3D Projection on 3D Surface
This installation is so cool, I want to see it on my own!
Then there’s nice guitar play of Indonesian children folk song by Jubing Kristianto that made me smile:
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September Mix
This is supposed to be a scheduled post that should be published in September—the month which I anticipated to be the busiest month yet. And it turned out right; I was ‘away’ from my cyber backyard for a couple of weeks while being occupied with plenty of outdoor activities which kept me away from the net and my macbook in general.
Okay so this post came late, simply because I hit the Save instead of Publish button after setting a post date. Well anyway.. Here’s some random stuff from my little interestingness jar. Enjoy!
Oh, the video clip at the end of this post, Talamak by Toro Y Moi, is best experienced with stereo headphone.
Onigiri!
Pass on the smile! These photos are simply the perfect *temporary* anxiety remedy..
So.. Who’s the manager of DyNasty Buffet? We need to get it fixed real quick..
and the toilette corporation wouldn’t be responsible for this mess either..
Okay now plug your stereo headphone in and tune into the awesome beat of…
Talamak
by Toro Y Moi
released January 2010
Dilbert’s take on Twitter
Dilbert’s take on Twitter and how it can be smartly used to keep himself at a safe distance from the boss.
From dilbert.com
Electric cars and charge challenge
Japanese giant manufacturer Mitsubishi motor sell its first mass-market electric car in showrooms today. This electric-powered vehicle technology is one of the key answers to international calls for emission reduction in the automobile industry. And the great thing in 2010 is the affordability of this technology to reach the mass.
The electric car can travel 160 km in a single charge which takes about 14 hours using household electrical outlet or a quick 30 minutes charge using designated charging station at public places. Presently, there are about sixty public charging stations in Japan and the government is planning to increase the number in the coming years as more electrical cars hit the road and demand for such charging station increases.
Other car manufacturers like Nissan, Toyota, and Ford are preparing their electric cars for sale in the next 1-2 years. Meanwhile, Microsoft and Ford are collaborating to develop smart technology to manage and tackle the charging challenge which is likely to happen when there’s a surge of electric car ownership in a neighborhood.
Certainly, the automobile industry, electrical and utilities board, information-technology player, and our society in general are progressing towards a cleaner transportation mode which put less strain on our planet.
The iPad paradox
A recent (hmm.. not so recent actually) seminar I attended discussed what it means to formulate and sculpt an experience. The answers encompassed broad spectrum of perspective ranging from those closer to psychology, to ethnology, to art, and everything else in between. It is certainly not a concept which comprised of identifiable discrete factors, nor an easily formulated recipe that works for everyone. If it’s that complicated, then what it means to design the experience that people wants nowadays?
Observing design-scape in the recent years, since I delved into visual design that is, one branch of the trends is going deeper into minimalism where plain, basic, simple design is treasured as much as a heavily adorned piece of artwork. Minimalism sprouted in interior design, architecture, product design, visual design, and everywhere else in design-scape. Do people appreciating these plain and bare designs try to escape from hurdles and complexities in their life? Perhaps. Well, at least that’s what works for me.
I ditched the operating system that bog me down with weekly and monthly maintenance.
I pass on a feature-packed organizer which gave me an overly complicated synchronization problems.
I tossed away that overly confusing scientific calculator, packed with arrays of buttons, opting for a less scientific version.
All those overly complicated but feature-packed devices were replaced with something simpler. Less features, less bells and whistles, but works like a charm. Hey that works better for me! Relating this back to the minimalism, designing something with less feature can possibly be a must-have feature!
Recently, I stumbled upon this iPad paradox which echoed my thoughts! Have a look at it if you have five minutes to spare; it’s a nice article.
Customizable friendster profile page, low-level customization of WindowsMobile-based smartphones, and feature-packed MP3 players are some of the things of yesteryear.
Now I’m pretty sure there are plenty of people out there who are hungry for products with less feature, locked-down services, and minimalism in general. Yes, one size doesn’t fit all. Minimalism isn’t the only way to go. But the popularity of twitter, facebook, and Apple’s “i” products certainly show a sound trend towards simplicity.
gBuzz
This Buzz announcement page greeted me a few days ago when I sign in to my Gmail. This Buzz and Gmail hybrid is akin to the feeling of gWave I tried a couple of months ago.
Leon wrote how to link Buzz with blogs and I thought it’s great, so why not give it a try. So I followed the steps; one of it is to update my Google profile and link it to this blog. So there you go. Let’s see if this works.
HTML5 on YouTube
Last week I noticed HTML5 feature in YouTube was made available to the public to try. Everyone now has the option to try HTML5 video instead of relying on Flash player to playback the video.
Your web browser must support HTML5 before you can try the HTML5 video on YouTube. Safari and Chrome are among the few that support HTML5 today.
I opted and am using the HTML5 version of YouTube. I like how it doesn’t hog my processor like how Flash did.
You can try HTML5 or visit TestTube to see other interesting features on YouTube, likely to be half-baked at this moment.
Aside from video, HTML5 offers a few more interesting and useful features. An article at ReadWriteWeb summed five neat features.
Google Wave
I’ve been busy crunching numbers and digesting journals in the recent weeks, so much that I didn’t have much time to open Google Wave invitation that has been sitting idle in my inbox for long. Well, today I did, after the majority of my loads are off of the list.
Google Wave’s fun factor depends on the number of friends (or family and colleagues) you have in your contact list. Only those with Google Wave account can hop on your communication wagon.
The interface design is pretty good, but it is still not intuitive enough for beginners to discover what they can do with it and how to do it. Perhaps mimicking typical email interface to something that is revolved around the complexity of Google Wave isn’t a good idea afterall.
Judging by the performance, Google Wave isn’t that great when it’s running on my Safari; It ran slower as soon as I opened Google Wave. Aside from that, there’s really nothing much to comment at this moment…
Still, Google Wave is an interesting communication concept that works pretty decent at its preview stage; It worth trying and exploring. I feel excited imagining a streamlined communication and collaboration for work and leisure. Not to mention the amount of reducible paperwork if this streamlined communication works well.
Why don’t you take Google Wave a spin yourself and see how you like it? I do still have some Google Wave preview invitations left. Drop me a line if you wanna get one.
If you know fun ways to use Google Wave, drop me a line, leave a comment below, or wave me directly.
Chrome OS
I heard Chrome OS months ago and wasn’t really convinced that a web browser can replace the entire operating system. I couldn’t even imagine how to browse files and sync info from my gadget via USB to the OS, which is a web browser.
Today Google had a small scale event to preview the Chrome OS. Check out these videos and decide yourself if such OS is a good replacement (or an alternative at least..) to your usual infested OS—no, not this OS.
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gTheme
I switched my Gmail theme from Minimalist to Ninja since I discover Mini Ninja that I used for Infotech recruitment flyer. Just like Tea House, Ninja changes according to the time. It’s fun to see what the Ninja is up to while busy reading and writing emails.
