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Showing posts with label computers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label computers. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Video: Game of Codes
The JavaZone community-driven conference based in Oslo, Norway created this winning video that seamlessly blends the worlds of programming and Game of Thrones.
Running against a series of other amazing videos that garnered 100,000 votes altogether, the dramatic, pun-filled video, titled "Game of Codes," shut down the competition with its stunning re-imagination of the HBO hit TV series.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
DIY: Overhead Control Panel
This is the coolest DIY project I've seen in a long time. Of course, you've probably already seen it already. It was featured on practically every art, design, gaming, and geek website on the web about five months back, but I bookmarked it and promptly forgot all about it. The panel features 100 programmable buttons and switches, many of which launch software applications on its builder's computer.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Illustration: Lovelace and Babbage
Graphic novel available for purchase from Amazon. US$18.42
For Ada Lovelace’s 200th birthday today, the thrilling illustrated story of how she and Charles Babbage invented the world’s first computer. This excellent comic by Sydney Padua, is about the life of Ada Lovelace,
widely considered to be the world’s first computer programmer.
The remainder of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage chronicles the power-duo’s tragicomic demo of the Analytical Engine for Queen Victoria and explores how their different temperaments. Babbage was an obsessive and perfectionistic while Lovelace possessed the original fail-forward startup spirit.
Set in an age when is wasn't just uncommon for a woman to participate in scientific inquiry but often actively discouraged, the book is a reminder that genius is as much the product of an individual’s exceptional nature as it is of the culture in which that individual is nourished.
The remainder of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage chronicles the power-duo’s tragicomic demo of the Analytical Engine for Queen Victoria and explores how their different temperaments. Babbage was an obsessive and perfectionistic while Lovelace possessed the original fail-forward startup spirit.
Set in an age when is wasn't just uncommon for a woman to participate in scientific inquiry but often actively discouraged, the book is a reminder that genius is as much the product of an individual’s exceptional nature as it is of the culture in which that individual is nourished.
Video: Happy Birthday Ada!
"Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer back in the 1800s. She published the first computer program, before the first computer had even been built! December 10th, 2015 is Ada's 200 birthday! So let's all wish her a happy birthday and learn more about her and other great topics in computer science during Computer Science Education Week.
December 7-13 is Computer Science Education Week in the U.S., an annual program to show students the power of code and computer science. Google is a founding partner of CS Education Week and is excited to participate company-wide for the campaign. To Learn More about Computer Science and try different activities visit g.co/csedu."
Friday, July 12, 2013
Tech: Datamancer’s Keyboard
Datamancer’s Art Deco Keyboard
This glimmering polished aluminum keyboard pays homage to the
streamlined, “Machine Age" styling of the 1920’s with a glossy acrylic
faceplate, reflective silver keys in a tall Art Deco font, and stepped
layers of polished metal.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Design: Floppy Disk Table
Floppy Disk Table by Axel van Exel and Marian Neulant of Neulant van Exel
Available for purchase from Floppytable.com. US$930
Available for purchase from Floppytable.com. US$930
Floppy Table is a coffee table designed in imitation of the classic 3.5″ floppy disk. What makes it so awesome is that they've cleverly re-designed the shutter to serve as a secret compartment. It's built for durability out of hot rolled steel and stainless steel.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Video: Wacom Cintiq Demo
Wacom has added a new video with illustrator booota to its "Drawing with Wacom" series on Thursday. The video features booota using Wacom's Cintiq 24HD touch, a drawing tablet with a built-in 24-inch LCD display.
The illustrator drew the cover art for Ikkei Tōkaidō's Fukanzen Knuckle (Imperfect Knuckle) novel and contributed to the SAI Official Commentary on Illustrations book.
The entire series of videos can be viewed at Wacom's YouTube channel, including the previous video by Jashin Ōnuma/Nareru! SE illustrator Ixy.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Video: 16-Bit ALU in Minecraft
16-Bit Arithmatic Processing Unit created in Minecraft
"This is the first part of a planned 16-bit computer that will run entirely in minecraft. That computer will be "Hack" compatible, which is to say that it'll run code meant for the Hack machine described in The Elements of Computing Systems (a fantastic book that you should look up if you are at all interested in how computers work. Its website is http://www.idc.ac.il/tecs .
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Link Round-Up: August 1, 2012
"Infowar"
Source: WebDiscover
Every Chapter Illustration From Entire Harry Potter Series - This is a composite shot of all the chapter illustrations from the entire Harry Potter series, lovingly collected by Redditor ajcfood.
Papercraft Batman from The Dark Knight Rises. He stands 16cm tall including the base and is made from black paper/card, an armature of aluminum foil and a turned wooden base.
Twisted Disney in Disasterland - Even pretty Princesses are powerless to the corrupting allure of fame and stardom, eventually slipping into depravity and excess.
World Map composed entirely of currency, and some interesting discussion in the comments.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Installation: Hello World
Untitled is an enormous grid of 5,000 orange illuminated rocker switches. The piece was part of the Fünf Räume (five rooms) exhibition at the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York City. The illuminated message is a nod to computer programming, an attempt to create a link to a foundation of modern technology that now seems out-dated. All I can think, though is that this would seriously be a rocking alternative to the sad little grease board I have hanging on my wall at home.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Tech: BioShock PC Case
Gregory Mórocz created this beautiful art deco BioShock casemod, which he calls "Welcome to Rapture." These are just a few images from the fan interview – you can see all these images and more on the BioShockCentrum fansite.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Project: Deleted City
Deleted City digital archeology project visualizes Geocities as a giant virtual city
The Deleted City is a digital archaeology of the world wide web as it exploded into the 21st century.
At that time the web was often described as an enormous digital library that you could visit or contribute to by building a homepage.
The early citizens of the net (or netizens) took their netizenship
serious, and built homepages about themselves and subjects they were
experts in.
These pioneers found their brave new world at Geocities, a free
webhosting provider that was modelled after a city and where you could
get a free "piece of land" to build your digital home in a certain
neighbourhood based on the subject of your homepage. Heartland was – as a neigbourhood for all things rural – by far the largest, but there were neighbourhoods for fashion, arts and far east related topics to name just a few.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Sculpture: Win Screen
Creative duo Lars Marcus Vedeler and Theo Tveterås of Oslo, Norway have come together to form the experimental design team Skrekkøgle.
"We don’t think of ourselves as artists, as we come from a product/interaction design background. What we see ourselves as is a studio that does what it very well pleases, experimenting with products and electronics and the like, not necessarily being tied to a client."A number of their projects have bounced around the blogs lately, my favorite being this hilarious three-dimensional sculpture of the win screen for Windows Solitaire. Also check out their exceedingly clever big money project that makes nearby objects look tiny by placing them next to an enormous replica of the 50 Euro cent piece and photographing them using using tilt-shift photography. I can’t wait to see what they come up with next.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Tech: Portal-themed Casemod
The case used was a Cooler Master Cosmos 1000. I did a ton of stuff to it, worked on it for about half a year, on and off. If you care for the specifics, the worklog can be found here: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1405650
There's also more pictures on Page 3 of the thread as well as 2 Videos.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Humor: Batman Villains
I'm trying to imagine who Batman is in this scenario. I would guess Android. At least, Android is the OS I think of as having the best gadgets. Maybe the iPhone could be Batgirl. In any case, you can get this illustration of a t-shirt over at Society 6. Price: $26.00
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