The Rise of the Frankencam
Posted on December 13, 2011 - Filed Under Photography, Tech & Science | Leave a Comment
About “computational photography” and how I am using a fairly inexpensive “hacked” camera that performs like one that costs ten times as much. From The Connected Traveler
Read More..>>Hotel Rooms That Change Color on Demand, The Harry Potter Newspaper
Posted on December 12, 2011 - Filed Under Tech & Science | Leave a Comment
Check out this story in The Telegraph: Quantum Dot TV promises TV screens that you can roll up and tuck under your arm and wallpaper or drapes that you can program to change color on demand or display your favorite episode of The Kardasians. From The Telegraph
Read More..>>Sacrifice of the Extra Virgins
Posted on December 5, 2011 - Filed Under Food & Wine, Sonoma | Leave a Comment
In the Mediterranean, olive oil was a wonder substance, used as a medicine, a skin oil, a soap, even as fuel. Fill’er up with Extra Virgin please! Olive oil tastes good and doesn’t clog your plumbing. Hercules planted olive trees by pounding them into the ground with his hunky arms. Father Serra (he of the [...]
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