Friday, May 29, 2009
cookies make terrorists talk
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1901491,00.html?imw=Y
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
beyond irony - the Conference Board of Canada plagarizes an IIPA report on the topic of digital piracy
(0) commentsFriday, May 22, 2009
Obama's detention plan is awful
He is fucking up to even be discussing this as a possibility.
Greenwald's questions are crucial - (1) have adequate reasons been given for why accused terrorists cannot be tried in civilian courts, and (2) on what basis do you believe the accused are dangerous if they haven't even been charged, let alone tried?
Rachel Maddow's take is also remarkably direct -
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Jon Stewart nails the connection between Don't Ask Don't Tell policy and the politics of torture
http://blog.indecisionforever.com/2009/05/15/jon-stewart-nails-obama-on-dont-ask-dont-tell/
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
the evolution of gaming using real-world data continues - sail the Google Earth!
(0) commentsTuesday, May 19, 2009
Busta starts his album with a vocal rendition of the first minute of Beethoven's fifth symphony
(0) commentsRobot Spore Chicken
If this works, it could be a rather important bridge between TV and games. The adventure design engine is going to become the middleware (engine) for a branded TV property. Is Little Big Planet doing anything like this?
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Thursday, May 07, 2009
Stupeflix API dramatically shortens the time it takes to edit and render video
Am I off, or could this be a big deal?
They generated all of these videos in an hour using Wikipedia source data. Granted, this is heavy on the Ken Burns effect, but still.
Demo of the API here:
They host the videos long enough for you to download them, and are claiming real-time rendering for DVD quality, about 2X for youtube quality. And no limit on video length.
Scalability will be interesting to see.
-Daniel
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