Just a few minutes ago I sent the following e-mail to the members of the Boy Scout Troop that my two boys belong to. My eldest just completed the work-portion of his Eagle Scout project last weekend… The photographers, or even the more “geeky” among you will appreciate this… Today I took a set of … Continue reading A Personal Photosynth Example
Clifford Stoll wrote a book 20+ years ago called “The Cuckoo’s Egg”, which was his novel about how he helped track Soviet-backed computer hackers to their source. I bought the book after seeing him interviewed. Watching this man literally JUMP from idea to idea, rocking and moving as if his brain were going so much … Continue reading Scary Smart
Microsoft Hardware – Home Page…seriously, I don’t know. But I love my Microsoft Mouses (Mice? Meeces?)
As a digital photography nut, and the de-facto family photographer/videographer, I think this is pretty big news.Recently I blogged about PhotoZoom, plus a cute example of what it can do. And now I hear that the Photosynth site is now live and ready for you to use!“What is it?”Basically, it’s the idea that if you … Continue reading Photosynth is released!
August 23, 2008 only…In case any of you reading this are in the vicinity of Hamel, Minnesota this evening.. drop on by the Church of St. Anne for their outdoor “Parish Festival”. The band “Unbridled” (I’m the male lead singer and play MORE COWBELL than you’ll ever need) is playing from 7:00pm-to-whenever they shut us … Continue reading The Band has a GIG tonight…
Zoom in. Really.. zoom in. http://robburke.net/images/deeplol.htmlHave a great weekend!
You have to check out my friend John Weston’s Blog post photo… Pictured are: Chris Avis Dan Stolts Yours Truly John Baker Shawn Travers Harold Wong and John Weston.
MS Live Labs has a fun app called PhotoZoom. It’s a cool proof-of-concept around how you might handle and navigate through images. One application of this sort of technology that I thought was really cool was in zooming into very VERY large photos. Stay out to see the big picture, or zoom in to see … Continue reading Playing with PhotoZoom
It’s amazing the things you can find on the Internet. Like when a Kurdish artist makes a music video containing my family name…(Aras, the artist, is a popular Kurdish artist. http://www.aras.se/ It’s a nice tune! I just wish I knew what he was saying about me.)
I’m not sure if I’ve said this on my blog before, but I and my family are huge fans of Windows Media Center. I’ve got a dedicated (and actually pretty old and under-powered) Compaq desktop computer that’s running Windows Vista Ultimate edition, and has a TV-tuner card with two analog tuners, plus a HD USB … Continue reading I can control what I watch of the Olympics? Any event? Anytime I want?
Absolutely Full of I.T. 