Just toss the ball in the air and it will shoot a full, 360-degreee panorama. Photo Jonas Pfeil Imagine spending the time to take 36 perfectly spaced photographs and then later combining them into a fully scrollable 360-degree panoramic image. Now imaging doing the exact same thing, only instead of all that tedious work, you just toss a football-sized ball into the air.

This gorgeous photo of a statue in England called The Angel of the North was taken by Justin Quinnell, over the course of three months, using a pinhole camera made out of a beer can. Yes, the parabola is the path of the Sun, with the highest peak being June 21. New Scientist has more information on how Quinnell made this photo. (Via Roger Highfield )

TV-B-Gone-B-Gone. Thwart pranksters and vandals alike with the IR Jammer The most famous TV-B-Gone prank must surely be the one executed by Gizmodo at 2008’s CES. When MAKE magazine gave a bunch of gadget bloggers a widget that would cycle through IR codes and quickly shut off any TV in the vicinity, it must have known what would happen

Avi sez, “Anya Kamenetz has made her ‘Edupunks’ Guide to a DIY Credential’ available as a free PDF. The guide is ‘a comprehensive guide to learning online and charting a personalized path to an affordable credential (or no credential) using the latest innovative tools and organizations.’ Take charge of your educational path and save yourself a bunch of money and debt in the process!” Edupunks’ Guide to a DIY Credential ( Thanks, Avi ! )

As much as the news cycle would want to move on and declare “victory” in Libya there is still very much a war going on there. More??