Hinkmond Wong's posting on RFID reminded me that
there's a nifty video
tour on sun.com of Sun's new RFID test center in
Dallas, Texas (USA). The video opens with a corporate 'news'
standup intro on this clip, but get past that and they demo some of the
smart tags and machinery that make RFID so cool.
Also, there's a sun.com Science
Note video on RFID in use in a supermarket that's good to show your
kids or manager so they can grok what RFID is about (look for the video
labeled "tagging" in the catalog that pops up.)
Friday Jun 11, 2004
In my posting the other day I almost forgot about the Duke comic. Yep, a real printed comic book featuring Duke, that was given away at a couple of early Sun Java events.
It
was "The Amazing Adventures of
Duke... the net's smoothest code man" -- and though the
storyline left a little to be desired, the artwork was absolutely
astounding. Well, no wonder, since it was produced by legendary comic
book artist Neal Adams, famous at DC and Marvel for Batman and
Superman and such in the 1970s, then on to found Continuity Studios.
During a JavaOne conference a few years ago we were inspired to
transfer prints from original color press negatives onto the web site,
and you can still page through the whole comic online today.
BTW, in the cartoon and animation biz, artists usually create 'model sheets' for characters to show the various poses, expressions, and interactions that the character can have. (For instance, I own some interesting model sheets for Tigger, Snow White's evil queen, and Clarabelle Cow.) We never created a model sheet for Duke per se, but we used the Neal Adams comic as a reference for side shots and surprised expressions, and it served us in good stead. Check out the many ways that Adams uses various angles of Duke's nose to show expression.
P.S. A short interview with James Gosling is also an interesting Duke-related read.
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