Modern Day Jousting Posted on September 12, 2006 by Robin Reply A blow by blow account of jousting by people who joust today. Oddly enough they haven’t changed the armour technology at all – I guess they want to be true to the spirit, but lighter and heavier duty armour (maybe Kevlar) sounds like a plan to me.
Rocket Jumping Zen Posted on September 12, 2006 by Robin Reply These guys have raised rocket jumping to a new art form – the blast of the rocket launcher in Quake 3 propels the avatar skywards. It’s a truly awesome display of the fundaments of snooker being used in a complex fashion in a computer game and seriosly worth a look for the effort these guys must have put in.
Campaigning MMOs Posted on September 12, 2006 by Robin Reply A presidential hopeful, Dennis McCauley has had a campaign stop in Second Life, to talk to the citizens there. Apparently there is room for improvement, but considering this is the first time it’s been done, I’d say it was a bold move. The political commentary is all about whether this is genius or suicide, which is kind of missing the point IMHO. The point is that this guy has found a large and hopefully receptive audience which has been untapped politically – most hardcore MMO players don’t do politics at all, and this is a great way to reach them. From the experience they will have learnt lessons, and hopefully will put those into practice next time it’s done.
Self driving cars Posted on September 12, 2006 by Robin Reply China’s First Auto Works (FAW) has built a car that can drive itself up to 93mph. Damn, I was hoping that technology wouldn’t work – I like driving my car irresponsibly!
Give up TV, watch the Web Posted on September 12, 2006 by Robin Reply Plenty of ways to watch television on the PC, and plenty of ways to watch the webcasts, but what to watch? Lifehacker has a nice list of links to visit.
DIY Solar Cell Posted on September 12, 2006 by Robin Reply A nice aticle on how to build a solar cell which yeilds around 0.43V / 1mA/cm2
