Spiderman Predicts the future
It’s interesting how Science Fiction often predicts future technologies and trends. For example, this morning on CNN they were talking about a research group that is trying to switch on the gene in humans that would cause limbs to regrow. Apparently they haven’t seen what happens when you do that (I say tongue-in-cheek). Peter Parker’s favorite professor was trying to regrow his arm and his technique, which I believe involved splicing reptilian DNA, turned him into one of Spiderman’s fiercest foes, The Lizard.
Vimeo!
Just wanted to talk about Vimeo, a flickr-like site for videos. You can see my videos at http://www.vimeo.com/user:djotaku/clips . Some of my readers may notice that I have these clips on my server (except Pao Bhangra). So why would you go to vimeo? Because my server has limited bandwidth. I think it uploads at 2 Mbits per second, while these people download a lot faster. So check them out! Then check out some other people’s work.
IF you like/love Star Wars, you MUST see this!
A group has redone the entire Star Wars Episode 4 in ascii art. You can see the javascript version of Star Wars Ascii Art here. Or, if you don’t have javascript, just telnet to towel.blinkenlights.nl.
The website is a better experience because it comes in a little faster and you can fast forward and skip around. These are some ridiculously talented guys.
May the force be with them.
He can see!
My penguin now has the gift of vision.
Doubtless he will complain about the crap environment I’ve put him in. There aren’t even any fish!
