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Nov 12, 2008

Neal Stephenson on Anathem

Neal Stephenson talks about the Long Now foundation, concepts in Anathem, his writing process and a whole lot more. If you're a fan of Neal's this is well worth checking out.More at http://www.rgbfilter.com/?p=229

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Oct 29, 2008

Wall Street Journal Welcomes iPhone Overlords

The Wall Street Journal has raised the spectre of smartphones replacing laptops, not even realising, it seems, that it is a spectre. Apple’s “cutting-edge” iPhone is held up throughout the article, without a hint of irony, as the prime example of the sort of device that the author sees one day bumping your main mobile computer into a Sarlacc Pit.

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Sep 11, 2008

Isohunt Suing The CRIA

Earlier this year the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) sent a Cease And Desist letter to popular torrent seach site isohunt, demanding that the site be taken down for copyright violation. But rather than cave, ISOhunt is taking the ballzy move...and suing the CRIA right back.

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Sep 10, 2008

Garfield Minus Garfield coming to bookstores near you.

G-G is the hilarious experiment: What happens when you take Garfield out of Garfield strips? Well it turns out you get a much, much funnier strip about a man dealing with crippling loneliness and psychosis while living in the 'burbs. And now, it's gonna be a book. Awesome.

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Sep 9, 2008

Bill C61 Gone In Seconds

The potential 'DMCA of Canada' has been put on life support as the federal government has called an election. Of course, if the ruling party pulls of a majority, it could be back in full force this winter.

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Sep 2, 2008

Video Enhancement Using Photographs

Cool project from the University of Washington that enhances low res video by tracking with high res stills, as well as making use of HDRI and object replacement/removal. The source code, but no application, is available online.

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Aug 28, 2008

Rumours of Steve Jobs' Demise are Greatly Exaggerated

Stev Jobs is not dead, despite what the Bloomberg Newswire says. We have a copy of the obituary here; read it before they force us to take it down forever.

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Aug 27, 2008

Heavy Metal 3 directed by Snyder, del Toro and Verbinski?

They've all expressed interest in directing segments for the third installment of the cult classic, in this talk with Kevin Eastman, who also says that HM2 sucked 'very badly'. David Fincher is executive producer of the as yet untitled new anthology movie, and may direct one segment.

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Aug 23, 2008

Fan Expo 2008 Day 1: Through a Convention Centre, Darkly

A roundup of day one events, including video interviews with the director of Frag, the guys from fantasyprone.com and some straight up fans of the show.

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Aug 21, 2008

Photosynth Isn't Your Aunt's Vacation Slideshow

Consisting of the main software and a browser plug-in, Microsoft's Photosynth is now available for Windows users. Photo stitching on 3D steroids, it gives new life to old vacation photos, and even gives those 'so-so' pics a new lease on life.

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