Myka sneaks BitTorrent into the living room
Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/255644203/
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Media PCs
[Thanks, ARZ]
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Friday, March 21, 2008
[Thanks, ARZ]
Sony is giving "Fresh Start" a fresh start, losing the $50 fee
Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/255751176/
Filed under: Laptops
Permalink | Email this | Comments
Array-based flash memory could enable 1TB memory chips
Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/255788554/
Filed under: Storage
[Via Slashdot]
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Interesting Illusions by Donald Rust
Source: http://freshpics.blogspot.com/2008/02/interesting-illusions-by-donald-rust.html
As a camouflage artist, Rusty's fine reputation has spread rapidly. Now, his intriguing work can be seen internationally on products such as collector's plates, tee-shirts, greeting cards, note cards, calendars, limited-edition and open-edition prints. Diversified, best describes his work as his renditions may range from people to wildlife to scenics - always creating the unexpected.
Donald Rust was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1932. He began drawing and painting at a very early age and has never had the desire to be anything but a serious artist. His early work was directly influenced by his grandfather, Emil Rust, Gil Elvgren, Bob Toombs, and Norman Rockwell. However, he feels there has been no one single influence in his wildlife art and insists that all wildlife artists have affected his style.
For many years, Rusty's paintings concentrated on circus and portrait subjects; but recently, wildlife subjects have intrigued him more and more.
Rust's paintings hang in the Ringling Museum of the Circus, Sarasota, Florida, the Norman Rockwell Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Rusty's ability to capture nature lies between fantasy and reality. Realism is his style, but he wants to take the collector's imagination one step further. He is an artist sensitive to nature and its surroundings. The beauty of his artistic documentation is distinctly his own. Rusty takes us not just to a creative visual, but to a place and a story.
Source: rusty! rust.dre amg8.com
One Seriously Tight Light Bike
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/yankodesign/~3/255626055/
Like to ride your bike after the sun sets? Are you a real Night Rider? Confused as to why trucks don’t seem to notice your pleads for attention and keep slamming your bones around the city streets? Well if you like life and don’t want to die while cruising down the avenues after dark, this bike design by Niklas Galler called “Tong City Bike” just might be all the vehicular enlightenment you’ll need. The designer’s concerns for your safety have manifested in this brilliant (pun intended) bike design that is not only low maintenance, but also safe and secure. The low maintenance aspect is in the all-in-one housing for the brake system, drivetrain, shock absorbers and gears. The safe aspect comes from the use of integrated light tubes that can be customized to any color you desire, making you a more obvious target. Last but not least, this rolling rig even comes with a mini lockable safe, for storing your mobile phone, wallet, light saber or Batphones.
Designer: Niklas Galler
New Blog Aggregator from AT&T That Can Read Stories For You
Source: http://www.labnol.org/internet/blogging/buzz-blog-aggregator-tech-read-stories/2634/
While you are reading a story on Buzz, you also get to see reactions from other blogs on the same story which I think is really useful.
And if you are doing something else like checking email or reading another site, Buzz has a 3D avatar that can read the current story for you in the background. Not bad either.
Buzz.com may be no substitute for our favorite Techmeme but still a site worth checking out. And I have now clue how they pick blogs for including in their index.
New Blog Aggregator from AT&T That Can Read Stories For You - Digital Inspiration | FAQ | RSS
Read DOCX Files in Internet Explorer - No Word 2007 Required
Source: http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/docx-reader-open-docx-files-internet-explorer/2637/
Solution: No worries, you can make a docx reader out of Internet Explorer or any other text editor (like notepad) - just follow these steps:
Step 1: Change the file extension of your docx file to .zip (hello.docx -> hello.zip)
Step 2: Extract the contents of this zip file locally using Winzip or any other unzip utility.
Open document.xml inside Internet Explorer and there you have the full text of your docx document.
If there are any images or charts, they’ll be available under a sub-folder called media.
Though you get to read the text without formatting, it’s still a useful technique to know.
Related: Download Word 2007 Viewer for DOCX
Read DOCX Files in Internet Explorer - No Word 2007 Required - Digital Inspiration | FAQ | RSS
Login Into Multiple Google Talk Accounts At Once
Source: http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/login-multiple-google-talk-accounts-gmail-ids/2654/
You need to log off Account A in order to chat with friends of Account B and vice-versa.
I face this problem all the time because my old Google Talk ID, that has most friends, is associated with a Gmail account while the newer one is on Google Apps.
Though there are hacks that allow you to run multiple instances of Google Talk simultaneously using the nomutex paramter with gtalk.exe, a much better solution is Disgby.
With Disgby, you can chat with multiple Gmail IDs simultaneously in one client. You can even switch to offline or invisible modes, a privilege currently not available in the standard Google Talk client.
Best of all, you can use the same Disgby client to read Facebook messages and Twitter updates. Highly recommended.
www.digsby.com | Check out some more Google Talk Hacks
Login Into Multiple Google Talk Accounts At Once - Digital Inspiration | FAQ | RSS
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
