1, 2, and 3 are all good and well, but the last 3 searches definitely shouldn’t be key words for my site. I hope the last two searches were done ironically for a joke. I might have to reconsider what I write in my posts and where I link to.

That's just because you're only wearing one shoe

It seems like the hits keep coming for Apple’s latest product. Maybe this is an isolated incident, or maybe it’s been like this for all the previous models, but I’ve never noticed it on my prior iPhones.

My iPhone 4′s camera appears to be off axis by 2.4 degrees. I laid the camera on it’s right side (the side without the volume buttons) on a flat surface and took a picture of the back of my keyboard which was also laying flat on the same surface and there was a noticeable slant to the resulting image.

Is anyone else having this same issue?

Cross Process iPhone App Test, originally uploaded by GBMB.

Nick from GreyScaleGorilla released a new iPhone app today called Cross Process. If you were a fan of his other app ShakeItPhoto, you will probably dig this one. It emulates the look of cross processed film and adds a nifty little white border. It has settings to choose which colors to process and also allows you to process new pictures or photos from your photo library, much like his last app.

Here are a few more examples of pictures from the app when used in daylight, night time, and tungsten lights respectively.

Smile, You're On Camera

Today at work, I was killing time during a render, when I stumbled across a great use for the Back To My Mac function of MobileMe. Essentially it is a feature that allows you to remotely connect to your Mac over the internet and see your files as if they were attached to your local computer as an external drive, or see your screen and control your computer from within a window. It works great when it works, but there have been several times where it won’t work due to incompatible routers or networks. I’ve actually read a few stories online about how people have recovered stolen MacBooks and MacBook Pros by watching the thief log into various sites and then reporting it to the authority. But that’s all besides the point of this post.

Since I knew that my roommate Jesse was home because I had just spoken to him on IM, I decided to play a little joke. I launched MobileMe’s screen sharing option and opened up iMovie and launched the capture window and set it to record from my built-in iSight camera. Once I had that set, I opened up my iTunes library and picked a song that would be funny when played at a high volume. The theme song to Family Matters seemed like it fit the bill. (Don’t ask why I have that song). Next, I launched Text Edit and typed a quick message to Jesse. I wanted to make sure it was large enough and obvious enough for him to see when he walked in so he knew it was a joke, and not my computer malfunctioning. The final step was turning my volume all the way up on both iTunes and my computer and pressing record on iMovie and play on iTunes.

In hind sight it would have been more funny if I could have figured out a way to hide the capture window and then just kept doing this over and over again until Jesse figured out what was going on.

The image at the top of this post is a screen capture of the whole set up, and if you watch the video, you can actually hear the screen caps firing off. I was quite pleased with the over all performance of Back To My Mac. I am sure I used it for the opposite purpose of what they had intended when adding this feature to MobileMe, but there’s nothing wrong with stumbling onto an accidental feature. They should turn this into a selling point. Anyhow, here is the video. Enjoy.

trapcode particular + sound keys test

AJ showed me an awesome music video the other day and asked how they did it, so i tossed together a particle system and grabbed a song from my itunes to test it out. not nearly as cool, but somewhat close. i need particular 2.0 i think.

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Tags: Tropic Thunder, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Cruise

After the appearances of Tropic Thunder’s three leading men (Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr, and Jack Black) on American Idol and the MTV Movie Awards, one could make the argument that Dreamworks covered their viral bases for this movie by hitting a few key demographics within some very large tv audiences. But that wasn’t enough.

Rain Of Madness – a Mockumentary on the making of the fake movie of which Tropic Thunder, the real movie, shares its name. Still with me?

Tugg Speedman – Ben Stiller’s character’s name in Tropic Thunder

Simple Jack – a movie referenced within Tropic Thunder starring Tugg Speedman

Scorcher VI – a movie referenced within Tropic Thunder starring Tugg Speedman

Panda Relocation Foundation – Tugg Speedman’s favorite charity

The Peck Agency – Tugg Speedman’s talent agency

Kirk Lazarus – Robert Downey Jr.’s character’s name in Tropic Thunder

Satan’s Alley – a movie referenced within Tropic Thunder starring Kirk Lazarus

Make Pretty Skin Clinic – the clinic where Kirk Lazarus underwent skin pigment surgery (aka black face)

Jeff Portnoy – Jack Black’s character’s name in Tropic Thunder

Fatties: Fart 2 – a movie referenced within Tropic Thunder

Cody Keith Underwood – Danny McBride’s Character’s name in Tropic Thunder

Booty Sweat – the official energy drink of Brandon T. Jackson’s character, Alpa Chino. It has been mentioned on several blogs that the actual drink is for sale if one were interested in buying it. I believe you can get them at Hot Topics. There is a reference to it on Tropic Thunder’s official site but it lists it as coming soon.

UPDATE:

Alpa Chino’s Website

Simple Jack Site down

Tags: Tropic Thunder, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr.