This is a cool way to incorporate an Arduino into your Thanksgiving dinner. Check out this site on Thanksgiving for live video feeds and core turkey temperature graphs thanks to an Arduino. [Thanks Michael] In addition to video, flickr and twitter feeds, probably the single coolest part of the site is the live temperature graph. We have an arduino based system that measures the temperature of the bird, the air in the smoker and the outside air and updates a graph on the site so anyone can see how the bird is coming. More about the Arduino Based Turkey...
This article is part of the Open Web Awards, an open, international contest for the best websites and services. Since kicking off the voting round of the Open Web Awards yesterday, we’ve seen nearly 10,000 votes cast across 26 different categories. In the Mainstream Social Networks category, Twitter has the early lead, but has some tough competition from last year’s winners, Facebook and Netlog. With voting open until November 30th, perhaps one of these contenders can make a run for the award: Dotblu – A social network geared primarily towards teens, where users compete in various games to earn virtual...
Photograph by phrenologist on Flickr After much speculation and the local papers preparing commuters for what was to come, the MTA made their official budget proposal today and as expected, the cutbacks were dramatic. In addition to the slashing of the W and the Z lines among other cuts listed Tuesday, today's 2009 budget also included the following: Increasing weekend wait times by 25% on most lines Raising express bus fares from $5 to $7.50 Getting rid of the X27 and X28 express-bus lines as well as 25 overnight bus routes Eliminating a total of 2,700 jobs An additional...
Spinn12 posted a photo: Candace and I rarely eat out, prefering to cook. However, sometimes my Subway craving kicks in really hard... Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed...
Photograph by Ross Reyes on Flickr From the Gothamist Newsmap: A barricaded EDP on East 10th St in Manhattan, a double shooting at E 76th St & Flatlands Ave in Brooklyn, and a serious MVA at Arthur Kill Road at Woodrow Road on Staten Island. Dealbreaker is watching layoffs at JPMorgan: Layoffs apparently started in equities and hit research yesterday, "Sales and trading are supposedly being shown the door circa now." A 19-year-old was sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting a 10-year-old boy. The shooter, MIchael Peterson, was apparently trying to target the boy's brother. In spite...
Windows only: Create and mix your own file and media playlists with Freepath. Users can create file playlists from a variety of sources: files from their own computers, video files found on YouTube, photos from Flickr, nearly anything you can drag and drop from the web or your own computer can be dumped into Freepath. Once the files are placed within a playlist, users can opt to keep the list as spartan or create a slideshow complete with transitions and extra effects. One of the more unique features of Freepath is that files remain editable once they are embedded into...
by Brian Solis Austin, what are you doing tonight? Microsoft StartupZone, The TechSet and Austin’s Startup District present “Ignition,” an event to commemorate the launch of Microsoft BizSpark and celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurialism. Join Stephanie Agresta, Brian Solis, Austin entrepreneurs, the BizSpark team and partners for this can’t miss event from 7-10pm with free drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Plus, you will have the opportunity to meet some of the most influential technologists around. RSVP here. SD|2020 is also bringing together the best early-stage startups in Texas - 20 slides, 20 seconds each slide, on the 20th of this month. Pitching...
Image by gleonhard via Flickr This is really a funny yet revealing video - it reflects the growing trend to look among the larger content owners to look for monetization of their video clips on Youtube rather than sending take-down notices. Related articles by ZemantaNew video: shifting values and the future of advertising and marketing Hollywood "Big Content" Under Siege (my comments on Jonathan Handel's AlwaysOn column)...
There’s nothing quite like a nicely framed photograph. Ideally we’re talking about some classy wood and quality glass. If your image is heading to Grandma for her birthday, then that’s probably the best option. But for many of us, photographs largely live online, ready to be admired and/or criticised by the masses. For some situations, a virtual border or frame is a substantial improvement. Restraint is advised though. Just because you can doesn’t always mean you should. I’ve got two easy online methods to have yourself framed, and one for those who prefer to be offline now and then. Picnik...
When I need to photograph a small object with my iPhone, the fixed focus lens makes for a pretty horrible image. Inspired by this post, I took a 50mm lens from an old SLR and started using it as an improvised macro lens by holding it in front of my iPhone. I decided to make a mount for the whole contraption. I realized that the little plastic coffin from the iPhone packaging would work pretty well. I cut a piece of mousepad to cushion things, and mounted it all with a couple of zip-ties and a rubber band. Now,...
Here are some of the scenes and many of the shining faces from our second-annual NewTeeVee Live conference in San Francisco last week. All of the photos were taken by Katie Basso. You can see more photos from the conference on Flickr, and please do leave us a link if you’ve posted shots of your own elsewhere....
Coney Island by s_tansil on Flickr The National Weather Service would like you to know that the growing season is totally over. Yipee! No more frost or freeze warnings until next fall. The lack of any further warnings doesn't mean it won't freeze, it just means future freezes won't kill any plants as they're already dead. Cold air will continue to stream into the region for the next several days. Today through Sunday will all run 10-15 degrees cooler than normal. We can expect highs around 40 through saturday and the mid 40s on Sunday.. The sun will shine...
Photograph by chuckyeager on Flickr From the Gothamist Newsmap: A suspicious package at Alabama Ave & Fulton St in Brooklyn, an unusual rescue on Utopia Parkway in Queens and a barricaded perp on Fanning St on Staten Island. In Hempstead, a pregnant woman chased down the guy who snatched her necklace and scratched her in the eyes. The robber is being held on $250,000 bail. Workers at Union Square noodlery Republic will be protesting--they claim they are cheated out of their wages--at 3 p.m. today. Though Ralph Nicoletti was allegedly so upset over Obama's win that he and a...
Photograph of a crowded E train by milkshakepants on Flickr While the MTA doesn't want to comment yet on how they might close the $1.2 billion budget gap, the speculation continues. The Daily News thinks the "base fare will likely rise into the $2.50-to-$3 range," adding, "Officials haven't set new target prices for the unlimited-ride MetroCards." Yesterday, the News details how service would be cut, like eliminating the Z, cutting G and M service in half, and running trains less frequently over night. The NY Times reports the MTA "will seek to increase fare and toll revenues by 23...
Filed under: Feast Your EyesTis the season to start baking cookies! Last night it was below freezing for the first time in Center City Philadelphia and because of it, I was moved to bake up a batch of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and snuggle down with a steaming mug of tea. The Linzer cookie you see above is a whole lot more elegant than my batch of cookies, but it gives me great inspiration for the coming baking season. Thanks Stephanie, for adding this yummy treat to the Slashfood Flickr pool.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments...
While Twitter is capturing most of the spotlight within the microblogging landscape, there’s another player showing solid growth: Tumblr. Tumblr could be described as a blogging-lite platform that lets people create blogs and journals without the frills of other platforms such as Wordpress and TypePad. In many respects, Tumblr is a cross between Twitter, Flickr and Wordpress. It’s a way to write posts, and share photos, video, Web links and audio without being limited by having only 140-characters, while still being able to enjoy the basic features of a blog. What particularly nice about Tumblr is it’s quick and easy...
A deal between Life and Google makes more than 10 million photographic images available on the Internet. The collection spans from the 1750s to today. Google provides a special search engine for the collection that makes use of the Google Image Search engine. The collection centers around five areas called People (Kennedy, Picasso), Places (Times Square, New York), Events (Vietnam War, Winter Olympics), Sports (baseball, football) or Culture (Railroad, Cowboys). It is possible to enter any search term which is usually good enough to find many images related to the keyword. A click on an image will display a larger...
simonstudionyc posted a photo: he told me to get medication... pretty scary when puppeteers give psychiatric advice...
