Patrick Havens on August 29th, 2008

Nvidia hired Jaimie and Adam from Mythbusters to explain the difference between a CPU and a GPU.  In it they used a paintball gun (computer controlled) to paint a face.  That in itself sounds cool… but the monster they created to compare to a GPU “painted” the Mona Lisa within milliseconds.

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Patrick Havens on August 21st, 2008

I read about the glitch the other day.  It showed a golf ball landing ON the water, then as Tiger Woods you could walk out and hit it.  Needless to say, it sounded like a glitch, BUT…
As a response to a fan video from Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 08, Tiger Woods and EA SPORTS demonstrate [...]

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Patrick Havens on July 22nd, 2008

Okay Gizmodo had a link to a new “feature” at the LA Museum of Natural History. This is a video of a dinosaur on the loose in the exhibit halls. No computer effects used here, folks: it’s all real. Well, I mean, it’s not a real dinosaur of course or those kids would be totally [...]

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Patrick Havens on July 18th, 2008

I found a site that supposedly interprets who I am by my first name. And in most cases (like horoscopes) I blow them off. But This one hit fairly close, so I thought I’d share and have you see what you think.

What Patrick Means

You are influential and persuasive. You tend to have a [...]

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Patrick Havens on July 6th, 2008

OK… this was a great clip from a minor league game (Fresno vs. Tacoma).  This ball girl uses some ninja skills and shows up the left fielder.

Yes, you might want to play it a couple times. It is hard to believe…

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