I’m loving Fail Dogs

February 28, 2008 at 3:39 pm · Filed under Humor

It’s like if LOLCats only had one theme!

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Matchbox Pinhole Camera

February 28, 2008 at 11:18 am · Filed under Photography, diy

I love this, and I have to make one!

Here’s my latest contraption which uses 35mm film to provide square images of 24 x 24mm. Using this size means that you can get up to 50 exposures on a standard roll of 36 exposure film. Now that’s what I call economy!The image edges suffer from distortion that gives a “Diana” quality to the pictures. In fact, the images look very “toy camera” like indeed, except that the pinhole allows some really good close ups due to the DOF of the pinhole.

It’s also costs pretty much nothing to build – certainly a lot cheaper than a $100 Diana off ebay!

The results look pretty great:

And there’s plenty more pinhole eye-candy at his Flickr pool.

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Easily dock old hard drives

February 28, 2008 at 10:04 am · Filed under Gadgets

This is pretty cool. I only wish they made one for older, non-SATA drives.

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Rock band plays Rock Band for audience

February 26, 2008 at 1:39 pm · Filed under Humor, Music

Jonathan Coulton plays one of his songs in Rock Band on stage in San Francisco (with the help of other musicians):

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garfield minus garfield

February 26, 2008 at 12:34 pm · Filed under Humor

garfield minus garfield is ingeniously funny and surreal:

Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life?

Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against lonliness and methamphetamine addiction in a quiet American suburb.

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If somebody at Polaroid is listening

February 25, 2008 at 1:19 pm · Filed under Photography

You’re doing it wrong! You don’t need to drop film, you just need to market film cameras that people get excited about again – cameras like the SX-70:

Stick to what you’re good at. Polaroids are (and have been) very popular with photographers, people in the music and fashion industries, and generally hipsters everywhere.

So you could create a new line of cheap, crappy digital cams for that burgeoning toddler-to-tween photographer market. Or you could ride the resurgent wave of Polaroid popularity to glory. Your choice.

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Journey Finds New Lead Singer on YouTube

February 25, 2008 at 10:45 am · Filed under Music

Just a city boy; born and raised in south Manila. How crazy would it be to be covering Journey songs in Hard Rock Cafes, and then getting a call from the band to be their new lead singer:

Neal called Arnel, Arnel called bullshit followed by promptly losing his shit when Schon confirmed it all via email: Arnel had received a formal invitation to be the new lead singer of Journey.

And he’s actually really good:

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First Google Health Screenshots

February 21, 2008 at 1:28 pm · Filed under Google, Health

Go here and check them out, if that sort of thing interests you. They look pretty Googley. Interesting to imagine having your health records accessible anytime, anywhere, provided you have an internet connection. Besides the obvious Big Brother and l33t h4×0r concerns, this is probably a pretty good thing.

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THINGS FOR SALE THAT I WILL MAIL YOU:

February 21, 2008 at 12:30 pm · Filed under Art, People

David Horvitz thinks of things to do. You pay him to do them. He sends you something. A couple of my favorites:

If you give me $1,626 I will go to the small Okinawan island called Iriomote and send you an envelope filled with star-sand (don’t worry, I’ve been there before, I know where to go). I will send it from there.

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If you give me $400 I will take a train to a desolate area with a packed lunch and sit down and read Anna Karenina. I will do this for 6-10 hours. I will repeat the same thing the following days until I have finally read the entire book. Finally! I am only going to do this once, so this is an edition of one only. I will send you documentation of this from the closest mailbox to where I do this. I’ll also write the location of the mailbox on the envelope if you ever wish to go to where I will have sent it to you from.

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If you give me $5 i will write down a secret and mail it to you. NOTE: I am not one to keep secrets. If you buy this, you may receive something that is really serious and may be upsetting, so please keep that in mind.

• Nick Ripley owns a secret of mine.

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If you give me $2,500 I will hire a skywriting jet in Los Angeles in the summer on a sunday to write “I’m Bored” in the sky. I will make a video of it and send you a DVD.

[Found via the always-awesome Heading East.]

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Bluetooth lock/unlock Ubuntu

February 21, 2008 at 9:57 am · Filed under Linux

I don’t have a Bluetooth phone, but this kinda makes me want one.

Howto: Use BlueProximity and your cellphone for security – Ubuntu Forums

BlueProximity is a clever program that sets up your computer to lock itself when your phone is out of bluetooth range, and unlock itself when it comes close enought again.

Basically you walk up to your laptop – it unlocks. You walk away – it unlocks.

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