Topic: GOOGLE - on August 7, 2009 at 12:42:00 PM CEST
Is Google spending $106.5m to open source a codec?
After acquiring On2's video compression codecs in a deal valued at approximately $106.5 million in stock, will Google simply turn around and open source them?
It certainly looks that way.
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Topic: ART - on August 7, 2009 at 12:39:00 PM CEST
Dead sexy ban
Creepy pathologist Gunther von Hagens has been banned from showing his exhibition of the stripped down bodies of a couple having sex.
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Topic: ART - on August 7, 2009 at 12:38:00 PM CEST
Leichen-Professor verhüllt die Toten
So hält man sich an ein Verbot – und lacht gleichzeitig darüber.
Leichen-Professor Gunther von Hagens wollte in seiner Augsburger Körperwelten-Ausstellung einen plastinierten Liebesakt vorführen: Mann und Frau eng ineinander verschlungen, aber ohne Haut.
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Topic: NATURE - on August 7, 2009 at 12:32:00 PM CEST
Kanadischen Berge
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 7, 2009 at 12:28:00 PM CEST
Techno in Wien 1992
Kurze TV-Doku aus den 90ern, die, so vermute ich, für das ORF-Jugendmagazin X-Large produziert wurde. Mit dabei Christopher Just und jede Menge andere junge verrückte. Mal am Rande: 3 Jahre später sendeten dann K&D ihre Tunes in die ganze Welt.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 7, 2009 at 12:13:00 PM CEST
'Reefer Madness' Redux, Is Pot Addictive?
Vicki, a 53-year-old former rock promoter married to a stand-up comic, started smoking weed when she was just 13. marijuana
"I had an older brother who was already getting high, hanging out with his friends and they invited me," said the New York City mother of two teenagers. "Unlike most people, I got high the first time and fell in love."
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 7, 2009 at 12:05:00 PM CEST
Psychedelische Kunst im 20 und 21 Jahrhundert Psychdelic Art in 20th and 21th Century - Alex Grey (2006)
Referat von Alex Grey zu Psychedelischer Kunst im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert. Speech of Alex Grey about psychedelic art in 20th and 21th century.
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Topic: PHOTO - on August 7, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM CEST
LED Spray Paint Makes Gangs Cool Again
While there are more than a few exceptions to the rule, most graffiti is nothing more but lame, self-serving tagging. But combine simple signatures with LEDs and slow shutter photography, and the genre is born anew:
Halo is a concept by French designer Aissa Logerot. Shaped like a bottle of spray paint, the LED light can change colors on the fly and while it's powered by an internal battery (that recharges with a simple shake of the can—a cutesy but awesome idea).
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Topic: FUN - on August 7, 2009 at 11:01:00 AM CEST
Riesen-Seifenblasen (13 Fotos)
Dies war ein Engländer namens Sam Heath 37 Jahre. Und jetzt, mehr als zwanzig Jahren hat er, dass Bauch Seifenblasen. Und in diesem Fall ein wirklich großer Erfolg)
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