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The new iPhone OS will have an interface for physical peripherals. "A rapid prototyping platform for physical/digital interactions? A mobile sensor platform for personal and urban informatics that's going mainstream?" I missed this new feature in all the cut+paste celebration.
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One computer scans incoming calls for the Caller ID number and then broadcasts the number over the network to various devices. Looks like something fun to hack around with.
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That's not Chernobyl, it's Detroit. [via kottke]
photography
Old Radio
Lightbox Experiment
I had some fun playing around with a lightbox for the first time today. I didn't have anything I wanted to take a picture of, but I enjoyed moving lights around and fiddling with camera settings anyway. Here's a clock that had some crazy reflective surfaces:
And a shot with a black background (that I needed to crank down some in Photoshop anyway):
I've been wanting to try out this type of lighting ever since I read an article about building your own box on Strobist: DIY $10 Macro Photo Studio. I didn't build this lightbox myself, but it's the same basic idea.
The best part is that objects don't move. So I could put the camera on manual, close the aperture, and set a long shutter speed. I spend 90% of my camera time taking pictures of a high-speed toddler in low light. This was a nice change of photographic pace. And if I ever decide to sell something on eBay I'll be set for pictures if it fits in the box.
And a shot with a black background (that I needed to crank down some in Photoshop anyway):
I've been wanting to try out this type of lighting ever since I read an article about building your own box on Strobist: DIY $10 Macro Photo Studio. I didn't build this lightbox myself, but it's the same basic idea.
The best part is that objects don't move. So I could put the camera on manual, close the aperture, and set a long shutter speed. I spend 90% of my camera time taking pictures of a high-speed toddler in low light. This was a nice change of photographic pace. And if I ever decide to sell something on eBay I'll be set for pictures if it fits in the box.
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Matt's new cycling blog.
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Nice way to let people browse extremely large photos with the Google Maps API.
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This is a nightmare. But it's a good reminder to change your passwords if they're simple dictionary words.
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"...asking users to input their email address and password from a third-party site like GMail or Yahoo Mail is completely unacceptable." This is still so true, and I'm surprised sites like Facebook haven't been shamed into changing their "Find People" features.
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More photography in unusual environments: "When it thinks it's falling, the hard drive heads park themselves to prevent damage upon impact. Unfortunately, in zero gravity, the camcorder always thinks it's falling." [via waxy]
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The hazards of commercial photography: "The doorway was about 12 feet away from the unit, so although I would be in the magnetic field, it wasn't strong enough to pull the camera off of my tripod."
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Blog by a film location scout with great pictures of New York City. [via MeFi]
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This tutorial shows how you can use Google as a CDN for components of your site. (If the requests will be limited to under 650,000/day.) [via hackszine]
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"Here is a collection of some of the best photos of President-Elect Barack Obama over the past several months."
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Amazing picture of Hong Kong at night. View at full resolution to see incredible detail.
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"Four years ago Time photographer Callie Shell met Barack Obama backstage when she was covering presidential candidate John Kerry. She sent her editor more photographs of Obama than Kerry. When asked why, she said, 'I do not know. I just have a feeling about him. I think he will be important down the road.' Her first photo essay on Obama was two and half years ago. She has stuck with him ever since." [via kottke]
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"The newest and cutest exotic animals babies from zoos around the world." CUTE!
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"PhoneGap is a free open source development tool and framework that allows web developers to take advantage of the powerful features in the iPhone SDK from HTML and JavaScript."
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A photography blog about books. [via jessamyn]
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Nice to see Obama put out an ad where he talks about his plan.
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I need to read these. [via bojack]
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Holy crap. A 5D with HD video capture. (Not cheap.)
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An Alaskan blogging about local politics (now suddenly national politics). [via queso]
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Cumputing Division, Computing Section. Wonderful/awful vintage photograph.