überthings, inc.

Probably one of the most beautiful videos I’ve seen in recent memory, made all the more memorable by a conspicuous lack of traditional equipment.
No cameras or lights were used. Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images [...]

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It’s not so bad. It’s still confusing, but here’s the quick guide:
1. Download the latest Python Script Shell from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=154155&package_id=171153. For me, this was PythonScriptShell_1_4_3_3rdEd_unsigned_testrange.sis
2. Go to Symbian Signed
3. Click the link under Open Signed. It should be: https://www.symbiansigned.com/app/page/public/openSignedOnline.do
4. Get the IMEI off your phone by typing *#06#.
5. Enter the details and upload the [...]

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This is a very bad idea.

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fuberthings.com%2F2008%2F06%2F15%2Ftransaction-costs-go-up-usage-goes-down%2F’;
addthis_title = ‘Transaction+costs+go+up%2C+usage+goes+down.’;
addthis_pub = ”;

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Day 1 - Friday: Chaos at the airport. Power failures and jetlag.

Day 2 - Saturday: More power failures, this time in Sandton City (one of the biggest mall complexes in Joburg). Wandering through the shops feels like the dimly lit opening scenes from a post-apocalyptic epic where only the large chains have managed to [...]

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Google’s new App Engine looks like an all-in-one version of Amazon’s cloud computing stack with a few differences. Here’s how things stack up:

Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs Google’s App Engine

EC2 virtual server, use any language.
Dynamic webserving, using Python

S3 persistent storage
Google File System (GFS) - data storage

SimpleDB - database
BigTable - database with queries, sorting, [...]

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