Every now and then I have to out myself as a computer nerd. My excitement of the following solidifies my status for another week or two. We just moved from our satellite dish to Verizon for TV to combine both our Internet and TV on FiOS. Along with saving $70/month over our previous setup, they also upped my bandwidth for Internet access as well.
A quick screen-grab of my most recent speed test on it:
For those out of the nerd-know, its REALLY fast.
Impressive picture created from over 220 individual still shots taken during the inauguration this week. You can almost count the nose-hairs on most of the dignitaries up front.
Since it is a combination of photos you will see a few abnormalities. Like Aretha Franklin’s goatee. Or guys with four eyes, two faces and even a hat without a head. Truthfully, Aretha Franklin may have a goatee and I just didn’t know it. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took the time for a nice siesta while Yo-Yo Ma utilized all 2 Megapixels of his white iPhone 3G to capture the moment. You can also spot snipers more than a mile or two away. Check the buildings on the horizon and the Smithsonian Castle (church-like building on the far right).
http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=CrazyHugeZoomablePhoto
Picture stats:
220 Canon G10 images
File size: 59,783 X 24,658 pixels
6.5 hours stitching time with Gigapan software on a MacBook Pro
Completed TIF file almost 2GB
That didn’t take long. Less than 24 hours after Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger III saved 155 lives by setting his plane down on the Hudson, you can purchase apparel promoting him to a new position.
Draft Sully for Secretary of Transportation
Which kudos do you give for that? Capitalism? Technology?
Before I saw a single news headline or heard anything about it, I saw a flickr image of the plane in the Hudson today taken from a camera-phone by a person on the boat sent to rescue the passengers.
It made it to Twitter and then copied to Flickr within minutes and spread like wildfire from there.
Kudos to the pilot for saving lives. Kudos to the photographer for the shot and the share. Kudos to the net for changing the way I consume and learn.
Or this post could also be titled – Hey Autumn, I found a Muxtape alternative
I’ve actually know about the open source Muxtape alternative called Opentape for a while but it wasn’t until this evening that I actually sat down to set it up.
While not having the fantastic ability to jump from favorited playlist to playlist, it does capture the simplistic nature of the original.
Opentape is self hosted, meaning that all of the files are on my server thus potentially not running as efficiently as Muxtape once did. While it will never fully fill the hole left in your heart when Muxtape was overthrown, let me know if you’d like your own Opentape set up to share some songs and I will get it ready for you.
Note: Let me know if you see an error on first load. It has something to do with the Flash player behind the Opentape and not the Opentape itself. If you hit the continue button it should go away and the tracks will play fine.