Demons - ITV Drama
Maybe we can steal... er borrow, some stuff for our ATV safety game?
Our department decided to create a digest for tech talk and tracking. If you have new technology to share with the group, add a post here. Maybe you figured out a short cut on production, or discovered some tech trick. If you think it’s techrific please share. Don't forget to use labels it's much easier for sorting. Labels in Blogger=categories. If you need help getting started with Blogger let me know.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
New Features in Drop.io
We should give Drop.io a try. Maybe over break I'll try it out for a test run.
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Retrieved: 12.19.08
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Retrieved: 12.19.08
3D Spore Creature Sculptures
http://www.offworld.com/2008/12/sporesculptor-opens-for-3d-pri.html
For only fifty bucks, you can get a 3D printed sculpture of your very own Spore creature. There are a few limitations (no long, thin antennae, eyes on stalks, thin legs and huge bodies, etc.) but the end result looks to bee pretty high quality. I think these would make great decorations for the Game Lab!
Digital Photography: David Pogue's Best Photography Tricks (and Ours)
Digital Photography: David Pogue's Best Photography Tricks (and Ours): "Tech columnist David Pogue pulls out 'The Best Photography Tricks of All Time' for anyone shooting digital, including the crafty use of a lampshade:
It turns out that the threads at the top of just about any lamp—the place where the lampshade screws on—are precisely the same diameter as a tripod mount! In a pinch, you can whip off the lampshade, screw on the camera, and presto: You've got a rock-steady indoor tripod."
It turns out that the threads at the top of just about any lamp—the place where the lampshade screws on—are precisely the same diameter as a tripod mount! In a pinch, you can whip off the lampshade, screw on the camera, and presto: You've got a rock-steady indoor tripod."
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Minotaur China Shop
Minotaur China Shop
A very entertaining, funny game about a Minotaur whose only dream is to own his own china shop. You can make money either by being careful, avoiding accidents, and giving customers the fine china items they want,or by breaking as many things as you can until you go into a Minotaur Rage, and let your insurance company reimburse you for the destroyed items. Very funny, and pretty well made.
DUCK [Public Folder]: Opening Titles movie
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Download and watch! It is awesome. From the same animator who did the end credits for 'Lemony Snicket' and the 'Dragon' commercial for United.
Download and watch! It is awesome. From the same animator who did the end credits for 'Lemony Snicket' and the 'Dragon' commercial for United.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Zotero
http://www.zotero.org/
A free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself.
A free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself.
Biggest Full Moon of the Year
Biggest Full Moon of the Year:
"Okay, the Moon is 14% bigger, but can you actually tell the difference?"
perigeetastic!
"Okay, the Moon is 14% bigger, but can you actually tell the difference?"
perigeetastic!
Adobe vs Toon Boom | Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
Adobe vs Toon Boom :
"Adobe and Toon Boom. The latter is currently making a serious run to overtake Adobe Flash as the preferred software package for 2D digital animators. Toon Boom’s new Animate software has an animator-friendly set of features and more importantly, it’s price-competitive with Flash."
Maybe we ought to have a look at Toon Boom's ne Animate? I disliked Toon Boom a few years ago but it sounds as if they are seriously aiming for Flash.
"Adobe and Toon Boom. The latter is currently making a serious run to overtake Adobe Flash as the preferred software package for 2D digital animators. Toon Boom’s new Animate software has an animator-friendly set of features and more importantly, it’s price-competitive with Flash."
Maybe we ought to have a look at Toon Boom's ne Animate? I disliked Toon Boom a few years ago but it sounds as if they are seriously aiming for Flash.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
A BeTaMaXMaS
A BeTaMaXMaS
The MOST TOTALLY RADICAL AWESOME Site for Christmas this year. Don't forget to adjust the rabit ears for a better picture.
The MOST TOTALLY RADICAL AWESOME Site for Christmas this year. Don't forget to adjust the rabit ears for a better picture.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Lego Robot Solves Rubik's Cubes Better Than You!
Remember that Lego Mindstorms NXT kit we bought a while back? The one that's been sitting half-built and not-programmed in our lab for over a year now? Well, Hans Andersson has been busy with it, and has built a robot that uses the motors and camera to solve Rubik's Cubes. The machine is pretty fast, and averages around 60 moves per solution. Even better, he has the instructions and source code up for download on his website, linked at the end of this article.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/87991-Lego-Robot-Solves-Rubiks-Cubes-Yes-Really
Friday, December 5, 2008
iPhone a TV gaming device?
Hidden SDK features transform iPhone into TV gaming device
This looks interesting, but I only skimmed the article.
Article Here
This looks interesting, but I only skimmed the article.
Article Here
Thursday, December 4, 2008
.Tel
.Tel Is Just A Featureless Social Network That Costs $10/year
Meh.
in reality it’s just another startup that paid a fee to ICANN for the right to sell you a web page that has all your personal information published on it.
Meh.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Jumpstart Folks announce MMO for kids
Knowledge Adventure, the people behind the JumpStart educational games, have announce JumpStart World, an MMO for kids.
The spaces left in the game development world are starting to fill up.
The spaces left in the game development world are starting to fill up.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
World of Goo on Vimeo
Design Tour - World of Goo on Vimeo
Very cool design deconstruction of World of Goo.
Very cool design deconstruction of World of Goo.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Choose your own adventure on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8rJ1WML60Y
Help Chad, Matt and Rob travel through time and get to their twelve o'clock meeting!
This is a really cool use of Youtube, using some of the newly-added functionality to allow users to click to different videos when the option presents itself. Pretty funny, and very entertaining.