Willie Northway

Recent Finds

8/22 '08 Sea Cowboys - interesting
Wired Magazine's "The Race to Save the Cougar Ace" This story is fascinating.

8/22 '08 Le Moulin à Images de Robert Lepage - 37337 h4x0rz
It's Quebec City's 400th anniversary, and they've made this abandoned grain mill into a screen. The scale of this thing is pretty amazing. Those lights below the mill are cruise ships.

The technical side of this is no less impressive. Twenty-seven 20,000-lumen projectors are combined with 238 spotlights and 329 speakers, with a radio-broadcast soundtrack by Rene Lussier.

8/13 '08 LOLBush olimpix! - funny
iz made of chocolat?

8/12 '08 insane japanese halloween costumes - onion wannabe
There's some interesting imagery going on there.

7/29 '08 Toxic chemicals in scented products - love the earth
"I first got interested in this topic because people were telling me that the air fresheners in public restrooms and the scent from laundry products vented outdoors were making them sick," said Anne Steinemann, a UW professor of civil and environmental engineering and public affairs. "And I wanted to know, 'What's in these products that is causing these effects?'"

She analyzed the products to discover the chemicals' identity.

"I was surprised by both the number and the potential toxicity of the chemicals that were found," Steinemann said. Chemicals included acetone, the active ingredient in paint thinner and nail-polish remover; limonene, a molecule with a citrus scent; as well as acetaldehyde, chloromethane and 1,4-dioxane.

7/23 '08 making of HOU SE OF_C ARDS video - 37337 h4x0rz
No cameras or lights were used. Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR.

7/17 '08 traumatizing infants - funny
"20 Baby Products Great For Traumatizing Infants"

I can't believe that some people would do this to their child... well, OK maybe I do believe it.