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OT: “That Jean-Luc Picard”

Rico Mossesgeld — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Sorry dear readers, but I couldn’t resist posting this off-topic (but still geeky) clever edit of Star Trek: The Next Generation!

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Dr. Mario With Lyrics (Kinda NSFW)

Rico Mossesgeld — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:00:17 +0000

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

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Computer Store (Partly) Rips Off Amazon Logo

Rico Mossesgeld — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:36:29 +0000

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 follow up soon!

Amazon Opens Store in Manila!

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Happy Halloween Dear Readers!

Rico Mossesgeld — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:30:24 +0000

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 for next year?

In any case, Happy Halloween dear readers!

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Aldous Huxley Was Right: Tech is Making Us Shallow

Rico Mossesgeld — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:59:27 +0000

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.

Source

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Forrest Gump in One Minute

Rico Mossesgeld — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:00:16 +0000

In the grand tradition of the 10-Minute Robocop Rap, here’s Forrest Gump in a minute:

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The Most Fatal Olympic Torch Lighting Ever

Rico Mossesgeld — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:30:31 +0000

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!

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