Category: techno

If I were a cussin’ man

If I were a cussin’ man I’d say, “*&^*! That’s awesome!”

A couple Modest Mouse fans built up a huge kinkos bill and decided to make a music video using stop action photography and 4133 pictures of their favorite band.

“Myself and a couple have friends have entered the above into the Modest Mouse video competition. Using green screen footage provided by the band we cut a simple music video. We then degraded the images and printed out each frame sequentially. (all 4133 of them) We then nailed each “shot” of 50-100 posters to various structures and posts. Then using a digital SLR camera with a long exposure we frame by frame shot each poster. Oh, and theres a little video projection (again, frame by frame on the SLR) just to mix it up. There is no compositing, no shortcuts, just lots of blood, sweat and tears, and a huge Kinkos bill!”…. Max

PhotoJojo passed along the link as well as some tips on how to make your own stop action video.

Change your Google route

Now this is just too cool…
From Lifehacker:

Don’t like the driving route Google Maps doled out to you? Now you can change the driving directions by grabbing the blue route line and dragging it to create a new destination point, which will in turn create a new route.
As you drag your new destination point, the route changes on the fly to give you an idea of how your new point will change your route. It’s always been a little annoying—especially when you want to send a map to another person—when you know the default directions don’t highlight the best route, so this excellent and easy-to-use feature will certainly come in useful. To undo your changes, just right-click the new destination point and select “Remove this destination.”

Now if I could just get the map to import into my handheld GPS unit I’d be in absolute heaven.

More from Google

Google shows the benefits of solar energy

Google has shared some information on the benefits their new solar paneled roofs are making at their Silicon Valley headquarters.
From CNet:

The search giant has covered the roofs of eight buildings and two carports at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters with solar panels in an effort to build the largest solar panel installation of any corporate campus in the U.S.

The system is producing approximately 10,000 kilowatt-hours per day.

That equals 8,347 coffee makers running for an hour, 6,257 dishwasher runs, 3,642 loads of laundry washed and dried, or 41,737 alarm clocks running for 24 hours, going by U.S. Department of Energy standards.

Orange Noise Radio to go silent June 26


Orange Noise Radio is planning to join in a national protest on June 26, of proposed increases on Internet radio royalties.
CNet has coverage as does our hosting company, Live365.
If you are a VIP listener though, have no fear we are planning to keep the music rolling for you on the 26th for your continued support of Internet radio.
If you’re not a VIP listener, visit Live365.com and sign up. Tell them OrangeNoiseRadio sent you.