I just realized that iStat Menu can now display how many watts and amps my computer is using in real time. Awesome feedback loop to see how much energy gets consumed by my 8-core MacPro. I wish it would also report how much power my dual monitors are using as well :)
Light painting with iPad.
Dentsu has developed a very cool way of using the iPad to paint 3D shapes in air using a combination of stopframe animation, plus slices of a 3D model. Not only is the effect cool, but the process behind it is very inspiring.
From NYTimes: Visualizing the web’s icons.
The data visualization above shows the “favicons” of nearly 300,000 Web sites on the Internet. Favicons are small images used to identify a Web site in the browser.
The sizes of the icons are based on the amount of traffic each Web site receives, using data from Alexa.com, a traffic and Web metrics site.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/bits-pics-visualizing-the-webs-icons/
Unreal technical riding on a carbon fiber road bike. Rocks, steep descents, even bridge railings don’t stop this guy. Skip the first 45 sec of goofy story line, and turn the audio way down (save yourself the headache). The riding is nuts!
Oh, hi Custom Posts for Wordpress 3.0. I must say you are the most exciting part of this upgrade. Magic Fields has been my go-to to help create an intuitive CMS admin interface for clients so far. It’s a powerful Plugin, but 3.0 you are wooing me.
I’ve just begun to test it out and will be using it for an upcoming project. My fav features so far?
1) Labels! No more telling clients to ignore the fact that content is called a Post in the edit page when they are editing Portfolio content you custom created for them. Now, change pretty much every label of the Custom Post you can think of.
2) exclude_from_search Stop listing out all the categories that you DON’T want Wordpress search to return, when a client only wants to search Blog posts.
3) Menu Icons. Finally, create that cute little menu icon for all Calender Posts and clients can easily find what content they want to update.
4) Supports. Easily program what meta content should appear on the edit page for each Custom Post.
Take a tour here for more details.
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I love the work being done to bring interactive design into the home, and show energy usage in real time. These photos are part of a joint project between Intel Labs and the University of Washington’s Human Centered Design and Engineering department.
