Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Digital Technology
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This looks like getting the old grey cells buzzing. Always interested in seeing where people across the spectrum think digital culture will go. See Aula Network.
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This is funky. Playing virtual tennis in real space with your cell phone. I love augmented reality technologies (see Greenflame: Augmented Reality, Children’s Books and Ritual), and the video clips at the HITL (NZ) web site have some interesting demos. (Just wish they were in Quicktime or MPEG formats – never know how WMV is…
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Helpful little article on getting a WordPress installation going under WindowsXP. See [Geeks are Sexy] technology news: Installing WordPress Locally Under Windows XP.
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The story of having to create a new font for the second edition of the New Living Translation with study notes. They needed to increase the amount of text in the book by 10% but keep the page count the same. And removing bits of the biblical text was out of the question – so…
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Looks interesting. International Portable Film Festival 2006 The festival works very simply – our films are delivered to you as a video podcast that you can subscribe to through this website. When films are ready they are sent automatically to you, ready for you to watch on your iPod, PlayStation Portable, 3G or media player.
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Some Radio NZ programmes at now available as podcasts. Check out Radio New Zealand – Podcasts.
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Apple – Nike+iPod combines shoes, exercise and the iPod. I look forward to the integration of my iPod with my toothbrush. The iBrush (has a WhiteTooth interface) that sends music via your jawbone while you brush etc. Why stop there? – For those who need them why not the iDentures – suck to advance a…
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Firefly and Buffy are now in the iTunes store (well, at least for the US).
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Materious’ forecast umbrella uses a wifi connection to download weather information. The more likely the chance of rain, the bluer the handle glows. Around here at the moment the handle would be a deep indigo with all the rain we’re having.
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Interesting little article on whether the sustained use of internet connections due to downloading of video and like will screw up internet service providers’ models for provisioning of services. See Wired News: Could High-Def Choke Internet?