Posts from — December 2008

Job Approval Ratings Told Through Beer, originally uploaded by -DjD-.

Swear to god this is exactly how this happened.

We were at the pub and I was trying to explain how fewer people think Bush is doing a good job than don’t think Obama is doing a good job… Or rather that more people approve of Obama’s job than don’t not approve of… Well it wasn’t making any sense…

When suddenly we noticed the beers in front of us depicted their respective approval ratings oh so perfectly.

I have to admit… this has so much potential.

If you missed the original demo from TED, stop what you’re doing and check it out. In only a few minutes Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos the software and explains it’s potential impact on digital photography and content on the web.

Microsoft picked it up in 2006 and has since released software to allow you to create you own 3D Photosynths. Unfortunately (of course) it’s Windows only both to create and view synths. That said, I was able to run it in VMWare Fusion on my iMac without issue and in about an hour had created the synth below from some photos from our trip to Florence.

Really cool stuff, especially if they eventually allow you to combine multiple users’ synths.

It’s been a while….

Had a really nice Thanksgiving over here in the UK with some fellow American friends of ours. It was a bit strange to be away from home but we definitely made the most of it and still had a nice feast. We celebrated on Saturday but I even DVRed the Macy’s Day Parade and watched it over the SlingBox so we hardly noticed!