The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. has begun work on preserving the 11-foot (3.4 meters) model craft in an effort to make the ship resemble how it looked in the episode “The Trouble with Tribbles.” That episode was the last known modification to the model during the run of “Star Trek.” The model appeared in all 79 episodes of the original “Star Trek” TV series, which ran from 1966 to 1969.
Sometimes it takes those from outside our culture to point out what we should hear.
Cartoonist Yao Xiao saw how often people apologized in our culture as a sign of politeness. But apologizing is not the same as saying thanks.
So, instead of offering an apology – make it a moment of gratitude.
Thought for the new year:
Stop managing your time. Manage your focus.
When using CMake on non-GCC/non-Microsoft compilers – you often run into interesting problems. Especially true for embedded devices/cross-compilers.
One thing that can bite you is the fact that CMake requires the compiler to pass a ‘smoke’ test. Unfortunately, if there are required parameters for your compiler, the smoke test part will fail.
There are a few ways to solve this, the ‘recommended’ way seems to be via the CMAKE_FORCE_C_COMPILER/CMAKE_FORCE_CXX_COMPILER flags. This allows you to tell CMake what the compiler is and pass the smoke test.
CMAKE_FORCE_C_COMPILER(/usr/mycc/cxint86 GNU)
CMAKE_FORCE_CXX_COMPILER(/usr/mycc/cxxint86 GNU)
Here are the docs for more information
https://cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Cross_Compiling#The_toolchain_file
Generating photo-realistic faces has long been a holy grail for rendering. It’s the combination of a number of difficult problems – eyes, skin, hair, etc. These guys demonstrate a simple, innovative new technique for mimicking the complex skin structures that occur when a character makes different faces. They simulate these ‘micro-structures’ by using anisotrophic bluring/sharpening of facial textures. Good for both realtime and off-line techniques.
It’s been shown in several studies that constantly taking photos of events dramatically reduces your ability to actually remember them (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/…/Want-remember-event-DONT-photo…)
So Rijksmuseum tells you to put down the cel phone. They give you a pad of paper and pencil when you enter the museum and encourage you to draw what you see – to help you experience the awe and wonder of art. They even blog/post people’s drawings.
I, for one, approve.
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/startdrawing/draft%20book
Want to look like a cool hacker like they have on TV or movies? Just go to this address and start typing!
I love projection mapping projects. It’s augmented reality without the goggles. 🙂
≡ MAGIC KEYBOARD #1 ≡ from Philippe Dubost on Vimeo.
Barrel organs aren’t exactly modern instruments, but that doesn’t mean they can’t rock modern tunes!
Augmented reality comes to your pool game!