Chris Benjamin
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Posts by Chris Benjamin
Dip and Squeeze: Heinz Reinvents the Ketchup Packet
February 22, 2010 - 8:38 pm
Tags: hamburger, heinz, ketchup, mcdonalds, portable
Posted in Food | No comments
For years, we who partake in fast food have been stuck with a dilemma when it comes to dunking our fries in ketchup: We’d have to empty the packet onto the paper on the tray. Or put it on a napkin that may have already been touched by lord knows who. Tasty, tasty way [...]
Wii Headtracking Creates 3D Window Display
February 22, 2010 - 5:53 pm
Tags: 3D, nintendo, wearable, wii, wiimote
Posted in Gaming, Hacking, New Tech | No comments
Johnny Chung Lee is the PhD student from Carnegie Mellon University who has been rocking Nintendo fanboy hearts pretty hard by making the Wiimote do some spectacular feats. We first saw him track his fingertips on the screen for a "Minority Report" type of interface. Then he created an interactive whiteboard. Now, he’s managed to [...]
NYC mayor: Coney Island ‘is coming back, big time’
February 17, 2010 - 9:55 am
Tags: beach, boardwalk, coney island, nyc, roller coaster
Posted in Entertainment, New York City | No comments
NEW YORK — State-of-the-art new rides including a roller coaster and a pendulum will open this summer at Coney Island to jump-start the resurgence of the famed Brooklyn amusement park, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday.
"Coney Island is coming back, big time," Bloomberg said at a news conference near the boardwalk where the decades-old Astroland [...]
Avatar sparks 3-D makeover for action classics
January 11, 2010 - 11:32 am
Tags: 3D, avatar, lotr, matrix, movies
Posted in Entertainment | No comments
Hollywood is preparing to re-release some past hits, including Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, in 3-D following the record-breaking success of Avatar.
Studio executives are drawing up schedules of popular films that will be “retro-fitted” with 3-D technology after the science fiction blockbuster, directed by James Cameron, last week became the [...]
Avatar: yes, it changed everything after all
January 4, 2010 - 8:07 pm
Tags: 3D, movies
Posted in Design, Entertainment, New Tech | No comments
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A review from Gizmodo…
Put simply, Avatar is the most visually fantastic film I’ve ever seen. It will be hailed as the groundbreaking 3D release of its time while setting a new standard by which all blockbusters are measured. Yes, it’s that good.
I’m not [...]
Japanese researchers develop see-through goldfish
December 29, 2009 - 4:58 pm
Tags: aquarium, fish, frogs, genetics, goldfish, japanese
Posted in New Tech, Science | 1 comment
TOKYO (AFP) – First came see-through frogs. Now Japanese researchers have succeeded in producing goldfish whose beating hearts can be seen through translucent scales and skin.
The transparent creatures are part of efforts to reduce the need for dissections, which have become increasingly controversial, particularly in schools.
“You can see a live heart and other organs because [...]
New Yorkers beware! New cockroach hits the Big Apple
December 24, 2009 - 10:17 am
Tags: cockroach, dna
Posted in Food, New York City, Science, Strange | 1 comment
NEW YORK (AFP) – New Yorkers are used to fighting each other for space, but there may be a new contender in town according to a Rockefeller study that appears to have uncovered a new species of cockroach.
“The cockroach is genetically modified. Species don’t differ more than one percent, this cockroach is [...]
Andrew W.K. wins again
October 29, 2009 - 6:46 pm
Tags: andrew wk, awk, fox
Posted in Entertainment, Funny | No comments
If you can watch this without laughing then you have more self control then I do. Those who have met Andrew shouldn’t be too surprised.
See the original post at Fail Blog.
Site moving servers
October 8, 2009 - 11:01 am
Posted in Uncategorized | No comments
There will probably be some weirdness today as I move the site from a remote host running standard WordPress to a platform running WordPress MU. Hope this works!
