Green Blob Star Mother.
Wow. Google is dropping H.264 support in Chrome.
Though H.264 plays an important role in video, as our goal is to enable open innovation, support for the codec will be removed and our resources directed towards completely open codec technologies.Not sure how this is going to work in terms of Android, since as far as I know there are no mobile chipsets with hardware accelerated VP8 support. I guess maybe this move will force the creation of such chipsets? Or it's just not necessary any more since chips like Arm Cortex A9 are plenty powerful? (I don't really believe that last sentence.) I can truthfully say I did not see this one coming.
The trashmaster (nouvelle version nouvelle voix-off !)
"If you're familiar with The Sims-style gaming, where actual life, art, and the game can easily blur, this little story may not come as a huge surprise to you. Grand Theft Auto IV player / enthusiast Mathieu Weschler spent two years making The Trashmaster, a feature-length 'film' made entirely in the game, about a garbage man who has another gig on the side. Now, we'll freely admit that we did not watch the entire thing (yet), but from what we have seen, it actually looks fairly engaging!"
Cave Drops Hints to Earliest Glass of Red
By PAM BELLUCK: January 11, 2011
Scientists have reported finding the oldest known winemaking operation, about 6,100 years old, complete with a vat for fermenting, a press, storage jars, a clay bowl and a drinking cup made from an animal horn. Grape seeds, dried pressed grapes, stems, shriveled grapevines and residue were also found, and chemical analyses indicate red wine was produced there.
The discovery, published online Tuesday in The Journal of Archaeological Science, occurred in a cave in Armenia where the team of American, Armenian and Irish archaeologists recently found the oldest known leather shoe. The shoe, a laced cowhide moccasin possibly worn by a woman with a size-7 foot, is about 5,500 years old
By PAM BELLUCK: January 11, 2011
Scientists have reported finding the oldest known winemaking operation, about 6,100 years old, complete with a vat for fermenting, a press, storage jars, a clay bowl and a drinking cup made from an animal horn. Grape seeds, dried pressed grapes, stems, shriveled grapevines and residue were also found, and chemical analyses indicate red wine was produced there.
The discovery, published online Tuesday in The Journal of Archaeological Science, occurred in a cave in Armenia where the team of American, Armenian and Irish archaeologists recently found the oldest known leather shoe. The shoe, a laced cowhide moccasin possibly worn by a woman with a size-7 foot, is about 5,500 years old
Looks like the Verizon iPhone will finally be announced on January 11th. Good bet to go on sale February 3rd. Ken, your long wait is over (although now Android handsets are so good that Verizon/Apple isn't the world beating dream team it once would have been.) Still, I expect them to sell the heck out of it. I'll be curious if Apple was able to keep 100% of the power like they did with AT&T, or whether Verizon will be able to screw things up with their own software add-ons.
georges melies box set
clearing up the dishes from a dinner debate regarding roger williams, providence plantations, rhode island and slavery.
by request
set ur dvrs... The HDNet Concert Series presents the premiere of The Zombies: Odyssey & Oracle 40th Anniversary Concert" Sunday, May 10 at 8:00 p.m. ET
Alcohol Energy Drinks Banned
Notice to Wholesalers & Distributors
Effective Dec. 3, 2010, the OregonLCC has approved a rule change that allows wholesalers/distributors to exchange the seven banned alcoholic energy drinks containing caffeine for other malt beverage products of equivalent value.
The seven products affected by the ban include Core High Gravity HG Green, Core High Gravity HG Orange, Lemon Lime Core Spiked, Moonshot, Four Loko, Joose, and Max.
It is up to the wholesalers/distributors and the retailers to make arrangements for exchanges of these seven products.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Jesse Sweet, Wholesale and Manufacturing Specialist at 503-872-5250 or jesse.sweet@state.or.us.
Notice to Wholesalers & Distributors
Effective Dec. 3, 2010, the OregonLCC has approved a rule change that allows wholesalers/distributors to exchange the seven banned alcoholic energy drinks containing caffeine for other malt beverage products of equivalent value.
The seven products affected by the ban include Core High Gravity HG Green, Core High Gravity HG Orange, Lemon Lime Core Spiked, Moonshot, Four Loko, Joose, and Max.
It is up to the wholesalers/distributors and the retailers to make arrangements for exchanges of these seven products.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Jesse Sweet, Wholesale and Manufacturing Specialist at 503-872-5250 or jesse.sweet@state.or.us.
blinky palermo slated for dia beacon
Portland Value's (in one top ten report)
Metrovino’s Seafood Chowder: True, I first encountered this sensational soup in 2009, but I return periodically to slurp of its goodness and fortify my ravaged soul. Fatty smoked bacon adrift in a sea of oysters, clams, tuna, and halibut for $5. Why aren’t you eating it now?
Miho Izakaya For sheer menu audacity, I have to give it up for the little Japanese pub on N Interstate. The ingredients are always cracking fresh, and the 25 or so small-plate offerings ($2-10) are not only uniformly tasty, but extremely interesting to boot. The slow-cooked pork, spicy noodles, and beguiling fish entrees will reel you in and turn you into a homing pigeon for this coop.
(S/E have you eaten at Red Onion Thai Cuisine??)
Metrovino’s Seafood Chowder: True, I first encountered this sensational soup in 2009, but I return periodically to slurp of its goodness and fortify my ravaged soul. Fatty smoked bacon adrift in a sea of oysters, clams, tuna, and halibut for $5. Why aren’t you eating it now?
Miho Izakaya For sheer menu audacity, I have to give it up for the little Japanese pub on N Interstate. The ingredients are always cracking fresh, and the 25 or so small-plate offerings ($2-10) are not only uniformly tasty, but extremely interesting to boot. The slow-cooked pork, spicy noodles, and beguiling fish entrees will reel you in and turn you into a homing pigeon for this coop.
(S/E have you eaten at Red Onion Thai Cuisine??)
To evaluate streaming video, I've got a few devices. A first gen ipod touch, an ipad, a moto droid, etc. I'm going to get a Ubuntu/Intel Atom netbook for the low end of the "computer" space. At the other end, I want a no-holds-barred mobile platform that will let me see the limitations of the encoder & server (not the client). Edging out the HP Envy and 15" Sony, I got a Dell XPS 15 ... i5, 8 GB dual channel memory, 1 GB graphics memory, advanced N wifi, slightly more than 720p display, HDMI output, wireless display driver, bluray disc, speakers that are rated very highly. All for under $1.5 k. It will be bigger and badder in every performance dimension (except hard disk capacity) than any machine I've got. It will probably run circles around the Mac Pro that I got in 2008 (except disk capacity and pro video outputs). But I don't get it for a month. (Insert sad face.)
70s belted sweaters
is she spinning clockwise or counter-clockwise?
From David Nolan Gallery:
LAST WEEK
Steve DiBenedetto, Who Wants to Know?, closes Saturday, January 8th. Don't miss it!
VILLAGE VOICE, Dec. 22nd -
Ever watch an amusement park at night with your eyes dilated by good dope? That's how it feels to stand in front of Steve DiBenedetto's recent paintings and drawings. Much less representational than earlier efforts, the new works present complex, vaguely mechanical systems of spirals, blobs, angular constructions, and tangled tubing—all connected and glowing like neon.
When DiBenedetto's favorite subjects (octopus, helicopter, building) do occasionally make an appearance, as in Spiral, they're pretty much overwhelmed by the dream-state kaleidoscope. Yet for all the chaos of line, form, and loose brushwork, he keeps things under control with the careful placement of pinks, oranges, yellows, and greens, expertly balancing their vibrancy like a latter-day Fauvist. - Robert Shuster
LAST WEEK
Steve DiBenedetto, Who Wants to Know?, closes Saturday, January 8th. Don't miss it!
VILLAGE VOICE, Dec. 22nd -
Ever watch an amusement park at night with your eyes dilated by good dope? That's how it feels to stand in front of Steve DiBenedetto's recent paintings and drawings. Much less representational than earlier efforts, the new works present complex, vaguely mechanical systems of spirals, blobs, angular constructions, and tangled tubing—all connected and glowing like neon.
When DiBenedetto's favorite subjects (octopus, helicopter, building) do occasionally make an appearance, as in Spiral, they're pretty much overwhelmed by the dream-state kaleidoscope. Yet for all the chaos of line, form, and loose brushwork, he keeps things under control with the careful placement of pinks, oranges, yellows, and greens, expertly balancing their vibrancy like a latter-day Fauvist. - Robert Shuster
tea w/ hitch
did anyone else read this story?
Day 1 Juice Press 10 Day Juice Cleanse
Well after some research this was my pick of places and its close to the N/D trains...
Tough to slowly drink (aka "crew the juice" for the saliva) 8 juices starting at 10am, will start earlier manana, its 5pm and I have almost finished 5, good stuff and I love the cravings....
Yesterday I did go vegan and mostly raw, and the pre cleanse perscribed colonic to boot....
Well after some research this was my pick of places and its close to the N/D trains...
Tough to slowly drink (aka "crew the juice" for the saliva) 8 juices starting at 10am, will start earlier manana, its 5pm and I have almost finished 5, good stuff and I love the cravings....
Yesterday I did go vegan and mostly raw, and the pre cleanse perscribed colonic to boot....
The journalism speakularity.
