October 2008
LittleBigPlanet's level design: How easy is it? →
We run rocket-powered skateboards through zombie hordes to find out
How Randomness Rules Our World and Why We Cannot... →
Extraordinary events do not always require extraordinary causes. Given enough time, they can happen by chance.
Displaying my political support on Digg http://digg.com/users/MrBabyMan/gallery/8745900
Judge forces U of Oregon to cough up student data... →
A federal judge has turned aside the Oregon State Attorney General’s effort to halt the RIAA’s attempt at discovering the identities of 17 students accused of sharing music over Gnutella.
September 2008
4 Very Big Paychecks for Very Little Work →
Here are few well-compensated employees who didn’t have to put in too many years of service
Concerned About The Economic Meltdown?: A... →
Should you be concerned? Find out in this handy decision chart!
If you could gain any sense, what would it be?... →
Just be ready to defend your choice…at any cost :)
Real sues to ensure legality of RealDVD... →
Real’s new DVD archiving product copies movies to the hard drive without affecting their encryption; in fact, it adds a second layer of DRM. But Real says that hasn’t stopped threats from movie…
What Your Wacky USB Drive Says About You →
We’re going to take a look at 14 of the wackiest USB drives out there and speculate what they actually tell us about the people who would use them.
Beware of The Orbs! →
Never has a ball seemed so scary…RUN!!
18 Tough Questions (and Answers) About the Bailout →
I got an e-mail from a reader late last week with a bunch of very good questions about the bailout bill. I hadn’t quite finished answering them when it was voted down in the House Monday. But since…
Lawsuit: NFLPA conspired with EA to cheat retired... →
While EA Sports enjoys an exclusive deal with the NFL, the NFL Players’ Association, and the NCAA, a lawsuit claims that a licensing deal with Madden 09 deliberately left retired players, many of…
Amazing Post-It Note Art (PICS) →
From decorative vistas to conceptual pieces, we’ve found various examples of how these little office assistants have been transformed into artistic statements.
Ten Worst Highways That Should Be Destroyed Now →
Taking into account the age of the structures, redevelopment potential, potential cost savings, ability to improve both overall mobility and local access, and the existence of pending infrastructure…
Bill Gates’ Personal Easter Eggs in 8 Bit BASIC →
If you type “WAIT6502,1″ into a Commodore PET with BASIC V2 (1979), it will show the string “MICROSOFT!” at the top left corner of the screen. Legend has it Bill Gates himself inserted this easter…
Anatomy of the Bailout Breakdown →
All the talk of bipartisanship turned into a flurry of finger-pointing and recriminations after the Administration’s controversial financial markets rescue plan goes down in defeat in the House
The Drill Down 058 welcomes our official 4th member! Give her a hand! http://ping.fm/ymVhg
Amazingly Creative Japanese Barcodes (+PICS) →
What’s in a barcode? More than you might imagine, when idealized through the eyes of some very creative Japanese artists.You will be amazed at what can be done with a few straight lines and a push to…
What Choke and Californication teaches about sex... →
So is Don Juanism funny, or is it sad? The pop-culture ambivalence reflects an uncertainty that extends all the way through the medical establishment—to the sex therapists, psychologists, and…
Revision3 Pilot Program Searches for Next Internet... →
What if the next big internet show already exists, and just needs a little boost to find its legion of fans?That’s the scenario Martin Sargent, director of acquisitions at Revision3, is betting on…
Falls Fall (PIC) →
Albert Leichtfried and Markus Bendler climb waterfalls all over the world, by cheating… they wait until they are frozen. Hermann Erber was taking pictures of the dynamic duo, climbing this hundred…
Top 10 Most Beautiful Cars for 2009 →
Our 10 picks for the tastiest eye candy on sale in the U.S. today.
12 Wacky Painting Tools You Never Thought You'd... →
They’re fun, unusual and by no means essential—but, admit it, new tools are the reason you got into this whole DIY thing in the first place.
1 Man, 1333 Arrests, Four Minutes of Mugshots →
Henry L. Earl is a homeless man from Lexington, Kentucky famous for his extensive police record. Henry Earl had an extensive record, and a wide range of emotions expressed in the mug shots, from…
Why trying to remember a fact makes us forget... →
A psychologist and a mathematician have found a curious effect in which re-learning a few pieces of information can make it harder to recall other forgotten information, whether a list of verbs or…
Top 5 Things We Love About Mega Man 9 →
There’s something about the game that just won’t let go of me. The thing should be illegal for its extremely addictive nature, right next to heroin and Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips.
Eagle Eye Movie Tech Explained - Shia LaBeouf's... →
How much of this new Hollywood thriller’s robotic car-wielding, grid-crashing surveillance society actually resembles modern-day technology? We asked an NSA veteran, a privacy analyst and even the…
10 Awesome Acting Performances By Famous Music... →
What famous music stars did great acting jobs in movies? And I’m not talking bit parts here. I’m talking real deal acting.Here are 10 performances that I thought were worthy of a mention.
The Ford Model T turns 100 (PICS) →
In 1908, Henry Ford started the automobile industry—and the country—down a whole new road with the affordable, durable Model T.
Billetproof 2008: Amazing Collection of Vintage... →
Basically, it’s the most badass Hot Rod show there is. No six-figure trailer queens here. This is a show where surface rust is loved more than chrome, and flat primer as much as metal-flake candy…
Overturning Copernicus, eliminating dark energy →
A paper set to be published in an upcoming edition of Physical Review Letters postulates that dark energy may not exist. In order to explain this, however, researchers reject the longstanding…
The Round Up 027 celebrates the life of Paul Newman… http://ping.fm/23Rgo
A Game Programming Mystery: 2 Formats on a 1-Sided... →
As an IBM PC historian, one aspect of my hobby is archiving gaming software. I ran into something I’d never seen before: A disk which claims that, for both C64 and IBM, you put the diskette in…
Ledger's Life Insurance Co: Suicide = No Cash →
The company that wrote Heath Ledger’s $10 million life insurance policy is being sued after claiming the actor’s death might have been a suicide, even though officials concluded it was accidental….
100+ Absolutely Beautiful Nature Wallpapers For... →
If you’ve noticed close enough, you’ll see that with every operating system recently launched comes a set of great nature wallpapers. This has raised a fact - nature wallpaper is favored by most…
300, Watchmen director Zack Snyder To Make... →
EA will own the intellectual properties, with the option for Snyder’s Cruel & Unusual Films banner to produce film adaptations using the properties. “A dialogue needs to be established between…
Fiscally Insane Bailout Bill: 5 Reasons It... →
The scheme would force taxpayers to absorb the pain, while Wall Street execs reap the gain.
Star Wars Prequel Trilogy: Concept Art (PICS) →
In the early stages of pre-production, filmmakers turn to artists to help shape and evolve what will become their final vision for their movie… Here’s a sample of some of the fine art from the…
The Round Up 027 celebrates the life of Paul Newman… http://ping.fm/23Rgo
The History of Computing in 4 Minutes and 8-Bits →
Here’s a really neat video all about the history of computing. Usually, one would be hard pressed to compact all that information into a simple little lecture but amazingly the “Superbrothers” have…
Happy Deathday, Edgar Allan Poe! →
I thought we’d delve a little deeper into Mr. Poe to celebrate his upcoming deathday. I somehow think he would prefer that people celebrated that instead of his birthday anyway.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Angry Queen!... →
A Queen Ant glares menacingly into a camera lens.She may have the comical look of a character from the animated film Shrek but she is deadly serious. The picture, Angry Queen, taken by Polish…
What Happens to Science Fiction Writers After They... →
Although Isaac Asimov let his body be cremated after he passed in 1992 from complications from HIV, other giants of the past have wanted themselves memorialized in some way. Here are a few of our…
Synthetic Sea →
We are turning our oceans into a chemical soup - the result being misery and death for billions of organisms, and serious health implications for ourselves.
A New Use for Old LPs: Slot Car Racers! →
A train-style record player. Soundchaser is a new way of playing the sounds on records. Resembling something like a ‘musical scalectrix’; pieces of vinyl records are connected together to make a…
Abandoned Cathedral: 1st prize 2007 Matte... →
From CG artist Mark Goldsworthy, this haunting image won first prize in the 2007 CGTalk.com Matte Challenge. Scroll down to see his process…
The 50 most significant moments of Internet... →
We decided to plough the history of the entire Internet, from the roots of its underlying technology, to the Web properties that helped it explode, the litigation it endured on the way and disasters…
The Chinese Space Walk →
Zhai Zhigang, the mission commander, floated out of the orbitalmodule’s hatch during the spacewalk, beamed live on China’s state television service, CCTV. Tethered to handles attached to the exterior…
The Urban Camouflage Designs of Aya Tsukioka →
Aya Tsukioka is a Japanese fashion designer who creates clothes and accessories that can double as a perfect urban camouflage.
The Amazing Driftwood Sculptures of Heather Jansch... →
The relationship between an artist and the material they create with is a complicated and intimate one. At times, the artist chooses the material. But often, the material speaks to the artist and…