Now this is pumpkin carving.
SportsGuy
Oct 28, ’04
11:59 AM
Another terrific article from Bill Simmons. If you want to know what it was like to be a Sox fan during the last game, read his running diary. He also nails it on the head as to what this world series championship means.
Now the 1918 jokes are done. Now TV networks can’t ruin our playoff games anymore. Now we can watch Red Sox games without waiting for the Other Shoe. Now we don’t have to deal with manipulative books and documentaries, or hear about Buckner, Zimmer, Grady, Pesky, Torrez, Stanley and Schiraldi ever again. It’s a clean slate. We’re like those ugly contestants who show up on “The Swan,” get fifty grand worth of plastic surgery, then start sobbing in front of a full-length mirror when they see themselves. That’s every Red Sox fan right now.
Microwave Experiments
Oct 28, ’04
11:29 AM
This page has some cool microwave experiments.
I once did a PSA in high school using the exploding egg trick. It was during the “this is your brain on drugs” psa craze and we put a mouse in a microwave and taped it running around for a bit (yes the microwave was off). We took the mouse out, put in an egg and cooked it until it exploded. We edited the video with a voice over doing the “this is your brain on drugs” just as the mouse ran into the center of the microwave where we spliced in the egg exploding. Made quite a visual stir at the awards where we presented it. We kept a frame or two of the egg just in case PETA came a knocking. If I locate the tape I will put it on this site.
Mixing Bio and Electronics to Create Robotic Vision
Oct 28, ’04
11:04 AM
Interesting article on the current limitations of robotic vision.
“Right now, robots in general are just pitiful in terms of visual interaction,” he said. True, a few of today’s robots can see in some sense, but they aren’t mobile. These vision systems are connected to large computers, which precludes their use in small, mobile robots…..
Higgins and his students are developing an airborne visual navigation system by creating electronic clones of insect vision processing systems in analog integrated circuits. The circuits create insect-like self-motion estimation, obstacle avoidance, target tracking and other visual behaviors on two model blimps.
Lunar Eclipse Pictures
Oct 28, ’04
10:36 AM
Space.com has some nice pictures of the eclipse. I will post more sites that has photos as I find them.
Quick Note
Oct 28, ’04
10:04 AM
A lot of readers sent me in submissions while I was on vacation and I will post them as soon as I get a chance. I went straight from vacation to work and mix that with the World Series going on until midnight every night and getting some malicious spyware that I am going to have to attend to on my main computer means I am short on time. I should be able to get caught up by the weekend. Thanks to everyone who sent me email or a submission.
By the way, does anybody have any good recommendations for software to clean spyware? I use Adaware and Spybot but the spyware I ended up with last night is pretty malicious and those two tools don’t seem to do the trick. I have heard some good things about HijackThis but haven’t tried it yet. If I don’t find anything good it means I am going to have to clean it manually including scouring the registry which is tedious. Any suggestions?
SHUTUPTimMcCarver.com
Oct 28, ’04
6:45 AM
If you have watched the playoffs and World Series on Fox, you may have heard one of the commentators rambling on making no sense in just about anything he says. That would be Tim McCarver. Judging from this site, there are many people who can’t stand him.
Welcome to ShutUpTimMcCarver.com! Tim McCarver is one of America’s biggest blowhards and must be silenced. This site is a work in progress. Much of the work (as you can see there hasn’t been too much) was done with game seven of the 2004 ALCS on the TV in the background and I’ve tweaked the site during my lunch break at work. Admittedly this was a rush job but I sensed a growing resentment towards Tim McCarver with every passing pitch between the Red Sox and New York Yankees. My goal was to have a full blown site up and running in time for the World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox and I’ve just about accomplished that although I have some changes in mind. This site is for everyone out there who can’t stand listening to Tim McCarver – please take time to post your feelings to our message boards, and I encourage all of you to submit as many “McCarver Gems” as you can think of. The more you all contribute, the better the site will be. Thanks for stopping by and please don’t forget to tell your friends about this site and come back often
(via Information Junk)
Real Names of Hip Hop and R&B Artists
Oct 28, ’04
6:20 AM
DMX’s name is Earl Simmons?
(via New Yorkish)
