This is pretty cool, you can build a camera with an old scanner, some foam core and tape.  Check this out:

Wow, talk about changing how to track down copyright, or for some of us Photo Editors, how to find an image all together, this rocks.  TinEye searches visually instead of using keywords to find images.  Very cool.  You can search here or install a Firefox plugin.

This is cool.  when I get an phone, and this becomes available to the general public I’m totally doing this.  Estimated cost of $70-$80 is totally worth it.

Golden Shellback Waterproof Coating from gCaptain.com on Vimeo.

Have a hard time keeping track of your favorite blogs or websites?  Like the one’s that don’t update everyday….like mine.  You can use RSS to keep track of them.  It basically gives you a notice when a site has updated.  I personally use Mail on a Mac.  But you can use Firefox, or lots of other standalone apps.  Personally I like having it built into an app I already have running.  It ives most of the story and if you want to read more jut click on it and it takes you directly to the page.

Well, we’ve moved recording to my basement, since we feel we get a better sound down there.  Doesn’t hurt that it’s cheaper also, we’re not made of money and it’s so easy to record at home with a budget.  It’s a bit crazy in our space, I some how have it working though.  Hopefully soon we’ll have a EP out.  Then a full length for your listening pleasure.

I’m playing around with a new theme and new comment system (to cut down on spam), so this page may change it’s look over the next few days.

Thanks, BR

Time-lapse video: Phaseolus (bean) seeds from Rinaldo Pires dos Santos on Vimeo.

For the techno geek that has to have everything and still wants good cooking.  The George Foreman USB iGrill from ThinkGeek. At $99 not bad considering it runs completely from power from you computer through the USB cable and has a program on your computer that tells it how to cook your food.  from the description:

  Download recipes, enter in the type of food, weight and desired degree of doneness, and the iGrill handles the rest. Did you know that a medium rare 1/4 lb. hamburger made from 80% lean beef takes 1 minute and 45 seconds less cook time than an identical patty made from 95% lean prime Black Angus? The iGrill does. As your meal cooks, the subtle glow from under the unit increases brightness and pulses faster until your meal is perfectly done.

Where, mine?

Talking about to services I don’t even have, but though this was fairly cool. XMRadio is getting out of the 90’s one-line-text display. Their new interface has a real live graphical interface and even has previews of what on other channels so you don’t have to miss what’s going on. Also, taking a cue from TiVo, it records the past 60 minutes of whats been on so you can pause and re-listen to what was on. Fairly cool, good step forward for radio.

Actually, what they need to add to this and actually make more $, allow you to buy the song that’s playing, download it, sync it back to you computer to download and burn, much like the new iPod Touch, iPhone, and Zune. Also add a larger hard drive so you can use the device to play your own music. Hell, just make an iPod with XMRadio already.

I’ve been reading alot lately about the changing cell phones and data plans are changing. The iPhone has really gotten consumers and companies attention.

Granted, I’d love to have an iPhone. While I do have a decent phone (LG’s Vx9900) I feel it lacks what it’s really trying to do (iPhone wanna be a year before it came out). Maybe it’s because I don’t feel like paying an extra $40 a month for Verizon’s data plan. But their cheapest “Package “is still $79.99, while AT&T’s iPhone plan is $59.99, only $15 more each month then what I’m paying now, which apparently would go strait to Apple anyway. Good for me, I have Apple stock I bought at $9.78 in 2000. Though ya still have to deal with the AT&T network, maybe not for long….

The news today? Verizon is letting customers “bring your own phone” to their network. NYTimes goes into the details more then I will, but why is this such a big deal? Verizon arguably has the strongest network. Though in a few years, I don’t think it will matter. Because of HDTV taking over the tv airwaves, the UHF spectrum being put up for auction and all the cell providers and companies such as Google are looking for their chunk.
ahumm…AOL/Time Warner, get off your ass and save your business maybe and bid as well? Remember, own the lines you provide service on. Ok, I worked there, I still own Time Warner stock too, worth about crap.
Verizon and others are actually wanting the new spectrum to be opened up for everyone, though I’m sure there will be a plenty of access fees still going around, an open network this is a good thing. With a larger and faster network being open, it means you can use whatever phone you want, just choose your provider, eventually they will all be pretty much the same anyway. I.E. what Verizon has preempted with their announcement today.

So how are cell phones changing in the next few years? The internet. That’s the biggest thing to happen to the phone call since, well, cell technology. People connect in more ways then a phone call now. I communicate through emails, IMs and the internet then I ever do on the phone. I depend on the internet for my own business. I literally couldn’t do business without being online. Why not do it anywhere instead of just in my house?