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DIY LCD Projector Design - Pico - DIY Projector Company DPC

Been looking at HDR for a while. Not sure it’s got a lot to do with my work at the mo - but it sure does look purrdy! (Kinda wish I’d looked at it before I went to India)

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So it’s conceivable that I have too much time on my hands (not sure that it’s true but ultimately if I can’t experiment whilst I’m doing my degree then when can I?!?) but for some reason I found myself looking at Dvorak as an alternative keyboard layout.

Dvorak fans say that it is quicker (not yet it’s not!), strains the hands less and helps you have better sex. (that’s a lie BTW)

Dvorak studied letter frequencies and the physiology of people’s hands and created a layout to adhere to these principles:

• It is easier to type letters alternating between hands.
• For maximum speed and efficiency, the most common letters and digraphs should be the easiest to type. This means that they should be on the home row, which is where the fingers rest, and under the strongest fingers.
• Likewise, the least common letters should be on the bottom row, which is the hardest row to reach.
• The right hand should do more of the typing, because most people are right-handed.
• It is more difficult to type digraphs with adjacent fingers than non-adjacent fingers.
• Stroking should generally move from the edges of the board to the middle. An observation of this principle is that when tapping fingers on a table, it is easier going from little finger to index than vice versa. This motion on a keyboard is called inboard stroke flow.

Taken from Wikipedia.

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Whilst I’ve been having a few problems with getting my laptop repaired I’ve been using the 20″ iMacs at uni. The nice ones. The size of the screens and the strengths of widescreen over more traditional aspect ratios has really impressed me. Now when I’m at uni I use a split-screen set up with a 17″ CRT and the 15″ of my MPB but one day, one day - it’s gonna have to be a dual widescreen setup - and a high end LCD for colour rendition and stability to boot. So I’ve been doing some research. After the jump. . . .

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I was pleased to receive this email today:

Hi!
I have fell into your blog and find it interesting. In your posts you quote “Dogma 95″. I have an ongoing project more close to technology-cinema-performative arts that is a good showcase. If you want you can check it out at www.cinemasolubile.net.
Is a non-profit enthusiasm driven thing… if you like we can cross link or something, anyway, I would love to see a cinema solubile event in England…

have a nice day

and keep up with good research

federico

Mel and I are going away for 2 weeks now to France so I told Frederico that I’ll look at his work properly when we get back.

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There has been a slew of pictures on the BloatedVoid, of people unpacking their newly delivered Macbook Pros. (and my wife has mercilessly and publicly and mercilessly teased me about having looked at a couple)

But, in the same spirit I have decided to post pictures of my new arrival.

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It has shipped.

Angel To Watch Over Her (2003)

Where? (2003)

In Motion (2004)

Badger Bio, this was on the site and I quite liked it:

large woodland mammals have it hard in this day and age and many of us take the easy route - the long walk along a short stretch of busy road.

But not this Badger! Armed with only a Mac and no opposable thumbs, this Badger is not afraid to take the world head on.

I would like to thank my manager, my parents and all those who have made this possible, I Love you all, I couldn’t have. . . done. . . .it with. . with . . . without you! thank you, thank you.

Thank you.

Well Gojira is set for it’s first E.P. with extra multimedia content on it. Desktops of our favourite musicians. Hope you like them - I’ll try and get one of me up there too. . . .

Poster commissioned for a PURE event. Quite pleased with it.  So here it is!

T-shirt designs I created for PURE.  Will be one sale for the Fairtrade fortnight at Southampton University.

These images have poorer quality than the originals due constraints of online media.

Design 1

Design 2

Sleeve Design         

Design copyright remains property of Stephen Cross.  2005.