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Entries from April 2008

Mario Theme Played with RC Car and Bottles

April 27th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve seen this a few times now in my delicious feed so I figured it was worth posting it here. This sounds pretty good, even though I’m a little skeptical that this is real. I think I would have just used one row of bottles too. Either way this is pretty neat. Mario Theme Played [...]

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Tags: Art · Entertainment · Miscellaneous

Unreal Tournament Super Mario Style

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: Entertainment · Gaming · Miscellaneous

Charlie Rose On The Charlie Rose Show

April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Charlie Rose interviews Charlie Rose about the “future of technology, the Internet, mobile devices, and all that”. This video is hilarious. Sphere: Related Content

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Tags: Entertainment · Humorous · Miscellaneous

Encyclopedia Britannica Might Be Free, Or Not

April 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Image via Wikipedia If you “write a lot” on the web and you would like to have a chance to read Encyclopedia Britannica for free (something that you can already do with wikipedia) than go submit your URL and they just might consider you a publisher! I agree with Michael Arrington at TechCrunch, this is [...]

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Tags: Business · Miscellaneous · Software · Tech Blogroll · World News

Obsolete Technology

April 19th, 2008 · No Comments

According to the Washington Post the following technologies are dying or are pretty much dead. I got a kick out of the date ranges for these, especially the concept of blind dating and body hair. Truly ‘Blind’ Dates b. when Adam met Eve — d. 2000s Mix Tapes b. 1963 — d. 1990s Land Lines [...]

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Tags: Entertainment · Hardware · Miscellaneous

Drink It Or Admire It?

April 19th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m not sure if I could drink a latte that was this detailed, I’d probably just sit there and look at it and it would then become an ice latte… I’ve seen this done by humans and it is pretty impressive, but this is just way too cool. Sphere: Related Content

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Tags: Art · Entertainment

Google App Engine

April 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

There’s been a ton of buzz around the recently announced Google App Engine. Various blogs have covered it including TechCrunch for which I’m a huge fan. One article talks about the experience of developing a simple application, while another article talks about the App Engine service specifically. I’ve taken the time to understand and read [...]

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Tags: OpenSource · Programming · Software · Tech Blogroll · Tools

I Want To Work At Google?

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments

We’ve all heard about the perks that Google employee’s have including free massages and gourmet meals but how about the salary… I was just browsing digg and came across The Googlenairs – What are salaries like at Google? All I can say is WOW! this is some mad cash. In summary the salary numbers look [...]

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Tags: Business · Miscellaneous

A Handy Guide To Microhoo Saga

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments

I just came across this graphic on cnet news.com which serves as a short but sweet guide to the saga we’ve all come to know well these past two months. Sphere: Related Content

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Tags: Business

Vintage Science On Flickr

April 6th, 2008 · No Comments

There is a vintage science pool on flickr that is certainly worth a visit. I spent quite a while looking at some of these wonderful retro images. I especially like the Russian matchbox labels, I wish I had some of these as posters for my office. Sphere: Related Content

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Tags: Art · Entertainment