Day: 31 January 2016
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The 2016 HTPC Build
I've loved many computers in my life, but the HTPC has always had a special place in my heart. It's the only always-on workhorse computer in our house, it is utterly silent, totally reliable, sips power, and it's at the center of our home entertainment, networking, storage, and gaming. This handy box does it all,…
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Zopfli Optimization: Literally Free Bandwidth
In 2007 I wrote about using PNGout to produce amazingly small PNG images. I still refer to this topic frequently, as seven years later, the average PNG I encounter on the Internet is very unlikely to be optimized.
For example, consider this recent Perry Bible Fellowship cartoon...
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Immersive Storytelling - Thoughts on Virtual Reality, part 1
Dan's been playing with a Google Cardboard, and it's nothing like The Lawnmower Man nor like any of his virtual reality experiences in the 1990s. The adventure begins...