Rainy Day Links Catch-Up
I'm slogging through a backlog of work I've been putting off here on this cold, wet Brooklyn afternoon, but here are several great links readers have sent in over the last couple of days. Plenty of stuff to chew on in here. Thanks, everyone, who took the time to pass these stories on.
• Dan writes:
Vladimir is a Northwest filmmaker who makes her own hand-crafted Viewmaster reels from stereoscopic pairs shot on 16mm film. She gives out viewers and reels to an audience, plays a soundtrack, and everyone pushes their levers at the same time when they hear the "ding!"[Vladmaster]
• Josh writes:
BBC has a short photoset of electronic repairmen in Nigeria who fix anything from LCD TVs and stereos to mobile phones. Some are self taught while others have studied under a master previously. When they come across a phone they need to fix they have sent off to the manufacturer and received the diagrams, something I don't see happening in the US.[BBC]
• Scuba Steve writes:
We're now one step closer to the personal jetpack - the personal helicopter![SparkingTech.com]
• MKUltra writes:
This is a [harmonica-playing] kinetic sculpture by the artist Joseph Kohnke, that I thought you would enjoy. There's a great video of it in action. ... I have had the pleasure of seeing his work in person, and it's deeply moving stuff.[Artist's Page]
• Mike Mc. writes:
do it yourself "steam punk" portable solar PV electric power generator. Various photos of cart with general how to's. Includes opinionated commentary.[VagabondSalvage.com]
• Richard sends this link to a one-of-a-kind slot machine wristwatch with real working lever. [TheRawFeed.com]
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Every day I do a "Daily Link Roundup" of great stuff (mostly tech related) that goes on. Here's the one for today, for example: http://www.grinn.net/blog/dev/2008/02/daily-link-roundup-of-404s-and-snaps.html
Hey, I'm going to hijack the thread here with a question for Joel.
Since this section of the site is dedicated to gadgets and tech, is it also being sponsored by Microsoft like the main BB blog?
Ryan, I checked the ad bucket and it appears there is a campaign for Microsoft Windows Home Server running right now. So yes.
I've actually known about Vladimir for years, and thought to suggest her in the wake of the Arkitip fiasco, but never got around to it.
Not that it isn't cool, but that photovoltaic array is about as steampunk as the space shuttle.