Lord Vader has obviously been spending some time polishing his graffiti skills.

You can check the final artwork here: http://www.paintthatshitgold.com...

Submitted by jason - 2008-04-23 17:06:07
Channels - blogcadre wastingtime interactive
Tags - interactive video graffiti starwars vader

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Since YouTube redirected all of it's promoted homepage videos and RickRoll'D its entire homepage-viewing user base, we can get a bit of a glimpse at the number of passive and active users who visit the homepage in a 24-hour period.

Based on previously released video view stats, it would also appear that over 95% of video views are from external referrers and embedded videos (as opposed to homepage browsing).

Submitted by jason - 2008-04-01 21:22:00
Channels - blogcadre fallonplanningblog interactive
Tags - youtube statistics meme aprilfools

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It's autonomous, GPS guided, has a complete snow-munching digestive tract, and poops ice bricks with a smile.

Submitted by jason - 2008-01-06 19:42:41
Channels - futuretech mechamojo
Tags - robot snow snowblower autonomous

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Here's a novel robot locomotion concept:

"This was created as a proto-type for the Swarm Burning Man Project. It consists of an 11" hamster ball from the pet store, a Tamiya worm gear 
power unit, and standard R/C radio, servo and speed controller."

Submitted by jason - 2008-01-02 17:53:53
Channels - mechamojo
Tags - robot robotics hamster locomotion

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I wanted to share a site with you folks that I've been working on with the dev team at Colle+McVoy this last month.

As part of a project for Free Arts Minnesota, we put together a little web toy that allows you to make your own digital Qee and share it with the world.

What's a Qee? They are cute little vinyl toys. They come blank-white, and you get to be the designer and paint them any way you like. The digital version lets you experiment a little more with your design skills and you can fire the little dudes off to your friends.

It's pretty fun. Give it a shot and let me know what you think.

Submitted by jason - 2007-12-19 23:14:54
Channels - blogcadre design wastingtime
Tags - design flash toy qee vinyl

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This stuff is straight out of a sci-fi nightmare.

Submitted by jason - 2007-12-19 11:15:41
Channels - blogcadre
Tags - photos fish ugly nasty

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Oh how I love EBay:

"Nativity Nugget: tastes like chicken, looks like a camel.

This holiday season, celebrate Jesus' birth by adding a very special prize to your nativity scene, an authentic Chicken McNugget® Camel courtesy of McDonald's®.

At 4 x 2.25 inches this golden brown dromedary is a unique addition to anyone's collection.  In mint condition, still sufficiently warm."

Submitted by jason - 2007-12-01 18:51:36
Channels - wastingtime
Tags - wtf food camel mcdonalds mcnugget

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A bug in the Quicktime player, which is used to play video in Second Life, allows a malicious user to create clothing or buildings which can rob people of their money when they come in proximity of the video object. Yikes.

Submitted by jason - 2007-12-01 18:37:41
Channels - hackszine metaverse
Tags - hack secondlife digital_currency quicktime

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Google maps has a collaborate feature now that will let you make a map layer that you can share with a group or even the world. It works like a wiki, so anyone in the share list can edit, edd or remove any data point.

I'm monkeying around with it and trying to kick off a worldwide map of hackers. If you code--or just pretend to--click on this link and add yourself and your hacker friends to the map:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?i... ;amp;hl=en&msa=0&msid=108480887738389422212.000440310dcdec9d1c93a

Submitted by jason - 2007-11-30 20:37:35
Channels - hackszine futuretech
Tags - hack google mashup maps

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Craig from the Twin Cities Robotics Group demonstrated his homemade R2-D2 droid at Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry.

Here's a link to the video. Check out how it's able to transform to and from biped and 3 wheel mode.

Submitted by jason - 2007-11-07 12:16:38
Channels - blogcadre futuretech mechamojo
Tags - robot starwars robotics r2 droid

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"Overnight, though, something magical happened to my hand, and when I awoke, I discovered that from the elbow down, my little bee sting had somehow transmogrified into Popeye's right arm."

Submitted by jason - 2007-10-23 08:07:44
Channels - general blogcadre wastingtime
Tags - wtf humor photos infection story beekeeping

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Here's a video of a small robot Humvee that transforms into a biped. I've seen a couple of these types of robots before, but this one's auto and robot modes are quite convincing.

Oh.. and it's got some sick dance moves.

Submitted by jason - 2007-10-11 13:33:24
Channels - blogcadre futuretech mechamojo
Tags - video robot hummer transformer

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"One part geek Olympics, one part community service project and one part race-against-the-clock—Sierra Bravo’s F1 Overnight Website Challenge will partner deserving Minnesota non-profits with teams of talented web developers for 24 hours of fun collaboration culminating in a fully operational website for each participating non-profit."

Two reasons why this is an awesome idea:
1. A short-timespan codeathon means you can donate your time without worrying about a gratis project blowing way out of scope. Anything that doesn't contribute to the goal needs to be efficiently nipped in the bud.
2. It supports the concept that a defined programming effort and a small team can actually accomplish a huge amount of work in a small amount of time.

Submitted by jason - 2007-10-04 15:06:47
Channels - blogcadre design programming
Tags - design web website programming codeathon challenge

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"Not every weblog should look like a typical blog. After all, not every blogger wants his or her site to look exactly like hundreds of other ones. In fact, there is a small bunch of creative, outstanding and individually designed from scratch blogs."

Some of these are inspired.

Submitted by jason - 2007-09-28 09:20:34
Channels - general blog
Tags - blog design

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This is a cool interactive hexapod robot made by Matt Denton. Using facial recognition, it's able to track you around and take a photo of your face if you hold it's gaze for too long. In all, its responses are pretty lifelike and worth checking out.

Submitted by jason - 2007-09-26 13:10:33
Channels - video futuretech mechamojo
Tags - video robot hexapod spider

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