Blog - Page 37

• 7 Bad Habits of Digital Photographers I'm guilty of a few of these, but I never delete my photos ever and I always buy the best lenses possible. Some day I'll get that pro body! (tags: photography tips digital)
• 4 Reasons to Never Delete Images Don't delete your images... ever. I keep everything I shoot. Even if I don't think I'll ever need it. You never know. I once took some photos of random people at a party that I never posted. Later I found out one of them had been murdered a few month (tags: photography delete)
• The Wii Hacked Looks like people will be able to write home-brew games on the Wii now. Cool! (tags: wii hacking wii.hack homebrew games)
• Daily LOLCat Foxy... (tags: lolcat cute)
• Rat problems? Get feral cats! LAPD has come up with a novel solution to their rat problems, and I'm not talking about informants. (tags: lapd cats rats feral)

• A Sad Day For Humanity : Bhutto Assassinated Pakistan's sole hope for Democracy has been murdered just weeks before their first election in years. (tags: assassination bhutto pakistan)
• Mini-RC Helicopter Mod I really want one of these mini remote controlled helicopters. I'll probably pick up one at some point on ebay. This mod allows you to reduce damage from crashes and also makes them easier to fly. (tags: mini-rc helicopter mod)
• LOLCat of the Day Filecat... (tags: lolcat filecat)

I've lived in both areas, and clearly Downtown LA is the winner... but once again, go vote you conscience.

• FOX Steals Photo from Mommyblogger I've had a number of my images jacked by various folks out there, and it is annoying, but I've yet to see anything of mine on TV. Some people aren't so lucky! [via Digg (tags: photo.rights stealing mommyblogger)
• Nanotech Lowers Solar Energy Cost Below Coal I have always thought that nanotechnology would both increase the efficiency and lower the price of solar cells. That thought is now a reality with Nanosolar's new panels. [via Digg]

(tags: solar renewable nanotech nanosolar) * Photoskin : 5mm Thick LCD Display I need one of these. (tags: photoskin thin.lcd lcd wishlist) * Tiger Team : Hacker TV Show Some of my friends have been working on this TV show for Court TV for a few years now. The show is coming out in January on both TV and the web. I'm looking forward to it. (tags: hackers tv defcon tiger.team) * LOLCat of the Day Ouch! (tags: lolcat)

• Windy Christmas in Los Angeles It's a warm and windy day today in LA. Winds gusting over 102mph! (tags: los.angeles santa.ana.winds weather)
• Baby Spiders Freshly Hatched This is a somewhat disturbing but creepily fun photo of a new batch of spiders (tags: spiders baby baby.spiders)
• Senate Hacking The Democratic majority has hacked Bush's recess appointment trick by leaving a single senator in session over the holidays. [via digg] (tags: democracy hack senate recess.appoinment)
• Remember that list of 400 "scientists" who don't believe in Global Warming? Well as it turns out most of them weren't scientists. Doh. [via Digg] (tags: global.warming bs psuedo-scientists science politics)
• Peruvian Kids Love OLPC Not that I had any doubts whether kids would enjoy OLPCs, but they clearly are enjoying them. I still believe that OLPCs will change the world. (tags: olpc peru one.laptop.per.child)
• Going Sledding... Lolcat of the day (tags: lolcat xmas sledding)
• Heathkit Still Exists and Launches HE-RObot Kit Do want! This is a bad ass robot! (tags: wishlist heathkit robot robotics he-robot herobot kit)
• Smart Drugs Become a Reality I remember reading about smart drugs in WIRED when I was a kid. It seems that some drugs used to treat various ailments from ADD to narcolepsy are being used by poker players and test-takers to enhance their mental performance. Interesting... (tags: drugs adderall provigil smart.drugs performance.enhancers mental.doping latimes)

I just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas (or a Happy Holiday if you don't celebrate Christmas) and a Happy New Year. I hope you have had a great year and I wish you the best for 2008. Enjoy your holiday and don't forget to send joy and best wishes to your friends and family.

• How secure are the chips? I originally posted this video almost 2 years ago for the Flexilis guys when I was at Black Hat. The Chicago Tribune is running a story about it. Looks like they picked it up from their sister company the LA Times which ran it on the 16th. (tags: flexilis security latimes chicagotribune rfid passports)
• Long Term Handling of Plutonium An interesting article stemming from an EU report on what to do with Plutonium. Ideas suggested include embedding in glass for burial, combining with uranium to form MOx, breaking down with a particle accelerator, and using as fuel in a reactor. (tags: plutonium nuclear waste EU)

• People More Likely To Google Themselves This Year I regularly google myself. It's a really dorky and self-absorbed thing to do, but I still do it. So does 3% of the internet-using population. (tags: 'self google slashdot)
• WALL-E Trailer in HD I'm really really really looking forward to seeing this movie. (tags: walle disney trailer apple hd)

• Year of the LED Holidays Just like we've done with our Christmas decorations, many large public trees are now being lit with LEDs instead of wasteful incandescent bulbs. (tags: wired LED xmas christmas tech green)
• Twelve Essential Photographic Rules I am actually about to let my Popular Photography sub lapse, I really only flip through it. I prefer Shutterbug. Link via hexod.us (tags: photography rules)

Clearly, Downtown LA has San Pedro beat, but vote your conscience.