Sunday, April 12, 2009
Regulars
Image of the Day: Apple Keynote Presentation Made of Marshmallow Peeps
9:00AM Dan Nosowitz | It may not feature comedy superstars, but this Apple keynote diorama does have a higher sugar content than any other homage we’ve seen. [Washington Post, thanks Sean!] More »
Business
Best Buy Sells Egregiously Crappy, 9-Year-Old Hard Drive As New, Then Refuses Refund
8:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Best Buy customer Jon purchased a brand-new Western Digital hard drive for store pickup, but when he opened the (sealed) package at home, he found a 30GB, near-decade-old product instead. Best Buy’s reaction? “Tough luck.” More »
Robots
NYU Student Conducts Most Adorable Robot Experiment Ever
7:00AM Dan Nosowitz | The tweenbot, a cardboard-bodied, cheerful little bugger, is equipped with a flag stating its intended destination. Since it can only move forward, it depends on the kindness of strangers to guide it and remove obstacles. More »
Design
Vintage Gateway Desktop Wallpaper Is Now My Current Desktop Wallpaper
5:15AM Dan Nosowitz | Ah, the heady days of 1994. Back then, computers were beige and sold with surfing cow wallpaper, and we liked it that way, dammit. More »
Robots
New Robots Forced to Perform Mankind’s Dullest Tasks
3:45AM Dan Nosowitz | Having seen the benefits of the Roomba, both MIT and Electric Machine Works Japan have created droids to do our dirty work. These robots are designed to make us pale, lazy, and well-read. More »
Online
‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ Songwriter Paid Only $US16 by Youtube
3:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Yeah, the Rickrolling phenomenon was annoying for the entire world, but you’d expect the songwriter would at least be pleased, right? But despite its massive popularity, songwriter Pete Waterman was paid an insulting $US16. Total. More »
Music
How To: Manage An All-Lossless Music Library With iTunes
2:00AM John Mahoney | Do you love music? Have a giant hard drive? Maybe two? I’m guessing that might be the case, and here’s what you should do: give up lossy audio compression for good for pristine lossless files. More »
Business
Microsoft Teetotalers Hate Fun, Cancel Nearly-Completed Pub
1:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Unlike my alma mater, Microsoft has decided that booze and good times have no place on their campus. They’ve abruptly cancelled the almost-finished construction of a new pub, claiming it would not be “appropriate.” More »
Software
