Jul30
Judge Judy was in the middle of taping her hit courtroom series when a 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit near Los Angeles. Watch as everyone freaks out and the defendants just stand there.
Akeem McLennon
Jul16
Cool New Radiohead Music Video
I just found the new music video for House of Cards by Radiohead. If you don’t like Radiohead, you might still think how it’s made is pretty cool.
“No cameras or lights were used. Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar system that uses multiple lasers is used to capture large environments such as landscapes. In this video, 64 lasers rotating and shooting in a 360 degree radius 900 times per minute produced all the exterior scenes.”
Jun05
Why Your Printer Can Be Accused of Piracy
As many people are aware, the movie and record industries have been suing people who share music and videos through peer to peer services. In mosts cases, they may send what is called a DMCA Notice to warn someone to stop sharing before that happens. However, according to a new study from the University of Washington, the technology these industries use to detect “copyright violators”can produce a lot of false alarms. These systems don’t necessarily identify what the user is sharing, but simply identify the fact that they are sharing something. In some cases, the test machines weren’t even sharing anything at all, but only had BitTorrent clients open. Although BitTorrent can be used for filesharing, it is also used for legitimate uses such as NASA’s Visibleed project. These detection systems are also very vulnerable to spoofing, which means people can easily be framed from file sharing. The study also shows that certain inanimate objects such as laser printers connected to the network can also be falsely accused of illegal activity. In this case, the printers were accused of downloading copies of Iron Man and the latest Indiana Jones movie.
Jun05
Amidst rising gas prices, I have decided that it was time for me to invest in a bicycle. I originally planned on buying one from Walmart, but their quality didn’t seem very good so I ended up getting a dual suspension mountain bike from Target. At $89, it was only $20 more than a tank of gas would’ve cost me. At first I was expecting to fall down a bit since I haven’t ridden a bike since I was 8, but so far everything has been great. Apparently what I’ve heard was right: You never forget how to ride a bike. However, I still don’t fully understand the gear system that seems to be on most mountain bikes nowadays. Regardless, I have been enjoying my bike rides to a from lunch (about two miles each way). I recommend buying a bike for anyone else trying to save money on gas.
May26
It’s a Panda eat Panda World Out There
When I was younger, I used to be obsessed with was then called the WWF (World Wrestling Federation). However, due to disputes with the World Wildlife Federation, they had to change their name to WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). Someone recently sent this picture to me and I thought it was funny.
Apr16
I finally have my laptop back after sending it to HP to repair a problem I was having with my WiFi. In case you’re wondering, it’s an HP Pavilion that I originally bought because it was only $700. However, I’d recommend it to anyone who’s looking to buy a new laptop and it seems to be fairly common as well. Most people don’t bang their laptops up like I do mine so you probably won’t have to repair it like I did, but it was under warranty anyway so I didn’t pay anything. Now that I have it back, I can begin working on some stuff that required a few files that were stored on there.
//Edit: Ha ha, now it says “Compaq” every time I turn it on.