Working doll-house-sized TVs that talk to consoles, cable, DVD players
April 10, 2008 7:44am
On Golden Prong: History of Storage Devices
April 8, 2008 7:33pm
Hey!
I need 16 of those for my giant robot army!
Wait...
512 bytes or 512 bits?
9 Common Idioms That Come from Technology
April 5, 2008 2:59pm
There was an unusual usage of "on the same wavelength" in an episode of Xena Warrior Princess.
The 'Been There, Done That' episode had Joxer saying it to Xena.
Joxer: Yeah but you don't eve... I knew this would happen someday, you and me on the same wavelength, two great minds, one thought.
Gabrielle: Only half a wit.
(Thanks for once IMDB.)
I could no-prize that into him speaking in Greek, using a Greek expression which means 'on the same wavelength' because it's a TV show and they aren't supposed to be speaking English.
Fun 1981 sci-fi home movie: Asteroid
April 5, 2008 11:24am
That's me in the photo.
Thanks for all the comments thus far.
We had fun making it. I think that shows.
Be sure to go to the flickr page for the 'the making of'.
The text is readable at maximum size.
The comments of some pics link to YouTube clips.
(Go to the last of the flickr pics also.)
Play the video past the credits for the bloopers.
#2: You must be great at find-a-word.
#4: Maybe they're very light bricks? A brick motif wallpaper?
I can't help seeing the flaws.
The film had deteriorated somewhat before the transfer to DVD.
The computer graphics didn't always have a monitor around them, nor did my scene.
The GenMet ship interiors should have had three times the lighting they did.
At the time home video was in its infancy and video editing prohibitivity expensive.
I think it came out well, considering.
2001: A Space Odyssey revisited after 40 years
April 5, 2008 3:01am
Here's a 28 minute mp3 that explains, or at least
attempts to, the movie '2001'.
http://www.frontiernet.net/~computerrepair/2001exp.mp3
Enjoy.
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I had a 2 in. LCD monitor meant to be used in place of the monochrome viewfinder of the early two piece camcorders.
I sold it to an R/C enthusiast with a wireless spycam.
He was going to mount the camera on the car and the monitor on the remote.
Power and video connectors were on the side, spoiling the effect of it being a tiny television.