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Star Wars sneakers by Adidas

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:01:45 GMT

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Adidas released a line of Star Wars trainers. Some of them are inspired by various characters or spaceships, like a Stormtrooper, Tie Fighter, or X-Wing pilot (above). One style has several iconic scenes emblazoned right on the shoes. Each pair comes in a blister pack, inspired I guess by the old action figures. I can't decide if I...

Full-Color Iron Man MacBook Decal Kills Bad Guys with Branding [Iron Man]

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:07:24 GMT

Gizmodo

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I'd totally rock this decal. :-)

We've seen a black-and-white Iron Man MacBook decal before, but this full-color one is much more striking. Although you've gotta be OK with equating Apple's logo with the powers of a superhero. Fanboys. [Etsy via Geeky Gadgets]

Lego iPad

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:55:50 GMT

MAKE Magazine

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Nice. :-)

As soon as the iPad was announced, Lego fans wondered what it would look like in brick form. Check out the homage by Joe Meno, editor of AFOL bible BrickJournal.

Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in LEGO | Digg this!

The Internet Is Made Of Cats

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:14:53 GMT

jabancroft's YouTube Activity

I favorited a YouTube video: The Internet Is Made Of Cats. This is FACT and also science. We have written this educational song on the subject. It is wonderful and will also make you clever.More at http://rathergood.commp3 here:http://rathergood.com/music/the_internet_is_made_of_cats.mp3This video features Maruhttp://www.youtube.com/user/mugumoguKittens Inspired By...

Why so long?

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:31:18 GMT

Fraser Speirs

Shared by Josh Bancroft
Fraser's right - the personal computing world is going to change this year.

18 months ago, in Demographics is Destiny, I wrote:

If you haven't got it already, it's time to move your head to this place: iPhone OS is Apple's mainstream platform for 2012 and beyond.

On the day that Apple is expected to turn the world upside down, again, it's time to admit I was wrong.

I ...

Derek Powazek: What I Hope Apple Unleashes Tomorrow

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:30:30 GMT

Marco.org

Shared by Josh Bancroft
Instapaper is the app I most look forward to using on the new tablet. It's going to be perfect. :-)

Derek Powazek: What I Hope Apple Unleashes Tomorrow:

(via John Gruber)

This sounds right. And this is why I’m so nervous and excited for the announcement: depending on the features of this product, it’s either going to completely exterminate Instapaper or be the perfect d...

Show @foursquare Check-ins in iCal

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:45:13 GMT

foursquare

Shared by Josh Bancroft
Also works great in Google Calendar.

overkill:

Login to your foursquare from your web browser

Go to foursquare feeds

Copy the link (URL) for the the ICS feed

Open iCal’s menu -> Calendar -> Subscribe…

Paste the ICS URL you copied from foursquare feeds

Click Subscribe in iCal

Adjust the Auto-refresh value to your liking then click OK

Cracking ice-sheets sound like Star Wars blasters

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:54:26 GMT

Boing Boing

This remarkable recording of ice-sheets cracking on a frozen lake sounds just like a Star Wars blaster fight. Andreas Bick, a Berlin sound designer/composer, made the recording and explains, on his Silent Listening blog: "In my experience, thin ice is especially interesting for acoustic phenomena; it is more elastic and sounds are propagated better across the surface. Snowfall, on the other...

Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:40:53 GMT

Boing Boing

Shared by Josh Bancroft
I want to do these with my kids!

Make contributor Gever Tulley and Julie Spiegler published a fun kids' acitvity book called Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do). Above, one of the activities: supergluing your fingers together.

Other activities in the book: Look at the sun, Walk home from school, Kiss hello like the French, Play in a hailstorm...

Emma vs the Perplexus

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:52:48 GMT

jabancroft's YouTube Activity

I uploaded a YouTube video: http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com/2010/01/the-perplexus-awesome-brain-toy/

The Perplexus - Awesome Brain Toy

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:34:06 GMT

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Perplexus

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:37:11 GMT

Cool Tools

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I got one of these for Christmas, and love it. Make Magazine recently wrote about its creator.

This is a cool 3-dimensional maze that is easy to get started and hard to finish. You need to steer a small metal ball along an ingenious obstacle course by rotating the clear plastic globe. There are 100 stations along the way, including some difficult...

Death Metal Rooster

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:15:57 GMT

jabancroft's YouTube Activity

I favorited a YouTube video: Death Metal Rooster, need I say more? The music is an original composition for this video by Ewan Parry (a.k.a liquidcow) of the band Talanas: myspace.com/talanas

Realistic Lego models

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:57:03 GMT

MAKE Magazine

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WANT.

Check out Polish Lego fan Maciej Drwiega's 1:13 truck models -- the blue and black truck is a Kenworth K100 Aerodyne, the red one is a Kenworth W900 LongNose, and the truck with the crane is a Jelcz 315. Drwiega puts so much care into researching and crafting his models that they can be confused for the real deal at thumbnail size. [via the Brothers Brick]

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Wanted: Your Weather Reports, Geotagged and Tweeted

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:58:58 GMT

ReadWriteWeb

Shared by Josh Bancroft
I helped start #pdxtst. Been saying someone should do this with it for a long time. Watching with interest.

If your natural reflex when the weather gets rough is to tweet about it, that reflex can now help the National Weather Service do its job better thanks to a new Twitter storm reporting program.

The NWS has always solicited severe weather reports from the public. ...

Parrot's AR.Drone helicopter brings military-style amusement to the iPhone

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:25:41 GMT

Engadget

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Sure, the iPhone does a commendable job with heavy-duty 3D acceleration for intense virtual reality gaming, but funk that noise -- these guys want to bring you the real thing. Parrot -- better known for its Bluetooth accessories -- has introduced the AR.Drone, a WiFi-enabled remote control helicopter that takes its commands from the iPhone or iPod touch of your c...

Cinch

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:08:47 GMT

Daring Fireball

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See also: "Tile Windows Vertically", available since Windows 3.1. ;-)

$7 window management utility from Irradiated Software. Drag any standard window to the left or right edge of a screen to resize it to fill that half of the screen, or drag to the top of the screen to zoom it full-screen. A clever, simple Mac take on Windows 7’s “window snap” feature. See also:

Bruce Schneier on Aviation Security

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:52:55 GMT

Daring Fireball

Shared by Josh Bancroft
Amen.

Bruce Schneier:

Despite fearful rhetoric to the contrary, terrorism is not a transcendent threat. A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy a country’s way of life; it’s only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage. The more we undermine our own laws, the more we convert our buildings into fortresses, the more we reduce the freedoms...

Kim Peek, inspiration for Rain Man, RIP

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:45:40 GMT

Boing Boing

Shared by Josh Bancroft
Sad. I met Kim in Jr High, got to visit with him for an afternoon. An amazing person.

Kim Peek, the savant who inspired the film Rain Man, died from a heat attack on December 19. He was 58. From the New York Times (image from Wikmedia Commons):

“He was the Mount Everest of memory,” Dr. Darold A. Treffert, an expert on savants who knew Mr. Peek for 20 years, said in an i...

President Obama, It's Time To Fire the TSA

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:23:48 GMT

Boing Boing

Shared by Josh Bancroft
Amen.

Our former colleague Joel Johnson, over at Gizmodo: President Obama, It's Time To Fire the TSA. Joel, I sing this kumbaya right along with you.

Gravity Wells

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:52:56 GMT

xkcd.com

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I want a giant poster of this. I so heart XKCD.

'Iron Man 2' Trailer [HD]

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:35:20 GMT

jabancroft's YouTube Activity

I favorited a YouTube video: 'Iron Man 2' Director: Jon FavreauRelease Date: 7 May 2010 (USA)Cast:Robert Downey Jr....Tony Stark / Iron ManScarlett Johansson...Natasha Romanoff / Black WidowMickey Rourke...Ivan Vanko / WhiplashSam Rockwell...Justin HammerPaul Bettany...Jarvis (voice)Samuel L. Jackson...Nick FuryLeslie Bibb...Christine EverhartJon Favreau...HoganGwyneth Paltrow...Pepper...

Gabe the Cheerleader

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:16:36 GMT

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jabancroft live at 05:38pm PST on 12/09/2009 in Beaverton, O

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:09:41 GMT

jabancroft's YouTube Activity

I uploaded a YouTube video: Recorded on my iPhone in Beaverton, Oregon, United States

Surprised Kitty (Original)

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:44:40 GMT

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I favorited a YouTube video:

The Power Outlet of the Future Includes USB Ports

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:10:14 GMT

Mashable!

Shared by Josh Bancroft
Brilliant. I want these all over my house. :-)

We technology lovers are often faced with power outlet conundrums that kill our productivity, if not break our geeky hearts.

Rejoice, oh gadget junkies, for the power outlet of the future has come, hailing from True Power. It costs just under 10 bucks, and starts shipping in early 2010 (which is just a few short weeks...

Tiny Lego guitars

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:04:04 GMT

Boing Boing

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WANT!

You know, I've been playing Lego Rock Band, and there's not a set, figure, instrument, or vehicle in that game that I wouldn't buy for a non-trivial amount of money. They're missing a huge merchandising opportunity! :-)

LegoWow created these tiny, perfect Lego guitars and amps.

lego guitars (Thanks, LegoWow!)

Lego Matrix Trinity Help

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:19:47 GMT

jabancroft's YouTube Activity

I favorited a YouTube video: http://www.legomatrix.com/ Lego Matrix Trinity Help. After around 440 hours of work, and just in time for the 10th anniversary of the original movie release, we are pleased to present to you our Lego version of the famous Bullet Time dodge scene from The Matrix.

Chicken Techno by Oli Chang

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:40:19 GMT

jabancroft's YouTube Activity

I favorited a YouTube video: I wrote this track at Nylon studios. Stay tuned for the remix:)

The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:17:00 GMT

jabancroft's YouTube Activity

I favorited a YouTube video: "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen Purchase here: http://tinyurl.com/y87s9tq

Ignite Portland 7: How to win at Ignite or Tips and tricks for getting the most out of your Ignite experience

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:40:21 GMT

Silicon Florist

Sometimes this content is so easy, it practically writes itself. Especially when I’m just repeating stuff I’ve written before. Again and again. But it bears repeating.

So you’ve reached that special time in your life. And you’re headed to Ignite Portland 7, tonight. Exciting isn’t it? You may be experiencing some funny feelings about Ignite.

That’s okay. That’s natural. We all go through it.

Rest ...

Over A Year After Android Launch, ShopSavvy Finally Comes To The iPhone

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:26:51 GMT

TechCrunch

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This is a fantastic app, but it is kind of hard to scan. Every time I've tried to show it to someone, it won't work. :-)

ShopSavvy was one of the best early Android applications. It launched in October of last year after winning one of the initial Android Developer Challenge top prizes (when it was still known as GoCart). But despite the success it has seen on...

How To Enjoy Ignite Portland 7

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:17:39 GMT

Ignite Portland

Ignite Portland 7 is upon us! This Thursday night, November 19, the Bagdad Theater is *the* place to be in Portland. The talk lineup is awesome (with bonus talks!), admission is free, and you know you want to come. Whether it’s your first Ignite Portland or you’re a grizzled veteran of all seven, here are some important things to know to get the most out of the evening:

Doors Open at 5:30PM ...

The Sponsors That Make IP7 Possible

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:22:30 GMT

Ignite Portland

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I heart our sponsors. We wouldn't get to do this amazing event without them! Go buy stuff from them. :-)

Ignite Portland is a community event. It’s organized by volunteers and the costs are covered by generous contributions from within our community.

It’s hard to believe that it’s been over two years since the first Ignite’s quaint beginnings. We are lucky and thankful ...

Michael Jackson - Beat It

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:21:17 GMT

jabancroft's YouTube Activity

I favorited a YouTube video: Nov. 13th Show!!! at Brainwash Café in San Francisco!!!8pm Greek National Road9pm Danielle Ate the Sandwich10 o'clonk Pomplamoosefree mp3 at http://www.myspace.com/PomplamooseMusicThis cover is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules:1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice).2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden...

Penny Mosaic Abraham Lincoln

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:41:35 GMT

HomeWorkshop.com, Interior Design, DIY Home Decor and Design, Interior Decorating

Shared by Josh Bancroft
Amazing project/artwork by my friend Matt. I've been bugging him to write it up on Instructables. :-)

Over the weekend an astonishing thing happened. Matt Groener of Oregon entered our Let’s Make Cents Challenge. His entry was a little late. About two and a half months late if we’re counting. But he could care less about the prize and I am thrilled by his entry.

You’ll ...

Ego search visualizer

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:29:26 GMT

MAKE Magazine

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This is insanely cool. Hypnotic. Go try it! :-)

Pretty much everyone has googled themselves to see what the internet has to say about them. However, if you're particularly active on forums, blogs, twitter and so on, you'll end up with so many hits you can barely process it. A web application called Personas created by MIT doctoral student Aaron Zinman attempts to...

Google Offering Free Wi-Fi At 47 US Airports During The Holiday Season

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:47:46 GMT

Laughing Squid

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Testing Reader2Twitter. Also, PDX already has great free wifi. :-)

photo by Scott Beale

Google is offering free Wi-Fi service to air travelers at 47 airports across the United States this holiday season, starting today through January 15th.

Google Inc. today announced that it is working with airports across the country as well as Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless...

Daring Fireball: Regarding Joe Wilcox's 'iPhone Cannot Win the Smartphone Wars' Piece

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:07:57 GMT

This is a great article. I want to share it. This is just some sample text to show Paul how Delicious works.

http://daringfireball.net/2009/10/wilcox_iphone_smartphones

Garmin, TomTom Shares Sink On New Google Navigation Feature

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:32:42 GMT

Daring Fireball

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Wow.

Ben Charny, reporting for the WSJ on the aftermath of Google’s announcement of maps navigation in Android 2.0:

The move sent shares of the top two navigation device makers reeling. Shares of Garmin fell 17.2% to $31.88 on very heavy trading, foiling any lift shares would have seen from an upgrade Wednesday from Goldman Sachs, which raised its Garmin rating to...