I got to play with one of these today and was fairly impressed – Its a mid range tablet but is really good, though having never really used one before it takes some getting used to. I was using it connected into photoshop and was able to do some pretty detailed work with it. I’m [...]
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Wacom Bamboo medium graphics tablet
Posted by Owen Richardson on December 27, 2011
http://owenrichardson.com/2011/12/27/wacom-bamboo-medium-graphics-tablet/
Tron legacy
Found a really fascinating albeit slightly geeky blog entry on the creation of the special effects in Tron Legacy, from one of the guys that worked on it. I loved the film, as well as the original. I was delighted to see the original got a bit part in the newer movie and thought it [...]
Posted by Owen Richardson on December 16, 2011
http://owenrichardson.com/2011/12/16/tron-legacy-2/
Gowalla to die
So Gowalla has been purchased by Facebook which means the service will be ramped down in January. Gowalla was a multi platform app that enabled you to create places on a map and then check in. You could see when other people had visited a place, read comments, keep track of your friends – I [...]
Posted by Owen Richardson on December 7, 2011
http://owenrichardson.com/2011/12/07/gowalla-to-die/
The BBC’s 30th Birthday
So its the 30th birthday of the bbc micro – the BBC ran a story this morning which really warmed my heart. You can see it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15969065 Ive already blogged about the bbc and the profound impact that it had on me, here: http://owenrichardson.com/2011/02/05/the-bbc-micro-my-humble-beginnings/ Acorn never was a huge company but the BBC was an [...]
Posted by Owen Richardson on December 1, 2011
http://owenrichardson.com/2011/12/01/the-bbcs-30th-birthday/
Cable Service Providers
First song of the day – we belong – pat benetar. I like this one :) I managed to miss stephen hawkings alien documentary yesterday which apparently was on time travel. Hopefully it will be on during the week. Probably at 3am or something which reminds me I need to sort out my recording capabilities [...]
Posted by Owen Richardson on November 29, 2010
http://owenrichardson.com/2010/11/29/1724791643/
Introducing the IBM 701
This is the IBM 701 – IBMs first ever mass produced mainframe, officially launched in May 21st 1952. Its spec was as follows: System performance Electrostatic storage capacity: 20,480 digits.Magnetic drum capacity: 81,920 digits.Magnetic tape capacity: More than 8 million digits without changing tape.Addition and subtraction: More than 16,000 operations per second.Multiplication and division: More than 2,000 operations per second.Tape reading [...]
Posted by Owen Richardson on November 26, 2010
http://owenrichardson.com/2010/11/26/1689779066/
Laser Pointer
My new laser pointer is too much fun! The picture is what happens when you shine it into the camera of an iphone 4. Lunch time we were shooting poeple with it, the game was to shoot and not be discovered. becuase the inside of the building is made of glass we could go up [...]
Posted by Owen Richardson on November 15, 2010
http://owenrichardson.com/2010/11/15/1580907967/
New laser pointer / Flashlight
New toy and sometimes it really is the simplest things in life that make us happy.. One button is a flashlight and the other a laser pointer; now I can underline things on my PowerPoint presentations! Ok I am not really excited but it’s kind of cool! I am kind of tired; i didn’t sleep [...]
Posted by Owen Richardson on November 14, 2010
http://owenrichardson.com/2010/11/14/1571487877/
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