Friday, May 29, 2009 - Page 2
Entertainment

Entertainment Geekly: Un-Terminating The Terminator Reviews

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After spending hours battling with the devastating reviews given to the new Terminator Salvation film, I actually went and saw the film for myself. And I’m glad I did. (Spoilers ahead!)


Entertainment

Fox Business Network Thinks ‘Microsoft’ and ‘Apple’ Are Search Engines

Fox Business Channel: First place in the race to cluelessness. [via Reddit]


Liquor Master Says You Take Sculpture, Liquor Seriously

It takes a connoisseur to pay a fortune for a sculpture, but it takes a maniacal boozehound with major ducats to burn to buy one to stash his (or her) liquor.


Gadgets

BeBook eBook Reader Now Available In Australia

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While the US is drowning in a sea of eBook readers, down here in Australia, we’re not so much drowning as dying of dehydration. Fortunately, there is now the BeBook eBook reader, which is hopefully the first second step in bringing e-ink readers to our shores.


Dear Modem from 1964, Welcome to the Internet

45 years after it was first created, Livermore Data Systems’ “Model A” Acoustic Coupler Modem finally gets hooked up to the Internet, and travels to the World Wide Web at a whopping 300 baud.


What Is This?

I will tell you what it is: It’s part of the International Space Station as seen from Earth with a telescope. And apparently, it’s very happy to see us… what is that tiny thing tingling on the P3 truss?


Computing

OLPC Hits Indigenous Australia

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Sure, for gadget nuts like you and me, the XO OLPC may not quite have the grunt to be usable, but for the poor, indigenous communities out in the middle of the Northern Territory, it’s fantastic. And a couple of days ago, the first OLPCs were officially handed out to Aboriginal primary school children at Shepherdson College on Elcho Island, Northern Territory.


Salt and Pepper Cell: Shake Those Double D’s

These Salt & Pepper cell shakers are kinda backwards; they’re stored in cupboards while actual batteries are stored in your fridge. If you were high, that would have blown your mind.


Computing

13-Inch Unibody MacBook Screen Quietly Upgraded

Apparently, several Apple users are reporting in forums that the screen in the unibody MacBooks has been quietly upgraded to MacBook Air standards, offering noticeably better quality than older units. It all started last April.


Gadgets

The Shit Box Is A Cardboard Box To Shit In

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What’s made out of cardboard, packs flat and is covered in poop? Answer: The Shit Box.