Saturday, February 21, 2009

Tron 2 Vehicle Designer Daniel Simon Is an Intergalactic Hardware Visionary

12:30PM February 21, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Daniel Simon, the guy designing the lightcycles and other crazy vehicles for Tron 2, previously published Cosmic Motors, a compendium of otherworldly vessels you will never drive, but spend your life wishing you could.

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Computing

The Really Real Mac Mini We’ve Always Wanted

12:00PM February 21, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

This Mac mini is definitely real. It’s also like a USB humping dog orgy waiting to happen. [BoingBoing Gadgets]

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Seagate’s FreeAgent Theatre HD Media Player Is a Set-Top Dock for Hard Drives

11:30AM February 21, 2009 | Gizmodo US Edition

Last night, I previewed Seagate’s FreeAgent Theatre HD Media Player, which docks those super-slim FreeAgent 2.5″ USB drives in order to connect your video files to your TV.

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My House Is a Mess

11:20AM February 21, 2009 | Brian Lam

Apartment therapy’s Unplggd did a post about my working habits and work place. How nice of them! [Unplggd]

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Computing

Why Does This Apple iBook Have a Microsoft BSOD?

11:15AM February 21, 2009 | Adrian Covert

So there’s this commercial on TV right now for some computer maintenance service with technologically-inept people frustrated over their crappy, virus-laden, machines. At one point an iBook even flashes a BSOD…wait, what?

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Which Movie Should Win the Oscar For Best Visual Effects?

11:00AM February 21, 2009 | Sean Fallon

There are only three movies in the category, but the competition should be fierce. Should the Oscar go to the Dark Knight, Iron Man or the Curious Case of Benjamin Button?

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Woman’s Hair Weave May Have Stopped Bullet

10:20AM February 21, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Say what? A Kansas City woman with a tight weave gets shot at by her boyfriend through a car window. Later, the cops find a spent bullet in her hair. Did the hair stop it?

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Gaming

Nintendo DSi Was Originally a Monster With Two DS Slots

10:00AM February 21, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Only Nintendo would be this crazy. The original Nintendo DSi design had two DS card slots—not SD people, I type good dammit—so it could hold two DS games at once. It was also monstrous.

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Scientist Tries to Create a Phaser to Shoot Lightning Balls

9:45AM February 21, 2009 | Adam Frucci

Apparently, sometimes lightning comes in ball form, slowly falling out of the sky and exploding on contact. Unsurprisingly, people want to turn lightning balls into weapons. Oh, humanity.

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Software

Why Most Content Apps Suck (But Some Would Be Amazing)

9:15AM February 21, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Today we had a false-alarm that South Park’s rejected video-portal app hit Cydia—it was just third-party shite. But the news made us question specialty content apps: Most are worthless but a few are desperately needed.