Hee hee, see Dr. Mario in action, diagnosing ills, realizing that an unfortunate heroine suffers from crabs.

Straight from Philippine-affiliate Technograph comes pictures of a store featuring a modified version of the Amazon logo. Does the online retailer, which made a name selling books, DVDs, and gadgets, have anything to do with this traditional, physical presence?

Probably not. But let’s see if dropping the “.com”, placing an arc over the text, using a slightly different font, and the red-yellow ensemble passes as its own trademark. Besides, does the US and the Philippines have a trademark enforcement agreement in the first place? No word yet on what the in-store employees have said about this, hopefully Technograph can do a …read more

By now you’re probably sick and tired of blogs all over listing Halloween-themed gadgets, how you can use gadgets to be scary, bla bla bla. It’s not like I made such a list last year anyway, so I’ll just hook you up with this electric chair haunted house prop, scary video below. It’s definitely relevant to Halloween!
Even better, this is a DIY project! Too bad you probably don’t have time to make something like this now, with trick-or-treat scheduled for later tonight. Ah well, the instructions will probably still be available from Makezine indefinitely, so maybe you’ll have something ready …read more

Here’s a months-old comic that compares what what British writers Aldous Huxley and George Orwell though of the future, based on their most famous works, Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Despite Orwell’s classically haunting belief that technology will make us slaves to a totalitarian government, Huxley’s fears that technology is making us more shallow depressingly seems more plausible (click the thumbnail below for the full version):

The comic above is basically a visual version of Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death.
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In the grand tradition of the 10-Minute Robocop Rap, here’s Forrest Gump in a minute:

As the 2008 Beijing Olympics comes to a close, it’s hard not to look back 20 years ago, when the games were hosted by South Korea. Luckily, YouTube has all the action. Take a look at the torch lighting below, and make sure to watch 4:50:

Now that’s how to cook dove!