Lytro: Capturing Life in Living Pictures

Introducing, potentially, the most versatile camera ever.  Lytro is the name given to the newest advancement in cameras; the light field camera.  The concept behind this camera is simple.  “Shoot first, focus after.”  This camera uses light field technology, which is a core concept in imaging science.  Light fields describe the amount of light traveling…

Team Fortress’ Biggest Update Yet

If you haven’t caught up with Valve news lately, then here it is: MEET THE MEDIC IS HERE! Wait, that’s probably not what you wanted… Team Fortress 2 is free. Forever. Like, forever and ever and ever and even until after you’re dead! With several modes like Capture the Flag and Capture the Point, TF2…

TV Spotlight of the Week: Everybody Loves Raymond

This week’s TV Spotlight of the Week is on another classic cancelled TV show called Everybody Loves Raymond. This show was cancelled on May 16, 2005. The show revolves around the family interactions and real life personalities of Raymond Romano and the creator, Philip Rosenthal. The main protagonists of this popular TV series are Ray…

An Earth on the Earth?

You know those moments where you’re bored and just clicking around when you come across something super awesome? Well, that happened to me today. Our friends over in Japan have blown my mind again. The Tokyo National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation has built a model of the Earth. They did this with 10…

The release of the Wii-U

A new Wii! When I first heard the E3 broadcast, I admit I did a little dance around my room much to the amusement of my surrounding family members. I do not care however, because just last week, Nintendo announced that they were going to release a new console; the Wii-U!

Photo of the Day: View from the Top

My sister is getting married next year, and I can’t stop daydreaming about the details of the wedding! So sometimes, instead of studying for my (please don’t remind me) many exams, I like reading different wedding blogs, particularly photo blogs. This photo of the day was taken by a local photographer called “TLAW Photographer” who…

TV Spotlight of the Week: Seinfeld

For the past month I have been watching the popular comedy Seinfeld, despite it being a pretty old show, as it was cancelled in May 1998. This TV sitcom is about a fictional version of Jerry Seinfeld which predominantly revolves around his interactions with his friends, family and acquaintances around New York City. The main protagonists…

So simple, even an idiot can use it!

I don’t mean to insult anyone here, I’m just talking about your [below] average student who never takes notes because they think they’re cool like that. And then they fail tests and complain that it’s the teacher’s fault. Well, I’m sure taking notes on the computer is way faster, however when it comes to diagrams…

Get to love Mondays!

Raise your hand if at one point you wanted Mondays to be gone forever. Come on, don’t be shy, we’ve all had that same experience. Mondays are a start to another dreary and stress-filled weekend, where you learn to hate the alarm clock once again and wake up bleary-eyed. If you’ve ever read “Garfield” by…