… or really long 1540mm camera lense

OK, I’m not really a great photographer, but I do love the technology involved in modem digital camera and long lenses. I just don’t love the price of some of this things. But thanks to Jarle Aasland over on NikonWeb.com I may have found a way to get a 1540mm lense for les than a 300mm lenses, that less than £600. (us$1,149)

Here’s some info from Orion’s website:

«The SVP 127’s high-resolution 5″ optics and 1540mm focal length (f/12.1) excel for high-magnification study of the lunar surface and the planets. And it’s got enough aperture to display excellent images of a wide variety of deep-sky gems. The tube assembly is just 14.5″ long, making it wonderfully portable and easy to stow away when not in use.»

Here’s some more images, but for more info check out Jarle Aasland post on NikonWeb.com

continue reading "Orion SkyView Pro 127, 5 inch astronomical telescope"

A collection of parodies including ‘I Kissed A PIG’, ‘I Kissed YO Girl’, ‘I KISSED A SQUIRREL’ and not forgetting ‘I KISSED A CAT’.

Starting with the original video for ‘I Kissed a Girl’ by Katy Perry

http://www.katyperry.com/
http://www.myspace.com/katyperry

continue reading "Music Video Parodies - Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl"

When TV first started it was all done live, often when one program finished, the next one was not ready, and the gaps had to be filled. So the BBC developed a number if interludes to fill these gaps, this is one of the most famous.

If your in the UK and click though to it soon you can see this in high def on the BBC’s iPlayer

There’s a slightly more modern version after the jump, along with a version of the original with a reworked ending.

continue reading "London to Brighton in 4 minutes - BBC interlude"

Thanks to cars-show.org for posting these images

Motorcycle Ferrari with touchscreen-control and suspension with variable height developed
industrial designer Amir Glinik from Israel. To fit a motorcycle engine Ferrari
V8 had to «reduce» engine 2 times.

continue reading "Motorcycle Ferrari with a V4 engine via cars-show.org"

Is the Prius design really a good compromise? Does it do itself justice by trying to accomplish so much in one vehicle?

To get to the root of this, I decided to seek out an expert opinion and contacted MIT professor, Mark Drela. Dr. Drela is a professor of fluid dynamics in MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and has been an adviser to MIT’s Vehicle Design Summit regarding vehicle aerodynamics. In a response via email, Dr. Drela had this to say:

“All common cars, including the Prius, are aerodynamic bricks. The lowest drag shape that you can wrap around a passenger cabin resembles the front half of a sailplane fuselage. The Aptera comes pretty close, assuming they designed it properly.”

Go to Gas2.org to read more

So has the love of all things Apple finally come to an end? What with AmberMac no longer wanting the new 3GiPhone due to the high price of the 3 year contracts that Rogers are charging in Canada, and now even the iPhone loving American’s seem to have lost that loving feeling for the new 3G version.

This is a great song by the new host of Mahalo Daily Leah D’Emilio

From: mahalodotcom Added: July 10, 2008

Archive of del.icio.us links

1. Delicious Library - osx software for download - iusethis.com

   Get your Mac, a webcam, and Delicious Library and rediscover your home library. Just point any FireWire digital video camera, like an Apple iSight™, at the barcode on the back of any book, movie, music, or video game. Delicious Library does the rest.

2. How one CEO Facebooked his company - Money.CNN.com

   When Jeremy Burton arrived as CEO at private-equity-owned Serena Software last year, he discovered some underplayed non-mainframe products as well as new technologies in R&D that could be killer in a mashup Web 2.0 world. So he instituted Facebook Friday

3. How It Works: Tomorrow’s Hybrid - Popular Science - popsci.com

   The ReCharge, Volvo’s concept plug-in hybrid, could squeeze 160 miles from a gallon of gas by tossing out the power-wasting transmission. It packs a small electric motor inside each wheel, so that no power is lost in the drivetrain.

4. World’s First Super Conductor Electric Powered Car From Japan - UberReview.com

   Japanese manufacturer Sumitomo Electric has created an electric car that boosts its performance through the use of liquid nitrogen-cooled super-conduction. The result is greater efficiency and range than regular electric vehicles.

10 more Articles after the jump
continue reading "Week 08-24 del.icio.us links June 14, 2008"