I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of space elevators. When you first hear about it, it sounds ridiculous, but then when you look a little more deeply into how it would be done and how much energy it would save in moving objects into orbit, the question becomes “Why aren’t we already doing this?”
Well, [...]
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Space elevators looking more and more feasible
Ten signs your organization is dysfunctional
Interesting video. Does anything in the list sound familiar?
http://ej4.com/content/ten-symptoms.aspx
Photographs that are actually paintings! Can you tell?
I was eventually able to tell, after much staring, that most of these were painted images. But there are a few that I found indistinguishable from photography. Incredibly talented artists at work. Check it out!
http://www.thetoyzone.com/2009/blog/10-awesome-images-that-are-actually-paintings/
Most detailed image ever created of a molecule clearly shows bonds between atoms
Say hello to pentacene, the first molecule ever to pose for a close-up!
The image was captured by IBM using an atomic force microscope. Ah yes, the good old atomic force microscope. I’ve used them many times!
Scientists have captured images of molecules before, but never in such amazing detail. In this one, you can even see the [...]
Fluid dynamics (read: cool graphic effects) with Silverlight
Silverlight, Microsoft’s market response to Flash, is a powerful tool for creating rich media. It comes with a marvelous development environment and claims some technical advantages over Flash.
Its market penetration is still in the neighborhood of 1 in 4 computers — Flash, which is ubiquitous, still dominates. Although Silverlight has succeeded in landing some very [...]
How cool is this? Video on the printed page in Entertainment Weekly
CBS and Pepsi are placing video ads into 100,000 copies of Entertainment Weekly next month. The article compares this to the magical newspapers in the world of Harry Potter, but in my opinion a better reference is the newspapers in Minority Report.
The technology is in its infancy and currently way too expensive to appear very often. [...]
Marketing mishap from Sweden
This cosmetics commercial didn’t get quite the response the maker was hoping for. How could anyone think this would sell makeup? Beautiful woman (Adina Fohlin) and a lovely voice, but the last few seconds are just too harshly lit. The overall effect is discomfiting.
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Smooth career moves by Twitter users
Enjoy this survey of career-enhancing information helpfully shared with the world on Twitter. On Resume Bear.
Paint in water produces remarkable images
Bouncing around the Web, I discovered this simple, yet amazing photography project.
http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Aqueous/46946
Watch William Shatner watching the new Star Trek trailer
Good for a chuckle, if you’re a Shatner fan. Thanks to buddy Dean Lusk for the heads up.