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This shot was set up in the morning light with a black plate, two forks and a purple wine bottle for reflection. The camera was mounted on a tripod using the Canon Rebel T1i and the 55-250mm lens. -Jennifer Bartles I recently moved to a new apartment partly because of the incredible views it has.…
Story: This photo is of our newest family member Harry. It was taken last week in the back yard, it was freezing outside and he just sits next to you waiting to go back in. I chose to put the picture in black and white because of the shadow outline of himself, I thought it…
The clean lines of rowing is why I chose it as my subject for the Rule of Thirds Challenge. This photo was taken from Christ Church meadow at the University of Oxford in England. I envisioned having strong horizontal lines, which are the boat and the shadow line. More subtly, what I consider to be…
I’m sad that this awesome expandable caravan is not real (yet). It’s the only caravan I would consider towing with the 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS I don’t have (yet). I imagine myself bringing it to the Valley of the Gods and waking up looking through that window. Created by student Jakub Novák, the Odorico…
We all have the friend or family member that’s awesome in the real world, but on Facebook will. Not. Shut. Up. We get it, you love Ron Paul. Here’s a simple way to extract them from your feed without having to unfriend them. This is particularly handy for those friends that link their Facebook page…
iOS already has Twitter’s DNA woven into its own code, which is nice for posting things from various other apps into the 140-character social network. But as some code monkeys have discovered in a recent beta, it looks like Facebook will be getting the same treatment in future versions of iOS. According to iMore, Twitter…
The trailer for Hulu’s first scripted original series, Battleground, is here, and it doesn’t bode well. Too bad. We still have high hopes for the future of online television. After all, the trailer for Netflix’s Lilyhammer is excellent. Updated below The trailer for Battleground proves that the margin for error is as razor thin online…
Last week, I said something crazy, that Razer’s kind of insane Project Fiona gaming tablet is the future of PC gaming. I guess I should explain a little. It’s not that Fiona itself is literally the future of PC gaming—a tablet with a pair of joysticks bolted to the side is the PC equivalent of…
A Chinese violin maker has realized that the resonating chamber that gives the instrument its full rich sound could also double as a stylish speaker. So they stuck a driver inside one of their stringed instruments, and dubbed it the iViolin. While it loses points for its uninspired name, the iViolin would certainly be a…
I recently came across a short, silent film from 1922 called Eve’s Wireless. Distributed by the British Pathe company, the film supposedly shows two women using a wireless phone. Apparently this video has been making the rounds for the past few years. Could it be an early demonstration of some futuristic technology? I hate to…
USB thumb drives that are bigger than my hard drive circa 2001 are great. Waiting 5, 10, 15 minutes for the files to move to that USB 2.0 drive isn’t so great. Now that USB 3.0 is becoming a common thing in laptops and devices, we can finally get faster flash drives as well. Enter…
Ninjas have been usurped as the number one threat to pirates. The new “Ghost” high-speed attack vessel from Juliet Marine Systems is going to severely f*ck some scallywags up. The Ghost is designed to move fast in coastal shallows, making it ideal for convoy escort missions and patrolling aquatic flash-points like the Straits of Hormuz.…
Not only does this little boy have the honor of being the first kid to have his face painted by the University of Michigan’s robot arm, but as far as I’m concerned, he’s also the bravest little tyke I’ve ever seen. Created by the university’s Taubman College of Arts and Architecture, this robotic face painter…
Foxconn, Apple’s manufacturer of things you likely own and Chinese despair, was last night’s corporate target on The Daily Show. It’s funny! But then it alternates between funny and Oh wait, this is true and awful. But then funny again! It’s nothing you haven’t heard before—Foxconn work conditions are awful and we should all feel…
Well, this is bad. OpenStreetMap, the Wikipedia of world maps, has been vandalized, with someone deliberately screwing up its data. Worse, the offending IP addresses seem to be coming from a set belonging to Google India. Careful where you drive. According to a blog entry at OpenGeoData.org: Two OpenStreetMap accounts have been vandalizing OSM in…
The last mouse I loved was the Apple Pro Mouse that I got at Steve Jobs’ MacWorld NYC 2000 keynote. Black, encased in clear plastic, it glowed like the Terminator. The new Thermaltake Level 10 M Mouse is the Terminator. It’s the antithesis of Apple’s design, and it works. I want this thing now. Heck,…
I still think the Segway has a lot of potential, but not until it reaches a reasonable price point. So in the interim, this Personal Rover could fill the gap, providing similar functionality at a fraction of the cost. Riding it looks like a cross between skateboarding and cross-country skiing, since steering the four-wheeled non-balancing…
Airports can be a daunting place to navigate, and trudging to your gate can be time consuming and exhausting. And since Segways are downright obnoxious, I like Gustavo Brenck’s Gig Pack concept which straps a collapsible scooter to your backpack. The scooter’s base and back wheel stash inside the backpack when you’re hoofing it, but…
If you’re anything like me, you play darts rarely. And when you do, you’re drunk. Ignoring the fact that that’s a dangerous combination, here’s how to try and maximize your chance of winning, ineptitude aside. The guys over at Data Genetics had a look into how people with varying skill levels should approach a game…
A lot of people obsess about fancy watches which are waterproof to 300 meters, have chronograph faces, or come with diamond-crusted faces. But I’ve got news for you: nobody ever made a watch any better than the humble digital Casio. Let me start with a disclaimer: I own a fairly expensive Oris. I forget exactly…
