Posts Tagged ‘nerd with a capital N’

Sumbitch, happy 11 years!

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

The 11 year anniversary of the clubneko domain registration passed on Saturday. @#$%@%^#

On the street finding its uses

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Indeed, the very ease with which pico projectors can be used to create social awkwardness could be a significant feature. Alexander Besher, one of the organizers of the pico projector film festival, thinks there could be significant use of pico projectors in political protests. Picture a nighttime war protest where hundreds of people have pico projectors showing graphic images of devastation on every available surface.

This was kinda ancillary to the article but man, what a great idea. Not one I’ve ever really heard before, either, but I can think of so many uses for these things now. Muwahahaha.

These are the droids you are looking for

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

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The Tragedy of Turing

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

A.k.a. The Secret Life of Chaos

The first two episodes deal with Turing’s contribution to chaos theory and biology, and his tragic downfall at the hands of the British jurisprudence system. A very good watch all the way through, 10 minutes at a time.

update: i’m pretty sure at least some of the music is by Philip Glass. The part at the end of part 2/beginning of part 3… is just amazing.

There is plenty of I in Team Fortress 2

Friday, January 15th, 2010

I found a PDF on Valves website, a technical paper detailing their artistic modus operandi behind Team Fortress 2’s awesomeness.

Fans of early 20th century design and graphics, take note.