Hal's Blogs

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Top 10 Cell Phone Towers

Businessweek has an article on the top ten unusual cell phone towers.

# posted by Hal : 8:00 PM

Monday, August 28, 2006

Sept. 14th - Wii Demo NYC!

On September 14th, there will be a huge Wii demo in NYC. Expected on this date will also be the Wii launch date and price!

# posted by Hal : 8:15 PM

Friday, August 25, 2006

Transformers Movie Update

Here are some pics from the new Transformers Movie.

# posted by Hal : 12:14 PM

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Bryce 5.0 Free

Bryce 5.0 is free for download until Sept. 5th.

# posted by Hal : 11:31 AM

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

ListOfPacmanGames

It's in German, but some guy has a complete list of Pacman games and their variants.

# posted by Hal : 12:21 PM

DIY First Person Shooter Goggles

Transform everyday life into an FPS!

# posted by Ray B : 12:10 PM

IGN: Miyamoto Opens the Vault

Miyamoto reveals what happened to some Nintendo games that never made it to production.

# posted by Hal : 8:00 AM

Free PC Games

Here are some more free PC Games for download. Some are repeats from a previous post, but this one is updated with more recent stuff.

# posted by Hal : 7:47 AM

Monday, August 21, 2006

Flash Sprint

Here's a shockwave version of Sprint.

# posted by Hal : 10:09 PM

Starbucks and McDonalds

Here's an interesting map showing the growth of Starbucks and McDonalds.

# posted by Hal : 8:25 PM

Saturday, August 19, 2006

Enterprise Lifted Into Dynamic Test Stand

Here's engineering to its peak. An interesting picture of the Enterprise space shuttle being lowered into a vibration test fixture.

# posted by Hal : 11:34 AM

Metro Bits

Some pics of the nicest subway stations in the world.

# posted by Hal : 10:56 AM

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Mapping the Roads, One Off-Ramp at a Time Page 1 - Featured Article - Digital Trends

Ever wonder how GPS companies map roads? Yes, there is a guy driving around every road.

# posted by Hal : 7:34 PM

Bill Watterson's RAREST!

Here's insight into Bill Watterson's rarest works.

# posted by Hal : 7:17 PM

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Black Light Tattoos

This is a very interesting concept. A tattoo artist in Colorado offers Tattoos that glow in UV light only.

# posted by Hal : 12:21 PM

Monday, August 14, 2006

Pictures that lie

CNet has a nice collection of digitally manipulated pictures used in the press.

# posted by Hal : 9:23 PM

What happens when lightning strikes an airplane?

Interesting for you science geeks. What happens when lightning stikes a plane?

# posted by Hal : 8:51 PM

DS Emulator

A Nintendo DS Emulator has been released.

# posted by Hal : 8:26 PM

Saturday, August 12, 2006

DOOM 3: Project Mars City Mod

Here's an incredible Doom 3 Case Mod.

# posted by Hal : 12:52 PM

Monday, August 07, 2006

GameCube: A Video History That Never Was

Some lost games for the Gamecube that never came to be. Could the Gamecube been more successful if these came out?

# posted by Hal : 7:53 PM

Saturday, August 05, 2006

Video Games Live: 8-bit Music

Here's a snippet of the Video Games Live: 8-bit Music concert.

# posted by Hal : 9:51 AM

PS2 memory cards need adaptor for PS3

Here's something that sounds peculiarly backwards. To play PS2 saved games on the PS3, you need a memory card adaptor. Uhm, yeah, another nail in the coffin.

# posted by Hal : 9:47 AM

Friday, August 04, 2006

Gallery of Crop Circles

Wired has a gallery of crop circles.

# posted by Hal : 7:59 AM

Thursday, August 03, 2006

messy networks

Some pictures of some messy networks.

# posted by Hal : 8:05 PM

Elgorithms :: Downloads :: Chaos Crystal Makes Transparent Windows For Applications

Here's a theme to make your Windows Desktop transparent.

# posted by Hal : 8:04 PM

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

LAND WALKER

Here's a real life Land Walker Mech. A closer view is here.

# posted by Hal : 9:37 PM

Light Drawing

Here's some amazing drawings done with a light pen.

# posted by Hal : 9:21 PM

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Wii Promotional Image of Virtua Console Games - Kotaku

A Wii Promotional image of Virtua Console Games has been leaked. It makes a nice wallpaper.

# posted by Hal : 7:55 PM