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Computers

Check Out These Hands-On Galleries Of The Apple Gear

5:47AM Jason Chen | We’ve got hands on galleries of the Magic Mouse, the iMac and the 13-inch MacBook. Check them out in their respective posts.
Hardware

Ever Wonder How A Chip Is Made?

11:00AM Nick Broughall | Well, first you get a potato, peel it, cut it into strips and throw it into some super-hot oil. Wait… wrong type of chip… If you’ve ever wondered how a PC chip is made, APC has a huge gallery showing off each of the different stages in creating a silicon chip. It’s definitely worth 10 minutes of your day, especially if you’re suffering from the hump day blues… [APC MagThanks Curtis!]
Robots

Photos That Make You Want to Get Off that Couch and onto the Battlefield

10:40AM Andi Wang | Putting Lancers and games aside, BoingBoing has put together an awesome gallery of photos and descriptions of robots, machines and weapons—real life’s gears of war. [BBG] More »
Science

Timeline: The Evolution of the International Space Station

9:40AM Jesus Diaz | The ISS looked this way—with the fourth and final solar panel truss—as the space shuttle Discovery undocked yesterday. It’s almost as big as a Corellian corvette, but there’s still a long to do list: More »
Random Stuff

Horrifying Vintage Army Medical Photos Make Me Appreciate Modern Medicine Even More

8:40AM Matt Buchanan | The National Museum of Health and Medicine’s working to release thousands of military medical photos going back to the Civil War—and their first Flickr set feels like grisly snapshots stolen from David Lynch’s nightmares. More »
Random Stuff

Last-Minute Xmas Tree Ideas Include Alcohol, Doughnuts, and Other Office Supplies

11:03PM Jesus Diaz | If you don’t have a Xmas tree yet, don’t worry, because here we love procrastinators–the leaders of tomorrow. Here’s a catalog of last minute ideas, including my personal favorite: The Doughnut Xmas Tree. [pfadvice] More »
Toys

Massive Lego Mecha Can Probably Kill Humans, then Drink Ten Packs of Good Ole Fortran

10:00PM Jesus Diaz | This is what you get when you combine Lego and massive mechas done at the minifig scale: the biggest robotic overlord I’ve laid my eyes on. Then, when you go through the massive gallery, you get what I call a robner followed by a brickgasm. Updated: actually, reader/brother Oscar sends me pictures of a huge Bionicle mecha he saw last weekend, which looks even bigger. More »