Now is the time, if you ever wanted to get into wearable computing, such jackets that control your iPod, trousers that measure the distance you’ve run, and other general coolness like that. The guys at softwear.cc have compiled an e-book to get you started immediately. This beautifully illustrated and completely free e-book will give you [...]
If you’re designing a website, or especially if you are programming it. You want to quickly layout the different components of your application. Or you might be tired of always implementing a nice column layout and even be tempted to reach back to those tables of yore. Fear not, there is now an easy ways [...]
I have a soft spot for everything Virtual Reality. Although it is no longer fashionable to use that name, we’re seeing a lot of related technology pop up all over the map. More and more movies are shown in 3D. Mostly children’s animation movies for now, but IMAX too is jumping on the train. And [...]
A few months ago, a little show-reel by Easyweb.fr made the rounds on the net. It showed that new media doesn’t have to be on the Internet or even on your screen. They use buildings as canvasses. Buildings seem to come to life as bricks move around on the wall and strange creatures lurk behind [...]
There are many ways to market your product. You might want to try and create a small game. If done correctly, free games can have a pretty major reach. But if that’s a bit too complicated or expensive, why not keep it simple and create a small and enjoyable “real” toy. Enter Cubeecraft. The Cubeecraft [...]
At one point in time, my idea for this blog was to give a summary of the most expensive gadgets out there that allowed you to experience media in the most extravagant way. The Revox multiroom system is still part of my dreams and I’m sure it will give any owner a totally different look [...]
I’ve always been wondering about shopping on the Internet. And I’ve never been entirely satisfied. What’s the added value over “real-life” shopping? There’s a certain ease of use, you can just shop from your living room. And most online shops have a much larger inventory. But in return you’re giving up the experience of browsing [...]
I can’t get enough of the IRender plugin for SketchUp. If that wasn’t yet clear to you, it’s about time you became a subscriber to this blog. In this post I’ll show you a few simple techniques that can really spice up your SketchUp renders. The most important technique you’ll need to really bring those [...]
Ripping a Blu-ray disc to your harddrive is possible, but is it worth it? Turns out you might be better of just buying the disc. A few days ago, I came across Gizmodo’s excellent how-to on ripping Blu-ray discs. The post itself mentions that it isn’t easy, but I wanted numbers. So I took the [...]
I’m going to ask you to work a little with me in this post: Imagine a world that has movies, but nobody ever really talks in any of those. Messages are conveyed by written text, in between the moving images. There’s music, maybe even a live pianist, but that’s about it. Because they don’t have [...]