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Moth on Fire

// March 24th, 2008 // 3 Comments » // Photos, Tech

After reading what Dror said about f/8 at 1/250 I was intent on looking a lot closer at my camera settings before I fire away.

This one was taken at f/2.8 – which I think looks pretty cool – but is it better than the f/8 one below? Admittedly though – we’re not comparing apples with apples if you consider the composition is different and the above picture was taken at 1/3 versus the one below at 1 sec.

Which one looks better?

ABC in 3D

// March 23rd, 2008 // No Comments » // Interesting

Thanks to Roy for the heads-up on this one. Awesome stuff.

ABC3D is an innovative and exciting new alphabet pop-up book by French designer, Marion Bataille.

Videos and more info after the jump.
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Simon’s cat – let me in

// March 15th, 2008 // 2 Comments » // Funnies

Lacking some inspiration today, so I’ve been trawling the internet for something funny. This little video clip of a cat trying to get indoors did it – reminds me of my cats.

Home-made USB lamp

// March 2nd, 2008 // 4 Comments » // Tech

Load shedding is on its way again and what better way to get some light at your desk, than to create your very own USB-powered desk lamp.

This video shows you step-by-step how to make a USB-powered lamp.

Apparently if you do try this at home, it may actually fry your PC. A suggestion is to rather use a LED than a normal lamp, but then I’m no electrical expert. Build at your own risk.

PS: Eskom now supplies load shedding updates via an RSS feed so best you subscribe now.