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Libre Graphics Meeting 2011

June 1, 2011 dig

For archival purpose –
Projects | 6th Annual “Libre Graphics Meeting” 10-13 May 2011 – Montreal, Quebec.

Autodesk 123D – from 3D Modeling to prototype

May 6, 2011 dig

Autodesk is teaming up with two companies, Ponoko and Techshop to help everyday ‘makers’ produce products. Ponoko offers a service where people send their designs to the company, and the company will make the parts and send them back to the consumer for assembly.

Wired enlightens us. via O’Reilly Radar.

USB stick PC – to introduce computer science to kids

May 6, 2011 dig

Competition for OLPC. Game developer David Braben creates a USB stick PC for $25 – Video Games Reviews, Cheats | Geek.com.

OED

January 14, 2011 dig

The Oxford English Dictionary online is available for free by using trynewoed/trynewoed as a login/password.

via Free OED.

The Joy of Stats

December 31, 2010 dig

The Joy of Stats – Gapminder.org. Hans Rosling on statistics.

Atelier Carvalho Bernau pays homage to Jean-Luc Godard, via a typeface. They designed JeanLuc based on Plaque Découpée Universelle, a set of stencil letters from the 1870s.
Godard’s 2 ou 3 choses que je sais d’elle is a/probably my favorite.

A great primer on digital media

September 29, 2010September 29, 2010 dig

It’s a technical and necessary listening for all who works with audio and video.

Xiph.Org Video Presentations: A Digital Media Primer for Geeks.

The program offers a brief history of digital media, a quick summary of the sampling theorem, and myriad details of low level audio and video characterization and formatting. It’s intended for budding geeks looking to get into video coding, as well as the technically curious who want to know more about the media they wrangle for work or play.

origami hand glider

June 10, 2010 dig

from sciencetoymaker.org

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