Monday, July 27, 2009

Design

3D Projection Gives Building Fantastical, Undulating Skin

11:40PM Mark Wilson | If you kill 7 minutes on an internet video today, make it this clip of a minimal building facade transforming through illusions of 3D projection. More »
Phones

BlackBerry Curve 8520 Officially Ball-less, Out Aug. 5 For $US130

11:18PM Matt Buchanan | A long time coming, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 will officially hit T-Mobile (and Walmart) on Aug. 5 for $US130. No 3G and it’s got a dinky 2MP camera, but hello trackpad and “out of the box” Mac compatibility. [Marketwire, RIM]
Music

Forgotten 1987 Music Video Full Of Steve Jobs Clones Playing Music

11:00PM Jesus Diaz | By some weird coincidence I came across the long-forgotten video of one of my favourite 80s song—I bought that vinyl, damnit—full of Steve Jobs clones in an Apple keynote-like scenario… ten years before Steve’s return to Apple. More »
Online

Why Did AT&T Block 4Chan?

10:59PM Matt Buchanan | It’s indisputable at this point that AT&T blocked 4chanwhat’s 4chan, you ask?—the cesspool that has spawned some of the internet’s greatest memes, like LOLCATs. We hear it’s because of a massive DDoS attack emanating from that IP address. More »
Gadgets

A First Person View Into The Future

10:27PM Mark Wilson | This? It’s not just a tiny screen running Windows. It’s a tiny screen running http://www.slashgear.com/diy-wearable-computer-with-head-up-display-2450216/Windows that fits over your eye. More »
Hardware

WD Scorpio Blue Drive Is First 1 Terabyte Mobile Drive Ever

10:05PM Jesus Diaz | I seriously need the new WD Scorpio 1 terabyte drive. I want to be able to tote around all my desktop data, without any external drives hanging around, and $US250 seems like a little price to pay for that. More »
Computers

Financial Times Confirms Apple Tablet For September

1:10PM Jesus Diaz | According to the Financial Times, Apple is racing to launch the fabled Apple tablet in September, along with new iPods. They claim Apple is working with record labels and book publishers on new iTunes features created for the new device: More »
Computers

Dell Releases All-In-One Vostro 320 In Oz

12:19PM Nick Broughall | All-in-one’s are the only way to desktop and Dell’s just announced their new Vostro 320 all-in-one for the Aussie market. It’ll cost you a cool $999, and is targeted mostly towards small businesses. Doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the eye candy though… More »
Entertainment

Why Are Movie Studios So F%&king Stupid?

10:10AM Nick Broughall | Last week I picked up a copy of Zack and Miri Make a Porno on Blu-ray. Part of me really wanted to see it, being a bit of a Kevin Smith fan, but part of me was just intrigued by the big sticker on the front that said “INCLUDES DIGITAL COPY”. It was the first movie I’d seen that sticker on ever, so I desperately wanted to discover what the digital copy was like. Turns out, it’s a clusterf%&k of complete failure that could only have been thought up by demons in the seventh level of Hell. More »
Breakfast Wrap

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