Innovation, Battlefield 3 Style
My jaw dropped after I saw this video.
via John Siracusa & J.C. Hutchins.
Nest: Initial Impressions
Brett Terpstra, writing on his blog:
Once the Nest is wired up, you just tap it and setup begins. The longest part of the installation was entering my wifi password using the dial, and even that was under a minute. It asks you a few questions about your system (gas or electric, forced air or non, etc.) and boom, it’s ready to go. I so want one of these.
Time Lapse View from Space, ISS Fly Over
By Michael König:
Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011, who to my knowledge shot these pictures at an altitude of around 350 km. All credit goes to them. I intend to upload a FullHD-version presently. HD, refurbished, smoothed, retimed, de-noised, de-flickered, cut, etc. All in all I tried to keep the looks of the material as original as possible, avoided adjusting the colors and the like, since in my opinion the original footage itself already has an almost surreal and aesthetically visual nature. Visit the video's Vimeo page for a music, image, and location colophon.
XKCD's "Money"
Following the same style as his previous chart, on radiation, Randall Munroe has made a new epically proportioned chart on money.
Don't miss it.
Oskar the Blind Kitten and His First Toys
Okay, who's cutting onions?
Five Live
From David Smith:
Five Live
An easier way to listen to the 5by5 live stream.
I’m a big fan of the various podcasts on the 5by5 network. These span a variety of topics and subjects, almost all of which I’m interested in. A subset of these shows are recorded while being streamed live. You can listen to them via the 5by5 website (http://5by5.tv/live). I do this for all my favorite shows, but I soon found that I didn’t like having to play them within the browser. So I wrote a Mac menubar application that monitors the feed status and starts playing my favorite shows whenever they start. I’ve been using it myself for months, then decided to share it with other 5by5 fans. It’s called FiveLive. Enjoy. Note: This is just an app made by a fan. It is neither supported by or associated with 5by5. If you're a 5by5 fan, like myself, this is a required app to have. It will make your life measurably better.
SoundWorks Collection: The Sound of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Interviews with the talented sound team including Re-recording mixers Stuart Hilliker and Mike Dowson, Supervising Music Editor Gerard McCann, Supervising Sound Editor James Mather, and Sound Designer Dom Gibbs who discuss how they recorded and produced the sound effects for the final Harry Potter movie.