Scary! Do I really want to understand? Why do they exist? I’m fine for them to gobble up some plants from far far away. Please, black holes never have the urge for some blue planet.

Video link in HD: Largest Black Holes

- England soccer fans. The only way to watch England vs Ukraine live

This little dude knows he has to cross and he does it. Very dainty!

Video Link: Insect Robot

- Halloween

Happy Easter to you all. Hope you are having couple of relaxing days off.

Just wanted to share with you couple of odd easter items. First off this:

Emm …KKK? Also odd Gay KKK?

Of course not – These hooded people are part of Easter processions here in Valencia.

Right before the parade started we got to meet bouncy dunny dog on crack:

There were more processions on Friday. That time held on the beach:

More pictures and a video of the Semana Santa Marinera.

And right before that we saw some kinky The Simpsons Porn:

Easter is always full with surprises! Got a story to share?

- New Nintendo DSi Available Now

Japan from Eric Testroete on Vimeo.

This is a great way to show off vacation images – fast, compact and fun.

- Goofy PJs

This is a guest blog – feel free to email me if you got something to share!

This article was provided by the editors from LaptopLogic.com. At LaptopLogic.com you can find great laptop reviews and read the latest laptop news.

The process of dithering is really quite easy to understand. It’s prominent in laptop displays and yet many laptop users have never even heard of it. However, for those who need color precision, whether graphic designer or photographers, dithering is a hot topic.

When considering LCDs, it ultimately boils down to 8-bit vs. 6-bit displays and how to figure out what your laptop can offer. Not until Apple was sued over this very issue, did the topic become a hot one to the technical masses.

Apple claimed to offer "millions" of colors through their displays. However, if dithering is used through 6-bit displays, this is a mathematical impossibility.

What Is Dithering?

Dithering is the process of juxtaposing two color pixels to create the illusion of a third color. When it comes to dithering through LCD displays, true color and overall clarity is lost.

Dithering requires diffusion, or softening to an image in order to create the illusion that juxtaposing pixels are creating more colors. Ultimately, it’s not an addition of color, but a loss of overall sharpness.

Why Did Laptop Manufacturers Begin Using a Dithering Process?

Computer manufacturers set out to offer the finest product in regards to LCD displays. However, offering top-quality also meant slower reaction time.

This has been a problem with LCD monitors since development. In order to meet with consumer demand, many high-speed displays have been dropped to 6-bit operation.

It all sounds more confusing than it really is. However, if you consider an LCD possessing three layers, and each layer with color capability, you can quickly see how 8-bits of three colors (rendering 24-bit true color) offers an overwhelming difference in the color quality that 6-bits would provide.

8-bit equals 16.7 actual colors, vs. 6-bits offering 260,xxx. Thus, 6-bit LCD displays use a dithering process to meld visual color.

For the general user, again, not that big of deal. However, for those who rely on a visual medium to pay their bills, it is very important.

How to Determine If Your Laptop Uses 6-bit or 8-bit

With the speed associated with the 6-bit LCD panel or display, our eyes are fooled into receiving information. So, there’s your key in finding out if your LCD is 6-bit or 8-bit. 16.2 million (not actual) is 6-bit, and 16.7 million (actual) is 8-bit.

One other way to tell is by the actual image display time. For models at 12ms and faster, you can rest assured it is a 6-bit. Models 20ms and slower are usually an 8-bit LCD.

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Here comes a neat idea when traveling – GPS Mission. This site offers games other users set up. It’s like a treasure hunt and forces you very often to leave the beaten track.

Living in Valencia I of course had to set up a mission here. I kept it pretty standard but if people start playing it and giving good feedback I might start a mission to introduce Valencia not every tourist might experience. Sounds kind of scary, ey?

Setting up a mission is super easy – you just drop little flags (checkpoints) on a map and add riddles, photos and that’s basically it.

Now someone with an a GPS cell phone and the downloaded GPS Mission Software can take off to explore the world. One question though *cough … where is the iPhone application?

Overall I think GPS Mission is a great idea – it will get you out of the house and maybe even introduces you to things you even didn’t know about your hometown.

Feel free to sign up and to create your own mission and you are very welcome to post URLs of missions you have created as a comment.

Link: GPS Mission

Can keep the balance and moves by it’s own strength.

Video Link: Cycle Robot

Musical Link: Real Zelda Ocarina

For some reason it already kind of looks outdated AND the iPhone does not fit. BUMMER!

Video Link: Supermarket of the future

Not true link: Math = Fun Kit

Mega Gulp!

Breaking news … Breaking news.

PC Magazine finally recognizes the potential of Criticker. They put us before Flixter on their list of Best Websites for Movie Fans under the category Social Network.

Coolest thing is – Flixster is a huge cooperation and Criticker is just run by 2 dudes!

See:

Link to the list and here the link to read the full story.

Will this kick off our well deserved break? I really do hope so. We have been working on that site really hard and that almost every single day.

We also just added 2 new features on our movie blog:

DVD Report
In which we’ll focus on the films new to DVD, informing you which are most beloved by users of Criticker.

and

Heroes of Contentiousness
We’ve developed a formula to determine which films are the most contentious among our user base. Or, in other words:

And our new Movie Forum is really getting super popular – our great users really turned the forum into an active forum.

If you like movies or sick of crappy ones head over to Criticker and rank at least 10 movies so we can predict your taste. It’s simple and free and easy to use.

Link: Criticker

The only reason I could come up with why this web application even would exist is pure entertainment or scare you so you run and stock up on frozen food.

It honestly reads itself as a crime book but it’s somehow more exciting.

Link: Spot the Crime for iPhone

[via: TechCrunch]