Photo/Motion Realistic CG Human

I do a little CG work from time to time, however, nothing prepared me for the eerie appearance of a photo/motion realistic CG of a female named "Emily".  Click the link for a video of the virtual creation herself.

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4557935.ece

Sprint continuing efforts into the "iPhone" arena

Coming to a Sprint store near you on Sept 11th (speculated):

"Victor":
http://pocketpccentral.net/sprint_diamond.htm

Also, the phone Im personally waiting for Oct 11th (speculated):

"Touch Pro":
http://www.htcwiki.com/page/HTC+TOUCH+PRO+for+SPRINT?t=anon

Analyst: iPhone sells 3 million units in first month

Impressive benchmark for the 2nd gen iPhone.  Apparently 3 million units have moved off the shelves so far in the last month.

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/08/11/analyst-iphone-3g-sold-3-million-so-far

In total sales from from July 07:

1st and 2nd gen sales at 8,407,000 units since the iPhone was constructed up to Aug 11th, 2008.

In comparison, Windows Mobile sold 18,000,000 units during the same time period:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080100468.html

Del Sol Subwoofer - JL Audio Stealthbox Enclosure

The factory sound system of most Honda cars is absolutely horrible.   Along with replacing the speakers it would be nice to add a subwoofer, however, space inside the small cabin is limited.   Putting a sub in the trunk may be popular with folks looking to try and impress those around them but I want good sound in the cabin.

I found the following product from JL Audio called a stealth box that is custom made for a lot of vehicles including the Del Sol.   The enclosure simply replaces the back cabin interior panel with two down-firing 8" subs.

http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_stealthbox_detail.php?fit_id=1403

What happend to Xmms in Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04?

Just as the title suggests, Xmms has been removed the repository for ubuntu hardy heron 8.04. From what I gathered on my limited reading of forum posts, Xmms was too unstable and not well maintained, thus it wasnt selected for inclusion in the standard ubuntu distro.   I have heard that Audacious is the replacement program for Xmms like functionality.  I just installed it today and will test it out.

For those still looking for Xmms, hit this link, and download the .DEB to install.
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/i386/xmms/1:1.2.10+20070601-1build2

Google streetview spies house on fire

A must see for those into virtual sight-seeing.  Google streetview captures a house fire:

http://maps.google.com/maps

** Update. Sorry, the image has been pulled.  Too bad. Move down the street to the south to still see it **

Large Hadron Collider Rap

Large Hadron Collider Rap - Very nice!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM

Got to love the iPhone - 8 people buy "I am Rich" app for $1000

Following in the footsteps of fashion before function, eight lucky people purchased a "I am Rich" app for their iPhones costing about $1000.  This app apparently does nothing more than display a message "I am Rich" when opened.  Apple has since pulled the app from their store, however, the programmer is demanding to know why.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/08/iphone-i-am-ric.html

Electric Saturn Sky

The Saturn Sky electric conversion car.  Car $27K + Conversion $25K  = ~$50K

Order one today: http://www.ampmotorworks.com/html/order.shtml

or dream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i6rZGX-Xws

Holy Grail of Home Theater HDTV has arrived - ZvBox

Finally a distribution solution for the upscale HDTV home theater crowd is now shipping.  The ZeeVee ZvBox can encode/distribute a VGA HDTV signal over a QAM channel on baseband coax wire.  If I can finally justify the $500 pricetag, I will definitely be getting one of these for home.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/zeevee-begins-shipping-zvbox-new/story.aspx?guid={E5BC067F-40C9-4A69-80CB-F450A392D35D}&dist=hppr

Your life or your Lupins! Dennis Moore

Blast from the past.  Monty python skit with Dennis Moore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH5OnkzI6fo

Bought a few new creatures for our tank - Goodbye to our clown

We just recently purchased:

Flame Angel: http://www.centralpets.com/animals/fish/saltwater_fish/swf1904.html
Finger Leather Coral: http://www.centralpets.com/animals/fish/saltwater_inverts/swi1705.html
Mushroom Coral: http://www.centralpets.com/animals/fish/saltwater_inverts/swi1715.html
Green Button Polyps: http://reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheets/button_polyps.htm

Sadly, our clown severely injured the Flame Angel and several of the coral when introduced into the tank.  After 2 years of having our clown, we decided it was best to take it to the store and let them re-sell it to someone else.

Existing inhabitants:

Yellow Tang: http://www.centralpets.com/animals/fish/saltwater_fish/swf2271.html
Pajama Cardinal: http://www.nano-reef.com/fish/?fish=2
Royal Gramma: http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheets/royal_gramma.htm
Green/White Sponges: http://reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheets/sponges.htm
Mexican Turbo Snails: http://www.freshmarine.com/turbo-snail.html

Dependency on Technology - Bad Translation for Chinese Restaurant

Putting their faith into a web based translation software, a Chinese restaurant created a sign to welcome additional English speaking customers.   The english name?  "Translate Server Error"

http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2008/07/then-well-grab.html

The comments below the article are quite funny as well. ;)