26th
August
2003
“We present a novel, inexpensive, stereoscopic technique for generating 3D displays from cellophane and a laptop computer screen. Stereoscopy requires independent manipulation of the left and right eye views. Our technique takes advantage of two facts; the first is that the light from the liquid crystal display of a laptop computer is polarized light and therefore we can easily manipulate its transmission with a polarizer sheet. The second fact is that a cellophane half-waveplate can change the direction of polarization of light.”
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26th
August
2003
“Questia is the first online library that provides 24/7 access to the world’s largest online collection of books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences, plus magazine and newspaper articles.”
posted in Books | Permalink |
26th
August
2003
“Why do we care about other people’s books? What’s it to us what somebody else is reading? It’s a matter of taste, one that doesn’t impact or infringe on us in any way — not like the tinny beats escaping nearby headphones, for example, or a neighbor’s appalling choice of window trim color. Still, we strain our eyes to make out the title of a stranger’s paperback, staring and not-staring as if it were a pretty girl or a one-armed man.”
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26th
August
2003
“Questia is the first online library that provides 24/7 access to the world’s largest online collection of books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences, plus magazine and newspaper articles.”
posted in Journalism | Permalink |
26th
August
2003
“Photocopy Transfers, also commonly called ‘Xerox’ Transfers is a process where the ink of a freshly made photocopy is transferred, toner side down to another piece of paper using any of three methods: by soaking the copy with a Chartpak P-O Blender marker, a chemical solvent such as acetone, or using heat and water… Although this process crosses the line between high art and craft, it is still used by a wide variety of artistic fields.”
posted in Old media | Permalink |
26th
August
2003
“Photocopy Transfers, also commonly called ‘Xerox’ Transfers is a process where the ink of a freshly made photocopy is transferred, toner side down to another piece of paper using any of three methods: by soaking the copy with a Chartpak P-O Blender marker, a chemical solvent such as acetone, or using heat and water… Although this process crosses the line between high art and craft, it is still used by a wide variety of artistic fields.”
posted in Photography | Permalink |
26th
August
2003
“It makes me feel good when people read my blog. Problem is, I never know when people visit. As a result, I’m always running my page counters up checking to see if anyone’s visited. To solve this problem, I’ve put together a service to send out alerts via AIM whenever someone reads a blog entry.”
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