Here’s what looks like an excellent Kickstarter project – Coffee Joulies. They’re designed to work with your coffee to achieve two goals. First, they absorb extra thermal energy in your coffee when it’s served too hot, cooling it down to a drinkable temperature three times faster than normal. Next, they release that stored energy back [...]
How to pledge on a Kickstarter project from the UK
Kickstarter is the online threshold pledge system for funding creative projects. Kickstarter has funded a diverse array of endeavors,ranging from indie film and music tojournalism and food-related projects. I’m currently backing two of the projects -the Coffee Joulies and GoPano Micro for the iPhone both of which have already met their respective funding targets. Great [...]
Human powered coffee machines – and one you can carry in your bag..
coffee |ˈkôfē; ˈkäfē| noun 1 a drink made from the roasted and ground beanlike seeds of a tropical shrub, served hot or iced : a cup of coffee | [as adj. ] a coffee pot. There’s nothing like a good coffee – but all to often you’re no where near a good coffee shop. That [...]
How to charge your gadgets when in the field – iPhones, iPads, Canons and others!
When heading out into the field I always try to make sure that my gadgets are fully charged and if possible, I have spare batteries. For the cameras I use, e.g. the Canon 7D, it’s pretty easy as I have a spare LP-E6 and 6 lithium batteries for the battery grip. However, for the iPhone, [...]
Setting up the Igus Slider with a Canon 7D
Setting the Igus Slider is pretty simple – and here’s a step by step picture guide.
Step 1 – Setup the tripod and attach the Giottos MH621 Sliding Quick Release Adapter Plate to the Giotto – 4 Section Pro Carbon Fibre Tripod With Two-Way Column
Am I going to buy the new iPad 2 and more to the point, should you?
There’s been the usual amount of hype surrounding the launch of the new iPad 2, jostled in-between the slow release of the competing tablets – namely the android and windows 7 models. I’m a great fan of the iPad as it’s replaced my macbook pro on my travels and is normally within reach. But I’ve [...]
Visualising data using R and Many Eyes (IBM)
It’s been a while since I’ve had a look to see what visualisation techniques are out there – possibly because had nothing that interesting to visualise. However, looking at my dive log the other day I thought it could do with a more intuitive way of analysing the data – in the form of a [...]
First movie shot only using the iPhone 4 and edited with iMovie on the iPad
After receiving my Glif stand from Photojojo at the weekend I thought I’d swap my Canon 7D and associated lenses for the iPhone 4, mini tripod and iMovie on the iPad. As you can see from the layout of gear on my table, all I took out were: iPhone 4 iPad (1st Generation) mini tripod [...]
How to transfer movies and photos from iPhone to iPad for use within iMovie
After messing around with various cameras, file formats and a number of iOS apps to transfer compatible movies onto the iPad I took a step back. Pretty much everything I’ve tried indicates that iMovie will generally only work with footage from either the new iPad 2 or from the iPhone 4/3GS. Although PhotoSync is a [...]
Transferring movies from iPhone to iPad for use within iMovie the hard way!
Update Check out my post on how to use the iPhones USB cable and Camera Connection Kit! Here’s a demo video showing how easy it it to transfer files from an iPhone to the first generation iPad using PhotoSync and the manipulate them in iMovie. Even though my iPad is jail broken (so that I [...]
Can you use Canon 7D files within iMovie for the iPad?
Update! Read my post regarding the forthcoming iOS 5 as it appears that Apple have introduced support to playback the Canon MOV files. I’ve been playing with various file formats to see what works on the iPad for (1) playback and (2) for editing within the recently updated iMovie. To view the Canon 7Ds video [...]
Time lapse footage of the London Eye, Big Ben and Nelson’s column
Just another short time lapse shot with the Canon 7D, trusty Joby Gorillapod , intervalometer and mixed weather! As per my other post on creating time lapses, I used quicktime 7 with final cut to add in some motion and transitions. So head over to my vimeo site to check out the video! Oh, and just to show [...]
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