Alternative boondoggles

tags: news

• Here's a fun critical thinking activity- what else could the money spent in the war in Iraq have bought? How about a colony on Mars? - post by dsgran

Crystal Skulls- National Geographic

tags: art, history, sculpture

• With all the hype about the new Indiana Jones movie (which I STILL haven't seen, no thanks to China's weird movie import laws... and the bootleggers not getting on this quick enough...) here's the story behind the (possibly) ancient Mayan crystal skulls. - post by dsgran

• We believe the Crystal Skulls are a form of computer which are able to record energy and vibration that occur around them," he writes. " The skull will pictorially replay all events or images of the people who have come into contact with them (i.e. they contain the history of our world)."

  
  
  

  Most archaeologists and scientists are skeptical, to say the least.

Camera Hacks: How to Make the Most of Your CHDK Camera

tags: photography, Open, Source

• Here's some open source software to get more bang out of your camera. I'm not exactly sure how it works, I'm bookmarking it here for future reference. - post by dsgran

• It includes details for taking long exposures, ultra-fast exposures, running time-lapse and other scripts, taking HDR photos, and even how to write your own scripts.