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Technology
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04.06.06Cool easter egg in an audio CDApparently it is old news and was hot in the late nineties. I haven't seen it before, and having worked as a sound designer I find this fascinating. Aphex Twin has hidden an image of himself in the audio waveform of track 2 on Windowlicker. You need some software to find it and display it. That's what I call a cool easter egg on an audio CD. You know, like the easter eggs found in software, on DVDs and in movies. If you want to try this on your own productions here is a windows software that can help you out. Or ...
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03.13.06Screen technologies. LCD or Plasma?People keeps asking me what I would recommend for a home theatre PC (HTPC). LCD or Plasma? In general I would recommend a good LCD. I know that the problems with burn in have been close to eliminated on the best plasma screens. Still, I find the crisp and clean LCD picture with absolutely no burn in problem preferable. A quick roundup: Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) First of all, it is perfectly OK to use your old tube. A standard cathode ray tube (CRT) connected to a PC through S-Video or even composite video should work fine if you adjust your screen ...
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01.27.06A quick look at NRK’s new HD busI had a short peek inside today. It's called HD1 and is a brand new bus for outside broadcast. Producing HD video and 5.1 sound. The total area inside the bus when fully extended is about 60 square meters. It has already been used during the Norwegian skiing championship last weekend. Next trip is for the winter olympics in Torino, Italy.
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01.04.06The web page that eventually will show every picture possibleIn May 2005 I posted an article that described an insane, yet slightly interesting supposition: Everything you would ever want to see To put it short: Make a computer program that renders all pictures possible within a given limitation. Store them on a hard drive and you would have a repository of all footage necessary to make any movie or TV show that will ever be made. The article is one of my most popular so far. If you look through the comments you will find a lot of suggestions and attempts on making such a program. Now, half a year later I have ...
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12.29.05Sleeptracker – experience so farFirst impression Very nice package. The watch itself looks better than expected. Feels quite well built. Don't consider this a complete review of the Sleeptracker. This is my first experience with a device that needs time before it is possible to judge the potential benefit or function of it. I have now been a proud owner of a Sleeptracker for two weeks. The problem is that these two weeks has not been very representative for the typical days when I need an alarm clock. I am on a vacation and use my kids as alarm clocks. Why get up before you have to? Of ...