Jake is a geek, designer, and HTML+CSS lover. Taker of photos, and sometimes skiing and biking… He spends his time daydreaming about new WordPress themes and playing baseball and softball.
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So… Electrical Vs. Software Engineering
Saw this link the other day, and thought that it was a great comparison on who would build a better toaster. Enjoy Read
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Renaissance Artists?
Ninja Turtles: “ (Via xkcd.com.)
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More Fun Then Surfing The Web
Well, just when you think that Google can’t get any greater, they go ahead, and make a new search engine that will search for US patents. So if you are looking to patent a new device for sleeping… You know where to look. Currently playing in iTunes: When Your Heart Stops Beating by (+44)
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Newcomb’s Paradox: What Would You Do?
Recently, Mark Frauenfelder wrote an interesting article about Newcomb’s Paradox. Franz Kiekeben (who is a very funny cartoonist) does a nice job of describing Newcomb’s Paradox, which I’ve enjoyed contemplating, on and off, for many years. For those of you that may be unfamilliar with it, here it is. A highly superior being from another…
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Fig Rig Video
This is some footage from filming at Brighton the other day.
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DIY Fig Rig
I saw a post the other day on DVGuru.com about a DIY fig rig, I was amazed, and had to try. The results were great, and I am so happy with them. Images can be found here. I thought that I would add my parts list, and some of the things that made it easy…
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Big Kid Toys
So… I got an XMods RC Car. I have to say that this is one fun toy. I have to shout out my buddy Jeff for the hook-up over at RadioShack. So, these cars have kind of a cult following. They are totally customizable. You can add faster engines, all-wheel drive kits, lights, sway bars,…
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Big Consequences Caused By Insignificant Choices
This is a video that my brother made. You can check him out here, or here.
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Using Google Talk in iChat
I thought that I would take a moment to explain how to use Google Talk with iChat. I really like the ease of use and simplicity of iChat, and love that it integrates so well with Google Talk. I have a lot mre friends with PCs that are using gTalk, then Mac friends that are…
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4K On The Timeline
Wow…. who loves HD? I do! For those of you that don’t live and breath video editing, one of the big pushes in world of film making is pushes towards High Definition. A standard TV program is encoded in a format called DV-NTSC. This means that there is roughly 720×480 pixels on the screen. When…