Category: Miscellaneous

In an update to a previous post, Mordechai Vanunu has been officially charged with violating the terms of his release from jail last year.

Here are thirteen things in science that do not make sense but are (apparently) true. I’m still not convinced about a few of them, like cold fusion and holistics. It’s an interesting read nonetheless.

“In our personal and professional lives sometimes we receive emails that are upsetting…”

Comedy relief from Ze Frank.

The world’s first purpose-built hydrogen-powered bike has been released.

“The motorbike, known as an Emissions Neutral Vehicle (ENV), has a top speed of 50mph (80km/h), a range of at least 100 miles (160km) and can run continuously for four hours before the fuel cell needs recharging.”

What’s more, the bike’s “exhaust” is water vapor and is so clean that its drinkable.
Concerns are that the bike is too quiet and plans have been made to add a motor sound to the bike so as to not startle pedestrians.

“For their part, manufacturers said the fake engine noise device, which could be switched off, would help alert road users.”

I think they should develop custom ‘fake engine noise’ so that you can change your bike’s noise on a daily or weekly basis. It would be cool to have your bike sound like a giant locomotive on one day and like the Jetson’s flying car the next. When you think about it though it would also be cool to turn off all sounds and ride around in stealth mode.

The other day I received an email asking for an interview with the Salt Lake Tribune. The reporter wanted to know more about my backmasking site and what I thought about it. I sent in my answers via email but I haven’t heard if this ever went to print yet. If you read this article and came to this site as a result please leave a comment. I’m interested to know what the article said.

Here is a quick look at a project I’m working on for my character animation class. (400k embedded quicktime)

I just registered a new domain name and will probably be moving this site there soon. It’s https://jeffmilner.com!

If you missed the OC on Thursday night because you were in a MoCap lab or out eating pre-birthday sushi, then you probably missed the new Star Wars Episode III trailer. Luckily for you, Jason Kottke has the link.

I have to admit it does ‘look’ pretty cool.

When you are done there, you can also check out this neat Legend of Zelda trailer.

Kuro5shin writes about some software he came up with that exploits Google’s book browsing service.

Many people are curious about the inner workings of Google, but they are mostly interested in keeping it a secret. So, any information we can glean comes from “black box” analysis. Recently, I wrote a short article that explains how I wrote some simple code that can instantly create PDFs of entire books from Google Print.

Read Hacking Google Print.

I found a new blog about drawing, illustration, and art called Drawn! that looks pretty sweet. It’s still new, but so far the posts include (among others) links to Vintage magazine art, a collection of Batman logos from the past, and even some 3D animation from Blur. I love it; I’m adding the link to my sidebar.

Drawn! is a collaborative weblog for illustrators, artists, cartoonists, and anyone who likes to draw. Visit us daily for a dose of links and creative inspiration.