The Sleep Walking Dog

It seems like not only humans are sleep walking, but dogs too.

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2009 a great year for movies?

We all know that 2008 was a great year for movies and many interesting ones had made us laugh, cry or they had introduce us to a greater SF world, one that was far better than we had experienced years ago, but the real question is if 2009 will be a better year for movies than 2008 or at least as good as 2008?

I really hope that this year, 2009 we will enter in a new era of movies with better effects and better action.

For 2009 are already announced some movies that were very famous at the BOX Office like Fast and Furious and Iron Man and of course Transformers.

Talking about the past experience with those movies I could say that they will make quite a history in US Box Office.

We shouldn't forget Spider Man, a movie that has managed to combine romance and action with drama in a perfect mode and create a piece of art, one that can be compared with other.The action will be quite different in this 4th part because there have been many changes with the main characters and of course many more will emerge.

All of those movies have no trailer in progress so I will come with a modification later when they will be done.

Harry Potter...yeah Harry Potter is one of the most wanted at the BOX Office for 2009 too.The little wizard is now in big fight with Voldemort, "The King Of Dark Magic" and he is building an army to conquer the world and create war and disorder.

Of course, Harry is the one who has the power to stop him or not :D we will see this in the 6th part of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince Official Trailer High Quality



In this part, Harry and his friends increase their powers and magic influence to have the power to defend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the Magic World.

It seems like J.K. Rolling thoughts that the 7th part of the movie should be longer than 2 hours and generate a double dose for the fans of Harry Potter and it seems like Daniel Radcliffe is very happy about this.

At first it was about making just 4 movies based on J.K Rolling books but because of his success, they will continue to the 7th part.

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Christian Faur The Crayon Artist

Christian Faur, an artist from Granville, Ohio has developed a new and weird art creation tool and actually is not that unusual for many artists.He uses Crayons to create his art, now you will say that I'm crazy because I think this is weird but he uses crayons literally to build his art.

Actually, Christian uses thousands of colored crayons as pixels to paint faces or objects.His creations are really amazing thinking about how much time he spend on only one piece of art but he still thinks about the passion that he feels when he create them, the passion that leads him to a greater piece of art every day.

My earliest memories of making art involve the use of wax crayons. I can still remember the pleasure of opening a new box of crayons: the distinct smell of the wax, the beautifully colored tips, everything still perfect and unused. Using the first crayon from a new box always gave me a slight pain. Through a novel technique that I have developed, I again find myself working with the familiar form of the crayon.

Christian Faur

As an artist, his thoughts are deeper than an ordinary man so he thinks that the study of nature and the time he has spend in nature has determined him to developed this art style.




The originality of his art has made quite an impression over the world but he's still modest and dedicated to his work.

You can read more about his work and see his art on his official website ChristianFaur.com .

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Cool Shower LED Gadget

We all know that hot water is represented by red color and the cold one is blue, but what you say if the water says you that and not the button?

The LED Shower Gadget will do that for you.Some brilliant guys thought about this Shower LED for those who are getting an early shower and are still sleepy.

The Shower LED can be install on usually showers and the LED will be available to work in minutes.

When the temperature is under 89°F (32° C) the shower light will be blue and over 32°C it will be red so that you will know when the water is good for you.

LED Shower Light

• Blue light means the water is cold; Red light means it has warmed up to 89° F (32° C).
• No batteries needed - powered by internal turbine.
• Installs in minutes to standard (3/4″) shower pipes.
• Includes a Flow Regulator that limits maximum water flow to 2.5 gallons per minute at 80 psi (might affect Shower Light performance depending on your water pressure).
• Approx. 4″ in diameter

[via: WWW Gadgets]

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3 New Games for Windows 7

It seems like Microsoft is on games mania right now because they said that the new Windows 7 will come with 3 more games for those who are in to games.

Brandon LeBlanc says(a Windows Blogger)

"The new versions of these games have been completely redesigned and improved over their old-school predecessors,"

"Tired of Minesweeper? Definitely give these games a try and join the thousands of other players online who are playing too,"

I'm not a fan of windows games but they can be kind of fun when you are very very very bored so they are good for something.

The Microsoft officials haven't made any comments about the future Windows 7 games but they will be a part of the first generation of Windows 7, Windows 7 will be released on the end of this year or the beginning of 2010.

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Google Shared Stuff deactivated before official launch

The social bookmarking service by Google, Google Shared Stuff will be discontinued before the official release on the end of march.



Reason....UNKNOWN but i think they were not ready to take action in a social bookmarking market right between Digg, Technorati and Stumble Upon.

I am sure they will come eventually with a better explication and hope they will create a better social bookmark service because this one was used only for Google Video and Youtube and not to say the alternative that they suggest to us.

"If you want another way to share videos, you can use the "Share" link below each YouTube video. You can also create a public Google Site if you want to share websites and links with friends."

[via: Google System]

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Google Gmail service has been restored after outage reported

It seems like Google has manage to solve the problem that made us very angry this day.The famous email service was down Tuesday after an old method to get down a web server.It seems like some hackers have tried to connect simultaneously to Gmail accounts using thousands of computers in order to crash the Google Gmail Server.

The data used on Gmail accounts was not damaged but the availability of the service was down for almost 4-5 hours.Gmail went down at 2 pm IST, causing inconvenience to as many as 110 million users worldwide.

The officials sayd

Many of our users had difficulty accessing Gmail today. The problem is now resolved and users have had access restored. We know how important Gmail is to our users, so we take issues like this very seriously, and we apologize for the inconvenience.

They were reserved with comments but KPMG executive director Akhilesh Tuteja told ET. “This means Google now needs to differentiate between machines and human beings,” he said.

The Gmail servers haven't been the only one who were affected by the hackers.Some of the Google Apps Servers were down too, so it seems like docs Google were unavailable too.

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Google Search uses a huge amount of energy

Usually, Google doesn't talk about the search infrastructure and how much power they use.Recently I've found on Labnol that Google latency has gone down from around 1000ms to 200ms. Crawler updates now take minutes compared to months in 1999.

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The first post

Hey there!

This is the first post from many that will be published on The Web Pyramid, a blog made for everyone where you will find a lot of cool and interesting information and topics, resources for web building and how to start a web business.

I hope you will enjoy my posts and maybe subscribe to blog rss feed

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The Coming Age Of HDTV - What Does It Mean To Me?

HDTV - high-definition television: it is something that has been discussed for some time now, however not everyone has a strong sense of what it is and why he or she would want to have it.

Because all television stations will be required to broadcast a digital signal after February 17, 2009, many viewers are beginning to ask a lot more questions about how the new digital age of television will affect their personal viewing experience. They want to know whether or not their television set will be compatible, whether or not they will have to replace it, and what steps they will have to take in order to keep watching their favorite shows.

How To Identify If Your Television Is An Analog TV

Analog television has been with us since the inception of television broadcasting. Analog is the old way of processing a television signal.

Television technology took a big leap in the 1960's with the transition from television tubes to circuit boards, but that conversion failed to bring with it any major strides in the quality of the television picture.

If your current television does not have a logo on its front that indicates DTV (Digital TV), EDTV (Enhanced Definition TV), or HDTV, then your television set is an analog TV.

Understanding The Transition From An Analog Signal To The New Digital Signal

Digital image processing is a technology that began in earnest during the 1970's, when Japanese technology companies began to explore the concepts of HDTV. The Japanese TV manufacturers were exploring ways to improve the picture quality of the television image, as a way to find more customers for their television products.

While Americans were busy playing with building the computer industry, the Japanese were hard at work trying to build a better television set. The first HDTV systems developed by the Japanese still relied on the old analog system of sending a broadcast signal to their televisions, but they were still able to produce a better television viewing experience.

When initially introduced to the U.S. Government, the new HDTV system produced a myriad of concerns, which included the issue of an analog HDTV-system needing more bandwidth than what was currently allotted to the television broadcasters.

In 1993, a consortium of American researchers and manufacturers (known as The Grand Alliance) joined forces to find a way to bring HDTV-quality to the American public, while keeping the bandwidth requirements of broadcasters within the existing limits.

Researchers soon understood that they would need to push at least part of the television signal in a digital format to make sure that HDTV could be transmitted within the limits currently allotted to the television broadcasters. By the time they had finished their work, the Grand Alliance had created a system that was 100% Digital.

In 1995, after considerable opposition from the television broadcast industry, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission officially set the standard for completely digital HDTV broadcasting system. This put into motion the events that are just now coming to fruition, with the rollout of the new Digital Television broadcasting system.

Although most television stations have been broadcasting a Digital Television Signal now for a few years, analog television owners have been none the wiser. But that will all change on February 17, 2009.

Will My Analog Television Stop Working In 2009?

The simple answer is "yes", but that does not mean that you will have to buy a new television in order to get the new digital broadcasts. While you may not need to replace your television set, you may have to make changes in how you get your television signal.

There are in fact three ways that the average consumer can continue to get a television signal using their old television set:

1. Subscribe to a cable television service (and use their digital television converter);

2. Subscribe to a satellite television service (and use their digital television converter); or

3. Buy a DTV converter (Digital TV Converter) to receive signals from your analog antenna and to convert that signal back to analog, so that you can continue to use your analog television. (If you receive your television signal over-the-air, the Federal Government has implemented a Coupon Program to help consumers offset the cost of the DTV converter boxes: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/dtvcoupon/index.html )

Understanding The Three Facets Of The New Digital Technology

1. Lines Of Resolution

The newer digital technology is all about Lines Of Resolution. With more lines of resolution, the viewer will receive more image information, therefore bringing the viewer much more picture clarity and detail.

When the Japanese rolled out HDTV on the Japanese mainland, the lines of resolution numbered 1080. To put this into perspective, the standard analog TV signal exhibits 330 lines of resolution. This makes it more than clear that the original analog HDTV format really was a real issue for television broadcasters in the United States. To produce a resolution of 1080 lines on a system designed for 330 lines would have literally required three times the bandwidth of the current analog system.

Here are the standard television resolutions:

* Analog Television - 330 Lines of Resolution

* VCR's - 240 Lines of Resolution

* DVD's - 480 Lines of Resolution

* EDTV - 720 Lines of Resolution

* HDTV - 1080 Lines of Resolution

There is a caveat to this chart though. The minimum requirement of the FCC is that broadcasters must produce a minimum of 720 Lines of Resolution. As a result, some broadcasters like ABC chose the 720-resolution, and yet they can still legally call their programming standard, HDTV.

Other broadcasters like PBS opted for the higher 1080 format. Good for them.

In 1998, when the first HDTV's became available to the buying public, the Headline News newscasters were joking that with the rollout of HDTV, we the audience would be able to see every blackhead and blemish on their faces. Of course, they were probably correct in that assumption. The detail of the HDTV-signal is absolutely amazing.

2. Aspect Ratio

Another factor connected to the new HDTV-format is the Aspect Ratio.

In a standard analog television, the Aspect Ratio is a 4-by-3, which nearly looks square. The 4-by-3 ratio means that it can be measured 4-parts wide to 3-parts high.

With the new HDTV format, the Aspect Ratio has been changed to the same format seen in the movie theatre - a 16-by-9 Aspect Ratio, or 16-parts wide to 9-parts high.

3. Sound Quality

The third factor connected to the new HDTV-format is Sound Quality. In fact, most HDTV programming will carry with it Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, as frequently heard on DVD's. So long as you have a surround sound unit attached to your television set, the surround sound will enable to the television viewer to be immersed in the sound, so much so as it often feels as if you are in the middle of the action happening on your television set.

In Conclusion...

While it is true that you do not need to upgrade your television from the analog format to the new digital format, you might seriously consider doing so anyway.

Now that we are quickly approaching the end of the analog-television era, the cost of HDTV television sets has fallen considerably. Whereas five years ago, the average HDTV cost in the range of $3-4,000, the cost of most HDTV's has fallen to under $1200 today. After February 17, 2009, the cost of HDTV should drop again, making it much more affordable to the general public.

Although it will be possible to convert the digital television signal to analog, you will lose the extra picture detail on the conversion. So, if you stick with your analog television, you will be restricting yourself to the quality of picture you are currently receiving, even after the change in television broadcasting formats is complete.

Although color-technology was first introduced to audiences with the release of The Wizard Of Oz in 1939, color television did not become mainstream until the late-1960's. And although the technology of color was mainstream, black-and-white televisions were still being manufactured and sold well into the 1980's.

Fortunately, this transition will be a bit quicker than the conversion from black-and-white to color. Under the FCC rules for the transition to digital television, television manufacturers were required to include a digital tuner in all television sets manufactured after March 1, 2006.

This conversion is much like the transition from AM to FM as the standard listening medium in the radio industry. Radio listeners could not listen to FM stations until which time they had upgraded their radio from AM to the AM/FM format. The same thing will happen here as well. If you want to receive the beautiful, high-quality HDTV images, you will need to upgrade to a television set capable of displaying the HDTV images.

If you have any lingering doubts about the better HDTV standard, all you need to do is to visit your local television store and see for yourself just how awesome of a picture HDTV actually produces. Just as Dolby Digital Surround Sound enables the listener to feel as if they are in the middle of the action on the television, HDTV permits the viewer to feel as if they are standing in the same room as the actors, on the sidelines at the football game, or on the same beach as the models - it really is that good of a picture.

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Nanotechnology may help improving fuel ability

Nanotechnology may help improving fuel ability

As we are facing the uncertainly in supply of crude oil, as well as affluent prices, other fuel source is a happening and hot topic. An interesting option could be ethanol, now made out of plants like corn and sugar cane. Companies and universities are eagerly working to grow this process of making ethanol from many other kinds of plant substance; that might considerably augment the amount of ethanol accessible as fuel. Nanotechnology might be to assist this important effort.

Presently ethanol that is used in fuel in the United States is made out of corn especially. The starch in the corn kernels is rehabilitated to sugar using enzymes. This starch is further fermented to shape up ethanol. Any how, in order to make a necessary reduction in the United States consummation of crude oil, we require up that production by a long way. The goal prepared recently by the United States government is to make 35 billion gallons of ethanol a year within the next ten years.

Researchers at Michigan State University are trying nanotechnology in a neat trick. They are heritably engineering corn to comprise the required enzyme. The plan is to make the enzyme unmoving until activated by high temperatures. When the cellulous part of the corn, like stalk, is procedures, the high giving out temperatures might set in motion the enzyme and change the cellulous to starch. This would avoid the added cost of creation the enzyme separately.

Researchers at the University of Rochester are as well studying how bacteria select an exacting enzyme, or enzymes, to break at specific kind of plant or other bio mass. They expect to make enzymes, which could change cellulous to ethanol in one step, other than the two steps used by the accessible processes. The advantage of cars that could be filled up with either fuel or ethanol has been verified in Brazil, they use much of its sugar cane crop to make ethanol. Using nanotechnology / genetic engineering to make ethanol from cellulous has the latent to make a serious dent in our use of crude oil. However we do require keeping an eye on some safety issues.

Sharm Kan offers up-to-date information about nanotechnology. He has been working on nanotechnology science and nanotechnology material from past 3 years and act as SEO copy writer for http://www.nanowerk.com. For further information please contact at - sharmkan@gmail.com

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