Petshop Hunter

Front flip tailwhip

Jason — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:11:39 +0000

Boom Boom Sabotage

Jason — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 04:22:00 +0000

Check out this interesting interview with Ben Burden Smith of Mainframe Entertainment, which discusses motion capturing Tony Hawk and other local Vancouver skaters for “Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage“.

I can’t wait to see this film!

Face Recognition Update

Jason — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 03:50:58 +0000

I saw that Lindsay, Jim, and Darcy had given the face recognition a go, so I decided to run it again with an updated picture taken just moments before. I am happy with my results! I left the ladies in there, so Ashton Kutcher and Mike Myers didn’t make the final cut.

Ayumi Hamasaki, Marisa Cooper’s mom and the Hoff?! Awesome. Pierce Brosnan, hey? Maybe I can take over for Daniel Craig in a few years…

Face Recognition

Jason — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 21:03:28 +0000

I’ve always been fascinated with software that can recognize faces. Seems creepy. The newer Logitech webcams can superimpose 3d avatars over your face, or add accessories like glasses or moustaches. Needless to say, Google acquired the company that licensed the technology to Logitech…

I found a website, My Heritage, that will allow you to upload a picture of yourself and find celebrities that look like you. I found an old picture of myself with a screwed up face and bed head to test it out. I’m pretty happy with the results, thought the celebrities may not be flattered!

Maybe I should call these guys up and start a band.

Update: Bonnie’s celebrity matches!

Bonnie’s top match was actually James Spader, but I didn’t include him in the collage

Mobile Games

Jason — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:48:01 +0000

I recently got a new phone and can finally download and play all the new games that are available. I am looking forward to playing around with some of the dev tools and finally being able to test Flash Lite on a real phone.

There is an interesting article worth reading over at MSNBC with some insights from the man himself, John Carmack.

Have You Seen Her?

Jason — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:43:27 +0000

I keep spotting this cutie in stock photos on various sites… have you seen her?

www.quicktaxweb.ca

www.logitech.com

www.netsol.com

Trying out Windows Live Writer

Jason — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:51:35 +0000

A Microsoft WYSIWYG tool that will work to update my WordPress blog?! Now that’s interesting.

I am impressed with its simplicity. After reading Brian’s review at The Eclectic Side, I decided to give it a whirl.

As Brian pointed out, there is no support for adding categories, but at least it allows me to select any number of categories that I have already defined.

The major drawbacks that Brian found with the tool (browser integration and plugin support for non-IE browsers) are not problems at all for me, as my purpose for this tool would be as a CMS front-end. I have had varying degrees of success training users comfortable with MS Word to use WordPress or Macromedia Contribute. Besides, I can always fit Windows Live Writer beside my browser on this phat 24″ widescreen, and I like to keep Firefox free of too many plugins.

I do wish that the default image border was set to “Drop Shadow” instead of ”Inherit From Weblog”, but this default can be changed.

Thanks Bill, keep it free, keep it simple.

121 T-Shirts… A New World Record?!

Jason — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:29:18 +0000

This is great. This guy is wearing 121 t-shirts. I can’t imagine how hot or heavy that would be.

Michiel van de Panne

Jason — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:18:35 +0000

I stumbled upon some fascinating research papers and projects relating to graphics programming, animation, simulation and sketch-based interfaces on Michiel van de Panne’s site.

I found Sketching Character Motions and the Ski Stunt Simulator to be particularly interesting. The Ski Stunt Simulator reminded me of Brad Quick’s Dirt Bike.

Disaster Recovery

Jason — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:24:05 +0000

These photos are incredible. The original photos were taken of the destruction, and then revisited and photographed from the same angle about one year later.

The first set is from Thailand, the second set is from Indonesia.

It feels irreverent, but I can’t help but think of Wayne’s World looking at the last two pictures of the second set (with the helicopter and the soccer game). CAR! Game On!