July 2011 Screenshot
My July 2011 Screenshot features lots of use of GeekTool on Mac OSX. I made a multi-layered wallpaper and embedded GeekTool information.
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Lucy the Dog Beats My Youngest Daughters at Soccer from Rich Thompson
Lucy beats my two youngest daughters at Soccer.
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September 2010 Holy Rosary Soccer from Rich Thompson
Pictures and video from the Fall 2010 Soccer season.
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June 2010 at the Memphis Zoo from Rich Thompson
Experimenting with slow motion at the Memphis Zoo in July of 2010.
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September At The Zoo from Rich Thompson
I’ve been a big fan of my Casio EXILIM Pro EX-F1 mainly because it takes fantastic high speed (300-1200 frames per second) video. It makes for some interesting movies at a minimum. Coupled with my Mac Pro, recently upgraded with SSDs and 16GB of RAM, I can really take advantage of the slow motion video.
Continue ReadingThrowing Rolls
Thanksgiving traditions are awesome…for example, we throw rolls at each other.
Continue ReadingGrease – Summer Nights Lego Stop Motion Animation
This is for my wife, probably only she would understand:
Continue ReadingThe Killough Platform Explained
Over at TechnicBricks there is a fascinating post that does a great job of visually explaining the Killough Platform to the uninitiated. As you know I am a big fan of holonomic drive robots and if you are new to the concept, they do a great job of explaining the theory without over complicating the discussion.
Continue ReadingThe Office Treadmill Desk
Ever since I saw the treadmill desk at Book of Joe, I have wanted to set my office up with a treadmill. In preparation for a big computer parts yard sale at my house, I decided after cleaning out my office that there was more than enough room to incorporate the treadmill. So here it is: More pics after the jump.
Continue ReadingComputer Sentience
Computer sentience is so close now. Ten years until the singularity.
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