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Geotagging photos made easy.

May 28th, 2009
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http://www.photographyblog.com/news/atp_gps_photofinder_pro/

The ATP GPS PhotoFinder Pro is a new device that allows you to geotag all of your photos. Designed for use with geotagging sites and software such as iPhoto, Flickr, Picasa3, Locr, SmugMug, Panoramio, Google Earth, and Google Maps and compatible with with more than 450 models of digital cameras, the ATP GPS PhotoFinder Pro provides easy geotagging without a PC or a need to go through complicated software installation processes. To use it, you first need to make sure there is no discrepancy between the time your digital camera is set on and the UTC time used by the Global Positioning System. Then all you need to do is take the PhotoFinder Pro along for the day’s shooting, then insert your memory card into the PhotoFinder Pro to geotag your photos. The MSRP is $119, and availability is slated for mid-July.

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Tech

Another NEW Kindle

May 26th, 2009
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The Kindle 3. So advanced, even illiterates can use it.

Tech, humor

Olympic posters

May 22nd, 2009
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proposal for London 2012.

http://www.alanclarkegraphics.com/

My thinking behind these posters was to convey the movement and energy of the games, in a simple abstract way.
olympic-posters

Design

Stimulus (electronic)

May 22nd, 2009
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Art

The Work of Edward Tufte and Graphics Press

May 20th, 2009
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Edward Tufte has written seven books, including Visual Explanations, Envisioning Information, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, and Data Analysis for Politics and Policy. He writes, designs, and self-publishes his books on analytical design, which have received more than 40 awards for content and design.

http://www.edwardtufte.com

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Design

Frank Lloyd Wright LEGO Sets

May 20th, 2009

The LEGO Group and Brickstructures, Inc. to produce and distribute Frank Lloyd Wright Collection® LEGO® Architecture Building Sets

The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation announced today that The LEGO Group is now the exclusive licensed manufacturer of Frank Lloyd Wright Collection® LEGO Architecture sets.

The LEGO Group and Adam Reed Tucker of Brickstructures, Inc. officially introduced the LEGO Architecture line in 2008. The line currently consists of six buildings – now including two of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most famous and recognizable buildings, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and “Fallingwater.”

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http://www.prairiemod.com/

Read more…

Architecture

Dornob – daily doors to design.

May 14th, 2009
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http://dornob.com/

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Dornob is as much an interactive design archive as it is a collection of the latest innovative architectural, interior, furniture, furnishing and fixture designs. The primary focus of this design publication (read: blog)  is on works that take form and function to the next level – that defy particular typologies, wander away from convention and are more than merely consumable objects.

Architecture, Art, Design

Parasitic Wasps

May 13th, 2009
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A parasitic wasp has injected her eggs into a caterpillar — and now they’re ready to hatch.

Misc

Timelapse from Space

May 12th, 2009
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Astronaut Don Pettit spent nearly six months aboard the International Space Station. While he was living there, he elected to spend some of his off-duty time doing science experiments of his own design and dreaming up space gadgets.

http://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/series/4/

Tech

40 useful and creative infographics

May 12th, 2009
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Visualization Blog : Ideas, Papers and Thoughts on the field of Visualization

May 11th, 2009
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http://visualizeit.wordpress.com/

Visualization of all the shots from the NBA 2007-08 season:
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This blog is now in my list of perfect distractions.  Great stuff.

Tech

District 9 Trailer

May 1st, 2009
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http://www.d-9.com/

District 9

An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly find a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their biotechnology.


Alive in Joberg

Entertainment, Sci-fi

Yellow by Neill Blomkamp

May 1st, 2009
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Neill Blomkamp is a South African born, Vancouver, BC-based director of short films and advertisements. Blomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held, cinéma vérité technique, blending seamlessly with naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated imagery effects. He directed a series of three short films set in the Halo universe (known collectively as Landfall) and was hired to direct the movie adaptation of the series before financial problems forced the project to be indefinitely postponed.

Entertainment, Sci-fi