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The city at night is made of light

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:15:01 -0800

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Neat video. I really dig the soundtrack too.

Tokyo/Glow is an absolutely gorgeous short film, written and directed by Jonathan Bensimon, about the little…

City requests your input on Google Ultra-High Speed Broadband | CHS Capitol Hill Seattle Blog

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:54:51 -0800

City requests your input on Google Ultra-High Speed Broadband | CHS Capitol Hill Seattle Blog:

If you have a min, please see this website and follow their steps to help Seattle get Google’s ‘Ultra-High Speed’ Broadband.

Ambilight for video tag—prepare to cry.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:09:59 -0800

Ambilight for video tag—prepare to cry.:

Supercool proof of what HTML5 can do.

Gameinformer: Portal 2 confirmed for Mac, Steam on the way for May

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:11:20 -0800

Gameinformer: Portal 2 confirmed for Mac, Steam on the way for May:

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Sweet! Can’t wait to get my Steam on!

Filed under: Gaming, Multimedia, Rumors

Scans from the April 2010 issue of Gameinformer have confirmed that Portal 2, the…

Junk guitar video demo

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:02:17 -0800

Junk guitar video demo:

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Sweet! I wanna make one of these. :)

Sound artist Ranjit Bhatnagar explains how to build a simple guitar, with amplifier, at a recent NY Resistor junk guitar workshop. [via …

Star Wars

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:31:00 -0800

Star Wars:

Almost makes me want to learn to knit.

Blind camera takes somebody else's photos

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:09:13 -0800

Blind camera takes somebody else's photos:

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Really cool idea. Kinda want to prototype one of these myself.

Buttons is part of a project by artist Sascha Pohflepp called Blinks and Buttons. It is,…

Jet ski + jet pack = "Jetlev"

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:53:48 -0800

Jet ski + jet pack = "Jetlev":

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This is going on my Amazon Wish List.

It looks dangerous and is, reportedly, incredibly expensive, but there is no denying the near-maximal awesome factor of the…

Push Doctor Fixes Push Notification Issues on Unlocked iPhones [Downloads]

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:53:48 -0800

Push Doctor Fixes Push Notification Issues on Unlocked iPhones [Downloads]:

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Almost makes me want to jailbreak my phone again.

iPhone only: Those of us with unlocked iPhones don’t always have the best luck with push notifications. Push…

Dogs Catching Snacks at 1,000 Frames Per Second Super Slo-Mo

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:33:51 -0800

Dogs Catching Snacks at 1,000 Frames Per Second Super Slo-Mo:

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A. Mazing!

Joy.

★

Power line 1, tree branch 0

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:16:57 -0800

Power line 1, tree branch 0:

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This is why you don’t monkey around power lines.

Video courtesy YouTuber BozkurtTekinTahsin.

In case you didn’t believe Louie the Lightening Bug when he said “ya…

In the Market: "Funky metal trees"

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:24:00 -0800

In the Market: "Funky metal trees":

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Amazing piece of hand made art.

I love watching Makers Market filling up each day with amazing new work, with offerings that run the gamut from…

Superconductor levitates around circular supermagnet track

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:24:00 -0800

Superconductor levitates around circular supermagnet track:

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ZOMG!!! IT’S MAGIC!!!

Before going any further, I really should say thanks to William J. Beaty, a research engineer in the Chemistry department at the University of…

Cool Stuff: Tavis Coburn’s BAFTA “Best Film” Retro Poster Series

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:44:50 -0800

Cool Stuff: Tavis Coburn’s BAFTA “Best Film” Retro Poster Series:

The BAFTA (the British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards happened over the weekend, and Brendon filed his report on the site. To promote the award show, the BAFTA commissioned…

Eliminate the blue outer glow in Exposé

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:44:50 -0800

Eliminate the blue outer glow in Exposé:

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For anyone out there looking to make the Exposé focus ring more elegant.

Filed under: Tips and tricks, Snow Leopard

One of the more questionable changes that was…

Just discovered USF’s Lit2Go section on iTunes U… I now have 4.05 more gigs of audio to...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:05:06 -0800

Just discovered USF’s Lit2Go section on iTunes U… I now have 4.05 more gigs of audio to cram into my iPhone. Public Domain FTW!

One minute you’re listening to music… Next, iPod App is telling you it has no content...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:26:33 -0800

One minute you’re listening to music… Next, iPod App is telling you it has no content and iTunes says you have 17 gigs of ‘other’ data.

YouTube Drops IE6 Support on March 13th [Browser Support]

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:10:57 -0800

YouTube Drops IE6 Support on March 13th [Browser Support]:

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Thank god!!! Maybe One step closer to the death of IE6!

In a move that may actually impact people who’re still using Internet Explorer 6, YouTube has set a date for the last day…

My iPhone Simulator is simulating FAIL right now…

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:01:11 -0800

My iPhone Simulator is simulating FAIL right now…

Mimeo and the Kleptopus King

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:47:46 -0800

Mimeo and the Kleptopus King:

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Can’t wait to play this!

As anyone on Dribbble already knows, I have been hard at work on my next iPhone/iPod touch game for the past two months. With the public launch of…