Optio NB1000 Now With Blocks!

In a collaboration with Nanoblocks (looks like a Japanese version of the popular Danish wonder block system LEGO) camera maker Pentax has a new 14 mega pixel camera that is covered in bumpy customization happiness. The camera has all the latest features that digital cameras need to have, face detection, HD video, 4x optical zoom, that’s nice and everything but it’s got places to attach Nanoblock bricks. I can see this being handy for adding filters to the flash or making a sports finder or I suppose you could add little cute critters and other cute creations to it. Not sure if it will ever get to the US but it would be fun to mess with.

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Optio NB1000 ( Translated by Google )
Optio NB1000|コンパクトデジタルカメラ|PENTAX.

Posted: September 17th, 2010
at 9:19pm by John


Categories: Artistic,Cool,General,Japan,Photography

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Mouse Acceleration in OS X

Mouse accelerationI have a second hand MacBook but I don’t use it much, main reason is that I hate the track pad and when I use a mouse with it it ‘feels’ wrong. Hard to describe just what it is but it’s like the cursor is just not moving the right way. I did find a little tool that has helped but I’m still a little put off by the whole feel of the mouse. Maybe this will help you if you are also suffering from ‘odd mouse’ syndrome.
Mouse Acceleration Preference Pane for Mac OS X.

Posted: September 17th, 2010
at 8:51pm by John

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Halo Jetpack!

A nice little PR stunt for the upcoming Halo Reach game from Bungie Soft. I wish that jet pack technology was a little more advanced so the flights were more than 20 seconds long but then again jet packs do exist. Perhaps some clever engineer can devote some time and energy to developing a new and improved version once they get done zapping the bad guys in Halo.

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Microsoft Halo Reach page
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Posted: September 16th, 2010
at 8:24pm by John


Categories: Cool,Fun

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HDR Video: The Next Overused Effect?


Shoot the same scene through a beam splitter on two Canon 5D MKII digital cameras. Under expose one camera by two stops, over expose the other by the same. Mix in post with some custom software that compresses the brights and shadows and you have what will probably become the next over used video effect, once the hardware gets sorted out… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: September 11th, 2010
at 9:02am by John

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Categories: Artistic,Computers,Cool,DIY,Film,Photography,To be used for Evil

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Super 8mm Film, Cameras, Resources and Information

Recording motion in the form of moving pictures has gone through many stages. It started out as chemically processed film and was eventually replaced by analog magnetic tape. As time passed and technology advanced, the magnetic tape was replaced by digital memory devices with no moving parts and a much lower cost. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: August 25th, 2010
at 11:13pm by John

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Gallery Plugin Test

I’m playing with the idea of using a Flickr gallery plugin to display images on this site. So far it’s working rather well…

Taken with an iPhone:

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Posted: August 25th, 2010
at 6:14pm by John

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