Wednesday, April 16, 2003

ART ALERT: Bolt Gallery Check out these amazing assemblage sculptures of science fiction movie monsters and robots built out of scrap screws, nuts, bolts, springs and bike-chains. [boingboing] 10:17:33 PM    comment [] GEEK CHIC: Quick Guide to Surround Sound "Ok, so when it comes to surround sound there's isn't much to know about except the differences between Dolby Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II, DTS-ES, DTS Neo:6, DVD-Audio, Super Audio CD, and THX, all of which have either 5.1, 6.1, or 7.1 channels, speakers. (The ".1" referring to the subwoofer, which doesn't get a full number for some reason.) In case you're not already an expert in all this, CNET has a guide that sorts all this stuff out so you can look like you know what you're talking about when you walk into Circuit City." [gizmodo- the gadget weblog] 10:13:28 PM    comment [] GEEK CHIC: RSS Demystified   In other RSS news, Michael Fagan has put together an Explanation of RSS, How You Can Use It, and Finding RSS Feeds. Very informative with lots of resources listed. [1] "This page is about using RSS, from a non-technical standpoint..... Before you go any further, realize this: RSS is really simple. Just because it is an acronym doesn?t mean that it?s complicated. Don?t get scared away, there?s really nothing to it..... [2] For anyone that reads a half dozen or more pages that have RSS feeds, an aggregator is a necessity. RSS aggregators are set up to periodically check for new items in the feeds you are subscibed to, often an hour or half hour. In other words, the news comes to you, rather than you having to go to the news. This saves a tremendous ammount of time. Or conversely, you can read many more feeds in the same ammont of time. Many people read several hundred feeds. That just wouldn?t be feasable without an RSS aggregator. Additionally, you avoid all the non-new information on a web page, including the ads, menus, etc." [1] (SOURCES: [1] The Shifted Librarian, [2]  Michael Fagan) 10:08:49 PM    comment [] ART ALERT: Ethiopian Icons   Ethiopian Icons: Faith and Science.   Richly hued religious art from an African Christian culture. Serious Beauty. [metafilter] 10:03:04 PM    comment []

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