-Happy 20th Birthday Photoshop: The Most Popular Tips Photoshop stepped onto the scene 20 years last week, introducing “‘Shopped!” into the language of internet pundits everywhere. Check out our most popular Photoshop tutorials. -Space Images: The Best of Hubble’s Shots Even though you’ve probably already seen some of them, these pictures never get old. -The [...]
Stanford University students Derrick Davis and Tom McFadden rap about how the human body converts food into energy. Enjoy! [Via Make]
When she calls Leo Laporte’s show claiming her Wi-Fi Internet access has suddenly “disappeared”, a lady gets served a lesson in security and good manners by the tech guy himself.
Yes folks, Blizzard has finally announced that the multiplayer beta for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty has now begun. Unfortunately, this is a closed beta, but if you were lucky enough to get an invite, the downloader is available through Battle.net. Please note that even though StarCraft II hasn’t been released yet (it is planned [...]
In a far away solar system, on a small planet much like our own, lived the Euwins, kind little creatures who enjoyed a peaceful existence. Then one day, out of nowhere, a massive tidal wave appeared and nearly washed away their entire city! In order to rebuild their city, the Euwins need your help!
There seem to be two main requirements for a social-based internet site to catch on with the online public: it should do one task very simply, and it should attract enough users to reach a critical mass. Chatroulette.com is not a particularly great site, neither is it a useful one. It will probably never change [...]
Procrastination: Because sometimes, the only way you can get something done is to do something else first. Procrastination was made in 2007 as a graduation film project by a team of student from the London-based Royal College of Art. Enjoy! Congratuations, by watching this video, you just exercised your right to procrastinate!
To break the world record of the largest stick bomb chain reaction, Tim Fort (warning: this link will make your eyes bleed) built a montage of 2,250 sticks. He then set the apparatus off and caught the whole thing on tape. Check it out: [Via BoingBoing]
Since I don’t speak German, I can only guess about what’s going on here, but I’m pretty sure that each and every one of you, at one point or another in your childhood, imagined yourself in a similar situation. [Via Neatorama]
E! Online reports that Joss Whedon’s next project might involve getting some of his legions of fans in front of the camera. Word is that he’s teaming up with Super Size Me‘s Morgan Spurlock to create a documentary about Comic Con, following some convention goers from the months leading up to it through the con [...]
How can fictional stories incorporate technology? What does the future hold for Wikipedia’s sister projects? And is it fair to say that social media sucks? These are just some of the questions which were under discussion at the latest meeting of Brrism, a group based in Bristol, England, which brings together people from a diverse [...]
For those of you who are fans of geeky cakes, check out this absolutely amazing Jabba the Hutt cake made especially for Flickr user icruise_flickr’s birthday. This is my birthday cake this year — Jabba the Hutt. A friend of the family kindly made this for us and I think she did a fantastic job [...]
