Posted onMarch 17, 2011|Comments Off on Chatroulette Love Song
Have you seen and heard the Chatroulette Love Song yet? It has 1 million+ views so far. Takes awhile to get going, but it’s worth watching all of the way through. He (and his friends) put a lot of thought in the elaborate live video they create. This guy claims to have helped plan the video and explains how they did it.
Posted onMarch 17, 2011|Comments Off on Augmented Reality & the iPad 2
Augmented reality got a lot of attention last year, so the novelty has worn off a bit. However, the iPad 2’s 3-D hardware is powerful stuff. As tablets become more ubiquitous, most feel Augmented Reality will be used daily.
Watch these examples of AR in action and imagine the possibilities this technology can bring to business, 3-D gaming, and apps for everyday life.
Imagine being the creative advertising agency that has to pitch cool and interesting ideas to promote the show ‘Mad Men.’ No pressure right? Well, DraftFCB does a nice job here with some outdoor advertising on the side of a building in New Zealand.
Nate Dogg, the deep-voiced hip-hop crooner who sang hooks for Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Eminem and was best known for “Regulate,” his classic collaboration with Warren G, has died at 41. No cause of death was released for the artist, but his family believes it was from complications stemming from strokes he had recently.
5 things you didn’t know about Nate Dogg:
His real name was Nathaniel D. Hale
He was a member of the Rollin 20 Crips gang along with Snoop and Warren G
In 2007, Nate Dogg had a massive stroke, and another stroke in 2008
In 2002, Nate Dogg appeared on a celebrity episode of the Weakest Link
He’s collaborated with everyone from Tupac to Mariah Carey
A new video has emerged featuring an Australian boy named Casey ‘Little Zangief’ Heynes standing up to a school bully.
Heynes, a pupil at Chifley College Dunheved’s Campus in New South Wales, first takes a punch in the face from a smaller kid named Richard Gale, but avoids fighting until it’s obvious the attack is not going to stop.
Heynes grabs his bully, picks him up and delivers a stunning piledriver into the merciless asphalt.
Both kids were suspended.
First off, I applaud this kid for standing up for himself. He will do fine in life, and this was a good learning lesson for that tiny dipwad who started it.
Bullying has become topic du jour across the U.S. lately. When I was a boy in school, fights like this happened on a regular basis. It is a problem. After this video came out, I heard teachers commenting that the bigger boy should not have fought back and that there is never a reason for violence. I think that is bullshit. Teachers who say this are being a bit ridiculous. Richard Gale needed to get stomped, and I am glad he got what was coming.
There is a difference between bullying and assault. Casey Heynes was assaulted here. He defended himself after showing amazing constraint. His parents should go to the police and file charges. The school should expel the antagoniser.
I believe YouTube has pulled this video now. Try watching here on CBS.
I empathize with teens today. It’s hard to know how to be cool. As a kid, I would have probably approached finding the answer much the same way. Make a list! What doesn’t make you cool? Making that list and accidentally leaving it out for your friends to take and share with the world.
Posted onMarch 15, 2011|Comments Off on First domain ever
26 yrs ago today, the “dot com boom” began. The first-ever domain name (Symbolics.com) was registered. Symbolics.com, was the first (and, since it is still registered, the oldest) registered .com domain of the Internet. The symbolics.com domain was purchased by XF.com in 2009.
On this date in 1950, the FBI unveiled the first ’10 Most Wanted List.’ Knowing that the public could be vital in helping them solve crimes, it was created to build awareness of the bureau’s most challenging cases. See them all here.
Fast Facts:
Nearly 500 fugitives have appeared on the list over the last 60 years.
Osama Bin Laden and James ‘Whitey’ Bulger are currently on the list.
FBI asks all fifty-six field offices to submit candidates for inclusion on the list. Criteria: Must have a lengthy record and current pending charges that make him or her particularly dangerous.
The only way to get off the list is to die or to be captured.
Only eight women have appeared on the Ten Most Wanted list.
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