dead animal like a tauntaun and getting into its carcass?) and why R2-D2 is the perfect sidekick.
http://www.starwars.com/community/news/rocks/f20060127/index.html
Sleepless in Seattle and The Shining, remixed
Here are a couple of “remixed” trailers. “The Shining” has been around for a while, but the “Sleepless in Seattle” one is relatively new.
The Shining:
and Sleepless in Seattle:
Elastic Wristband USB Drive
This is a USB drive that looks like the rubber wristbands that everyone and their brother wears around. Maybe Livestrong will sponsor them and we can still look cool.
New! Google Bookmarks
Access your bookmarks from any computer. Supports labels, stars, and notes.
http://www.google.com/bookmarks/
The Megapixel Myth
This article takes apart the cooler-than-thou argument we’ve all heard about how more than 3.2 megapixels is just stupid, since that’s all you need for an 8×10 print.
http://blog.johnath.com/index.php/2006/01/29/the-megapixel-myth/
A Barbecued Hard Drive Sent to Ontrack for Recovery
Ever thrown a Western Digital hard drive into a campfire? Well, PCMag’s executive editor Jeremy Kaplan did while on his vacation. Why? He wanted to see if Ontrack could save his barbecued data.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1911131,00.asp
Ultimate VNC Setup Tutorial
Tutorial on VNC and Hamachi. Good read. Use these tools to connect any two computers, even if they’re behind firewalls.
http://damagedintransit.com/2006/01/27/ultimate-vnc-setup/
HMCS Calgary visits Prince Rupert
HMCS Calgary visits Prince Rupert. It used the cruise ship dock.
Group Shot
Neat little windows program that can take the best portions of a bunch of groups shots and automagically make a composite for you: Microsoft Research Group Shot
