A Day Made of Glass 2 – A Mind-Blowing Glimpse into the Future

This phenomenal vision will require immense leaps in technology, bandwidth, processing power and a mind-shift in the way we interact with our environment. It’s both exciting and frustrating to know what’s possible and yet to realize we’re not there yet. From Mashable: Gorilla Glass manufacturer Corning has unveiled a follow-up YouTube video to its wildly successful “A Day Made of Glass,” providing another look into what the future could be like with the growth of glass touchscreen interfaces, from innovative chalkboardsRead more
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5GB Free Dropbox Space For Helping to Beta Test Camera Upload Feature

Dropbox is currently offering 5GB of free space for beta testers to test their new camera upload feature. I tried it this morning at home and am letting it run all day and confirm that it’s working properly. For every 500mb of pics / videos uploaded, you’ll get 500mb free up to 5GB. Not a bad deal if you’re a Dropbox user. Here’s the link – not sure how long it’ll be available.  Read more

Flooding Videos from Makati, Manila – Sept. 26, 2009 – Tropical storm, Ondoy

I managed to take some video clips of the Manila flooding as a result of the tropical storm, Ondoy. These videos were taken in Makati, Manila near Jupiter and Makati Ave. I used my Canon 5D2 to take the videos, but had to reduce the quality from 1080p to YouTube resolution. This last video was filmed by another Twitter contact elsewhere in Manila. As I was posting this, a large power transformer or power line just blew up 1/4 ofRead more

Canon has announced a firmware update for its EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR enabling manual exposure when shooting videos

This just came in from Dpreview.com – very exciting news. “Canon has announced a firmware update for its EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR enabling manual exposure when shooting videos. With the updated version, users will be able to manually adjust the shutter speed, aperture and ISO settings in the video mode. The new firmware will be available for download on 2 June 2009 from Canon’s website. Allowing EOS 5D Mark II owners to achieve even more stunning video resultsRead more
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Random Randomness

I’m sorry for being so sporadic with posting lately. This time of the year, my workload triples for about two months. Any time spent blogging is guilt ridden with, “damn I should be doing ____ instead.” Since I can’t crank out any decent photos or writing at the moment, I’ll leave you with a few random bits. This is awesome – a homemade wi-fi signal booster. One problem with the new MacBook Pro is the Airport signal strength; it’s actuallyRead more