High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas
Wired has an article on the High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas who wrangle and rescue huge ships.
Add comment February 27th, 2008
Posts filed under 'Articles'
How Camera Lenses are Made
1 comment February 26th, 2008
Halo 3 update
I’m not by any means a very good Halo 3 player, but I do play my fair share. The latest patch addresses the infamous Melee controversy among other things, including glitch exploits. Will be interesting to see how this pans out.
Add comment February 21st, 2008
The Most Competitive Man Alive
The Most Competitive Man Alive by Todd Levin - an article about a computer gamer
Add comment February 2nd, 2008
The Kotatsu
Core 77 has an article about the Japanese kotatsu, a low table which you sit on the floor to use. It also has built-in leg warming features 
Add comment February 2nd, 2008
Kite Powered Cargo Ships
Seemingly silly and incredible, the idea of using a kite sail to pull cargo ships along their route is apparently less fiction and fantasy - and more fact. Fuel usage reduced by quite a bit. Which, considering cargo ships are major polluters, is a great idea!
Add comment January 30th, 2008
paper art by jen stark
pingmag has an article about jen stark and her crazy paper art sculptures
Add comment January 30th, 2008
On Mastering for HD
Interesting article on the process of mastering movies for HD
Add comment December 7th, 2007
Manga Translator
PingMag article about the career of Manga Translator. It addresses some interesting facets of the translation such as how translation is handled when typography is used as a part of the composition instead of just in dialog / narrative.
Add comment August 21st, 2007
The Beginners Guide To Lock Picking
I’ve always wanted to be able to do super technical nerdy things like magic tricks, being able to solve a rubik’s cube, and picking locks. The Beginners Guide To Lock Picking might be a good place to start for the least wholesome of the three (though magic can be quite tasteless…)
Add comment August 19th, 2007
Chinese gold farmers documentary
Boing Boing posts about a Chinese gold farmers documentary in the making. Check out Anda’s Game while you’re at it.
Add comment May 23rd, 2007
The roundest objects ever built by hand
NASA makes theroundest objects ever built by hand and then puts em to work.
Add comment May 8th, 2007
Food Quantity Perception
New York Times article, Your Plate Is Bigger Than Your Stomach, discusses the interesting study of how our food containers affect how much we eat - large plates make useat more, etc.
Add comment May 8th, 2007
WoW New Races Level Progression
Interesting flash clip showing Level Progression of Blood Elves and Draenai in Jan 2007
Add comment February 15th, 2007