Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
Umm… Yeah… Pizza in a cone… I’m torn between the practicality of this – easy to eat in a car (maybe), and the absurdity of it. Pizza in a cone? I have to try one before I declare if this is one of those things that should be put on the big shelf of bad ideas.
It could ber that mankind just isn’t ready for a food such as this… Yet.
I saw this on Ektopia today.
If you’re into all things film you should check out Retrothing’s call for help in saving Super 8 from premature doom. Making the Future Brighter for Film. “Film is an endangered species; it’s estimated there are only 20,000 serious Super 8 shooters left. To raise the profile of the format and keep it alive, a German publisher is introducing small format, an English language version of their 50 year-old German moviemaking mag. To be successful, they apparently need 1000 subscribers. That’s a lot of people for such a small community.”
This is what you will get in the first issue of ‘Small Format’:
Take a look at our first issue: It’s got everything you want to know about the international Super-8 scene, new products, tips for better filming, tests, labs, film material, the history of camera brands, a collector’s marketplace, and portraits of interesting groups and films – worldwide. And it’s got stories on cameras, projectors, splicers, and covers details about every format: Super-8, Single-8, 8mm, 9.5mm, 16mm.
When was the last time you saw info on things like that in a magazine? Last time I saw it it was in old issues of ‘Cinemagic‘
Go have a look and support this fine film format.
Making The Future Brighter For Film
I found this on MAKE today. Not as expandable as the Boe Bot, but then again it’s price tag is lower. From the photos on the Scribblerrobot main page it looks as if the micro controller is not socketed, that’s a pity because it means you can’t replace the Basic Stamp with it’s pin-for-pin compatible ( and much more powerful) rival, the Basic X-24 – one look at the other chips specs and you will see what I bring this up. Still, if you on a budget and just want a simple robot to use as a basic programming platform or you need robots for a classroom you could have a lot of fun with this. The down looking IR sensors could either follow a line (like for a race) or to keep the robot on a piece of paper (draw a black line on the edge of the paper ad use a light colored pen). Other features include:
* 3 photoresistor light sensor
* 2 Infrared object sensors
* 2 Infrared line detection sensors
* 2 independent DC motors
* Stall sensor
* Speaker with full range of notes
* 3 LED indicator lights
The Scribbler Robot kit includes:
* Fully assembled Scribbler Robot
* Programming Cable (serial)
* The Scribbler Robot Start-up Guide
* Scribbler Software and Documentation CD-ROM
Parallax to intro Scribbler programmable robot
The Scribblerrobot home page
As I said in a previous post, I use Costco for my photo printing and they use this nifty Frontier printing system to process the digital images you give them. Dry Creek has on file a number of different profiles for digital printers at places like Costco, Ritz, Wallmart, etc. By using one of these you can proof your images and get better color accuracy when you send you images to them for printing.
This is a little brute of a camera but if you ever have a chance to pick one up you should. For a while this was one of the most popular cameras of it’s time. How I don’t know, the outside gears are like something out of a Jules Vern story. Maybe that’s why I like it so much. If you want a camera that isn’t going to cost you much that you want to tear down and hack on it this could be the one. It’s so simple that you can add different lenses to it, make it into a pinhole camera, convert it to half frames, etc… It’s also the perfect camera for a beginning student. Sure, its not and SLR but a rangefinder is perfectly acceptable for most everyone. Being fully manual it also makes the kids learn a thing or two about exposure.
I bought mine on eBay for around $15US and I’m quite happy with it. I do need to fix the close focus on it but there is enough info on the ‘Net that it should be easy.
Argus Collectors Group
The Argus C3
I saw these guys at a convention a few months ago, the clips that I saw looked pretty good. I hope they can use what they shot as a money trailer and produce something larger.
A look inside the movie The Villikon Chronicles – Mystere and the Disciples of Dido
Villikon Chronicles