I just wanted to point out this very interesting article on news.com.au ( Read more... )

So I see on slashdot today that 12 Florida State counties school boards have silently passed resolutions forbidding the teaching of Evolution in the classroom as a fact. This in itself is dismaying but the reasoning behind some of the board members decisions and the resulting e-mails flying back and forth are just depressing ( Read more... )

So over the last few years I have been becoming increasingly eco-conscious in a "kinda irritated at the big corps and power generators for screwing our planet" kinda way ( Read more... )

Hrmmm I am of two minds about this ( Read more... )

Hrmmm well this has come as a bit of a double whammy for me... but I am jumping for joy (and possibly a little bit of nostalgia.) According to ( Read more... )

Captains Log, Stardate : 298376.1295

I am beginning to feel increasingly isolated from the other monkeys.

In recognition of the fact that Daft Punk will be playing Perth in Dec and that I have tickets and that they are just the best band ever (as stated below) I offer you these two videos of awesomeness for "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger."

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Now if I can just learn that dance by Dec I'll be sorted.

Sometimes people ask me what is meant by "The Uncanny Valley" in robotics and facial animation.

Well now thanks to a new Japanese software project that can take a single front of facial photo of you and animate it... I can say "this is the uncanny valley.. right here.

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if you don't believe me pause it on a few frames and tell me that looks ( Read more... )

Huh.. well I had a go at this "Career Cruiser" everyone is trying out so I could see what it's suggestions were for me. My top ten are ( Read more... )

lo' all Just really posting a new video because I crave validation..

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Also I discovered something this week. I've always been a bit of a Daft Punk Fan and Loved the album "Discovery". I remember thinking that the music vids for "One more time", "Digital love" and "Faster stronger" were all really neat because they were filmed in the style of an ( Read more... )