The Cool and the Stupid
The Death Star Home Theatre:
Dillon Works will apparently install any sort of home theatre setup you want; their portfolio includes this amazingly cool Death Star themed setup, which even includes a THX sound system. (I should note that, in the interests of geekiness, the stars in the starfield displays shouldn't twinkle; "twinkling" is caused by atmospheric interference with the light waves, and there's no atmosphere in space...) Still, a way cool design.
Amazing Race Placemarks in Google Earth:
This is cool if you're a fan of The Amazing Race ... and if you're not, then please leave quietly before you embarass yourself further. There are links to threads with the placemarks for Seasons 6, 7, 8,and 9. Check it out.
Most Egregious Misuse of POV tech to date:
Pimpstar LED rims for your car. They have a wi-fi connection so that you can update them from your laptop, and then you have glowing images on your rims. "Our favorite rim image from the video has to be "Hey Baby, Call Me". I can imagine the mad-dash for the cell phone when a lucky girl happens to see that on your rim." Heh. Nonetheless, take a look at the video.
The City Manager of Tuttle, OK? Is an idiot:
He thinks that the OS on their webserver is something a hacker put on, and threatens to get the FBI involved. If I had been the guy from CentOS (and had had access to the machine) I would have removed my software, just like he demanded - then let him figure out how to boot it up again. Seriously, not recognizing the page he was getting I can understand; not everyone is technical enough to spot what that is. But after the guy at CentOS explains it to him and tells him to contact his IT guy or his ISP, and the manager doesn't, that's when he slid into idiocy.
Dillon Works will apparently install any sort of home theatre setup you want; their portfolio includes this amazingly cool Death Star themed setup, which even includes a THX sound system. (I should note that, in the interests of geekiness, the stars in the starfield displays shouldn't twinkle; "twinkling" is caused by atmospheric interference with the light waves, and there's no atmosphere in space...) Still, a way cool design.
Amazing Race Placemarks in Google Earth:
This is cool if you're a fan of The Amazing Race ... and if you're not, then please leave quietly before you embarass yourself further. There are links to threads with the placemarks for Seasons 6, 7, 8,and 9. Check it out.
Most Egregious Misuse of POV tech to date:
Pimpstar LED rims for your car. They have a wi-fi connection so that you can update them from your laptop, and then you have glowing images on your rims. "Our favorite rim image from the video has to be "Hey Baby, Call Me". I can imagine the mad-dash for the cell phone when a lucky girl happens to see that on your rim." Heh. Nonetheless, take a look at the video.
The City Manager of Tuttle, OK? Is an idiot:
He thinks that the OS on their webserver is something a hacker put on, and threatens to get the FBI involved. If I had been the guy from CentOS (and had had access to the machine) I would have removed my software, just like he demanded - then let him figure out how to boot it up again. Seriously, not recognizing the page he was getting I can understand; not everyone is technical enough to spot what that is. But after the guy at CentOS explains it to him and tells him to contact his IT guy or his ISP, and the manager doesn't, that's when he slid into idiocy.
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