Were you floored by the fireworks display at the Beijing Olympics?  Turns out an almost 1-minute sequence of the display was digitally faked.

The opening to the Bejing Olympics featured a staggering fireworks display, but those watching at home were tricked into thinking what they saw was real. Some of it was actually CGI.

The fakery was unearthed by a local Chinese newspaper, The Beijing Times, which revealed that a 55-second sequence was created by a visual effects team, which included a series of giant footsteps made by fireworks.

Confusingly, this actually took place in the real ceremony, but the organisers felt that the sequence of 28 footprints would not be accurately captured live, so they faked it.

Historians have found the earliest digital computer music recording, which was made in 1951 by the BBC for a musical performance in a children's radio show.

The recording captures one of the earliest computers to use short term random access memory playing God Save the King, Baa Baa Black Sheep and a short piece of Glenn Miller's In The Mood.

The Ferranti Mark 1 computer was built by UK electrical engineering firm Ferranti in collaboration with Manchester University, UK. It was the world's first commercial computer, and nine were sold between 1951 and 1957.

So I was on Boingboing today reading about the Juice Box, Mattel's Teen aimed entertainment player with a little 2.7 inch LCD screen that people hack all the time. (you can find them for $25 for a 6 pack at overstock.com). Lots of Linux hacking etc. Stuff I'm not really interested in spending a lot of my free time doing.

Then I ran across this:
A guy has built a MAME emulator for old digital cameras. Now, THAT's something I would enjoy. If you're over 30, MAME plays every stand-alone video game of your childhood. Thought it was slick and Jason said I should share. So I'm sharing.

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