hard-boiled

∞09:34 am, rcmaclean

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HD Vimeo with Flash 10.1 beta for Mac

HD Vimeo using HTML5 on Mac

This is another very strong argument against Flash incorporation to the iPad. It’s a little hard to see here but the Flash player in Safari is using well over 100 percent of the CPU time (Confusing for some because a CPU with two cores is represented as a 200 percent total. Flash is using half of my processors attention at the moment, never mind what Safari is already using…).

Under HTML5, the video is sent to the GPU (in this particular case) that makes quick work of playback. So playback is smoother and I have some power to spare.

No Flash compatibility in the iPad was a letdown for me initially. However, after looking at the results of switching to HTML5 for video playback on my own home machine, it’s clear that there are some efficiency issues with Adobe’s product.

∞08:01 am, rcmaclean
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[tea party]

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robot-heart-politics:

frothyparadise:brooklynmutt

Feb 07th

∞09:33 pm, rcmaclean
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[google] [superbowl]

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Parisian Love (via SearchStories)

Wow. Google bringing out the traditional media advertising guns. Not bad.

∞08:24 pm, rcmaclean
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[unfortunately we sometimes have to accept a little less]

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Unquestionable competence and readily apparent potential for moments of transcendent clarity and genius.

This is one of the desired characteristics of a future employee at Pixar.

Don’t you wish you only worked with people that exhibited this trait?

Feb 06th

∞11:52 pm, rcmaclean

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A great reception requires many components. Not the least of which are over the top center pieces. Needless to say, this place rocks.

∞06:22 pm, rcmaclean

[martos!]

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The Martos wedding was fantastic. It’s always nice to see some old friends.

∞12:07 pm, rcmaclean

[darpa] [research] [this shit is crazy]

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As part of its budget for the next year, Darpa is investing $6 million into a project called BioDesign, with the goal of eliminating “the randomness of natural evolutionary advancement.” The plan would assemble the latest bio-tech knowledge to come up with living, breathing creatures that are genetically engineered to “produce the intended biological effect.” Darpa wants the organisms to be fortified with molecules that bolster cell resistance to death, so that the lab-monsters can “ultimately be programmed to live indefinitely.” Of course, Darpa’s got to prevent the super-species from being swayed to do enemy work — so they’ll encode loyalty right into DNA, by developing genetically programmed locks to create “tamper proof” cells. Plus, the synthetic organism will be traceable, using some kind of DNA manipulation, “similar to a serial number on a handgun.” And if that doesn’t work, don’t worry. In case Darpa’s plan somehow goes horribly awry, they’re also tossing in a last-resort, genetically-coded kill switch.

Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included

This is the most science fiction like story I have seen recently. While it sounds scary, if you click the link provided in the article to all of the DARPA programs listed, it fits right in with the other heavily funded research ideas.

∞09:28 am, rcmaclean
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[modern] [minimalist] [house]

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Modern Minimalist House | Fonda LaShay

Click through for the additional images. This place is all kinds of amazing.

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