Category: Cool

‘Otaku idol’ dazzles Tokyo Game Show

Shoko Nakagwa

And why don’t these things happen here in the US I ask…

Shoko Nakagawa, a former pin-up queen for Miss Magazine, dazzled the Tokyo Game Show by appearing on stage dressed in a costume from a popular martial arts game.

Nakagawa, clad as a character from the “King of Fighters,” wowed the audience during a talk show and photo session that followed it on the final day of the country’s biggest game event.

“I like games more than eating,” Nakagawa said. “Sometimes, I’ll even dress up and head off to the convenience store.”

Anyway, loads of cosplay photos to be had here, go have a look.

Cosplay
‘Otaku idol’ dazzles Tokyo Game Show

Screen Wars

Screen Wars

For a long time I’ve been aware that there was a movie making community here in Phoenix but they didn’t make their presence shown very often. Last year I took part in a 48 hour film contest that overwhelmed the people running it by having no less than 50 teams competing in it (I think they had expected about ten). There were so many people that the theater they had rented for the showing of the films couldn’t hold everyone, I and about a hundred more never even got in to see what we had worked on! So it was pretty obvious that the film community here was ready for action and willing to work. Fast forward to about a month ago. I was walking out of a local Staples and I happened to notice what looked like a nightclub promotional postcard on the ground next to my car. Normally I wouldn’t give it a second glance but this one caught my eye. It had the words ‘SCREEN WARS’ on it in big white letters. ‘Screen Wars’? What the heck is that? I picked it up and read the copy, “Screen Wars features short films from across Arizona in comedy, action, western, drama, and horror/scifi. Watch and vote: You decide the winners!” and the cable and over the air channels and a time. No way! I local on going movie contest that gets airplay?
So I went to the web page and took a look around. It’s sponsored by the Phoenix Film Project and a local independent TV station. Here’s a bit from the web site:

Screen Wars is a weekly thirty minute television show produced by the non-profit Phoenix Film Project, under the Phoenix Film Foundation. The show is directed and produced by members of the Board of Directors. The crew is all volunteer and we have have students from UAT, SCC, ASU and Collins College work on the show, as well as other film enthusiasts from across the valley. If you’d like to work on the show, please contact Amanda@PhoenixFilmProject.com.
Season One featured five weeks of Comedic films, five weeks of Action films, five weeks of Western films, five weeks of Dramatic films and five weeks of Horror/Sci-Fi films.

Looks pretty solid, I’m going to be setting my DVR to record this, maybe I’ll even get a chance to vote on a few.

Screen Wars

The Amazing Hackable Dog

i-Cybie

These are great toys. If you ever see one at a yard sale you should not hesitate to buy it ASAP. Not only is it a feat of engineering magic, it’s also hackable. The ICybie site is full of links to info on how to modify and program new cartridges to create personalities, make an RS-232 connection to your PC, and even write your own code in for it.
The grand bin of links and hacks!
[AiboHack] ICybiePet’s ICybie Site

Official site Silverlit

Recycled Server Parts End Up On The Desktop

Today I was given two drive blanks for an IBM eServer, iSeries . Normally these would go right in the trash but I spotted an opportunity to build a handy orginizer for my far too cluttered desk. IKEA watch out!

  • The parts: Two IBM eServer, iSeries drive blanks (or like blanks) and four binder clips.

  • I used the 3/4″ binder clips because they sit flush around the corners of the blanks. Depending on the drive blanks you have you might need larger ones.

  • The blanks have a small plastic tab that needs to be removed. My handy clippers make short work of these.

  • Align your blanks how you want them. You could rotate them 90 degrees, whatever looks the best to you.

  • Put the binder clips in place and then remove the chrome bits, they get in the way. I don’t have a good use for these but I’m working on it.

  • Now fill it with all the stuff that you want to keep handy.

  • Fits in perfectly with any decor. In addition to keeping things handy, it will provide a stable base for my next pile of paperwork, my desk fills up with those pretty quick.

Send me comments if you build your own, make sure you tell me what server you got the blanks off from.

Make a DIY 3D Digicam

3d video

I must own two of these cameras! I could live with anaglyph stereo vision, I’d much rather have a lift and right image that you would use shutter glasses with but for the price its right. I like how the record buttons can be slaved together, with digital still cameras that can prove to be an annoying problem. I’m looking for a video clip of this, I have to see what the quality is like. I’ll post a link as soon as I find one.

[via MAKEzine]
G4 – Feature – How To: Make a DIY 3D Digicam