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Art Sleeps With Tech and Makes Some Bizarre Babies [Video]

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:30:00 +0000

This weekend marks the celebration of the Vimeo Festival + Awards, which bring together experts and achievers in online video. And, some pretty spectacular visual artists, merging DIY tech ingenuity with brilliant sculpture. And we’ve got the highlights below.

Not Even Superheroes Should Friend Their Mothers On Facebook [Image Cache]

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:50:00 +0000

Somehow it wouldn’t surprise me if something like this did happen to Superman. He just seems like the type who’d not consider the consequences of friending his adoptive parents on Facebook.

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Not Even Superheroes Should Friend Their Mothers On Facebook [Image Cache]

Yeah, But Does Your Keyboard Tie Actually Play Music? [Video]

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:50:00 +0000

On the left: a standard-issue keyboard tie . Sure, it looks great and makes you popular at parties, but acoustically it’s a dud. On the right: a fashionable tie that also makes beautiful music

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Yeah, But Does Your Keyboard Tie Actually Play Music? [Video]

One Perk of Being an Arctic Researcher: Drinking 100,000 Year Old Glacier Water [Glaciers]

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:50:00 +0000

The scientists who research our planet’s poles have a tough, incredible job. Drilling tens of thousands of feet into the icy surface to retrieve core samples reveals a lot about our planet. It also provides a refreshing, pre-historic drink.

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One Perk of Being an Arctic Researcher: Drinking 100,000 Year Old Glacier Water [Glaciers]

Nasty Phrases Are Slipping Into The Official White House Website’s CAPTCHA [Broken]

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:10:00 +0000

A man visited the official White House website to send a message to President Obama. At the bottom of a form he was asked, as part of the automated verify-you’re-a-human process, to type two squiggly words

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Nasty Phrases Are Slipping Into The Official White House Website’s CAPTCHA [Broken]

Wait, You Mean There Are Other Ways to Watch TV Shows Besides Downloading Torrents? [Humor]

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:30:00 +0000

With Hulu and iTunes and torrents , it’s easy to forget that your home probably already has a dedicated television-watching device! That’s why this rings so true, except for the bit about Cops , which should be Man vs.

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Wait, You Mean There Are Other Ways to Watch TV Shows Besides Downloading Torrents? [Humor]

The Prize Portraits From Our Facebook Illustration Contest [Promotion]

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:30:00 +0000

Once we picked winners for our Facebook contest , we locked artist Sam Spratt in a room with reference photos, digital painting gear, and snacks. We refused to let him leave until he finished the prize portraits.

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The Prize Portraits From Our Facebook Illustration Contest [Promotion]

China Blocks Web Searches for Nobel Winner [Censorship]

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:14:00 +0000

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize this morning, and China’s censorship machine is already cracking down: Search results for “Nobel Peace Prize” or “Liu Xiaobo” have been banned for those within the Great Firewall of China .

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China Blocks Web Searches for Nobel Winner [Censorship]

This Is What Will Happen If Prop 19 Passes: Bears With Bongs [Video]

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:50:00 +0000

I was fairly certain I was in favor of California’s Prop 19 —A.K.A. “Legalizing It”—but this informative vision of a post-19 California full of stoners taking over the local Denny’s and couch-bound bears seals the deal.

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This Is What Will Happen If Prop 19 Passes: Bears With Bongs [Video]

The Original Back to the Future II Nike Air Mags Are Going Up For Auction [Nike Air Mags]

admin — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:30:00 +0000

Sure, you could wait for Nike to get moving on those self-lacing sneaker patents . But wouldn’t you rather own the Nike Air Mags worn by Marty McFly himself

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The Original Back to the Future II Nike Air Mags Are Going Up For Auction [Nike Air Mags]