Digital Dream Machine

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke

This simulated-version video showcases some potentially very, very cool uses of 3D projection on buildings. It’s not really a new idea, but seeing how this could look on a large scale is intriguing. Projection on Buildings from NuFormer Digital Media on Vimeo. Clearly, the projections have been recreated using effects for the purposes of the [...]

I’m really looking forward to checking out this app when I upgrade to an iPhone 3GS. These are the kinds of programs that are breaking through boundaries on handheld devices and I’m positive we’ll be seeing more of this stuff in more games. Neat!

As some of you know, my wife met Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak back in April. I caught the local news here in Edmonton tonight, and imagine my surprise (and disappointment) when I found out he appeared in Edmonton this morning to speak at a tech conference. I wasn’t aware of the conference so of [...]

April met The Woz last night. How cool is that?! April showing Steve a poster of himself, his son, and some PowerBooks. Kerychuk and Wozniak. Gurus of technology and education! Evening at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska. April and one of her work associates attended an AIM Institute banquet in Omaha where Steve was [...]

This weekend, I was fortunate to attend the HD Production Conference here in Edmonton. I understand nearly 300 attended the 2-day conference in Calgary and around 200 packed the sessions in Edmonton. It was great to see a lot of familiar faces, meet some new ones, and learn about all the new HD productions from [...]

If you have iChat or AIM, try adding ‘SantaClaus’ into your buddies list. You can chat with him, play games, and tell him what you’d like for Christmas! I keep him around all year long to add some festive cheer during my Internet wanderings.

I recently suffered a nasty hard drive crash of which I’m still trying to recover from. The day I was going to backup data, I woke from my slumber and decided do the same to my Mac. However, it seemed to freeze. After a restart, the computer could not find the system. I suspect the [...]

Any keen observer will note the future of filmmaking has already been creeping up on us. Pretty soon, it’s going to be right in our face. Literally. A few years ago, Titanic and Terminator creator, James Cameron, stated that he was already working on projects aimed at putting people back in theater seats. Do-it-all Director [...]

Not quite Minority Report, The Time Machine, or Back to the Future but certainly intriguing. Check out this link. More on the project can be found here. For the skeptics, this article, with one of the project members dismisses the prediction notions. As suggested by some, if the ‘device’ can’t provide any usable information before [...]

I wonder how many people actually remember to do this on their wireless-enabled laptop computers? Though it refers to Mac OS 9, I’m assuming it should be the same idea under Mac OS X and Windows.

Ever wonder what The Magic Kingdom looks like from the air? My wife and I have yet to experience Walt’s California creation, but perhaps you’ll recognize parts of the park you’ve been to. Thanks to the US Geological Survey, aerial photos from 2003 have been merged together to provide a stunning overhead view of the [...]

If you’re curious as to who’s behind a lot of the current industrial designs (hardware) at Apple, then you’ll want to check out this interview. From the iMac, to the G4 Cube, to the iPod, and PowerBook, Ive’s efforts combined with those of the Apple Design Team have provided us with some of the sleekest, [...]

When MP3 players started appearing on the market, I looked at many and didn’t find one that met all the requirements I had in mind. If Apple made one, I knew they would do it right. It’s been 3 years since the introduction of the Apple iPod and if you’ve got one, you know how [...]