Infrared and You -

make a working infrared filter for photography and video with common household objects.

First of a DIY Science series for my MA thesis in 2007.

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List of materials:
• pair of scissors
• electrical tape
• cardboard scraps
• toilet paper tube*
• 35mm exposed negative ends
• adhesive putty

* science project authenticator

There is a playable demo of Aphelion now on the Unity3D development page.

Ok, that lasted perhaps ten hours and never fully propagated. I didn’t see some errors until right at 12:00 GMT.

Russian heavy industry gives up rubles, takes payment in barter-goods
POSTED BY CORY DOCTOROW, FEBRUARY 8, 2009 12:56 PM | PERMALINK

Boingboing citing an article that Russia has gone inliquid to the point of resorting to barter, with tractor factories paying their debts in tractors and the like…

“In Soviet Russia - The Buck Stops YOU!

~]3″

Hunt the Wumpus (Gregory Yob)
Adventure for the Atari2600 by Warrren Robinett
Anything by Adventure International for the TRS-80 (A.I./Scott Adams)
Zork (Infocom)
Enchanter (Infocom)
Starflight (Binary Systems;Electronic Arts)
Bolo (Stuart Cheshire)
Escape Velocity (Ambrosia Software)
Marathon (Bungie)
Command and Conquer (a Bolo knockoff =) (Westwood Interactive)
Age of Empires (Ensemble Studios (Series))
Alpha Centauri (Sid Meier;Firaxis)
Riven (Cyan)