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X-ray art (4)
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I'm really enjoying Nick Veasey's X-Ray photography portfolio at the moment... Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!- alchemy said: I love this stuff. Although it reminds me of a art display I once went to called "Bond, James Bond" in which I saw the props for many of the films. The xray prop Bond intro used plastic see-through toys and not real xrays of guns though. Seemed brilliant at the time.
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Multicore and GPU programming for Video Games video series (2)
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Can't afford the time or money to go to school to learn Video Games and XNA? Well the Georgia Institute of Technology has put up one of their Game Development lecture classes for anyone to watch. Best of all its mostly (? I've not watched them all) using XNA for the code sample. MPG 2008 Introduction History of 2d History of 3d 3d rendering (part 1) 3d rendering (part 2) 3d Rendering (part 3) - ...Shared by alchemy (9) Ville (14)Contribute comment -
#14224 - Ridiculously high-quality HDR spherical panoramas. (2)
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Ridiculously high-quality HDR spherical panoramas. (Want more? See NOTCOT.org and NOTCOT.com)Shared by alchemy (9) Mr. Matt (4)Contribute comment -
DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label Coming To Xbox 360 This December? [Rumor] (1)
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If a Google cache is to be believed, add another bullet hell shooter to the Xbox 360 shmup heaven. DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label for the Xbox 360 has popped up on Japanese retail site AmiAmi. Earlier this year, Famitsu brought word that a port of the arcade game would appear on Xbox LIVE Arcade, but Microsoft ended up rejecting the game, stating: "We are going to cut down faithful arcade ports." This now ...Shared by alchemy (9)Contribute comment -
Spore [XKCD] (53)
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Linear Workflow Addition 1 (1)
permalinkpixelvapour has pointed out an error with color swatch correction that I should expand on here. Thanks for kicking me in the pants to clarify this. He says that color swatches in maya are not corrected by the framebuffer setting in renderGlobals. He seems to be correct, and it may be a reason that larger studio workflows have mentioned using gamma nodes to correct just about everything in their scenes, and not the framebuffer setting. ...Shared by alchemy (9)Contribute comment
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10 Innovative Blog Business Models (12)
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Skellie wrote this post. For more advanced blogging tips and strategies, visit her blog, Skelliewag. When people think about making money with a blog, they tend to think about things like AdSense and affiliate links. You write good content, people come to your blog, people click on links, and you make a bit of money. How much money you make depends on how successfully you can multiply this process. However, for some entrepreneurs this method ...Shared by alchemy (9) bobleckridge (6) Grace Smith (14) himangim (17) Leena (687) Lon (29) Mark (35) ModernMami (17) Rey (13) Rudi Jantos (11) Sampad Swain (5) Shana Albert (40)Contribute comment -
Architecture 2030 E-news (2)
permalinkAt peak production, how long will it take the US to consume a year's supplyof oil from expanded off-shore drilling in the outer continental shelf?Shared by alchemy (9) Scott (20)Contribute comment
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Linear Workflow for Maya - Mental Ray (1)
permalinkThis is a rather large one... I hope you don't get too bored reading it;)Since my platform is Maya/MentalRay... this will focus on that workflow. I'm sure users of MR in other apps can make good use of the info though, with a bit of modification.The basic idea is simple. Get rid of gamma correction entirely while working in 3d, except for the preview stage. In this workflow, gamma correction is only temporarily applied during ...Shared by alchemy (9)Contribute comment
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Palin's Empty Promise: Why Offshore Drilling Won't Work (1)
permalinkIn the wake of Republican cries to "Drill, baby, drill," Congress debates whether offshore drilling is the answer to $4 gasoline. But the Bush administration itself has confirmed that offshore oil will do little to lower gas prices, and won't be available for another 7 years!Shared by alchemy (9)
- alchemy said: burn baby burn
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I Am Here In Stasis, Waiting for You: Audrey Kawasaki (4)
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“taken”, Oil & graphite on wood 19×26, ‘Mayoi Michi’ @ Copro Nason The work of 26-year-old painter Audrey Kawasaki, LA darling of the pop surrealist movement, always forces me into the persistent place between discomfort, cynicism and arousal. On the one hand, her wood-panel paintings of languid, smooth and pale-skinned androgynous beauties are meticulously rendered with a sure hand and extreme eye for detail and aesthetic flow. The flawless pink and white skin of her ...Contribute comment -
Eat Less Meat To Fight Climate Change (2)
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People should cut their consumption of meat to help combat climate change, a top United Nations expert told a British Sunday newspaper. Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), told The Observer that people should start by having one meat-free day per week then cut back further. The 68-year-old Indian ecShared by alchemy (9) Darin R. McClure (4)- alchemy said: Read the comments if you think there's any hope for the human race.
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Spore Gets 14'' by 6'' Billboard, Requires Telescope To See (126)
onGo tiny or go home. That's the Spore marketing philosophy apparently, as the folks from EA have installed what is probably the world's daintiest billboard in San Francisco's Union Square. At just 14" by 6", the Spore billboard requires a telescope to see. Fortunately, EA has installed said telescope and aimed it directly at the wee Spore advertisement, giving passersby a chance to enjoy some smartly conceived marketing. If you happen to be in the ...Shared by Adam (18) adam (692) Adam Coomes (1) Adam McDonald (8) Adrian Figueroa (1) Aislinn (1) Akeem Williams (4) AKs (4) alchemy (9) Alex Dumitru (137) Alex Robar (11) Alexander13 (76) ameo (3) Ananya Walia (195) Andrew Ruess (75) Andrew Sims (1) Arnold (0) Ash Laws (6) AshTR (25) Avi (8) Ben (1) besighyawn (22) bittin (222) Brendon Wadey (32) Brian Enigma (1) Brian Schwartz (14) Bryan Webster (15) Cam (0) Charles (20) Charli Wag (5) chris (281) Clay Carson (2) Cody Carreras (28) Corbin (13) Cubby Brendle (13) Dave (13) Dave (0) Dave Gonzales (4) David Machiavello (20) Dennis Gonzales (17) dffrnt (31) docbaily (41) Donato (4) Doug Adams (8) Doug Funny (89) downbeat (21) Dylan Thomas (21) Elvis (16) Eric Chen (15) Eric Marden (0) Eric Portelance (3) Fang (11) GilesVG (6) Greg March (0) hikikomori (16) Jacob Bowser (0) James McQuillan (40) Jamie McGibbon (43) Jason (23) Jay Bandoy (30) Jennifer Abe (7) Jeremiah Owyang (5) Jking243 (1) joe sokoloski (0) Joel (6) Joey Doyle (11) Joey Foxenberger (44) Johan (1) John (2) John Pastor (0) John Storer II (25) Jordan (0) Jordan Calhoun (1) Jorge (14) Josh (12) Kabren Levinson (42) Kevin Federline (19) Loren (18) Luke (12) Marcelo Ávalos (0) Marco (20) Mark Havenner (0) Mark Raymond (4) Martin Eberhardt (6) Matt (11) Michel (0) Nicholas (23) Nicholas Mercer (18) Nick (19) Norman Hammer (33) omigod.net (8) Orkun (3) Pat (6) Patrick (35) Pedro Silva (17) Peter Liesenfeld (3) Philip Campbell (82) Philippe Iujvidin (2) prattmic (4) ProfVegas (142) richard (10) richtannehill (26) Ritu (496) rmg7344 (3) ryan.capote (28) RyneNelson (40) Sarah Stow (3) Sean (26) Steve (220) Tabby (4) Thomas Acreon (0) Timothy (0) Tobias Verhoog (23) tobsterius (21) Todd (1) Tuneguru (9) Tyler (0) Tyler McIntyre (0) Vanguard (11) w0lfh0und (269) will (67) Will Brown (0) William Brawley (7) yakobusan (17) Zak M. (650)
- Charles said: Holy crap that's amazing... love it!!!
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Polls: Where did Google rip off its Chrome icon? (10)
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On Blogoscoped, obsessive Google watcher Philipp Lenssen has posted an exhaustive list of "Google Chrome Tips and Pointers." Go there if you are, for example, a freeloading jerk who wants to learn how to install ad blockers in Chrome. But I think the best part of the FAQ is the question Lenssen raises about where the logo came from. Voice your preferred theory in our poll: Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you're viewing this ...Shared by alchemy (9) Andy Beal (11) Brett L. (0) Daver (37) Drew Olanoff (65) lilly (21) Megan (10) Rommel C. Caibal (4) Tim (50) Wiking (0)Contribute comment -
Large Hadron Collider switch-on fears Are completely unfounded (9)
onWe had a commenter that was really upset about the Large Hadron Collider (or as I like to call it, the biggest refrigerator ever made). I also received a few emails, with the same concerns. Here's what the commenter said and below that, the latest from Science Daily... This experiment is sick and those that think it a joke are sick. The scientists are terrorists in threatening mass destruction. They have no right to veto ...Shared by alchemy (9) Chantal (7) Christopher Martin (19) Darin R. McClure (4) HacKnight (2) Jennifer (0) Richard (0) Stephanie Beth (3) Thadius (18)Contribute comment
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'The Art of Dead Space' pre-order book comes with 3D glasses, causes nightmares (3)
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The UPS fairy dropped off a present at my door this morning: The Art of Dead Space, a 97 page art book written and illustrated by the game's development team. It's a fairly solid and hot looking book, with early concept art, weapon and equipment schematics from the game's universe, and some art from the Dead Space comic book. Also included is a set of 3D glasses to be used with the 10 pages of ...Contribute comment -
John McCain's Odds of Dying (2)
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POLITICS BUZZ – According to the actuarial tables used by insurance companies, there is a roughly 1 in 3 chance that a 72-year-old man will not reach the age of 80.Math has that uncanny ability make imminent reality even scarier. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment » The Best Links: Politico Has a Rundown of the Odds Things Younger Than McCain - Featured on BuzzFeed What are the Chances Palin Will Withdraw? See ...Shared by alchemy (9) channing (21)Contribute comment -
Will Wright Thinks Augmented Reality Could Be Way Forward For Mobile Gaming [Spore] (3)
onWill Wright gave an interview with Pocket Gamer during his trip to London. Although he was understandably not keen to talk specifics about his post-Spore plans he did profess a love for mobile gaming via his DS but didn't think that making mobile games (especially on mobile phones) more immersive was a good idea. Rather, he thought that there was fun to be had using the phones capabilities - such as the camera - to ...Contribute comment
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Google Chrome's Full List of Special about: Pages [Google Chrome] (174)
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You already saw Google Chrome's humorous about:internets Easter egg, but reader nettleman points out that Chrome's got several special about: pages that reveal all sorts of interesting information about what's going behind the scenes. Here's the full list, with screenshots. about:memory about:stats about:network about:internets about:histograms about:dns about:cache about:plugins about:version Update: Mawin adds that you can also go to two special pages on a per-site basis. view-cache:[URL] shows you some under-the-hood cache details, and view-cache:[URL] shows ...Shared by AaronTN (24) Abhishek (15) Adam (3) alchemy (9) Alexander Williams (17) AlexT (20) alphakamp (9) Amir (18) Andrés Milleiro (12) Andrew (10) androcles (19) angus (12) AnilG (1) axemclion (6) Bill (18) Bill Mensch (0) bkim (34) Bob (6) Brad Brooks (6) Brian Landau (0) Bryon (2) Bwana (35) Bwood42 (20) Carl (0) charlie anzman (85) Charo (11) Chris (0) Christian Santos (75) ckaroli (15) Cogo (0) Colin (0) Craig (4) D (2) DarkBls (27) Darryl (22) Dave (73) David (0) David Givens (2) DC (1) Degauss (21) DigitalMike (20) Dino (2) Emmett (23) engelke830 (20) Eric (53) Eric (24) euribates (18) federico silva (13) fesja (19) G. (38) Gatewayy (4) George Tziralis (20) ghosttie (28) Håkan (29) hao (6) Harold (37) hbenny (10) Henry Webb (0) Herb G (20) hidenari (0) HokieGeek (23) Htoo Tay Zar (5) Ian Benedict (8) iconolith (2) imabonehead (46) Jack (17) Jared (0) Javier (22) jccamus (16) Jeffrey Vanneste (19) jimmysessions (20) João (12) Joelle (6) John-Mason P. Shackelford (1) Jonathan (13) Jorg (2) Jose (14) Josi (4) JPowers (4) Justin (0) Kathy Brewis (134) Kevin De Mulder (10) kevinpshan (6) kidmarmite (25) kiran (35) kleinmatic (21) Kwasi (19) Larry Osterman (21) Lee G. (8) Library (0) lmjabreu (41) lnewcomer (14) Lou (1) marcel weiß (27) marcosvicente2005 (24) Marcus (4) Marcus Danillo (18) Mat (4) MaTT (20) mediter (37) Melkir (2) metaeuphoria (0) Mike (0) MMS (18) Mone (14) Myk OLeary (0) nanabite (19) Nate Mathai (19) Neko (10) Nelson (4) NeonDemon (34) Nickname unavailable (18) nikan (33) nikhil (0) Oneiros (17) Pat (32) Phil (9) Philip Spohn (18) r0nya (4) Rahul Gaitonde (21) rawwell (93) remz (14) Rich (5) richtannehill (26) Rick Umali (4) Rob (10) rOckY (65) rpy (2) Rudi (21) rutawa (11) rveguilla (20) ryan.capote (28) Sai Gudigundla (3) sammy (0) Seth G (19) Setu (13) Shankar Ganesh (58) Shelton (8) Siddharth (2) smerrell (11) SPE825 (2) spsneo (6) Sridhar Katakam (17) Srinvard (16) Stephan Ainley (16) Stuart F (13) Sukij (0) taylor (128) TechTalk (22) Terence (1) Thomas (19) thr33 (0) tim (4) Tim Bertram (2) Tommy (0) Trindade (20) Vincent van Wylick (22) Voyagerfan5761 (23) Wayne (0) wcaw (43) webe (0) Wei (11) wwdj (10) Yagermeister (0) Yann (29) yellowchilli (2) yojibee (7) yoni (3) Zach (8) zer0ck (23) ziizii (1) Zoram (29) zoso (27) 異塵行者 (31)Explore read eight notes- ziizii said: jestli uz to nekdo pouziva, tak todle by mohlo byt zajimave videt
- Alexander Williams said: Oooh, extra crunchy happiness. About pages are the shiznit. Pointedly, though, there's no about:config.
- federico silva said: Chrome, chrome y mas chrome!
- Josi said: oooh interweb tubes....
- Rick Umali said: Yes, I've succumbed. I am reading and posting on Google's Chrome. Nifty "about:" URLs here.
- rpy said: DNS pre-caching - cool idea. Users get a faster web experience, DNS infrastructure is already distributed enough that it can take the hit. Expect to see this in the next generation of all other browsers.
- Mone said: basta con le notizie inutili su chrome!!! ...
- thr33 said: تعرف على بعض خصائص الكروم بكتابة هذه الاسطر
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Zoë Keating, the quantum cellist (20)
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The excellent Radiolab podcast recently featured Zoë Keating, a classiclly-trained cellist who now makes absolutely entrancing loop music in real time using digital samplers. Radio Lab host Jad Abumrad referred to Keating as the "quantum cellist" and her rich, layered, and haunting music has been described as "the perfect music for apocalyptic landscapes." From Radiolab: Zoe Keating is the cellist from our live show, War of the Worlds. She used to play with the band ...Shared by [ebarrera] (1) alchemy (9) Apollo L (17) Dave (2) Dennis Hostetler (6) Haltse (18) Jeff Daly (44) Jen (1) Kaye (21) Llwllyn (12) Maurice (2) Nat Torkington (9) Ooble (5) puthali (16) Richard Jones (2) roland (13) Sparky (2) Stephanie Beth (3) TheDudeAbides (22) vim (28)- Maurice said: I heard the podcast too, and I was absolutely enthralled by her music. I bought one of her albums this morning on iTunes and it's FABULOUS.
- Richard Jones said: Get the podcast, she's really quite talented.
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