Here’s what I’ve been reading about this week:
- Metabones Speed Boosters
- M42 mount lenses
- HumanGear products
- Used Lumix GH2 bodies
- Konica AR mount to Nikon DX adaptors
- Better online communal area for remote group learning
- App.net
Category: ResearchList
Research #5
Things I’ve researched in the last week:
- Sourcing 5/8″ Grip pins with 1/4″ female threading
- New IFTTT channels (specifically interested in activity tracking -> web tasks)
- Better rainwater storage/management via Ram Water Pumps
- Replacement vintage KLH Model 30 tweeter
- Onion Pi (Raspberry Pi & TOR hotspot)
- Analog or Digital video in via Thunderbolt interfaces (Black Magic Design)
- Underwater-safe KinoFlo (DIY LED lit)
- Better Twine functions
Research #4
The list for the week:
- The Finnish practice of giving mothers-to-be a box of supplies
- The GoPro Hero3 modifications that went into the Novo camera (desoldering the sensor and moving it? WHOA!)
- PARCC testing sample questions for ELA grade 10
- New firmware update to the Supermechanical Twine
- Looking for a better Sketchup to .stl plugin
- The best deal on CREE LED lights (at 5500k)
- Google’s “Auto Awesome” filter on G+
- Ghee storage and use
Research List #3
The research list for the last week includes:
- Padcaster iPad mini Kickstarter
- Live-view from camera via EyeFi Card
- Blackmagic Pocket camera specs and test footage
- New iPad workflow: Drafts as a starting poing (with custom actions)
- Cinema workflow for RAW video vs ProRes244
- Home data center (via NAS or other options)
- Microphone boom mount/shock mount
- iBooks Author developments & setups
- Fair-Use copyright law re: video in classrooms
- Multi-charging options for iPads
- Plotting price drop of 4k resolution screens (down $300 in the last month!)
- Outdoor faucet plumbing replacement
Still pretty video heavy, but that’s where some of my focus needs to be, so…
Research List #2
A weekly dump of the things I’m researching:
- Soylent (not the stuff from the book/movie, rather, the new project to make a meal replacement)
- Warp and Weft
- Practical Advantages/Disadvantages of “Full Sized” sensors vs MFT sensors for video work
- Alternative Firmware for a Panasonic Lumix GH2 (there are a startling number of these)
- Building LED based Soft Boxes (got an idea on an IKEA hack for this. Maybe)
- Chromebook student workflows
- Digital Light Meters
- Workbench Micro-Mills