When Google launched Chrome back in December 2008, they had big ideas about the new browser’s popularity, expecting it to topple both Internet Explorer and Firefox. It took some time, but according to StatCounter, Chrome has officially snagged 20% of the browser marketshare. Conversely, they also report that Internet Explorer dipped to nearly 50% for the […]
Youtube user Pedro Calvo made this fantastic music video for Portal 2’s closing song: Want You Gone. Enjoy! Warning: Spoiler Alert! [Via TDWG]
Behold the genius of Mike Puncekar, the mastermind behind these creeptacular reimagined Mario enemies. The gang’s (mostly) all here including Goomba, Spiny, Bob-omb, Koopa and his cousin from above, Sky Koopa. Check out Mike’s blog for some LoZ and Pirates goodness, too. [TheUniBlog via Neatorama] Images: Mike Puncekar
Odds are, the universe we inhabit is real. At least, strictly speaking, as far as being non-holographic is concerned. If you’re wondering why this might have been up for debate anyway, we need to get into a little (very, very little) bit of quantum physics. A subset of string theory known as holographic principle has […]
Reddit user suzt03 recently got married. This was her wedding cake topper: [Via]
If your busy schedule just doesn’t leave room for grocery shopping, then you just may want to move to South Korea. European grocery chain Tesco has recently launched a virtual grocery store… right in the subway. While waiting to commute, customers can now purchase food items with their smartphones on the virtual shelves installed right […]
Ok, so LucasArts won’t be releasing a third installment to the Star Wars Battlefront series? No problem, thanks to the people at Black Monkeys who spent the last two years creating this totally awesome mod for COD 4. Check it out: [Via]
Wow. Just wow. This version is giving me goosebumps all over… but not as much as David Lima’s awesome rock version. [Topless Robot]
Maximilian Wendt and Markus Wellmann have developed a pretty cool Tetris-like game that uses Microsoft’s Kinect motion detection system to create and move pieces of various shapes around. Check it out: [Vimeo]
“The Star-Scream.” – Edvard Munchatron, ca. 2005. Digital medium, pixels on monitor No one really knows the meaning behind this expressionist painting, though some hints in the brushwork suggest that the artist is meaning to convey the profound anguish that a robot feels as irony shoots it in the face while a demonic god-robot / […]