{"id":556,"date":"2009-03-06T10:34:04","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T15:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oranchak.com\/?p=556"},"modified":"2009-03-06T10:34:04","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T15:34:04","slug":"links-for-2009-03-06-pile-o-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oranchak.com\/?p=556","title":{"rendered":"links for 2009-03-06: Pile o&#8217; toys"},"content":{"rendered":"<style> table {width: 400px;}\nimg { border: none;}\ntd {padding-bottom: 1em;}\n<\/style>\n<table>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DkqtklABgGQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oranchak.com\/2009-03-06-01.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td>This impressive augmented reality demo from GE inserts computer-generated 3D objects into live video.  First, watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DkqtklABgGQ\">short video<\/a>.  Then, <a href=\"http:\/\/ge.ecomagination.com\/smartgrid\/#\/augmented_reality\">try it yourself<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/thru-you.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oranchak.com\/2009-03-06-02.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Israeli musician &#8220;Kutiman&#8221; took a big pile of seemingly random YouTube video clips and <a href=\"http:\/\/thru-you.com\">used them as instruments<\/a> in his own musical compositions.  I could not stop listening to these.  My favorites are tracks 2 and 3.  His site is overloaded at the time of this post; for now you can see samples <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e1L4wqg_5tY\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RV5SW9Y6Zf8\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yO-Mx0FHm4w&#038;feature=related\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ronwinter.tv\/drums.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oranchak.com\/2009-03-06-12.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Can you be an awesome DJ using nothing but a web browser and your computer&#8217;s keyboard?  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ronwinter.tv\/drums.html\">Yes you can<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.screamingduck.com\/Article.php?ArticleID=46&#038;Show=ABCE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oranchak.com\/2009-03-06-03.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td>A curious programmer, inspired by Roger Asling&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/oranchak.com\/?p=548\">evolution of the Mona Lisa<\/a>, asks if the technique <a href=\"http:\/\/www.screamingduck.com\/Article.php?ArticleID=46&#038;Show=ABCE\">could be a good way to compress images<\/a>.  Also take a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/screamingduck.com\/Lerc\/evopic.html\">nice online version of the image evolver<\/a> he wrote, in which you can set your own target image.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/rorschachsdiary.livejournal.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oranchak.com\/2009-03-06-04.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td>Hilarious <a href=\"http:\/\/rorschachsdiary.livejournal.com\/\">Livejournal diary<\/a> done in the style of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rorschach_(comics)\">Rorschach<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Watchmen\">Watchmen<\/a> comic book series.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crisisofcredit.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oranchak.com\/2009-03-06-05.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crisisofcredit.com\/\">The Crisis of Credit, Visualized<\/a> &#8211; An extremely well-produced video describing the credit crisis in simple terms.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/instantwatcher.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oranchak.com\/2009-03-06-06.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/instantwatcher.com\/\">instantwatcher.com<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Netflix for impatient people&#8221;.  A remix of the Netflix site that is &#8220;about a quadrillion times easier to browse than Netflix&#8217;s own site&#8221;.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stimator.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oranchak.com\/2009-03-06-07.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stimator.com\/\">$timator<\/a>:  How much is your web site worth?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/cursebird.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oranchak.com\/2009-03-06-08.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/cursebird.com\/\">Cursebird<\/a>.  A real time feed of people swearing on Twitter.  THANK YOU, INTERNET!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leapfish.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oranchak.com\/2009-03-06-09.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leapfish.com\/\">Leapfish<\/a>.  An interesting new meta-search engine with a clean interface.  &#8220;It&#8217;s OK, you&#8217;re not cheating on Google.&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/twittersheep.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oranchak.com\/2009-03-06-10.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/twittersheep.com\/\">Twittersheep<\/a>.  &#8220;Enter your twitter username to see a tag cloud from the &#8216;bios&#8217; of your twitter flock.&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/pwnyoutube.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/oranchak.com\/2009-03-06-11.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/pwnyoutube.com\/\">PWN! YouTube<\/a>.  This is a great idea.  You just type &#8220;pwn&#8221; in front of &#8220;youtube&#8221; in the URL, and voila; instant links for downloading and saving the videos.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This impressive augmented reality demo from GE inserts computer-generated 3D objects into live video. First, watch the short video. Then, try it yourself. 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