http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/ en-us Copyright 2009 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:41:56 -0800 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:39:14 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.01D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Lumenlab, based in Asheville, NC, is the home of homemade home theater projectors. For the less DIY-inclined, they offer the custom-built eVo v1.2 projector at a ridiculous price with great features and a crazy-long-lasting lamp. The eVo 1.2 comes in... http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/11/longlasting_ine.html http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/11/longlasting_ine.html Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:41:56 -0800 http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/10/history_of_ok.html http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/10/history_of_ok.html Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:46:50 -0800 http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/09/sonys_allseeing.html http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/09/sonys_allseeing.html Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:30:06 -0800 http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/09/testtube_expert.html http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/09/testtube_expert.html Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:26:16 -0800 Voyeur is an x-ray view into different apartments of a fictional city. In one apartment, a man meditates for seven days, becomes luminous, and attains nirvana. What's interesting is the amount of production detail involved. The candles in his apartment... http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/08/hbo_voyeur.html http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/08/hbo_voyeur.html Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:50:13 -0800 Available here... http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/08/enlisting_madis_1.html http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/08/enlisting_madis_1.html Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:10:59 -0800 There are 19,000 SIGGRAPH Flickr photos: E-Tech: Time Globe E-Tech: Time Globe 2 E-Tech(?): Holo Globe E-Tech: OLPC E-Tech: Glowbots 1 E-Tech: Glowbots 2 E-Tech: Glowbots 3 E-Tech: Crazy Haptic Shoes !? E-Tech: Color E-Ink E-Tech: E-Ink Motorola phone screen... http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/08/siggraph_2k7_ph.html http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/08/siggraph_2k7_ph.html Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:41:04 -0800 One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), aka, the $100 laptop was on display at SIGGRAPH 2007. The unit on display was called the XO. I couldn't help but notice that the keyboard is freakishly small. The OLPC has tiny keys covered... http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/08/siggraph_2k7_on.html http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/08/siggraph_2k7_on.html Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:13:22 -0800 If you're having trouble getting a good domain name, you're not alone. According to the VeriSign Domain Report (June 2007), the number of domains registered has doubled since 2004 (from >60K to >120K). One interesting trend is the growth of... http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/08/domain_names_sc.html http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/08/domain_names_sc.html Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:06:11 -0800 Behold the glory of 160 mega-pixels.... http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/07/seitz_megabeast.html http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/07/seitz_megabeast.html Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:48:42 -0800 I first heard about Lorenzo Colitti and Philip Chee's Flashblock in one of Jon's presentations last year at Flashforward. Jon presented it in the context of a tool for critical social theory experimentation, but I've found a use for it... http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/07/flashblock.html http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/07/flashblock.html Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:12:13 -0800 Courtesy of Rosemarie Fiore:... http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/07/timelapse_arcad.html http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/07/timelapse_arcad.html Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:49:02 -0800 Over at tinker.it!, there's a post describing the equipment list for a DIY multi-touch table, along with a video demonstrating their DIY multi-touch prototype. Although not built using an actual multi-touch system, the Photoshop Multi-touch concept is very interesting:... http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/07/diy_multitouch.html http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/07/diy_multitouch.html Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:26:20 -0800 Rene Saarsoo's 2006 thesis, Coding Practices of Web Pages presents histograms of CSS usage, attributes and their values. One cool finding; the top 3 fonts used in the CSS sites sampled are sans serifs: Arial, Verdana, and Helvetica. Google did... http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/06/css_datamining.html http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/06/css_datamining.html Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:03:34 -0800 Some possibilities: To make it easier to develop apps for the iPhone. It's still a PC world, among developers even more so. Putting a binary in the hands of developers knocks down a big barrier to entry, and will make... http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/06/why_apple_relea_1.html http://www.SecretRobot.com/blog/archives/2007/06/why_apple_relea_1.html Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:33:48 -0800