January 2006

BlockRocker

by Ryan Lane on January 31, 2006

BlockRocker is another technology mash-up. This one is for the purpose of selling stuff. It’s a bit more like craigslist then ebay. I like that it is national instead of just local.

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IE 7 Public Beta

by Ryan Lane on January 31, 2006

I will have to download and play with this. It might not work on VirtualPC, but I’ll give it a try. Go give IE 7 a try

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Spell with flickr

by Ryan Lane on January 31, 2006

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Go make your own

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Some very smart people have been working on a project called DyRT: Dynamic Response Textures for Real Time Deformation Simulation With Graphics Hardware. In a nutshell it’s a way to make 3D models behave more lifelike. Especially in humans and such. There’s a video that helps demonstrate how DyRT effects body movement. In their example they show belly motion but I’m guessing all of this research will really help with more lifelike breasts since that’s what most video games are all about these days.

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Making Toys

January 11, 2006

I stumbled upon this site Making Toys because of post about making a remote controlled Katamari game. This site is full of some really interesting electronic projects and insight in to toy design. Make stuff because it’s fun!

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Track package with Google maps

January 11, 2006

PackageMapper.com is a fun little hack to Google Maps that let’s you track where your USPS, UPS or FedEx packages.

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Google Earth for OS X

January 11, 2006

It’s official Google Earth is out for Mac OS X! I’ve been playing around with the beta for a while now and it’s fun. Don’t be jealous of the windows users anymore. Go download and watch your productivity drop to zero.

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House hunting extreme edition

January 2, 2006

I’m currently on the lookout for new place to call home. Using the internet has made this so much easier. With tools like Google maps, Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth. Finding places and marking them down is easier then ever. Combined with craigslist and the Seattle Times classifieds I can quickly get a good [...]

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