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Random Tid Bit.
Mar 30th
The projected annual worth of the mobile apps industry will be $17.5 billion USD in two years.
That is $4 Billion more than expected CD sales.
businesswire.com
17th March 2010
Avatar – Augmented Reality action figures from Mattel.
Jan 8th
Loving this one: Mattel have taken the action figure one step further and brought them into the realm of augmented reality.
The dedicated site for the Avatar Action Figures features various characters, creatures and vehicles from the movie.
A unique aspect of these action figures is that they can interact with each other to a certain extent. These is also a Game feature on the Action figures micro site.
Online Avatar Game Feature.
And below is Mattel’s own online demo.
The Dusk Tiger: Gibsons Robotic Guitar
Dec 23rd
Not entirely my cup of tea as I still hold value in the old honed skills that make playing an instrument enjoyable. Grabbing a machine head during a gig to tune up on stage looks like history with this puppy but hats off to Gibson for putting their R&D foot forward to release a robotic Guitar. The demonstration in this vid speaks for itself. Open tuning selection and to just watch the machine heads move on their own is just plain freaky!
Without any more gas bagging from me, may I introduce the Dusk Tiger.
Though it may look like something Ron Burgundy would own, Gibsons third-generation robotic guitar packs many customizable features. At $4,128, its a pricey novelty, but a powerful one.
“Wired Mag”
Accessory-Powered App Turns iPhone Into Universal Remote
Dec 3rd
Learn how to configure a RedEye universal remote system so that you can control your entire home theater from your iPhone or iPod touch. You can find out more at http://redeyeremote.com/.
Building Faster Websites with CSS Sprites.
Dec 3rd
Great tutorial by Tutorial 9 on using sprites in CSS. Very useful, in small doses.
Using CSS sprites allows you to greatly increase your websites speed by using single image files that contain multiple graphics. In other words, when you have many images to be used, instead of having them as different individual files, we combine them into one. Therefore, the client computer only downloads one image for all the different graphics to be displayed.
Commodore 64 Makes it to the iPhone.
Dec 2nd
It´s finally here – the best-selling single personal computer of all time, with over 30 million units sold worldwide.
Play classic games as they become available via the App Store.
Googles new interface – Try it for yourself.
Dec 2nd
Confirmed. The rumors about Google’s redesign are true, and you can try it for yourself with a very simple method.
1. Go to Google.com. Not .com.au
2. Once the page loads, delete everything from the address bar and enter this code:
javascript:void(document.cookie=”PREF=ID=20b6e4c2f44943bb:U=4bf292d46faad806:TM=1249677602:LM=1257919388:S=odm0Ys-53ZueXfZG;path=/; domain=.google.com”);
Just remember there should be no http://google.comblahblahblah?=blahblah Just paste in the above code.
3. Hit enter.
4. Reload the Google.com page and you will have access to the new user interface.