Archive for August, 2007

The Double Pounder

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Here’s something interesting I was reminded of today, courtesy of John C. Dvorak’s blog:

This is The Double Pounder, available by request at McDonalds. For reference purposes, a Quarter Pounder contains one piece of meat. So, with a little bit of basic math, the Double Pounder has eight pieces of meat. I’ve seen someone eat one of these things, they are […]

Free stock footage of explosions!

Friday, August 10th, 2007
Computing

So, perhaps you want to play around with After Effects, and make a gun fire, or make something explode. I came across this site by pure accident. It has free videos of explosions and gun muzzle flashes, which you can import straight into After Effects on top of other footage to create some pretty realistic pyrotechnics. […]

Top Ten NES Controller Mods

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Wow. Now I really want to get a broken NES. Some of these mods are amazing. The old NES controller has been turned into an MP3 player, TV remote, Bluetooth headset, SD Card reader … nearly everything except a controller!

Check out the Top Ten NES Controller Mods here
–Ben

What I’m Studying Right Now

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

Chocolate: CadburyMug: IKEA
Something nice to keep me fuelled for the next few hours.
–Ben