Is 3D here to stay? Easy answer is yes, but the bigger question is why? And what caused the sudden interest in 3D?

If you want to save yourself from reading this blog in its entirety all you need to know is, its about money. If you care to know the finer points, then read on...

3D is not something new. 3D has been around in film and movies since the 1950's. It has been through many different phases of how to let you see the moving picture in three dimensions, but the basic concept has always been the same.

If you want to know more about the different approaches or how they work check out this wiki page: 3-D Film. This blog is focused on where we are to day and what caused the re-interest in 3D.

The Movie Theater : ...Read more

My Windows 7 Launch Party Pack arrived today from UPS. Here is a simple unboxing of the package.

Package Arrives:

Box Open:

Windows 7 Puzzle:

Streamers:

Balloons:

Deck of Cards - Front:

Deck of Cards - Back:

Windows 7 Napkins:

Free Copy of Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition - 32bit and 64bit: ...Read more

Use simple e-mailing aliasing to speed up your work flow while testing user registrations.

GMail Aliases for Testing Multiple Drupal User Registrations was a recent article I read that change my work flow with testing Drupal user registration. E-mail Aliasing as defined by Gmail: Using an address alias.

I use a slightly different technique than the one in the mentioned articles. Both technique can be used with any CMS including Wordpress and Joomla.

The Basics:

Your e-mail address is example@domain.com, you simply add a dot or period anywhere in your e-mail name. Example: e.xample@domain.com or exampl.e@domain.com. ...Read more

Adding a blog can be one of the simplest things you can do to start generating more traffic to your site. Dynamic content is the key to breaking free from a static website and a blog is a good place to start.
Follow along as we dive into how and why a blog is a good starting point for dynamic content to your site.

Dynamic content in our case is content that changes or updates. Its a reason for people to come back to your site. If they have read all the pages your site has to offer, why would they want to come back? Lets give them a reason.

By blogging you accomplish several things in addition to driving more traffic to your site. ...Read more

• You let your readers know what your site/company is up to, what plans you have, and where your site/company is headed.

Have you ever wondered what it means when you hear 16x9, Fullscreen, Widescreen, or Pan and Scan? More importantly what does that mean to you as a consumer? I'm going to give you a few simple explanations with examples of aspect ratios.

These are the terms and ratios we are going to be covering: Widescreen, Fullscreen, Pan and Scan, Letterbox, 4x3, 16x9, 1.33:1, 1.78:1, 1.85:1, and 2.39:1. Now there are more ratios and those can be found over at the Aspect Ratio Wiki, but these are the most common ones. ...Read more

Terms

A few days ago I saw a tweet from Rob Feature saying that he had posted over at Geeks & God that they had just launched a new website called Free Mission Websites.com.

After reading the post I headed over to Free Mission Websites.com to see what it was all about. In a nutshell its a site that is dedicated to making free websites for missionaries who are out in the field. Anybody who wants to contribute just has to sign up and start helping.

Drupal is going to be used for the sites for many reasons:

1. Once a template install is figured out, it will be fairly easy to drop into new site configurations.
2. Most of the people working with the project are already experienced with Drupal so time is minimized.

Have you ever wanted to know what people are doing with Drupal in real-time and where they are? Well now you can with NowPublic.com.

I first stumbled across this on SocialMedia.biz. I was so impressed that I thought I'd share it with you.

NowPublic.com uses aggregation from several sites like Twitter and identi.ca, then allows you to scan them in real time.

What sets NowPublic apart from following most Twitter apps is the integration of a world map. So you can not only see what people are doing, but where as well.

Bookmark Drupal-scan to stay in the loop of what's going on in the Drupal world.

Two simple programs to get most of your data safe and accessible from anywhere. Living life in the clouds is something that I've been doing more and more. Its convenient, reliable, and safe. Here are two programs that I recommend for day to day use.

Dropbox

URL: http://www.getdropbox.com
Description:
Dropbox links your computer with your account online. Both in Windows and Mac Dropbox is a simple folder. You put content in the Dropbox folder it stores locally on your computer and syncs with its online counterpart.
Convenience:
Not only can you sync and store your own data, you can share folders with other people and/or make folders and files public. No need to e-mail massive files anymore. For collaboration and work purposes, just drop files back and forth with others. iPhone has some capability with Dropbox and other mobile solutions are in the works. ...Read more

In order to view porn when not on the internet, one would have to get it from a separate billed channel on cable or satellite TV. One would have to go to a special section in certain video stores, order a magazine subscription, or go to a gentlemen's club. Why then has it taken us this long to figure out that we need to separate porn from the rest of the internet?

In a recent article by ars technica named Still hope for the FCC's smut-free broadband plan? They talk about a wireless internet that the FCC is putting out that would be a free national broadband plan, with content filtered out.

I wouldn't be happy with a free filtered internet provided by the government. Now of course I would use it, but a part of me would be wondering what else they are filtering or watching as I cruise around their free internet. ...Read more

The reason 120Hz HDTV's came about was to reduce motion and blurring in LCD TVs. However, the technology isn't widely available to consumers yet to support this feature and in the end, it makes the picture look cheesy and is a disgrace to the very picture it is trying to reproduce.

*Note: This post on the negative sides of 120Hz only effects movies, or content that is shot at 24fps.

Technical
Hertz (Hz) is a measure of frequency or cycles per second. See Hertz for more information. So in this article fps and Hz will be used together because they both operate at cycles per second. ...Read more