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Vivaldi's Four Seasons on the accordeon
A teen plays a segment of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons so masterfully on his accordeon, that his video, uploaded to YouTube, is bound to go viral. Unfortunately no credit is given to him in the video or in...
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The many uses of chroma keying
What is chroma key? It is a technique for mixing two images or frames together in which a color (or a small color range) from one image is removed (or made transparent), revealing another image behind...
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The Ferrari FXX
Today was the first time I saw and heard the Ferrari FXX. While I’m not wild about its looks, the sound of its engine is amazing. It floored me. It’s pure adrenaline. I’ve heard the sound of plenty of...
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Hardware preview: Apple iPad
Today, Apple launched the iPad, their long-awaited version of the tablet computer. In spite of the failures of their predecessors, I think Apple will pull this off. I think the iPad will be very...
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Kudos to Apple for a great customer service experience
I’d like to congratulate Apple Customer Service for the way they handled the most recent issue with our iMac G5. If you’re a regular reader, you may know we’ve had problems with our iMac right from the...
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Vasile Stoica: around the world by wheelchair
Vasile Stoica is the first Romanian to have traveled around the world on a wheelchair. Born paralyzed from the waist down, he spent the first thirteen years of his life mostly in hospitals, enduring...
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The HexaKopter Micro Copter
Holger Buss and Ingo Busker are two Germans who have created an online community for micro copter fans in late 2006, called, appropriately enough, MikroKopter. Since then, they’ve come up with several...
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The dancing Fountains of Bellagio at night
Most people will likely tell you the Fountains of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino are easily the coolest thing in Las Vegas. I agree. They are spectacular. I have never seen excess put to better use —...
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Hardware preview: Apple iPad 2
The new iPad 2 will become available on March 11th (see a neat video from Apple introducing it). In my post about the original iPad, I said the following: “In spite of the failures of their...
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How Fritz earned his ‘Wonder Bunny’ moniker
As mentioned previously, Fritz’ full name is Fritz the Wonder Bunny from Brazil. We named him that on a whim, because it sounded cute, but he proved it true. So how did he earn it? I’ll tell you how....
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Cat goes missing in Colorado, found five years later in New York City
Photo of Willow courtesy of Popular Science Amazing Cat Goes Missing in Colorado, Found Five Years Later in New York City, Alive and Well | Popular Science The Pop Sci blog has published a story on...
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The dawn sky
Can you think of a better reward for getting up early than the dawn sky? Or how about this one?Filed under: Thoughts Tagged: amazing, clouds, colors, dawn, morning, nature, photos, sky
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