March, 14, 2005 archives

someone needs to beat the author of this article about peerflix with an explanation of the first-sale doctrine. the really dumb quote: “Selling a used DVD outright can be legally iffy, as it gets into complex copyright issues….”

the examples from this paper about colorization using optimization (via wes felter) are really impressive. just dab some color on a black-and-white picture, feed it (and the original b&w image) through this process, and get colorized pictures out the other end. i wonder how long this will take to find its way into photoshop and the like.

the video clips are even more impressive.

these monkey lighters from some japanese company look pretty nifty. and imagine the lines they could act as the punchline to if you were still allowed to smoke in bars.

the arrangement of the monkeys in this picture just struck me as odd. they look like they’re up to something nefarious.