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Lisa & Tommy talk about Lisa’s column in The Post-Crescent newspaper about QR Bar Codes. QR or Quick Response bar codes have been a hit over in Japan for years. Now business are starting to take notice of this print to web technology here in the states.

Red Shoes Speaks No. 23 QR Quick Response Bar Codes from Lisa Cruz on Vimeo.

Lisa and Tommy chat about their decision process and why they decided not to buy an iPad … this time. Did you buy one? What do you think? Are we right to hold out? Or, are we just plain crazy and missed the greatest opportunity of a lifetime?

Red Shoes Speaks No. 20 No buyer’s remorse: They didn’t buy an iPad from Jessica Dennis on Vimeo.

I saw this and it certianly set me back in my seat. Heres a pick of what 20GB of storage looked like and cost back on 1980 and ‘this is what it looks like today. Pretty stunning. Hat tip to Crunch Gear for the good info

It’s estimated there are one-hundred million videos online on Youtube – the popular video sharing website. Hundreds are posted by Appleton’s Tommy Clifford. Today in Online with Erin, Clifford shares with Erin Davission some simple tips that will get your videos in front of your audience…. and when you are posting your video, DO NOT forget keywords that will describe your video – very helpful for finding them later.

A few months ago I was contacted by Erin Davisson of WFRV Channel 5 in Green Bay about appearing in a technology segment with her. We bounced around a few ideas till we came to a on the idea of talking personal video camera‘s and editing videos. She invited myself and the camera guy Mike to her house… to make it look more personal. In one scene, you actually see me and Erin videoing each other. I was actually making a TommyLog while doing the piece. What an honor to be asked…  So Cool and so much fun to work with Erin and her team. THANKS Erin and thank you WFRV!

The geniuses at Digital Photography School show how to create some pizzazz by adding a small area of color to a black-and-white photo.

The process involves “desaturating” the color from an image and then using the History Brush to “paint in” the desired area. It’s pretty simple overall, though you’ll need to go slowly and exercise care around the edges. This tutorial leverages Photoshop, though it should work similarly in any image editor that has the same desaturate and history-brush tools. — Rick Broida

Originally from Lifehacker

David Pescovitz:

In 2004, Alek Komarnitsky hoaxed the online public into thinking they were controlling thousands of Christmas lights on his house. Then last year, he actually rigged up a real tele-operated system of Christmas lights. (Previous BB post here.) Alek just emailed me to say that they’re up again. Or so he claims. Again. From his email:

Three live webcams allow you to view the 15,000 lights and
giant inflatable Elmo, Frosty, Santa, and Homer Simpson plus
X10 power technology allows you to turn ‘em on and off – D’OH!
Over $14,000 raised so far for Celiac Disease.

Merry Christmas and HO HO HO,
alek

P.S. Few more bells & whistles this year – one example is Google Mapp’ing the 100+ countries that have come by.

Link

Originally from Boing Boing

A nifty little Flash app called Flicker Time grabs photos of the “momment” and generates a dynamic digital clock with them.

Enter the tags you’d like the images based on (or none for totally random choices), and Flicker Time assembles the clock: digital numbers made of images, with an analog ticker in the background. Mouse over any image to see a larger version, and be sure to hang in there for at most a minute to see the neat-o transition, where images fly in to create the new digit. This sucker requires a fast connection, and it’s more of a time waster than a time saver, but it’s could be a fun alternative to your screensaver. — Gina Trapani

Originally from Lifehacker

Simply put, for a 1080i/p game the console has 55% less time per pixel to render any special effects, anti-aliasing, illumination, etc. than for a 720p game.Is it really harder for a developer to make a game for 1080p as opposed to 1080i? No.Read on for more information

Originally from digg / Technology

Web site vNES lets you play any of over 200 NES games online, in your browser.

While not the life hackiest of web sites, you could tell yourself that if you can get a quick Paperboy fix in your browser when you need it (only me?), you won’t have to waste your time digging through your storage boxes in order to hook up your Nintendo, then spend the next hour blowing, pushing, and coaxing your cartridge to the sweet spot that will actually let you play it. Sounds like a time saver to me. Requires Java 1.5 or higher. — Adam Pash

Originally from Lifehacker