Monthly Archives: January 2011

27 jan

Microsoft Surface controls A.R. Drone

**, Amazon.com, eBay, iPad, iPhone, Microsoft, Robotics
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

Ever since the A.R. Drone came out, I’ve been a fan! I want to get one, but haven’t made the plunge. A team of developers have recently implemented a control application, using Microsoft Surface. It looks like a lot of … Continue reading →

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27 jan

Waiting on WebGL… HTML5

***, Chrome, Firefox, HTML5/CSS3, Internet Explorer, Safari
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

WebGL is a 3D Graphics API implemented directly into HTML5 browsers that allow 3D Graphics to be created in a Document Object Model (DOM) or a Web Page. If you’ve been reading, a lot of my posts revolve around these … Continue reading →

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26 jan

Tetris Ice Cubes!

*, DIY, Games
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

Are you a Tetris nut like I am? I used to create Tetris games for College projects. I’ve done a 3D version in OpenGL and C++ and a 2D version in Java. Again some more items I have to add … Continue reading →

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26 jan

Domain’s, TLD’s, & Hacking!

***, Browsers
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

Domains are the internet’s real-estate. And just like real-estate, there’s a limited amount of property that can be sold. We are now running out of these domains. How did we get to this? The internet today classifies domain names beginning … Continue reading →

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25 jan

New Google Maps Navigation

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Posted by Phillihp Harmon

It looks like I missed this one last week with the hype of the Amazon gift cards from LivingSocial. Google Maps has upgraded their navigation, in addition to making Google Earth a bit more accessible. http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2011/01/see-more-views-with-new-google-maps.html I was looking up … Continue reading →

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25 jan

HTML5 Canvas with Tetris

**, Chrome, Firefox, Games, HTML5/CSS3, Safari
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

So, you keep hearing people speak of HTML5 and CSS3? Here is a quick post that you can use to actually play with the HTML5 Canvas element which hopes to start taking over 3D rendering for the web. I believe … Continue reading →

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25 jan

What I did with my free $10 from Amazon / Living Social coupon

**, Amazon.com
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

Do you remember last week, on Jan 19th, LivingSocial.com had a huge promotion deal to sell $20 gift certificates for $10? Well exactly 1,301,296 people took part in the action and got some free money, while at the same time … Continue reading →

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25 jan

Why Google Chrome OS Matters

***, Chrome, Google, HTML5/CSS3
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

Google Chrome, Chrome OS, Chromium… what is it, why is it important? How does Chrome keep gaining browser market share? If you are not using Chrome already, I’d high recommend you make the switch. Benefits include: Faster web page compilation … Continue reading →

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24 jan

US Mobile Data Traffic more than 1 Exabyte

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Posted by Phillihp Harmon

With the dramatic increase mobile devices and technological expansions of these mobile devices, it has been estimated that the year 2010 will exceed 1 Exabyte in data transfer. To put this in perspective, well, it’s kind of tough to put … Continue reading →

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24 jan

Yahoo Mail & GMail for iPad!

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Posted by Phillihp Harmon

It’s nice to see major players, such as Yahoo and GMail working with HTML5 and Apple in this new web world. Both Yahoo and GMail now have HTML5 compatable webmail clients, to work with Apple Safari, such as the iPhone … Continue reading →

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