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Giant working NES controller/coffee table
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 09, 2008
Kyle Downes of the aptly named "Ultra Awesome" blog built this genius coffee table that's an enormous, working NES controller! It opens to reveal storage space for tons of game-carts .Link(via Wonderland)
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Amitai Etzioni: Let's "bomb" Myanmar--with rice
via The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com by Amitai Etzioni on May 09, 2008
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates stated earlier this week that he "couldn't imagine the United States dropping aid by air" to the million displaced people of Myanmar "without permission from the Myanmar government." "It's sovereign air space, and you'd need their permission to fly in that air space," U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Michael Mullen explained to reporters. Such airdrops...
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Kids' game adds 500-1000 words to its forbidden list every day
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 09, 2008
The kid-centric online game Club Penguin (acquired by Disney last year) adds 500-1000 words a day to its list of forbidden chat-words in an effort to keep things clean. Wanna bet that kids come up with 2000-4000 new variant spellings a day?Merrifield also thinks that there is an over-reliance on technology that ignores the human element, which is why they've decided to devote two-thirds of...
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Hey, Maybe This iPhone Thing Won't Be So Bad After All [Iphone Gaming]
via Kotaku by Luke Plunkett on May 09, 2008
Ignore, for a moment, the commentary indicating the game's propensity for crashing. Raging Thunder isn't exactly a big-budget title. What it is, however, is a shining example of just why the iPhone holds so much potential as a gaming device. If some backyard coders can come up with something that looks this good, and takes such precise advantage of the iPhone's accelerometer, imagine...
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And people say foreign film is inaccessible -- Toho Kingdom
via MetaFilter by (author unknown) on May 09, 2008
Shared by hikikomori I shared this solely for the idea of Batman vs. Godzilla... You just don't see quality match-ups like that anymore.Toho kingdom is a deeply obsessive website devoted to Japanese media company Toho. Highlights include monster bios, failed projects(including Batman vs. Godzilla and Godzillavs. the Devil), in-depth articles, movie concept art and music tablature. You can...
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Nanotech Precisely Measures Spiciness So Your Tongue Doesn't Have To [Nanotech]
via io9 by Ed Grabianowski on May 09, 2008
The Scoville Units you see on the side of chili sauce bottles are measured subjectively by taste testers, who determine how hot a given hot sauce really is. But now a new nanotechnology will allow food scientists to quickly and cheaply measure the exact amount of capsaicinoids — the active component in chili peppers — in each spicy sample. Science gives us many wondrous things, but you...
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My God, It's Full Of Future Technology [2001 A Space Odyssey]
via io9 by Graeme McMillan on May 09, 2008
... article - which begins "When 2001: A Space Odyssey premiered 40 years ago, living and working in space full time was science fiction. Today, three resident crew members are aboard the International Space Station 365 days a year operating one of the most complex engineering projects in history," letting you know just what you're in for - lists the many ways in which the "ultimate trip" has...
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A Suspension Bridge Built to Be a Musical Instrument [Architecture]
via io9 by Annalee Newitz on May 09, 2008
As we understand more and more about the materials to build suspension bridges, their shapes are going to become more bizarre and seemingly impossible. Architect Santiago Calatrava made this suspension bridge in Jerusalem to resemble the shape of a lyre, a stringed instrument popular during classical antiquity. This oddly-shaped suspension bridge will be completed this month, and stands at the...
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An Abandoned Tank Base
via English Russia by (author unknown) on May 09, 2008
Shared by hikikomori Click through for some great photos. I'm pretty sure this area was in COD4.This guys took a trip to the Russian abandoned tank army base.Look like this place could make a good scenery for some 3d shooter game... read more....
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via Official Google Reader Blog by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
... there's all sorts of information "out there" just waiting to be streamed, shared and otherwise consumed by you and your friends. Now you can finally show all of your Reader friends that awesome talking cat video you found, your favorite grilled trout recipe, or reviews of the best brunch place in your neighborhood -- all without a subscription.Here are a few new ways you can add and share ...
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