December 2011
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November 2011
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Nov 22nd
October 2011
32 posts
If you can read this, it is probably windy →
Signed 8x10 prints are available from me. Larger prints (up to 24x30 inches) are available from Society6 (framed prints too). Ink and watercolour on paper, 8x10 inches. Most drawings…
Oct 30th
‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ Full... →
Here’s the full trailer for Brad Bird‘s first foray into live-action, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. This follows the same basic opening thread as the teaser trailer before kicking…
Oct 29th
The Olympus Scandal and White Collar Organized... →
Jake Adelstein at the Japanese Subculture Research Center has written up an interesting article regarding the ongoing Olympus scandal, focusing on the organized crime allegations that…
Oct 28th
angrydeveloper: I always ignore fire alarms. If... →
angrydeveloper: I always ignore fire alarms. If something is really on fire, there will be a lot of screaming.
Oct 27th
Combine Your Face with Currency for ‘Moneyface’... →
‘Moneyface’ is a photo fad involving folded money and hybrid faces. Simply fold a banknote containing a portrait in half and combine it with a human subject. Reddit user MadSon011 made…
Oct 27th
Netflix Loses 800,000 Subscribers, Will Expand... →
For Netflix it’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times. Just as it made the official announcement they’ll be expanding streaming services into Europe in 2012, beginning with Great…
Oct 26th
Oct 26th
Fully Functional Nikon DSLR Costume →
For Halloween this year, photographer Tyler Card decided to made a giant Nikon DSLR costume. Not just any DSLR costume, mind you, but a fully functional one. The camera actually takes…
Oct 26th
Squeezing the last bit of enjoyment out of the... →
A colleague of mine complained, “When the home team is winning, they don’t bother playing the bottom half of the ninth inning. I’m getting ripped off! Make them finish the game!” This led to…
Oct 25th
Oct 25th
Netflix to Launch in the UK and Ireland in Early... →
Netflix issued a press release to announce that they will be offering streaming movies & TV shows in the UK and Ireland in early 2012. Upon launch, Netflix members from the UK and Ireland will…
Oct 25th
Lytro Unveils the World’s First Consumer Light... →
Shared by Dave This is not what I expected. I was hoping for an SLR. This looks like a gimmicky toy. Lytro has finally announced its revolutionary consumer light field camera. It’s a…
Oct 23rd
Unity is the end of Ubuntu →
I foolishly upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10 yesterday on my work laptop. Usually Ubuntu upgrades are fairly smooth, with a few configuration and third-party repository and application installation tasks at…
Oct 21st
Joshua Topolsky Interviews Matias Duarte on the... →
Josh Topolsky: “Across the board Google and Android is taking design a lot more seriously,” Matias says, and points out that Roboto is used throughout the system. “There’s this thing that’s…
Oct 21st
Bitcoin implodes, falls more than 90 percent from... →
Bitcoin, the world’s first peer-to-peer digital currency, fell below $3 on Monday. That represents a 90 percent fall since the currency hit its peak in early June. Supporters argue…
Oct 20th
Motorola Droid Bionic kernel source released →
Samsung’s not the only OEM releasing source code today, as Motorola has released the kernel and other GPL source code for the Motorola Droid Bionic. Developers can use this, and will use…
Oct 19th
Comic for October 17, 2011 →
Oct 18th
Mesmerizing Time-Lapse of Burning Man Shows 5... →
Earlier this year, UT Austin grad student Matthew Goodman set up a Canon DSLR on Razorback mountain, which overlooks the desert where Burning Man was held. Over the next two months, the…
Oct 16th
Skin - get on a tee more: store | blog | make... →
Skin - get on a tee more: store | blog | make your own wordboner store | twitter | facebook | coupons | follow wordboner
Oct 15th
Dennis Ritchie – ‘C’ programming language,... →
Dennis Ritchie. Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (username: dmr, September 9, 1941 — October 9, 2011) was an American computer scientist notable for developing C and for having influence…
Oct 15th
RAM vs. Energy Consumption →
So why didn’t the iPhone 4S go from 512 MB to 1 GB of RAM? Only Apple knows for sure, but I found this blog post from Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky interesting: Something that might not be obvious…
Oct 14th
Dreamy Ubuntu 11.10, the Oneiric Ocelot, slinks... →
Ubuntu received a major update today. The developers behind the popular Linux distribution released version 11.10, codenamed Oneiric Ocelot. The update brings a wide range of…
Oct 13th
X11 →
Oct 12th
Nikon Prices May Increase Next Week Due to New... →
According to Nikon Rumors, Nikon has introduced a new Unilateral Pricing Policy on DSLR gear sold in the US that will take effect on October 16th. Saying that the policy is “designed to…
Oct 12th
Netflix kills Qwikster after customers bash... →
Three weeks ago, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said his company would split its DVD-by-mail service into a new site called Qwikster while keeping video streaming at Netflix.com. The change…
Oct 11th
Oct 10th
the economy →
I made this in October 2008 during the economic meltdown at that time, and unfortunately, it’s relevant again. Last time, it seemed that people were shocked and sad. This time they’re pissed….
Oct 7th
‘He Changed the Way Each of Us Sees the World’ →
President Barack Obama: The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.
Oct 7th
angrydeveloper: We could just use some cloud...... →
angrydeveloper: We could just use some cloud… Magic-unicorn bullshit for that.
Oct 6th
By Any Other Name →
Marco Arment: Would as many people be disappointed if Apple had released the same device but called it the iPhone 5? Likewise, why the disappointment in no new form factor? The iPhone 4S…
Oct 6th
Comic for October 3, 2011 →
Oct 4th
Oct 3rd
Serious Beer: 10 New Pumpkin Beers →
From Drinks [Photo: Nick Leiby] The leaves on my street haven’t started turning, yet pumpkin ales are already popping up in my local package store. We at Serious Eats have discussed…
Oct 1st
September 2011
15 posts
★ Amazon’s New Kindles →
Kindle Fire The Kindle Fire’s slogan says it all: “All the content. Ultra-fast web browsing.” That’s the best sort of marketing message: simple, appealing, and true. Well, we’ll see how fast…
Sep 30th
Make an Awesome Wall Picture Collage →
Bits of Everything has a great tutorial on how you can make a large and beautiful picture collage for your wall on the cheap: the entire project costs less than $20. Mod Podge glue, which…
Sep 30th
Amazon unveils $199 Android Kindle Fire tablet,... →
Amazon has announced a new tablet called the Kindle Fire and a $99 Kindle Touch at a press event today in NYC. Like the successful Kindle e-reader, the Kindle Touch keeps its e-ink…
Sep 29th
Stephen King Officially Announces ‘Dr. Sleep,’ a... →
In 2009 we were a bit surprised to hear that Stephen King was considering penning a sequel to The Shining. That book is one of King’s signature stories, thanks in part to the Stanley…
Sep 28th
Comic for September 25, 2011 →
Sep 27th
"Success Comes Through Rapidly Fixing our... →
This quote comes from Tim Harford, who argues that success is really just a product of failure. He believes we have to try, fail, and quickly correct our mistakes in order to properly…
Sep 23rd
Sep 23rd
We Tried Everything at Chipotle's New... →
VIEW SLIDESHOW: We Tried Everything at Chipotle’s New ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen in D.C. [Photographs: James Lawler Duggan] There’s been a lot of buzz around town surrounding the…
Sep 22nd
Google+ Hangouts Adds Screen Sharing, Google Docs... →
We’ve always been keen on Google+ Hangouts, but a recent update provided some extras that make the experience even better. Now you can share your screen, collaborate in Google Docs, and…
Sep 22nd
10 things to remember about Netflix while... →
Sep 20th
Comic for September 17, 2011 →
Sep 19th
No Flash Player in Metro IE →
No plugins, period. Microsoft IE lead Dean Hachamovitch: Running Metro style IE plug-in free improves battery life as well as security, reliability, and privacy for consumers. Plug-ins were…
Sep 17th
George Lucas Strikes Back →
This explains it all. ★
Sep 16th
Sep 15th
August 2011
10 posts
Zombie Attack Engagement Photos →
Los Angeles-based photographer Amanda Rynda recently did an awesome engagement photo shoot with Juliana Park and Ben Lee, who wanted the photos to show them surviving a zombie attack….
Aug 25th