Cool Little Bash Script

Fun bash script I made that counts the number of lines of all the files in the directory you run it in. You need to have the "toilet" command installed for it to work optimally.

MAKO: Artificial intelligence that does everything!

I found this project on kickstarter by accident and I am very glad I did. This project looks amazing and I can't wait to see how far it goes.

Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi. 

Quite possibly the most simple yet powerful computer ever made. It doesn't have much for specs: 256MB of RAM, CPU, and GPU, HDMI port, 2 USB ports, RCA port, Ethernet port, and an SD card slot.

Even though it doesn't have much for specs, it was made this way on purpose. This little (45g) computer was made for coding and programming.

People have made this little guy do some pretty cool things. Some people have used it for robotics, send to the edge of space, and so much more!

I want to push the Raspberry Pi to its limits and beyond!

My Idea

I want to use the Raspberry Pi and other open source software to basically create the perfect operating system and personal assistant.

I want to use a RPi along with:

• Microsoft Kinect
• For speech recognition and motion recognition
• 55" Computer Monitor
• This will be the final purchase and feature of this build. It's also touchscreen as another way to input information.
• HD DVR Security System
• Mainly using this for the cameras. I will use open source facial recognition along with the cameras to alert me when someone is at the door and if their face is recognized it will tell me who is at the door.
• i'm Watch
• This runs on a modified version of the Android operating system, so I will modify it most likely by just making an app where it will give me any alerts I setup.
• Weather Station
• Obviously you need weather, so I found some open source software along with a personal weather station to give me relevant weather information.
• Automated Lighting
• I'm still working out how this will work, but basically the computer will turn on the lights when I get out of bed in the morning and turn them off when I go to sleep.

Besides these other pieces of hardware and software, this is what I want the operating system to be like:

• Simple yet powerful
• Intuitive
• Personal Assistant
• I want to develop the most advanced personal assistant in existence. Big goal...yeah but I think I can do it
• It needs to be able to learn and "think"
• Understand and execute voice commands (i.e. "I want to watch a harlem shake video on YouTube" or "Play my favorite Pandora radio station")
• Distro of linux
• Obviously since linux is open source, that's where I'm going to be building from. To start off, I will be using the Raspbian distro but once I start getting into the "real" programming of the operating system, I will be working from open source linux

All the software I will be using to create this "operating system" will be open source and I hope it works. I don't know when I will start making this crazy awesome system, but I hope to start realitively soon...especially because a RPi is only $35!

For more information on the Raspberry Pi check out their website! http://www.raspberrypi.org/

-Eli

 

Life

Life is fucking weird. I mean seriously, think about it. Why are we alive? What is our purpose? We as humans don't really have a purpose when you think about it. Even if we explore the ends of the Universe and know all there is to know, what then? If there is other life forms in our universe, which there probably is, what will we do when we meet them? There's a very familiar trend when foreigners go to a new land, they take it over and colonize it. So will we be the ones to take over another planet or solar system? Or will we be the ones being colonized by beings from space.

What is sight? Really though, how the fuck can we see stuff? Yes we have eyes that process light and our environment around us which then gives our brains an "image" and we "see" it. Did you know that you actually see everything upside down? Your brain processes the upside down image and puts it right side up so it looks "normal".

What about sound? Our ears translate sound "waves" into information to give to our brain which allows us to "hear". But what are we actually hearing? We've found that other species of animals can hear different frequencies of sound, so are we as humans really hearing the whole "picture"?

Taste is an interesting one. Why does some food taste good to some people but terrible to others? Sometimes we call it an "acquired" taste, where after you eat a certain food for a long enough time, you will eventually enjoy it. But why does food taste the way we think it does? Well obviously it is made out of certain chemicals and materials but why do those taste the way they do? Did our bodies just all of a sudden start telling us what food tasted like...but what does it actually taste like?

Touch. We are always touching something. But not technically. I mean you most likely have clothes on, but you don't realize that feeling of the clothes touching your skin, because you've gotten used to it. But again, technically you've never touched anything. On an atomic level, only our electrons are touching the electrons of other objects. So yes, you are "touching" things but also not really when looking at it on an atomic level.

We are aware that we are alive, whatever that means. But what does it mean to be alive? I mean, think about it...we wake up every morning and just live our lives. But why are we alive? And why can we think and have emotions which aren't really anything but nerve impulses reacting to situations. When you think about it, we're a lot like computers. They have I/O impulses which make them run, a very simple concept yet computers let us do some of the most advanced things on the planet. We also are run by similar I/O impulses  which give our brains information, theses are also surprisingly electrical nerve impulses. Again very similar to computers.

I'm not suggesting anything *cough* matrix *cough*, but seriously...I just wanted to get my thoughts and ideas out in the open. Feel free to comment and share with whomever.

-Eli

TL;DR Life is fucking weird.

Music Nostalgia

Hey guys I started an Indiegogo campaign to make modern versions of old TV show theme songs. Check out the campaign here (http://igg.me/p/259367?a=797243) and the explanation video below:




If you can't donate any money, please spread the word about this. It would really mean a lot to me!

Thanks and stay awesome!

~Eli

Submit your epic FAILS, awesome WINS, and all other Crazy Stupid videos!

I've been working on making this series happen for years!!! I finally made a green screen so now the series can happen. If you want to be apart of this series...click here --> http://goo.gl/TyMKm

The first video for that series will hopefully be out on August 24th. Then hopefully once a week or once every other week. Also on my second channel I'm starting to post videos. Check out my first video below!




See ya later!!!

~ELI

Gaming PC vs. iMac

I'm getting into PC gaming and I need some advice. Should I go with an iMac or a dedicated gaming PC. Here's what I'm looking at. (PS: Price isn't a problem)

Gaming PC:

• 3.2GHz AMD Athlon II X2 processor
• 4GB RAM
• 450W power supply
• 1 TB SATA II hard drive
• Nvidia Geforce GT 520 with 1GB of video memory
• Comes with keyboard, mouse, and windows 7 (no monitor included, I'll get a 25" LED one)
• $579.99

iMac (21.5" version):

• 2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 with 6MB on-chip shared L3 cache
• Built in iSight webcam
• 500GB Hard Drive
• 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
• DVD SuperDrive
• AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR5 memory
• $1,199.00

I'm thinking of going with the gaming PC because the hard drive is bigger, bigger video memory, and a bigger processor. I am also planning on using it for video editing so I think the gaming PC will be better but, let me know what you think on twitter (@kutarimeikitato or @thebytegaming01)! Also once I get one of these I will do an unboxing of it on my new tech/gaming channel...here http://goo.gl/f2jUY !!!

~Eli

Coolio Olympic Hands!!!

I was really bored today and I was thinking about the Olympics and these happened!

Enjoy!

~Eli

Funny Idea :)

So, today while standing out in the 90+ degree weather here in Japan, I got this awesome idea. So here's a break down of my idea.

• When I fly home on July 11th
• Buy a completely different set of clothes here in Japan to wear
• Try and walk past my family waiting for me at the airport when I arrive
• See how long it takes for them to freak out (if I successfully walk past them)

Just an interesting experiment to see how well my family actually knows me :)

~Eli

My Sweet New Ride (1969 Corvette)

So yeah...here are some pictures of my sweet new ride ;)

I really, really wish this was mine...but sadly it's my neighbors...they won it at a casino and they're gonna sell it :( too bad lol hope you are having a great day!!

~Eli

RaNdoM pICS and sctuff!!!

Yeah just some random pics that I used my new camera to take...anyways, I've been working on this VFX video for almost a month and it's in collaboration with this other youtuber (also named Elijah) and it will hopefully be done by June 9th for this VFX contest I want to enter :) I have had soooo much fun making this video and I am planning on doing alot more videos like it in the future!! PS: Here's a 10sec preview (http://t.co/QXGrVUU8)

~Eli

Japan in less than 1 month!!! #Japan2012

OMG!!! I am soo freaking excited to go to Japan!! about 24 more days  until i leave!!! only 14 days of school left (i think). schoool can't end fast enough!! i want to say soo much but can't type fast enough so check out my weekly vlogs leading up to japan then daily vlogs once i'm in japan!! http://dft.ba/-EWTV

HUH!?

I was just reading some of my older blog posts and I'm just thinking to myself..."Did I really write that?" Seriously!!!! I can't believe I wrote some of those epic posts!!! //awesome btw // is the new # so by typing //awesome it's read "slashity awesome"...i know it's pretty awesome and trend setting but ya know a guys gotta do what a guys gotta do. ALSO I'm going to japan this summer, as if I haven't mentioned it enough!! I am so freaking excited, I CANNOT describe it!!! i'm getting a new camera because i don't want to bring my $200 camera and lose it and be screwed over. This way I'll bring a $99 camera and if I lose it...I'll be pissed but not screwed over :) I have awesome logic don't I? //epic

PEACE OUTTT!!!
~E to the L to the I (ELI)

IT'S HAPPENING!!!

WASSUP MATES!?!?!?! so a few days ago I told you guys that I was forming a band...well I kinda lied then because we hadn't really set up a time to meet and schtuff but now we have and I think our band is gonna BEAST!!! not just because I'm in it...well....maybe...;) but seriously they are some really cool guys and I think it's gonna work out GREAT! lol I gotta go guys, but be looking out for my band...what are we called...if you're a genius...you might be able to figure it our :P

PEACE!!
~ELI

Y U NO READ THIS POST?

So I've been working on this super huge project for almost 6 months and I'm finally doing it on Saturday. I just realized how huge it is and what I'm gonna be doing on Saturday. I'm FREAKING out right now!!! It's a gun safety video and I just finished writing an 11 page storyboard for it and now I still have to find "actors" for it and I have to film it all on Saturday!!! THIS IS CRAZY!!! I don't think I'm ready at all for this! It's the BIGGEST video project I have ever tried/attempted and it's either gonna be AWESOME or it'll SUCK...

Anyways I hope you've checked out my latest video. If not go to youtube.com/TheInfiniteBeast and I should have a new vlog up on Wednesday and next wednesday then an awesome video next next friday.

~DA ONE AND ONLY eli

:)

W0W!!!

I know I'm not really that popular on YouTube (yet), but I've been working on a few apparel designs that I will be releasing for people to buy, sometime in the near future. (probably this summer sometime) New vlog up TMW and a truly EPIC VFX video on Friday, so be sure you're subscribed to me and see ya soon!

~Eli

Better things are on their way!!! (aka UPDATE!!!)

Hey guys!

I'm realizing that my laptop that I'm using to make my videos isn't the best. So, I'm planning on getting an iMac when I graduate high school and when I get it, I will get the Adobe Creative Suite. This is really what I want to do with my life. I want to make videos that make people laugh (like smosh) and make videos that make people say "Holy Crap was that real!" (like freddiew). But I can only get there with your help! I'm super psyched, I know this kinda makes it seem like I won't be making any good videos until I graduate high school...well I have that worked out as well! I'm thinking maybe more music videos and more sketches (I know I need to work on my sense of humor and my comedy skills but, I'm working on it!) I hope you guys stick around and if you're new here, why not subscribe to my channel!?

Thanks!

~Eli