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21. August 2008

Can You Do This? I’ll Bet You Can’t. I Couldn’t.

Remember in grade school there was this kid who could make fart noises with his armpit? How cool that was? You wanted to be able to do that too, but never seemed to be able to pull it off. And remember how in high school, the same kid was still making fart noises with his armpit? But now you thought it was gross (You never admitted to anyone you still tried to make it work alone in your room). Have you ever wondered what happened to that guy?

HDTVs for football viewing, A&E DVDs 50% off, free 3D pics, DS Lite Rose and Eee PCs - Thursday deals

21. August 2008

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HDTVs for football viewing, A&E DVDs 50% off, free 3D pics, DS Lite Rose and Eee PCs - Thursday deals

Today we see some great HDTV deals from NewEgg just in time for your football (or Xbox, or PS3, or cheesy 80's cartoon) viewing. Also, MS's Photosynth is out in the wild, the Eee PC with 100 bucks back and a Metalic Rose DS Lite will get you 50% off select DS games.

21. August 2008

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Songbird enters Beta! Go and get it!

Songbird, the long in developement ultimate media system for cross platform audio/visual joy has entered Beta! The new release features a new UI, faster media scanning, drag and drop goodness, a first run wizard (with EULA - is that really a feature?), smart playlists and album art. Wee!

3 Awesome deals - Buy 1 get 1 free TV series DVDs, Giant shooting range and a Zen 16 gig for almost half off

20. August 2008

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3 Awesome deals - Buy 1 get 1 free TV series DVDs, Giant shooting range and a Zen 16 gig for almost half off

Three more deals just popped up that I have to get out there because they're pretty sweet. The one I'm most excited about is the one I wish I had when I was about 8 - a giant, inflatible water powered shooting range.

How to get updated world weather maps as your desktop background in Ubuntu

20. August 2008

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How to get updated world weather maps as your desktop background in Ubuntu

I also like to see what's going on with the world, particularly the weather but often find myself not in orbit so I'm unable to track worldwide weather patterns like I want to. Then a though occurred to me - what if I set up one of my Ubuntu boxes to have a map of the world with clouds overlayed, updated every hour? Neat! I now have a map of the world with cloud overlays updated hourly for my background.

20. August 2008

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The Bridge Across the Uncanny Valley

Checkout this awesome video describing Image Metrics' animation process! Image Metrics is credited for facial animations in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Devil May Cry 4, and others.

Nuclear Fusion… In Your Garage? (Image Gallery)

20. August 2008

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Nuclear Fusion… In Your Garage? (Image Gallery)

Yeah, it sounds crazy, but according to This article from the Wall Street Journal there are at least 42 functioning home-built fusion reactors worldwide. Mind you, they suck down quite a bit more energy than they produce; like expensive research reactors, they don't produce self-sustaining fusion.

Cheap PC games, 50% off Blu-Ray, Firefly Blu, Tivo and playing with your Wii - Hump Day Deals

20. August 2008

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Cheap PC games, 50% off Blu-Ray, Firefly Blu, Tivo and playing with your Wii - Hump Day Deals

All kinds of cool deals floating around - from free games with other purchases, Browncoat Blu-Ray love and up to half off other Blu-Ray titles to recharchable Wii batteries.

“Of course I’m not wasting time on the web… I’m *transcribing*…”

19. August 2008

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“Of course I’m not wasting time on the web… I’m transcribing…”

Who would have thought that reCAPTCHA's were actually for something useful instead of an annoying and yet clever way to ensure you weren't a spammer?

D&D 4th Edition Reinvents Itself, but in a Good Way

19. August 2008

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D&D 4th Edition Reinvents Itself, but in a Good Way

WotC's Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition introduces a slew of changes to the venerable franchise, from a new modern look and feel to streamlined gameplay rules and a completely redesigned class and skill system. Today I take a look at the Player's Handbook, and I will review the Dungeon Master's Guide and Monster Manual in upcoming articles.

Homogeneous college kids, going Back to the Future, thumb drives, free music and jazz for a buck- Tuesday’s deals

19. August 2008

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Homogeneous college kids, going Back to the Future, thumb drives, free music and jazz for a buck- Tuesday’s deals

Lots of music in the deals today, plus some computer and perhipheral savings for all you kids going back to school, be it kindergarten or grad school. Plus you can find a huge sale on all kinds of awesome DVDs great for kids young and old, all that jazz and free medieval music!

19. August 2008

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Adam Savage Is a Geeky God

At the end of July, the H.O.P.E. (Hackers On Planet Earth) conference was held in New York. One of the featured speakers was Adam Savage, co-host of the Mythbusters. Savage talked about his geeky passion for creating and learning, and described (among other things) his personal recreation of a dodo skeleton. He also took questions from the audience.

18. August 2008

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Frotz for the iPhone and iPod Touch!

It wasn't too long ago that I noticed a nerdcore rapper tackling the subject of text based adventure games. Now it seems that the popular software (popular amongst us text based adventure game enthusiasts that is) Frotz has been ported to an Apple App!

How to run a dedicated Steam server on your Ubuntu box - Countestrike style

18. August 2008

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How to run a dedicated Steam server on your Ubuntu box - Countestrike style

For a while now Valve through Steam have had a dedicated server for Linux from which you can launch your multiplayer fragfests. I've recently started messing about with it and I've gotten Counter Strike, Counter Strike Source and Half Life multiplayer to launch off of it. I'm still mucking about with server settings and finding statistics for it however I did not find a ton of documentation on this through Google so I decided to put up my notes here.

Crows, HDTVs, (irony)free Metallica MP3 downloads, Too Human and iPods - Monday deals to make your week suck less

18. August 2008

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Crows, HDTVs, (irony)free Metallica MP3 downloads, Too Human and iPods - Monday deals to make your week suck less

Oh sweet irony. Those metal dudes who once cried fowl (or was it foul?) over free MP3 downloads are now offering a ton of live shows for. . . free! Plus HDTV/Xbox 360 deals, the Counting Crows on the cheap and your first crack at the Force Unleashed.

Can You Do This? I’ll Bet You Can’t. I Couldn’t.

HDTVs for football viewing, A&E DVDs 50% off, free 3D pics, DS Lite Rose and Eee PCs - Thursday deals

Songbird enters Beta! Go and get it!

3 Awesome deals - Buy 1 get 1 free TV series DVDs, Giant shooting range and a Zen 16 gig for almost half off

How to get updated world weather maps as your desktop background in Ubuntu

The Bridge Across the Uncanny Valley

Nuclear Fusion… In Your Garage? (Image Gallery)

Cheap PC games, 50% off Blu-Ray, Firefly Blu, Tivo and playing with your Wii - Hump Day Deals

“Of course I’m not wasting time on the web… I’m transcribing…”

D&D 4th Edition Reinvents Itself, but in a Good Way

Homogeneous college kids, going Back to the Future, thumb drives, free music and jazz for a buck- Tuesday’s deals

Adam Savage Is a Geeky God

Frotz for the iPhone and iPod Touch!

How to run a dedicated Steam server on your Ubuntu box - Countestrike style

Crows, HDTVs, (irony)free Metallica MP3 downloads, Too Human and iPods - Monday deals to make your week suck less

The Bridge Across the Uncanny Valley

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