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The Glass Wings mailing list and blog is for general idle chit-chat about things we find interesting, especially humor, animation or other subjects relevant to the Glass Wings web site.

Magpies are self-aware!

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:58:19 +0930

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
"Self-recognition, once thought to be an ability enjoyed only by select
primates, has now been demonstrated in a bird."

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14552-mirror-test-shows-magpies-arent-so-birdbrained.html

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Cory Doctorow: Cambridge Business Lecture on "Life in the Information Economy"

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:58:51 +0930

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/04/my-cambridge-busines.html

Direct links:
http://craphound.com/cambridge_biz_lectures.txt
http://www.cambridgebusinesslectures.com/video-of-cory-doctorows-talk/

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Speech-Enabled Avatars

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:24:35 +0930

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/CAVE/projects/avatar/

"The goal of this work is to create speech-enabled avatars of faces that
provide realistic facial motion from text or speech inputs. Such
speech-enabled avatars can significantly enhance user experience in a

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Fwd: Stunning pictures from Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremonies (not shown by NBC)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:18:06 -0700

Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>

Bill Daul
Shirley Chen (of NextNow) shared this link...wow, this must be HiDef
imagery!  Gorgeous and surreal images!   Thanks Shirley!   --bill


Amazing presentation.....

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Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:58:13 +0930

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
http://grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/videoenhancement/videoEnhancement.htm

"We present a framework for automatically enhancing videos of a static
scene using a few photographs of the same scene. For example, our system
can transfer photographic qualities such as high resolution, high

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can't remember if anyone at GW sent this already: vortex

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:48:12 -0700

Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>

Bill Daul
vortex

<http://www.night4joy.com/index.php/20080720132/Amazing/Water-Vortex-Sculpture-Amazingly-Beautiful.html>http://www.night4joy.com/index.php/20080720132/Amazing/Water-Vortex-Sculpture-Amazingly-Beautiful.html

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MP3s of 78 RPM records

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:29:39 +0930

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
http://78records.cdbpdx.com/
"The following is a list [of] titles recorded from my collection of 78
rpm records. All of them are linked to MP3 files and will play what was
recorded. No sound enhancement, just what was recorded. Right now, there
are 3,739 titles on this page linked to mp3's."

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DIY dinosaur lights

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:32:36 +0930

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
http://gadget.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00624
Comes in T-Rex, Pterodactyl, Diplodocus and Triceratops!

Share and enjoy,
                *** Xanni ***

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Custom Hand-Painted Tijuana Black Velvet Paintings

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:08:15 +0930

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
Stephen Hawking:
http://flickr.com/photos/indignico/2755195924/

Wil Wheaton as Star Trek's Wesley Crusher:
http://flickr.com/photos/indignico/2713628024/

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The Large Hadron Rap

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:28:22 +0930

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
Video:
http://www.vimeo.com/1431471

Lyrics:
https://www.msu.edu/~mcalpin9/lhc_rap/largehadron.html

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