Friday, June 17, 2011
Online

Wikileaks Shows Julian Assange’s House Arrest

Wikileaks has released a video showing the appalling conditions Julian Assange is facing while under house arrest. In fact, the only differences I see between his enforced lifestyle and a blogger’s life is the daily sign-ins at the local police-station.


Software

Riptide GP Rips Android Gamers A Console Quality Racer

Shortly after I wrote up Hydro Thunder Go for the Windows Phone 7 as a gaming app of the day last month, the folks from developer Vector Unit contacted me to see if I had gotten a chance to try… [


Gaming

The Very Worst Of E3 2011

You’ve seen the best E3 2011 had to offer. Now see the worst. The very worst. Oh good Lord is some of this bad.


Geek Out

How To Build A Better Fire: Both Outdoors And In

Building a fire is one of those things that you might sort of know how to do, but don’t really have to do it that often. Building a fire is actually quite simple, whether it’s a campfire or a cozy one in your living room. Here’s how to do it.


Science

Volcanic Eruption In Chile Fills Argentinian Lake With Ash

On June 4, southern Chile’s Puyehue volcano erupted for the first time in 50 years. It’s been spewing giant ash clouds ever since. Enough ash, it seems, to make the Nahuel Huapi Lake in neighbouring Argentina an unrecognizable, soot-covered abyss, as you’ll see in the above video of one diver’s attempt to sift through it all. [via The Telegraph]


Cameras

How Photos Lie

At first glance, this photo of two people kissing amidst the Vancouver hockey riots seems incongruous. You instantly assume they’re activists, following through with the old adage of making love, not war. Or are they?


Science

Nokia Banks On Wonder-Material Graphene

I could make some glib remark about how Nokia’s grabbing onto sexy-material graphene like it’s a lifebuoy, but really, I can only applaud anyone who’s pumping money into research of this harder-than-nails material.


Gadgets

Sony, Rube Goldberg Machine Videos Aren’t Supposed To Be This Dull

Sony, Rube Goldberg-style videos are meant to be fast, exciting! And fast. Unless…unless you’re trying to manage expectations about the S1 and S2 tablets’ processor speed? Oh, you teases. I may as well go watch that OkGo video again, for kicks. [AndroidCommunity]


Online

Rebecca Black’s "Friday" Disappears From YouTube

Rebecca Black’s “Friday” video was just taken down from YouTube, where it had amassed over 150 million views. Man, we were planning on playing it twenty-eight times in a row tomorrow!


Online

What Happened With The NBN This Week?

Gizmodo AU

With every passing week, the NBN becomes more of a permanent reality for Australians. Let’s see what happened this week.