In the following video, Law professor Yochai Benkler explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human organization. By disrupting traditional economic production, copyright law and established competition, they’re paving the way for a new set of economic laws, where empowered individuals are put on a level playing field with […]
Can you believe that someone actually took the time to fill a bunch of wine bottles with water, line them up in an underground parking lot, and then hit them with an RC car to make them play the Mario theme? Check it out, this is simply amazing. [Via [H]]
In the following Apple College Humor video, Steve Jobs unveils the ultimate “i” product: The Apple i. Not only can the “i” make you orange juice, toast and scrambled eggs in the morning, it will also look pretty darn sexy in your iDen. Be the envy of your friends and family and get the Apple […]
Everyone gets spam that makes them scratch their head and wonder, “just what was this spammer thinking?” Well a cartoonist wondered the same thing and has started a website where he lampoons the worst of the spam with hilarious and clever daily drawings. You can check out the rest at ASpamADay here. Thanks to Neatorama […]
If there’s one thing that Sony knows how to do well, it’s commercials. They’ve done another “tour du chapeau” with their latest ad, promoting various models of their digital camera line. This commercial was filmed in Miami using the world’s largest foam machine, which was custom-built for the very purpose of the shoot. Enjoy!
By Mark O’Neill Some of us (including me) have shocking short-term memories. Mine is so bad that I constantly consider buying shares in the Post-It Notes company since I rely on them full time to run my life. But if you could have a computer chip implanted in your brain that would turn your memory […]
By Mark O’Neill It’s not often that I am speechless. Whilst perusing through the New York Times Technology section, I came across a story about a search engine specifically for black people, called RushmoreDrive. I thought it had to be a joke and I checked the calendar to make sure it still wasn’t April 1st. […]
By Mark O’Neill
If you’re an avid Twitter user, you might from time to time find it difficult to keep track of who is following you. I personally only have a couple of hundred people following me and I don’t religiously follow everything that they all say (not that I’m rude, I just don’t have the time). But if you’re a really heavy user with a couple of thousand people following you, you might find it difficult sorting through everyone. You might also miss a good message or two. That’s where CrowdStatus comes in to mix things up and make things interesting.
Ever wondered about what’s really inside a U.S. blended cigarette? If you are a smoker and haven’t been given enough reasons to stop smoking yet, you’ll want to watch the following documentary. I know most smokers will dismiss everything said in the video as sensationalism, but as someone who lost 4 dear friends (who were […]
By Mark O’Neill Here’s a sneak preview of the upcoming Star Wars “Clone Wars” series that George Lucas is bringing out later this year. I am not a fan of animated programmes so I probably won’t watch it myself, but I’m sure there are a lot of die-hard Star Wars fans out there with their […]