Captured at Orlando’s Star Wars Celebration, the official version of the scene will soon be released on the remastered Blu-Ray special edition box set to be released later this year. The scene shows Darth Vader reaching out to and calling Luke to the Dark side, while Luke builds his lightsaber on Tatooine. Enjoy! [Via Geekologie]
Having spent the past weekend here at the North Carolina coast, I know that the color of water can make a big difference in your day. Learning the subtle shifts in shade can help you avoid running aground, or give you insight as to where to dock your boat when the tide is high. But [...]
The people behind a new challenge/response test say their video-based system is both more legible to humans and trickier for computers to defeat. NuCaptcha is the latest incarnation of the Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart, a particularly convoluted way of producing an acronym that sounds like “capture”. The idea [...]
Remember that $35 tablet computer we told you about a few weeks back? Well, it turns out that this thing isn’t only hot air: Here’s a video showing a fully operational prototype. Now let’s see if they can keep their promise and put it on the market for under $35.
-Why e-readers like Amazon Kindle will soon cost under $100 Late last month, Amazon unveiled a new version of its Kindle e-book reader that, like every new Kindle, is thinner, lighter, and smaller than the previous one. It’s also the cheapest Kindle ever—the new Wi-Fi version sells for just $139. -How to: Completely Functional R2D2 [...]
A lot of the best geeky film/television/book franchises have launched massive fan communities, some of which have endured for decades: Star Wars, Star Trek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, to name a few. And of course there are huge followings for specific animes as well, and many, many more. But when something [...]
Yeah, I know most of you hate Twilight, but this was just too good to pass up!
Remember how Isaiah Mustafa (better known currently as The Old Spice Man or, you know, the man your man could smell like) wants to play Luke Cage, since he’s a huge comics fan? One way of going about this is to sit around and wait for Hollywood to call. You can also start a Facebook [...]
Valley Girl + HP Lovecraft = The Most Concise Summary Ever! [Via Topless Robot]
Boo! [Via Nerdcore]
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