When someone makes a video with horrible singing to try and hire an engineer, you know things have gotten tough. June 13, 2012 | perivision | 2 Comments What can you say? This guy named Amir posted a request to hire a programmer in [softwaredev-92] for his company fitbuddies. But instead of the normal ask, he created a video and sang to it. Horribly. Now we all know its really hard to find a coder much less a coder willing to work on… Read More
Swiftkey gets the XKCD bump June 12, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment Forget TechCrunch, Venturebeat, New York Times .. heck, forget HuffPo or slash dot for that matter. When you can get your app talked about on XKCD, well you now you have hit the bigtime. And it sounds pretty cool if the new version can do this. I think I have and older version of swiftkey… Read More
Clang!! Very cool kickstarter video for a proper sword playing game with a Gabe Newell cameo no less June 10, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment First off, the idea. If you have ever played any sword playing game you know it pretty much sucks. Triggers for a sword? Really? I was hoping that the Wii or perhaps the xBox would make this better. But not. So the guys at the Subutai Corporation decided to do something about this by creating a… Read More
TC1100 tablet spotted in Big Bang Theory – my Geekest post ever! June 8, 2012 | perivision | 1 Comment Win! While watching the TV show Big Bang Theory, I spotted an HP TC1100 being used by Shelden. For those of you who do not know about the TC1100; its a VERY cool tablet convertible PC that was originally designed by Compaq. Here is some background info from Wikipedia. Now what is missing from this… Read More
More passwords shared. Its time to change all the passwords June 7, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment Sigh. First the passwords from linkedIn, then eharmoney and today we find out passwords from last.fm may have been stolen. Odds are pretty good that there are a few more sites out there that have had it list of passwords compromised and we do not know yet.. So guess whats its a good time to… Read More
70 tips of real life cheat codes from Reddit June 6, 2012 | perivision | 2 Comments This is a cool post I just read on Reddit (OP link). Check out the links, they mostly go back to the original authors. If you like something, go back and give them an upvote. Here is a compilation of the top 80 70 real life cheat codes written by reddit community. The original submission… Read More
How amazing is gaming graphics now? Check out the trailer for Watch Dogs June 5, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment This is pretty amazing really. The graphics effects basically take us to a new never in CG. Water, clothe texture effects, reflections not to mention AI. However, there is still more work to be done on faces and true human animations. It still has the ‘game’ look and feel to it, but wow, has there… Read More
Trailer for South Park: The Stick of Truth. Looks cool June 4, 2012 | perivision | 2 Comments I know you have all heard already, but there is a new RPG South Park game and I grabbed the video. The game is simple enough, you are a new kid in town trying to join the South Parks stick gang is an effort to save SouthPark from “vampires and hippies”. You will see your… Read More
Female Assassin for Creed 3 liberation for the Vita June 3, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment This is interesting news. There has been talk of an Assasin creed 3 coming out for Vita, but like everyone else, I expected a port, and a poor one. I’m wrong. And ever so. This ‘seems’ like a new port. Not only do we get a new female assassin named Aveline, we are going to… Read More
Is getting a keyboard case for the iPad worth it? YES! And here are some tips to help. June 2, 2012 | perivision | 6 Comments I’ve actually had a keyboard for my iPad for quite a while now. When I first got my ipad 1, I got a normal case for it. All good, but I did not think getting a keyboard was worth the extra money. Then a bluetooth iPad keyboard when on sale. At $30 I thought I… Read More
fixing the lockdown error when jailbreaking 5.1.1 with Absinthe 2.0.2 May 29, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment I finally got around to jailbreaking my iphone4 running iOS 5.1.1. I used Absinthe 2.0.2 for windows. It went well enough till it locked up on me. I ran it again and this time got this error. Could not connect to lockdown There is a similar error called lockdown error -5. Both errors are really… Read More
Cool science lab for kids – Fun Science Lab May 28, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment Although I yet to have kids of my own, I would want to give them a fun introduction into science. The iPad seems like the perfect medium to deliver and thus to no surprise; a number of little scientist apps have come out. However, this is the first one that looks like it going to… Read More
Qumarion mannequin input device for intuitive 3D manipulation and manga, anime creation. May 26, 2012 | Damon | Leave a comment Here is one for manga artists, anime and character animators, a posable mannequin input device for intuitive 3D manipulation called Qumarion. The model uses 32 sensors across 16 body joints to translate the statue’s pose to the computer screen simply by bending limbs, and a 120 frames per second sample rate over USB means that poses are mirrored… Read More
T(ether) your digital collaboration May 26, 2012 | Damon | Leave a comment This is a cool project I came across from MIT’s Media Lab. T(ether) is an experimental app that combines gestural interfaces, computer vision, and collaboration into an experience straight our of a sci-fi movie. Creators Matthew Blackshaw, Dávid Lakatos, Hiroshi Ishii, and Ken Perlin call T(ether) “a tool for spatial expression” that “acts as a… Read More
Jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 is out! Absinthe 2.0.1 , 2.0.2 May 25, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment We have been waiting, and as promised, iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak is out called Absinthe 2.0. Its already up to 2.0.2, so check the site before updating. {update: be sure to use Absinth 2.0.2 Absinthe v2.0.2 (Win) Absinthe v2.0.2 (Mac) Absinthe v2.0.2 (Linux) } Today’s release supports all iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches except for… Read More
Yahoo suppose to launch Axis search tonight. I installed it and… May 23, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment .. Meh. I still need to give it a chance, and I am running this on an old laptop brought back to life by Windows 8, but so far, not impressed. Here is info that was sent to launch.co I’m going to install this on my desktop and try on my tablet and update this… Read More
Google gets in the Moog – with example songs and tips May 23, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment I know, horrible title, but I just could not resist. As you have been seeing all over the news, Google’s latest doodle is a working simplified Moog synthesizer. WORKING synthesizer. For those of us that are old enough, and were in bands, will remember playing with these at one point in time. My mirage digital… Read More
Aero dies in Windows 8 and stops trying to copy Apple May 19, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment I have been using Windows 8 for awhile now on my home computer. The first thing I noticed about windows 8 is how fast and clean everything feels. It does not have the lipstick on a pig feel that was Windows Vista. After reading Brooke Crothers post on cnet, it reminded me as to why… Read More
Leap Motion – evolving hands free interface May 17, 2012 | Damon | Leave a comment I just got a personal demo of Leap Motion’s new hands free controller. Leap Motion (formally Ocuspec), is a San Francisco based motion-control software company that is changing how people interact with their computers by using motion sensors and 3D technology for a full-body experience. To date, the company has raised over $14.55 million from… Read More
Augmented Reality Sandbox. Create a topo the natural way. May 16, 2012 | perivision | Leave a comment The specific use case is limited. You can created an realtime interactive topo by moving sand around within a sandbox. However, if you extend this technology, this is where it gets interesting. Say for example, you place two beams next to each other, then ‘fuse’ those beams in AR. You can now do stress tests… Read More