Global Spin

This is for anyone interested in gay square dancing. I came across it and felt that I had to make it known, just in case.

Posted by Deana in Art on June 5th, 2005 | Comments Off

Overheard on “slashdot”:http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/01/2255208 today: _If you could go back in time to 1980 and tell everyone that in 25 years, European governments would be spearheading an initiative called “Operation Spam Zombies”:http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/spam/zombie/, and that this name was not in any way meant to be humorous, the looks on peoples faces would be priceless._

Posted by Chris in Oddly Enough on June 2nd, 2005 | Comments Off

Now *that’s* what I’m talkin’ about. None of this mumbling about the end of the world or strange portents. “Prophet Yahweh”:http://www.prophetyahweh.com/ has a simple, straightforward prophecy: “Spaceships Will Appear Over Las Vegas On My Signal”:http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/5/prweb243327.php. His press release has all the details, including, “The spaceship will hover in the sky … for almost two days. [...]

Posted by Chris in Oddly Enough on June 2nd, 2005 | 4 Comments »

I recently accepted a position at “EVDB”:http://www.evdb.com/, a start-up which is building an events database. It’s a deceptively simple concept with far-reaching applications and more than its share of challenges; that translates to “lots of interesting work to do” and makes it a good fit for me. Now, if I could just decide on a [...]

Posted by Chris in Blog on June 1st, 2005 | 8 Comments »

I’ve been trying desperately to determine why this technique for “reconstructing a scene from a different vantage point”:http://graphics.stanford.edu/papers/dual_photography/ is useful (as opposed to just a neat trick). It’s probably a great technique for use with live-action-plus-CG films, but I’m at a loss to find any other application. Still, it reminds me of a discussion I [...]

Posted by Chris in Technology on June 1st, 2005 | Comments Off