Sunday, July 10, 2011
Software

Get Your Mac Ready For OS X Lion

On July 1, Apple released the golden master version (GMV) of Lion to developers – usually the last non-public version of OS X before the official release. If you want to update as soon as it is available, now is the time to check your hardware and perform a few system cleanups to ensure you’ll be ready to download Lion on release day.

Mobile

Caught In The Act Of Texting

Photographer Joseph Holmes, in his series “Texters”, turns something we see everyday – people just tapping away at the phones – into works of art. Shot over a two-month period, they’re like little slices of life.

Geek Out

The P-Tree Is Just Begging For You To Pee In It

You’re out with your friends one night. Tipsy. Falling asleep at the bar. Good times. You’re on your way home when, suddenly, nature calls. In your drunken stupor you wish there was a urinal on the tree you’re already peeing on. Et voilà! A toilet for drunks!

Computing

Tactile Pixels Will Make It Easy To Read Braille On Touchscreens

It’s a familiar complaint. Even as companies like Apple try to tie the computer interface back to the natural world, touchscreens are still woefully flat. But recent developments, including Senseg’s new E-sense technology, could bring real-world touch into everyday computing.

Science

How Does Getting Shot In The Neck Sound?

This thing is “Neck Clamp and Impactor”. It involves sticking your head inside a neck brace with only a small impact-resistant nanoceramic plate to protect your throat from a rocket launcher. The project begs the question: Do you feel lucky?

Geek Out

30 Comic-Con Exclusive Toys You’ll Sell Your Organs For

The cruel economics of Comic-Con dictate that gee-whiz collectibles (produced in ludicrously small quantities) will be rewarded to those who make the pilgrimage to San Diego. Here are the 2011 exclusives destined to whip convention-goers into a rampage.

Mobile

My Little Pony Is Making Friendship Ponies For Your iPhone

My Little Pony is reaching critical mass. Mashups everywhere. But this isn’t clear to me. What are they selling here? Ponies? Apps that act like ponies? Ponies with touchscreens? This is making me uncomfortable.

Mobile

Hackers Stick Mango On The HD2, And Microsoft’s Totally OK With It

It looks like Microsoft’s keeping its living-and-let-live stance as hackers actually give the aging HD2 some much-deserved love. XDA-Developers member backslashid posted the above video showing Mango Beta 1 running on the device. Microsoft pretty much said go for it!

Online

XKCD Author Asks: Is Google+ Too Gendered?

As the Great Google+ Migration begins – at least among geeks and the “geekerati” – it’s still pretty great to see it getting things right on its first go. All the more interesting to see it get something wrong.

Science

How Many Of You Really Think There Are Aliens On Earth?

People love aliens. It’s a fact. But it’s one thing for them to be beyond the farthest reaches of the galaxy and another for them to live next door. So GOOD and Column Five Media created this graphic to illustrate just how many people believe aliens walk among us.

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