By Mark O’Neill If, like me, you enjoy your daily dose of Dilbert, then you’ll be pleased to hear that he has gone all widgety on us. Dilbert’s daddy, Scott Adams, has produced free widgets of varying sizes which show the current Dilbert strip (in color!) and you can put the widget on your website […]
Poor, poor Steve Jobs. In 2008, Apple’s CEO will continue to receive his third-world-like salary of $1. The worst part of this is that once again, he will not receive a raise this year. The only compensation he’ll get is a few shares of his beloved corporation, currently priced at $140 a piece. Since Apple […]
Ok… not really, but it will stream by the earth at the relatively close distance of 538,000 km, or about 1.4 times the distance between the Moon and our beloved planet. So did we get your attention? According to NASA researcher Don Yeomans, the object, known as 2007 TU24, has a length of approximately 152 […]
The marketing team of the upcoming movie “The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep” has done one of the most amazing publicity stunts I’ve ever seen in Tokyo Bay just a few weeks ago. The 15-meter illusion of “Nessie” shown below was created using a mix of water projection screen techniques and some synchronized water […]
By Mark O’Neill After some heavy petting on IRC and finally a first date to the Apple store, you strike lucky and make it back to her place. Nervously declining the offer of coffee, you proceed to the bedroom area to plug your solution into her equation. Off come the jeans and just when you […]
In the following video, oceanographer David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a shape-shifting cuttlefish, a pair of fighting squid, and a mesmerizing gallery of bioluminescent fish that light up the blackest depths of the ocean. He focuses on the work of two scientists: Edith Widder at the Ocean Research & Conservation […]
By Mark O’Neill When you want to stage a war protest, it pays to have the geeks come along. These guys just know how to get the message across effectively….
Last year, the MPAA released a study claiming that 44% of all illegal movie downloads via P2P networks could be directly linked to college students with high-speed network access. Using that report, the MPAA then coerced many college campuses into installing a P2P-monitoring toolkit on their networks. This program reports back to the MPAA directly, […]
If you think, eat and dream open-source, then the following will surely bring you to nirvana. At this year’s CES, a company named Bug Labs introduced a new concept gadget, the BUG. It’s a modular device that can be adapted to your unique needs and preferences, and can even take the place of many of […]
By Mark O’Neill Now this is talent I wish I had! A Chinese boy who couldn’t afford his own Hasbro Transformers toy decided to make his own – out of a Kentucky Fried Chicken cardboard box! He was apparently inspired after watching the recent movie. Just follow the link to see how he put […]