Laziness more or less invented all the things. https://t.co/QE1WguScSG
— John Ringo SF Author (@Jringo1508) June 18, 2025
why the webcam was invented
the Teapot that gave us CGI
From RedIdaho and others on instapundit comments:
That Teapot is the reference used as the first 3d object to ever be render computers. It is so famous there are mathematical formulas that describe it....
GeorgeTurner added:
It was foundational in learning to do computer rendering and ray tracing. The tea pot was described mathematically, perhaps one of the first common, real-world, 3-D objects so described, so all the graphics programmers used it for improving their algorithms and programs, leading us into the world of CGI. Everybody rendered that teapot, in countless situations. ETA: Basically, that teapot was part of what moved us from 8-bit Atari graphics to photo-realistic CGI images.
philippine art
we have several of these paintings on the wall, bought by Lolo to decorate his house.
Paintings of the rural Philippines. With wonderful Guitar music to accompany the paintings.
Paintings of the rural Philippines. With wonderful Guitar music to accompany the paintings.
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from wikipedia:
Nicknamed the "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art,"[2] he was the first-ever to be recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines.[3] He was recognized as such for his "pioneering use of impressionistic technique" as well as his skill in the use of lighting and backlighting in his paintings, "significant not only in the development of Philippine art but also in the formation of Filipino notions of self and identity."
fans
Medievalist net has an article on fans: Mainly Chinese fans, which were flat.
And yes these palm fans are mentioned (we have one hanging on our wall to use when the electricity is off).
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| A modern palmetto fan from southern China. Photo by WikiCantona / Wikimedia Commons |
but what about those folding hand fans?
According to Wikipedia:
The folding fan (Chinese: 折扇), invented in Japan...In 988 AD, folding fans were first introduced in China by a Japanese monk from Japan as a tribute during the Northern Song dynasty; these folding fans became very fashionable in China by the Southern Song dynasty....
While the folding fans gained popularity, the traditional silk round fans continued to remain mainstream in the Song dynasty.
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but folding fans have also been used as weapons.
and fans are also used in the war of the sexes: