My brand spanking new Retina MacBook Pro, only two weeks old, is suffering from burn-in issues (screen set at full brightness, burn-in happens in less than a minute, all back to normal after less than five minutes) Turns out I’m not the only one. The problem seems to affect MacBook Pros sporting Retina Display’s built …
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Olympic Ceremony Audience Pixels
In early 2009, Crystal was appointed as the official Digital Imaging Services Supplier for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. One of our proudest achievements was the creation of the 90 minutes of spectacular content for the Audience Pixels and Roof LED animations during the Olympic Opening Ceremony. Again: Pixelphones
Botanicus Interacticus
Disney’s “Glow with the Show”
Disney has added a spectacular new element to its World of Color light show at the Disney California Adventure Park, equipping audience members with LED Mickey Mouse ears controlled remotely via infrared (IR). According to an explanatory video posted by Disney, the ears communicate with IR controllers grouped into spatial zones, allowing technicians to perform …
Angry Birds Controller
Super Angry Birds is a force feedback USB controller for Angry Birds that simulates the feeling of a slingshot. All the controls found in the game are available in this device. You can control the pull, the angle, and of course trigger the special power of the bird. We hacked a motorized fader found in …
Brooklyn (Woodkid) – Ableton Live Beat (Launchpad)
On the path with git-flow
Read a lot about Vincent Driessen’s Git braching model, but couldn’t quite wrap my head around it. This video, which introduced git-flow — a collection of Git extensions to provide that branching model — to me, finally made it all clear. Above that, the people who created Sourcetree, have implemented it in their app and …