http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/ A digital record for [leading through, bringing along, from one point to another, bringing over to an opinion, inducing]; for [smearing over with a substance]. en-us Copyright 2006 Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:00:00 -0800 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 20:09:35 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.16 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss BumpTop is a cool physics based computer desktop. It uses a compilation of lots of cutting edge U/I interaction techniques to make it easier to manage lots of icons. Right now it looks like it is only a prototype.... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/07/cool_physics_ba.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/07/cool_physics_ba.html Cool Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:00:00 -0800 Cool table is a mashup of other tables. Neat metaphor for a conference table - lots of people, creating a new thing which is a merger of everyone's ideas. Tjep. - Accident for Strawberryfrog... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/06/cool_table.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/06/cool_table.html Cool Sat, 03 Jun 2006 17:00:56 -0800 This is insane. It's a waterski-style inner tube with the added advantage that when you get air, you *really* get air. It converts to a kite-like parasail device. Talk about extreme-sports. I predict this thing will exist for about... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/05/waterskiing.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/05/waterskiing.html Cool Fri, 26 May 2006 17:25:58 -0800 From Boing Boing... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/05/new_manhattan_a.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/05/new_manhattan_a.html Cool Sat, 20 May 2006 17:25:55 -0800 This is a picture of Chris not me. I just spent an hour chatting with Chris DiBona who is the Open Source Program Manager at Google. It is great to hear someone who actually is working in the guts... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/04/chris_dibona.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/04/chris_dibona.html Cool Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:30:00 -0800 Turn Your Head is a company that will create a wacky gift from the profile of your face. Submit a picture and they will use a lathe to carve it out of a hunk of wood. The result is... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/03/lathe_your_face.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/03/lathe_your_face.html Cool Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:16:11 -0800 Sketch Swap is a clever web app that lets you make a drawing and then when you are done will show you someone else's drawing. It reminds of the Twilight Zone episode in which a person was given a... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/02/sketch_swap.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/02/sketch_swap.html Cool Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:19:59 -0800 Yellow Ferrari, Red Ferrari, and Yellow Lamborghini (I think) Just another day in Southern California. On our way back from the beach we stopped at Trader Joe's to pick up some food. What should we find in the parking,... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/01/ferrari_lamborg.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/01/ferrari_lamborg.html Cool Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:00:45 -0800 Photo courtesy of heydrienne retrievr is a sketch based image query tool. The user draws an image using coarse colors and brushes, like my picture on the left, and then retrievr searchs through flickr's photo database to find images... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/01/sketch-based_im.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2006/01/sketch-based_im.html Cool Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:00:00 -0800 From Herbert Simon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention, and a need to allocate that attention efficiently... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/12/information_con.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/12/information_con.html Cool Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:04:30 -0800 Really strong magnets from a company with a sweet name: United Nuclear 1.5 times stronger than our previous Supermagnets. If you really need unbelievably powerful magnets, here they are. Uses include magnetic steering of nuclear particles in homemade accelerators,... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/12/really_strong_m.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/12/really_strong_m.html Cool Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:45:58 -0800 Photo courtesy of Booble The LA Times has this excellent lengthy article about the world of "cool-hunting." (Fads are so yesterday - Los Angeles Times archive) Cool-hunters are the people who tap into emerging youth culture and sell their... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/11/trend-spotting.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/11/trend-spotting.html Cool Sat, 19 Nov 2005 11:56:09 -0800 Zip around the airport in these oh-so-british driverless pods. The future is now.... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/10/ultra_driverles.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/10/ultra_driverles.html Cool Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:40:43 -0800 What an awesome commentary on faith, consumerism and pop culture. This lanyard replacement for the iPod shuffle turns your player into a cross. In the process it forces you to ask yourself where your worship is directed. Buy one... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/10/cross_ipod_shuf.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/10/cross_ipod_shuf.html Cool Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:46:03 -0800 View Media" href="http://www.1st-ave-machine.com/video/anime_final.htm">Here is a wacky video that looks like a demo for some special effects artist. Someone took a bunch of close-up plant video and added wacky eyes and beaks and probers and stuff. Disturbingly realistic, but obviously... http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/10/wacky_plant_vid.html http://www.djp3.net/codexperductum/archives/2005/10/wacky_plant_vid.html Cool Sat, 08 Oct 2005 16:21:19 -0800