If you thought dropping Snooki was weird, you haven’t seen the rest of America. Some cities drop really weird things on New Years Eve. How weird? How about bologna, sausage, a drag queen, a bag of chips and a possum? More »
America! The land of selfish arseholes. At least that’s what a new survey seems to show, with 53 per cent of respondents against the idea of the government making high-speed broadband available to those it has yet to reach. More »
Colour photography’s been kicking around since the mid-1800s, but it wasn’t until 1935, when Kodak put the first colour-film out, that people started using it. Nonetheless, colour photos from Depression-era America are scant, which is what makes these so wonderful. More »
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Got a few dozen ship and train horns, 2347-litre air tank, gasoline powered air compressor, MIDI board and unmatched patriotic fervour? Then you’ve got The Great American Horn Machine. Presenting God Bless America, as it was meant to be heard. More »
What does the Freedom Tray do? Lots of stuff, ok? Shut up. Is this a patriotic tray? Yeah, that’s more like it. More »
There are a ton of devices that support DivX playback (the PS3, DVD and Blu-ray players, etc.), so news of Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, and Warner Bros agreeing for their movies to be downloaded in DivX for the first time is actually pretty interesting. And any added competition for iTunes and Cinema Now is only going to help keep them on their toes, right? More »
During last night’s Tennessee-Dallas game, a Titans punter actually hit Dallas’s massive 55-metre-long HD screen, creating a bit of a situation: The play isn’t reviewable, and there’s no provision for a replay. The solution may cost millions of dollars. More »
