engineous http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/ That reminds me... en Copyright 2007 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:08:00 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Open Captioning the Apple properly closed-captioned video? The QuickTime video format already supports it and the upcoming Leopard release will have enhanced captioning support for accessibility. If their video content had captions there would be no good reason why iTunes wouldn't be able to search the caption text directly and return links to those points in the video. It's not just about checking off that box beside "accessibility requirements" for the subset of our population that is deaf and hard-of-hearing. It's a potential profit multiplier, reinforcing the cycle of choice. 1. Make it easy for me to find what I'm looking for. 2. Make it easy for me to share what I've found with others. 3. Make it easy for me to find what I didn't know I was looking for. ...oh yeah, I almost forgot... 0. Let me buy video content through iTunes Canada already!!]]> http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2007/01/open_captioning_the_apple.html http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2007/01/open_captioning_the_apple.html Perspectives apple appletv captions itunes video Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:08:00 -0500 Americans-Only; Fourth Amendment Fourth Amendment of the US constitution for example:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
It's really quite subtle. Having grown up under constant barrage of programming produced in the US, it's all too easy to take for granted that the laws and rights trumpeted apply to us as well. As the saying goes, when you assume...]]> http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2007/01/americansonly_fourth_amendment.html http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2007/01/americansonly_fourth_amendment.html Perspectives Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:31:00 -0500 ...I claim thee. Technorati Profile ...and Bloglines. ]]> http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/12/i_claim_thee.html http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/12/i_claim_thee.html Administrivia Sat, 09 Dec 2006 23:05:00 -0500 Gartner Report on Greener Electronics Meike Escherich, a principal research analyst at Gartner, has written a report [via] outlining the challenges ahead. As more countries raise the bar what are acceptable levels of toxic materials in the manufacturing processes and final products available to the general population, companies need to adapt and innovate now or face an ever-shrinking market for their 'wares. Haven't found a link to the report itself yet...]]> http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/11/gartner_report_on_greener_elec.html http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/11/gartner_report_on_greener_elec.html Nuv-oh electronics environment green manufacturing Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:41:06 -0500 Sun Through Shaded Window
Sun Through Shaded Window
Originally uploaded by aplumb. Winter is finally settling in. Once the temperature drops below freezing, the skies clear up and eventually the snow will come... At least I HOPE the snow will come. I hate it when the temperature endlessly hovers around freezing.

I'll take deep-cold-but-calm-and-sunny over thawed-but-cloudy any day.
]]> http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/11/sun_through_shaded_window.html http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/11/sun_through_shaded_window.html Ideas Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:17:57 -0500 Archi-temporal Fabrication
fabjects1
Originally uploaded by brucesflickr. Seeing the brick/mold in this picture of Bruce's got me thinking. What if buildings and/or monuments incorporated some sort of second, environment-driven structural element?

...Think of large caverns with stalactites and stalagmites formed by millenia of mineral-rich drips of water.

...Or the ultra-slow flow and crystalization of man-made glass.

...Or a field of petrified wood.

As one volume errodes and decays, a secondary structure could be revealed, possibly even reinforced as time goes by.
]]> http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/11/architemporal_fabrication.html http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/11/architemporal_fabrication.html Perspectives architecture design fabrication Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:57:00 -0500 One Minute Make File Bre's weekly Make videos develop has got me wanting to do more and different things. Hard to believe it's been fifteen years since the last documentary soundtrack work and ten since my last orchestral performance. Enter the One Minute Make File:
  1. Take one minute. No more; no less.
  2. Pick a mini-tutorial topic.
  3. Record the material.
  4. Edit to fit one minute.
  5. Slap on a Creative Commons license.
  6. Post it.
Time to get exercising those creative muscles again!]]> http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/11/one_minute_make_file.html http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/11/one_minute_make_file.html Perspectives idea make oneminutemakefile tutorial video Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:02:38 -0500 Sillyphone Cycoling safety tips and flattened a cyclist or two because they stayed in the right-hand lane, where driving may be less demanding? ...or just a pedestrian or two? At least they're softer and would be less likely to scratch your paint-job.]]> http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/11/sillyphone_cycoling.html http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/11/sillyphone_cycoling.html Ideas bicycle dumb idea safety transportation Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:59:19 -0500 Tangible Essence
Samantha_van_der_Werff_02
Originally uploaded by we-make-money-not-art. The coolest thing in my mind, about the minimal laptop form in this installation by Samantha van def Werff, is that the technology exists today to implement a fully functional version. Note to self: Break out that MC33794 E-Field sensor development kit and start playing. Photo Details:
designer Samantha van der Werff department Man and communication project Schaduw en geraamte photo Miep Jukkema www.designacademy.nl/
]]> http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/11/tangible_essence.html http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/11/tangible_essence.html Perspectives design Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:21:03 -0500 Trains, Planes and Ottawamobiles rail backbone. Hopefully it will happen sooner, rather than later or never. Feldkirchen Train Station 8 Having to travel as much as I do for work is a mixed blessing. While it does give me the opportunity to see breadth of places few people do, it can be exhausting and although I'm on location, I don't often get to really see what there is to see. This ain't no vacation! ]]> http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/10/trains_planes_and_ottawamobile.html http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/10/trains_planes_and_ottawamobile.html Perspectives ottawa rail train travel Sun, 29 Oct 2006 07:00:00 -0500 ...of an idea I had. I've always been one of those engineer-types with too many ideas to implement. Now that life is catching up, I think it's about time I started doing something with them, one step at a time. Welcome to Engineous @ ClothBot. http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/10/of_an_idea_i_had.html http://www.clothbot.org/engineous/2006/10/of_an_idea_i_had.html Administrivia Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:43:32 -0500