Month: August 2009

technology keeps amazing me

Posted by – August 22, 2009

I admit it, I don’t keep up with technology as much as I used to. Blasphemy for a geek such as me, I know, so I’m trying to keep up with it more lately. Here are some outstandingly cool things I’ve come across that’s really transforming (or should) our culture.

CBS embedding video into magazines – I see this and think that maybe it’s inspiration came from movies.  Pretty awesome.

Augmented reality on your cell phone – the picture says it all. Read more on HackADay.

how i like my coffee

Posted by – August 22, 2009

Anyone who knows me knows that i like coffee.

I like my coffee:

-black
-sometimes with french vanilla creamer

how to make hdr photographs

Posted by – August 16, 2009

First off, I’m no photographer. I own a cheap-ish point and shoot digital camera. But I also want to make some cool looking photos, or at least try.

HDR (High Dynamic Range) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of luminances between light and dark areas of a scene than normal digital imaging techniques. It makes really cool looking photos.

Here’s how I did it using HDRsoft’s Photomatix.

More…

sim card reader

Posted by – August 16, 2009

I saw on ladyada’s site a new SIM reader project she cooked up, it looked cool so I decided to give it a shot. You can view the project here: http://ladyada.net/make/simreader/index.html

If you would like to purchase this kit (or just the PCBs), you may visit Adafruit.

new blog (again)

Posted by – August 14, 2009

hooray!