Otaku
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Mar 11
Cartoon Watches You!
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I made this stitch from three different screen caps. The shot starts tight on Hank and Brock, then pans to the right as it pulls out (difficulty level 7). It’s a really great shot and that beautiful backdrop looks like it’s from a 1970s beer commercial.
Dean is turning, scanning the horizon, but I like this perspective the best.
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Mar 11
Room Full of High-end Gran Turismo Driving Rigs
Sony has set up an exhibit to showcase a room full of high-end GT5 driving rigs.
My buddy Rob sent me this photo a little earlier. It shows the GT showcase at the Sony PlayStation Lounge in Manhattan. Looks pretty cool.
If you’re curious, you can find more info here on 1UP.
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- Sony has set up an exhibit to showcase a room full of high-end GT5 driving rigs.
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- Sony has set up an exhibit to showcase a room full of high-end GT5 driving rigs.
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Mar 11
Venture Villains, Part Deux: Fallen Arches
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Made this pan out of four screens from “Fallen Arches.” In case you were wondering what all these guys are so excited about, it’s Rusty doing a shirtless “car wash” on his dad’s Walking Eye prototype.
Can’t remember the last time I was this turned off.
I mean, who wouldn’t be into that?
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Mar 11
TSA-Style Venture Villains Panorama
Villains line up to go through security to get to the yard sale at the Venture Industries Compound
I just bought The Venture Bros. Season One on DVD from Amazon and it is awesome. I’d bought it through the iTunes store, but this is way better. I’m starting to swing around on some physical media, and this is one of those things I want to hold in my hands.
One of the best things about this is getting to watch these episodes in VLC, instead of the crappy iTunes / QuickTime player.
In “Tag Sale — You’re It!” there’s this one really great scene where the frame pans right-to-left and we get to see everyone waiting in line at the metal detector – just like an Adult Swim TSA!
Anyway, it’s a great shot. I pieced together some screenshots of it and the result is really nice. Enjoy!
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Jan 11
Ancient Greek Computer Lego Replica
This increases my respect for both Lego blocks and the ancient Greeks.
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Dec 10
Photos of Wikileaks New Home = Nuclear Fallout Shelter
Wikileaks new home is a Swedish data center that once served as a fallout shelter built to survive a nuclear winter.
Details below, via pingdom.com.
Originally a nuclear bunker: The data center is housed in what was originally a military bunker and nuclear shelter during the Cold War era. The facility still has the code name from its military days: Pionen White Mountains.
Located in central Stockholm below 30 meters (almost 100 ft) of bedrock: The facility has 1110 sqm (11950 sq ft) of space and is located below 30 meters of solid bedrock (granite) right inside the city.
Fully redesigned in 2007-2008: Pionen was completely redesigned in 2007-2008 to become the data center that it is today. More than 4,000 cubic meters (141,300 cubic ft) of solid rock was blasted away to make more room.
Can withstand a hydrogen bomb: The bunker was designed to be able to withstand a near hit by a hydrogen bomb.
Houses the Network Operations Center for one of Sweden’s largest ISPs: The bunker houses the NOC for all of Bahnhof’s operations. They have five data centers in Sweden, Pionen being the largest. The facility also acts as a co-location hosting center, so you can actually put your own servers here.
German submarine engines for backup power: Backup power is handled by two Maybach MTU diesel engines producing 1.5 Megawatt of power. The engines were originally designed for submarines, and just for fun the people at Pionen have also installed the warning system (sound horns) from the original German submarine.
1.5 megawatt of cooling for the servers: Cooling is handled by Baltimore Aircoil fans producing a cooling effect of 1.5 megawatt, enough for several hundred rack-mounted units.
Triple redundancy Internet backbone access: The network has full redundancy with both fiber optics and extra copper lines with three different physical ways into the mountain. Pionen is one the best-connected places in northern Europe.
Work environment with simulated daylight and greenhouses: For a pleasant working environment the data center has simulated daylight, greenhouses, waterfalls and a huge 2600-liter salt water fish tank.
Staff: 15 employees, only senior technical staff, work full time in Pionen.
via Royal Pingdom » The world’s most super-designed data center – fit for a James Bond villain.
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Dec 10
Github’s 404 Page
The 404 on Github is adorable. It consists of an image of an “octocat” – a cross between an eight-armed mollusk and an adorable smiling feline. The wide-eyed, anime-style illustration is a pleasant way of telling the user that the page, much like the animal, doesn’t exist.
Kyle Hayes