Technology & Pop Culture

Periodic Table Of Videos Trumps Your Science Room’s Wall

Posted by Bradley under Science, Technology

It had to happen sometime.

The University of Nottingham has a modern take on that Periodic Table of Elements poster collecting dust at your Alma mater.

The Periodic Table of Videos is an interactive, clickable, videoized web version of the familiar Periodic Table.  It was created by Brady Haran of the BBC along with a handful of chemistry scientists and professors at the University of Nottingham.

Click on your favorite element and it will launch a YouTube video of demonstrations (read: burning things) and commentary from important people wearing glasses.

I heart magnesium.

http://www.periodicvideos.com/

Tags: Brady Haran, Periodic Table of Elements, University of Nottingham, YouTube

Dot Matrix Printers Film Latest Radiohead Video

Posted by Bradley under Music, Technology

Okay, so not really.  They used lasers!  Friggin’ lasers.

Radiohead and a handful of geeks used several laser technologies to film their lastest video for “House of Cards“.  And they did it all without video or film of any kind.

Really interesting behind the scenes of the process at the link.  And the video too, of course.

http://code.google.com/creative/radiohead/

And if you’re patient, play around with the data visualization flash application.  WOAH!

http://code.google.com/creative/radiohead/viewer.html

Tags: House of Cards, Lasers!, Radiohead, Video

If They Mated: Google Earth And Trent Reznor

Posted by Bradley under Music, Technology

Trent Reznor has released download totals for his latest album “The Slip” via an interactive Google Earth map.  Free.  Open.  Future.  Win!

http://dl.nin.com/kml/slip_dls.kml

Tags: Google Earth, Interactive, NIN, Nine Inch Nails, The Slip, Trent Reznor

FireNes + Firefox 3 = Ultimate Distraction

Posted by Bradley under Games, Technology

With the epic world record release of Firefox 3 last week (8 million downloads!) loads of extensions have been popping up to make your browsing experience even more enjoyable distracting.

FireNes will let you play 2000+ Nintendo games right from your sidebar within Firefox.  You’ll need to install Java first (yea, I know, but get over it) and then the Firefox extension from the link below to get things going.  Check the FAQ at the site for controls and make sure you click inside the game window to active them.

Double Dare, Bubble Bobble and Excite Bike included.

Work can wait.

FireNes (via Google translate)

Tags: Distraction, Firefox 3, Firefox Extensions, FireNes, Nintendo

Cell Swapper Helps You Screw Your Mobile Provider

Posted by Bradley under Movies, Technology

Ditching your current cell phone contract for another carrier is usually a nightmare.  Look forward to early termination fees, credit checks and bitchy customer service agents.

Enter Cell Swapper.

Log on and find someone who will take over your existing contract.  Or find a short term contact.

Ohh, that shiny new iPhone 3G.  Ohh, that shiny new 2 year AT&T contract.  No more!

http://www.cellswapper.com/

Tags: Cell Phone, Cell Swapper, Contract, iPhone