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Amazon enables Kindle ebook lending
Amazon recently gave everyone one more reason not only to try out ebooks if you haven’t, but to try out their particular brand of ebook now that you can let your friends borrow ebooks from you.
The caveat is that lending is only limited to certain titles and you can only lend a book out to one person and only for 14 days. And while the title is being lent out, you won’t be able to...
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Amazon enables Kindle ebook lending
Amazon recently gave everyone one more reason not only to try out ebooks if you haven’t, but to try out their particular brand of ebook now that you can let your friends borrow ebooks from you.
The caveat is that lending is only limited to certain titles and you can only lend a book out to one person and only for 14 days. And while the title is being lent out, you won’t be able to...
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The Living Earth Simulator wants to simulate...
Did you remember to simulate THIS? No you didn’t.
Computers are capable of simulating quite a lot these days, but trying to simulate all activity on Earth at once is still quite a feat. That’s the plan with the Living Earth Simulator— a computer simulation of everything that’s going on at Earth. People, animals, plants, weather, politics, sports. Everything.
Chair of...
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Gary Larson wants you to stop posting Far Side...
GIS for “Gary Larson” brings up nothing but pages of Far Side cartoons, so here’s Garfield instead.
It’s one of those things for anyone creative whose work becomes popular— you’re flattered that so many people like your work, but there’s always the fear that you’re going to lose control of your creation. And so with mixed feelings, Gary Larson put...
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So what are your New Year's plans? Or depending on...
Only a few more hours til 2011 here on the US east coast. A whole lot more hours if you’re out in Alaska and if you’re in Europe, you’re probably not even reading this. You’re probably passed the fuck out.
But how’s your New Year’s Eve going? Do you have plans on partying like a motherfucker? Are you already drunk? I was going to plan to do something fancy...
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Every new phone in Europe will use a USB charger...
Walk into any phone store or convenience store that sells phone chargers and you’ll notice that it seems as if there’s dozens of different proprietary chargers for different kinds of phones. Starting next year across Europe however, all phones will be required to be charged by mini USB.
Two European electronics standardization bodies, following a mandate from the European...
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Girlyevil's Cooking Corner: Monkey Bread
About a week ago I emailed CBZ re: contributing some kind of occasional, no bullshit cooking post. Initially, I figured I’d just document a few dinners or something, simple and tasty things that anyone could make without some crazy Iron Chef qualifications or a boatload of money. Instead, since it’s New Years Eve and I’m kind of bored, I’m going to show you guys how to...
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Friday Cosplay: Dr. Girlfriend in real life
Via Buzzfeed
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WatchForgotten video game adaptations of the 80s
Back in the 80s, when the NES ruled the console wars, there was so much fucking licensed shovelware hitting every day. Dozens and dozens of awful titles based on movies and advertising mascots and almost everything else. But there are some things that somehow got overlooked.
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The Living Earth Simulator wants to simulate...
Did you remember to simulate THIS? No you didn’t.
Computers are capable of simulating quite a lot these days, but trying to simulate all activity on Earth at once is still quite a feat. That’s the plan with the Living Earth Simulator— a computer simulation of everything that’s going on at Earth. People, animals, plants, weather, politics, sports. Everything.
Chair of...
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So what are your New Year's plans? Or depending on...
Only a few more hours til 2011 here on the US east coast. A whole lot more hours if you’re out in Alaska and if you’re in Europe, you’re probably not even reading this. You’re probably passed the fuck out.
But how’s your New Year’s Eve going? Do you have plans on partying like a motherfucker? Are you already drunk? I was going to plan to do something fancy...
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Every new phone in Europe will use a USB charger...
Walk into any phone store or convenience store that sells phone chargers and you’ll notice that it seems as if there’s dozens of different proprietary chargers for different kinds of phones. Starting next year across Europe however, all phones will be required to be charged by mini USB.
Two European electronics standardization bodies, following a mandate from the European...
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Tim Burton working on a sequel to Nightmare Before...
While doing an interview regarding his Pee Wee’s Playhouse Broadway show, he let drop a great late Christmas present when he mentioned that Tim Burton was working on a sequel to Nightmare Before Christmas.
The news comes to us from a recent interview with Paul “Pee-wee Herman” Reubens (who worked with Burton on Pee-wee’s Big Adventure) in promotion of his live Broadway...
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Worst person in the world steals Game Boy and...
Bradley McCombs Jr. died tragically at the age of seventeen when his car hit a utility pole. He was a huge fan of Game Boy, and so his family put a bunch of Game Boys and Game Boy games in Bradley’s casket during his funeral on Wednesday. So when 37 year old Jody Lynn Bennett walked by the open casket, he realized that he needed a Game Boy and some games and just decided to just make off...
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One day at Bell Labs in the 1960s
Lawrence Harley “Larry” Luckham shot some wonderful photos of his co-workers one day at Bell Labs in the 1960′s. In the late ’60′s I worked for Bell Labs for a few years managing a data center and developing an ultra high speed information retrieval system. It was the days of beehive hair on the women and big mainframe computers.
See all the pics here
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Friday Cosplay: Dr. Girlfriend in real life
Via Buzzfeed
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WatchForgotten video game adaptations of the 80s
Back in the 80s, when the NES ruled the console wars, there was so much fucking licensed shovelware hitting every day. Dozens and dozens of awful titles based on movies and advertising mascots and almost everything else. But there are some things that somehow got overlooked.
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South Korea experimenting with robot teachers
In something that could be commonplace when your grandkids have grandkids, South Korea is experimenting with using robot teachers to teach kids English. The day all of our children are taught by ugly weeble-wobble robots is the day that the human race might as well just pack it up and go home.
Engkey, a white, egg-shaped robot developed by the Korea Institute of Science of Technology (KIST),...
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Gary Larson wants you to stop posting Far Side...
GIS for “Gary Larson” brings up nothing but pages of Far Side cartoons, so here’s Garfield instead.
It’s one of those things for anyone creative whose work becomes popular— you’re flattered that so many people like your work, but there’s always the fear that you’re going to lose control of your creation. And so with mixed feelings, Gary Larson put...
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Tim Burton working on a sequel to Nightmare Before...
While doing an interview regarding his Pee Wee’s Playhouse Broadway show, he let drop a great late Christmas present when he mentioned that Tim Burton was working on a sequel to Nightmare Before Christmas.
The news comes to us from a recent interview with Paul “Pee-wee Herman” Reubens (who worked with Burton on Pee-wee’s Big Adventure) in promotion of his live Broadway...
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Happy Year of the Rabbit...
In case you didn’t know, 2011 is the year of the Rabbit on the Chinese zodiac. My wife, being a Rabbit herself, posed for this picture outside of a convenience store in our city.
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Brand new expansion to Magic the Gathering: Duel...
I haven’t played Duel of the Planeswalker for the Xbox in way too long, but it is a really fun digital version of MtG. If you’ve gotten bored already with what’s available for Planeswalker, the great news is that the third expansion just dropped.
“The ancient evil dragon Planeswalker Nicol Bolas commanded Sarkhan Vol to guard Zendikar’s mysterious Eye of Ugin. In the...
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Daily Discussion: Predictions for 2011?
So 2010 is aaalmost gone. If you’re reading this on the other side of the world from the east coast of the US, it’s gone already. So put on your Sylvia Browne hat and predict what’s going to happen in the new year. What big name celebrities are going to kick the bucket? Who’s going to have the next annoying as fuck reality show? How much longer before getting on an...
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Morning music: Frank Sinatra remixed
Was the best misogynist and racist ever! His music wasn’t too bad either, and now Apple Juice Kid has remixed it. He took classic songs and updated them without killing any of the classic..al…ness?
Either way its awesome!
Listen to it here
