The Banner Images, Explained

I know a lot of you look at the blog to see if there are any new banner images that have been added to page and will reload it over and over to see what comes up next. I admit it, I do it myself sometimes– it's fun.

To that end, I've added a page with all of the images with a short description of who/what/where. The link is on the right, The Banner Images.

Enjoy.

Vintage Atomic Era Print Ads

Plan59.com has a schweet collection of good condition print advertisements from the 1950's. One gallery in particular is called “Demonic Tots and Deeply Disturbing Cuisine.” Pictured left, bread is fresher in Cellophane. I'm not sure that I've been been quite that excitted over a slice of bread and jam, but what ever floats your boat.

Link. Thanks, Al!

SpokePOV: POV for your bike

I really like POV because of the way it tricks your brain into seeing images. I had a toy when I was younger that looked a lot like a flat “bat” that had a small keyboard on it. I typed in messages and then would wave it back and forth and it would “print” the message with red LEDs.

That toy is long gone– here to replace it is this is a kit that you can purcahse and assemble to give the wheels of your bike POV images. Bonus points for the Pac Man reference!

Link. Thanks, Micah!

MAME on iPod

Classic video games meets ultra portability. MAME (or at least a small portion of MAME) has been ported to the 5G iPod (includes the video and nano). Currently it has no sound support yet and about 70% of original speed but those are small issues they plan to work out. Support for 4G iPods should be around the corner. Should play any game that was based on the original Pac Man hardware (Z80 based, most Pac Man variants, Crush Roller, Pengo, etc.). I'm pleased!

Link. Thanks, Ben!