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Professor Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture” [I Heart Tech]

If you were told that you had pancreatic cancer, and that you only had months to live, what would you do? What if you were also one of the pioneers of Virtual Reality research, a professor, and a father of three? Professor Randy Pausch at Carnegie-Mellon University was in that situation, and he decided to […]

7Apr2008 | delsydsoftware | 1 comment | Continued
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MST3K Sunday: A double-dose of Corman [I Heart TV]

This week’s MST3K movie is Night of the Blood Beast, and it’s safe to safe that there is a suck trifecta in play here. First off, the short film at the beginning makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. But the true horror lies in the credits of Night of the Blood Beast. This movie was produced […]

6Apr2008 | delsydsoftware | 1 comment | Continued
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Spotlight on: Tom Waits [I Heart Music]

Tom Waits is quite an amazing performer, with a voice that has been described as if “it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months and then taken outside and run over with a car”.  Well, so says the mighty Wikipedia, so it must be for-true!  In […]

6Apr2008 | delsydsoftware | 1 comment | Continued
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“I come in the name of the motherfucking Lord!” [Video]

Ah, there just doesn’t seem to be an end to videos of loud, crazy preachers on Youtube.  And as long as preachers get up in front of the camera and dance and jig and scream, we’ll filter through them and probably have them up on IHC.

31Mar2008 | delsydsoftware | 0 comments | Continued
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Beatboxing flute? You damn kids think of everything [I Heart Music]

Greg Pattillo is a flute player. He’s also got mad beatboxing skills. He is also as far as I know the world’s only beatboxing flute player– as in he beatboxes whilst he is playing flute and the result is just groovy as hell.

30Mar2008 | delsydsoftware | 0 comments | Continued
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Turn every Youtube video into a Rickroll with this Firefox extension [I Heart Internets]

Why screw up just one video experience for someone with just one lousy Rick Astley video when with a simple Firefox extension you can turn every single Youtube video they try and watch into Rick Astley?

25Mar2008 | delsydsoftware | 0 comments | Continued
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Bush confronts the zombie menace [Politics Suck]

Terrorists are so yesterday. The new big threat, as so bravely confronted by our mighty leader George Bush, is the zombie menace. Be afraid, be very afraid.

25Mar2008 | delsydsoftware | 1 comment | Continued
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A double dose of the 80’s: Christopher Cross [I Heart Music]

The early eighties were definitely a weird and wonderful time, and I grew up around some amazing music. There was punk, new wave, metal, electronic music, Hip Hop, Rap, etc. Hell, there were even catchy country songs coming out then—Eddie Rabbit, anyone? . It’s almost as if the musical black hole of the seventies […]

24Mar2008 | delsydsoftware | 2 comments | Continued
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Before roofies, there was Hai Karate [I Heart TV]

Kids nowadays are so spoiled. If they want to score on a date, they can just drop some cheap Mexican tranquilizers in their date’s drink and it’s off to the races. Back in the late 60’s, unattractive men had to work a bit harder. They might have to settle for even more unattractive women, which […]

20Mar2008 | delsydsoftware | 0 comments | Continued
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MST3K Thursday: Last Clear Chance [I Heart TV]

It’s time once again to worship at the altar of Mystery Science Theater 3000. This week, we present Last Clear Chance, which is possibly one of the best short films covered by the MST3K crew. Last Clear Chance is a typical 50’s-style driver’s ed film, except that it was sponsored by the Union Pacific Railroad. […]

20Mar2008 | delsydsoftware | 0 comments | Continued
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Spotlight on: John Whitney, father of computer animation [I Heart Tech]

Back in the late 50’s, animator John Whitney was building up a reputation as one of the rising stars in animation. He was very interested in symmetry and patterns in nature, and he exploited these relationships in his animation. Using complicated machinery, he was able to produce beautiful patterns and forms on film. His machines […]

17Mar2008 | delsydsoftware | 1 comment | Continued
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Some people call it a chilito…I call it a chili cheese burrito… [I Heart Food]

For years, Taco Bell offered the chili-cheese burrito/chilito on the menu of all US Taco Bells. In fact, Taco Bell used to rule with an iron fist, forcing chain owners to adhere to the corporate menu. At some point, the bigwigs at TB decided to allow chain managers to have a say in what was […]

6Mar2008 | delsydsoftware | 2 comments | Continued
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Pat Boone sings Dio better than Dio [I Heart Music]

As a follow-up to yesterday’s awesome cello cover of The Final Countdown, I present the Pat Boone version of Dio’s Holy Diver. Now, I’ll be honest. I hate the original song, but there is something awesome about this version. Maybe it’s the big-band style fills, the backing vocals, or the general swing feel.

6Mar2008 | delsydsoftware | 0 comments | Continued
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IHC’s Movie Corner: Mystery Science Theater editon [I Heart Movies]

Steel yourself, because you are about to witness a movie which has such low production values that even Cinemax wouldn’t show it at 4am on a Tuesday morning. Once again, the MST3K crew saves the day by providing one of the funniest commentaries ever.

6Mar2008 | delsydsoftware | 1 comment | Continued
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How to: Make a mini racetrack of fire [How To]

The science behind this trick is that the chemicals in the mousse bubble in such a way that it prevents fire from staying in one place– so instead it bounces around the ring of mousse like a racetrack. Fire is fun!

5Mar2008 | delsydsoftware | 0 comments | Continued
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The best cover of “The Final Countdown” ever. No really this time. [I Heart Music]

And no it’s not the really really out of tune band either. This is The Final Countdown as played on cellos by a Latvian symphony orchestra.

5Mar2008 | delsydsoftware | 17 comments | Continued
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Avalanches on Mars [Pic]

Last month, a robotic Mars orbiter caught a rare site– a series of massive avalanches near the Martian north pole. These avalanches are made of dust and ice and are up to 590 feet across. Click on the pic to see full view.

4Mar2008 | delsydsoftware | 0 comments | Continued
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A tribute to Communism [Politics Suck]

Sit back and enjoy this creepy as hell video on the horrors of Communism… no, not the Cold War crap that kids were fed in the 50s, but actual post-Soviet horrors analyzed. Like Stalin purposely starving the entire Ukraine to death. Yay freedom.

24Feb2008 | delsydsoftware | 0 comments | Continued
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Jean Michael Jarre rocks the laser harp [Video]

French composer Jean Michael Jarre rocking out on the most wicked futuristic instrument you’ve ever seen– the laser harp.  I’m pretty sure in a Wyld Stallyns future, there will be laser harps fucking everywhere.

18Feb2008 | delsydsoftware | 0 comments | Continued
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The submarine Lotus… it’s very real [I Heart Tech]

Of all the really awesome Bond cars over the years, the best has to be the Lotus / submarine in The Spy Who Loved Me.

16Feb2008 | delsydsoftware | 0 comments | Continued
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