Sebastian Szyszka has a great write-up on how to photograph fireworks. He covers the delicate balance of ISO and aperture settings along with everything else you need to know. In the end, it seems to be fairly easy to do if you use a tripod and a decent camera. Read more about Photographing Fireworks
Huh, so here’s a good use for entangled photons.. ghost-imaging via Wired. Investigators funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research are conducting research under the name of “ghost-imaging,” where a visual image of an object is created by means of light that has never interacted with the object. The new technology may result […]
This is fun — a Google Map of where specific programming languages came from. You can also zip around Google Earth to see them too.
Cute and simple grocery card cable organizer via Lifehacker. More: Ideas for crazy messy wire-wrangling.
One of the first things people think about when 4th of July comes around is fireworks. This year you might want to go ahead and try making your own. It isn’t a mortar shell, but it will still impress your friends when you toss out what appears to be a blob of peanut butter, and […]
This bottle rocket does not require a match to ignite it. Although, it might take a bit of courage, since it looks like it could take off your head when the bottle is unscrewed? If you add a bit of water to the bottle it might work even better. Bottle Rocket
The open source Linux phone – the Neo FreeRunner fromopenmoko is now on sale… It’s open source software (not hardware) to be specific, but they *do* have the CAD files which is a great first step! … Currently there isn’t a 100% opens source phone yet (that I know of). Openmoko, developer of the first […]
