If you haven’t seen Lord of the Rings: Return of the King already, GO SEE IT! Rotten Tomatoes (the meta-review site) gave it 98%, that is to say that 98% of all reviews they compiled for the movie were positive. In case you’re not familiar with Rottan Tomatoes, the meta-review process is usually […]

3GB…20km…6 minutes…no electricity?
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Tufte in the New York Times. I know Kyle is proud.
“PowerPoint is the world’s most popular tool for presenting information. There are 400 million copies in circulation, and almost no corporate decision takes place without it. But what if PowerPoint is actually making us stupider?”

One of the more fanciful ideas we’ve had for the Blender is setting up various things for its users to play with–everything from paints to Legos to foam cubes to giant melting blocks of ice. I found a few more today:
Virtual Lego building with a computer
Winners of the 2003 World Snow Sculpture Contest
GPS Art - […]

A recent NYT article shows that new yorkers don’t like their plasma screens. Apparently the biggest concern is that drivers will get distracted from the bright light of the screen… you know, because they would hate to see it escalate to the point where there’s a giant TV screen in times square. Frankly, that would […]

…since the retail stores are his domain. Check out the line outside the first Apple store in Tokyo, which goes for block after block, at least a mile long.
Can we get that for the Blender opening?

This map overlays Google headlines to show where the big news of the day is.
Another push for the map interface!

Citing a citation of a citation of a citation, Tim Oren notes that LCDs are on an 18 month over/under supply cycle like DRAM. He says that next year will be a good time to buy… and I’m sure he’s right. Due Diligence

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