Featuring a super-bright, 4.3-inch touchscreen, the Garmin nuvi 780 GPS Navigator is currently available on amazon.com for only $199.99 (70% off), shipping included. As with all nüvis, you get Garmin reliability, the fast satellite lock of an integrated high-sensitivity receiver, a slim, pocket-sized design with a gorgeous display, an easy, intuitive interface, and detailed NAVTEQ [...]
This sequence is an excerpt from a 20 second X-Ray film showing a female subject pronouncing the swedish word “både”, meaning “both” in english. [Via]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Jib Kidder is a composer/sound artist out of San Fransisco, California (though apparently he’s from Fayetteville, Georgia, which on a personal note is also where I hail from), and he’s the creator of this awesome track called “Windowdipper” that incorporates some samples that most of you will find extremely [...]
Ok, we have a big forehead scratcher for you today dear readers… Why does Scotch tape make frosted glass transparent? [Via [H]]
It’s official folks, David Letterman is not only the cheapest man in showbusiness, but also the laziest man in showbusiness.
Nasa has detailed how a hypothetical manned mission to Mars would work. But while that’s a dream, the agency is funding attempts to use private firms to cut the costs of space travel. The Mars mission is outlined in an interview with Imaginova (the firm behind Space.com) which has been syndicated to sites such as [...]
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Well, I’m not saying ALL PC Repairmen are evil bastards, but after looking at the following video, it certainly looks so! Fortunately, I know of several computer technicians who are very honest, so if you need your computer fixed, don’t lose hope! I, for instance, have been doing computer service for the past 10 years [...]
It’s official, trillion is the new billion. No longer is government spending talked about in terms of a mere ten digits. With the recent flurry of government spending, we are going to need another three zeros to make sense of it all. One trillion dollars is a number that few people can comprehend, let alone [...]
Google has announced it will launch its integrated communication tool Wave at the end of September. It appears to be a service that is only as good as the way people choose to use it, though the Google brand name will give it a much stronger chance of acceptance. The firm has announced that the [...]
By Sterling “Chip” Camden Contributing Writer, [GAS] In recent years, the Greek root meta has perhaps become overused. Originally, it was just a lowly preposition meaning “after”, “beyond”, or simply “with” – but especially since the writings of Douglas Hofstadter it has taken on the meaning of a higher level of abstraction, especially a self-referential [...]
People in parts of India, China, and Japan enjoyed the longest total solar eclipse of this century earlier today. Maximum totality duration was six minute and 39 seconds. Folks in parts of India got to see a totality sunrise, with the sun appearing as a black hole. Seconds before the Sun was fully blocked by [...]
