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Living Room / 3D freeform rapid prototyping for CANDY! Suger-rush here I come!
« on: May 13, 2007, 07:23 AM »
Solid freeform fabrication: DIY, on the cheap, and made of pure sugar
In February we gave a sneak preview of our project to construct a home-built three dimensional fabricator. Our design goals were (1) a low cost design leveraging recycled components (2) large printable volume emphasized over high resolution, and (3) ability to use low-cost printing media including granulated sugar. We are extremely pleased to be able to report that it has been a success: Our three dimensional fabricator is now fully operational and we have used it to print several large, low-resolution, objects out of pure sugar.


http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/candyfab
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from http://www.evilmadscientist.com/

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Living Room / oFone, Microsoft's answer to the iPhone, definite hit!
« on: May 09, 2007, 03:02 PM »
Seeing as the Zune was such a hit, Microsoft decided to repeat the success and tackle the iPhone before it even gets out the gate;
friends, we give you the Microsoft oFone.
Not to be outdone by Apple's multi-touch keyless interface, the oFone features not one or two,
but three keyboards that can all pivot about the small central screen. Need to bag some wild game for dinner?
No worries, oFone can do that too, simply extend the three arms (like in the pic above) and it apparently makes a decent boomerang.
We're loving where they're going with this idea -- cool and unusable, just how we like our fake phones.
Check the vid after the break.


http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/09/microsoft-pranks-with-ofone-apple-rolls-eyes/
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from engadget

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Living Room / How to get the perfect (looking) résumé / CV
« on: May 08, 2007, 03:06 PM »
After avoiding the 7 deadly sins of résumé design,
you may be asking, “If I can’t use crazy colors, clip art, and other types of decoration, how do I make my résumé stand out from the crowd?”
Like many things, the answer lies in the details.

Even if you can’t hire a fancy designer and are stuck with Microsoft Word,
a few tweaks can turn your blasé résumé into an elegant and functional showpiece.

Pretty nice step-by-step guide helping you with getting the layout of your future right (pun intended).
Everyone has to write some of these in his/her life time, so check this page out!

There are enough pages on the net already covering what has to be part of a CV, content wise,
but it's hard to find something dealing with the layout part which I'd say is a very important part.
After all it's what makes the HR person take a second look at it (hopefully).


http://www.lifeclever.com/give-your-resume-a-face-lift/
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Living Room / How to own a 128-bit number
« on: May 08, 2007, 05:41 AM »
Remember last week’s kerfuffle over whether the movie industry could own random 128-bit numbers? [...]

Now, thanks to our newly developed VirtualLandGrab technology, you can own a 128-bit integer of your very own.

Here’s how we do it. First, we generate a fresh pseudorandom integer, just for you. Then we use your integer to encrypt a copyrighted haiku, thereby transforming your integer into a circumvention device capable of decrypting the haiku without your permission. We then give you all of our rights to decrypt the haiku using your integer. The DMCA does the rest. [...]

http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1155

from BoingBoing

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Living Room / unhealthy amounts of image generators
« on: May 05, 2007, 08:07 AM »
  • Dummies Book Cover Maker (4 styles, change the cover on the DIY learning book covers)
  • Graffiti It (BETA testing new more realistic text effects, several graffiti art styles)
  • Comic Strip Generators (1,500+ cartoon characters, from babes to political figures like Bush)
  • Tarot Card Name Generator (32 tarot astrology cards, from death to the devil)
  • "Post-It" Note Generator (6 creative reminder notes for your site/blog, post your message)
  • Smiley Generator (350+ happy face messages to personalize, smilies sized 100X200)
  • Wallpaper Generator (100+ backgrounds, post notes to desktop or tag public computer)
  • Blog Header Image Maker (500 headers to change, create title bars for your blogs)
  • Confucius Says Generator (5+, make the Chinese wisdom prophet say your whimsical quotes)
  • Nigerian Scam Placard Generator (5+ Nigerian scammers, they are known to pose for signs)
  • License Plate Maker (1,000+ plates, put caption on your state/province plates Canada/USA)
  • Presidential Seal Maker (text around the US president's "official" seal, controversial fun)
  • Support Ribbon Generators (25+ causes, support a cause from American troops to gay pride)
  • Garden Label Generator (make pretty/cute inspirational graphics, flowers to golfing)
  • Famous People Message Generators (shoot the celebs game or make captions, 500+ faces)

and these are only 15 of >250

http://www.imagegenerator.org/

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