2009 Nov 5, 2:07Two guys sponsored by MicroBilt to travel around the country and make totally awesome commercials for local companies. Includes such gems as Salt Lake Community Barbering & Cosmetology School:
"Your hairdo is only limited by your immagination. And how far along we are in the semester.", as well as Cullman Liquidation: "They're used. Some of them have stains. We cover that up."
via:boingboing video advertising commercial tv monthly 2009 Oct 30, 10:41All the stuff Nintendo forces developers to take out of the Nintendo Maniac Mansion port. I had read this before and didn't connect after watching Douglas Crockford's JavaScript talk that this was
the same guy.
douglas-crockford game videogame nintendo censorship pc history geek 2009 Oct 29, 10:43"Augmented Reality for Maintenance and Repair (ARMAR) explores the use of augmented reality to aid in the execution of procedural tasks in the maintenance and repair domain." Giant goggles hooked up
to a G1 give 3D overlays over the mechanics view to point them to and help with the current task.
video augmented-reality 3d research 2009 Oct 28, 11:02"This session will expose the goodness in JavaScript, an outstanding dynamic programming language. Within the language is an elegant subset that is vastly superior to the language as a whole, being
more reliable, readable and maintainable." Zeke recommended listening to his talks.
google video technical douglas-crockford javascript programming presentation jslint web browser 2009 Oct 28, 8:31"The presentation will focus on the pioneering work of Paul Otlet, Vannevar Bush, and Doug Engelbart, forebears of the 1960s and 1970s like Ted Nelson, Andries van Dam, and the Xerox PARC team, and
more recent forays like Brown's Intermedia system." Covers things like As We May Think and others who could have made the Web. Would love to have this as a summary with links to everything rather
than a video =)
via:connolly technical google video internet web information technology memex 2009 Oct 22, 12:33"When asked for the most valuable topic in Demand’s arsenal, he replies instantly: “‘Where can I donate a car in Dallas?’"
via:kris.kowal wired internet video howto automation business media marketing economics advertising 2009 Oct 18, 2:23TED video of Stewart Brand: "The book tackles three of today’s most profound transformations — climate change, urbanization and biotechnology — in a way that’s part practical guide to damage control,
part prescriptive inspiration for a more efficient society, part bold anthem of design-thinking. And if Brand’s track record is any sign at all, Whole Earth Discipline may well become one of the
(counter)cultural classics of our generation."
stewart-brand climate-change biology biotech urban ted video ecology 2009 Oct 16, 5:34A few shots of the Hand From Above's internals. It messes with street passers-by on a giant video screen
video humor bbc interactive art hand computer-vision 2009 Oct 15, 6:29Visualization of the fields created by RFID products
video rfid visualization 2009 Oct 13, 9:14I like the window management they describe: looks like it would be simple and intuitive to switch between various apps. Although the giant keyboard sized touch pad sitting right in front of the
keyboard seems like they should somehow be merged.
via:waxy gui ui technical video touchscreen multitouch 2009 Oct 8, 11:29The title sounds like its a line out of a text adventure. Actually its Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine getting beaten by a parrot.
video humor parrot stephen-fry via:dad ecology bbc 2009 Sep 29, 10:26Zork walkthrough as song works pretty well actually.
music mp3 free zork if interactive-fiction game videogame 2009 Sep 28, 7:57"This is a timelapse from 7am until 9pm of Typhoon Nangka hitting Hong Kong."
video timelapse weather youtube hong-kong 2009 Sep 28, 5:09Biker high fives folks hailing cabs in New York.
high-five video nyc new-york humor 2009 Sep 23, 3:13ASCIIpOrtal is now released!
ascii text game videogame humor portal valve free via:waxy 2009 Sep 18, 1:54A HL2 mod in which guy replaces all game sound effects with his voice...
video humor halflife hl2 videogame game via:waxy 2009 Sep 17, 11:12This Javascript Nintendo emulator works amazingly well in Google Chrome. You can play Dr. Mario, Super Mario Bros., Tetris, The Legend of Zelda, etc.
browser javascript nintendo nes game videogame google tetris emulator 2009 Sep 17, 10:38"an augmented reality system for teaching the science of pool."
video pool augmented-reality game cheat youtube 2009 Sep 12, 3:57"An introduction to Apple's Hypercard... Originally broadcast in 1987."
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