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5 Star Wars Fan Theories Too Good to Not be True
With the new Star Wars movie mere months away, seems an ideal time to do some solid speculating about the other Star Wars films, via some very interesting fan theories.
Hey, even the weirdest fan theory is still better than The Phantom Menace.
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Hilarious: Someone Installed a Ramp in Front of a Truck in GTA V [Video]
Installing a ramp in front of the truck in real life might not be the best of idea, but when it’s in GTA V, it’s an entirely different matter!
Google Speeds Up Mobile Sites
Google has unveiled a new system for making web pages load quicker on mobile devices. It seems to be an attempt to prevent people using dedicated apps instead, particularly for news sources.
Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) is a set of open source code that’s a variant on HTML and uses existing technologies. It’s partly designed to simply cut down the amount of code required to deliver a page, thus making for quicker loading.
However, AMP also has some tweaks to speed up loading. For example, it makes sure one of the first thing the browser checks is the location and dimensions of any external ads, meaning it can leave an appropriate space and doesn’t have to adjust the page layout as and when those ads load.
Several leading websites including WordPress and LinkedIn have already said they’ll support AMP, meaning that pages published in that format can be embedded on those sites and load “instantly” there as well. Meanwhile AMP pages will be able to embed tweets or Vines.
According to Google, a page using AMP won’t get any special treatment in its ranking algorithms, though it will likely get an indirect benefit simply by being faster to load as speed is one of the key factors in ranking on Google.
Google says ads will be allowed on AMP pages and that it won’t ask for any extra cut from revenues. However, it’s still working out the details of whether and how the format will work with paywalled sites, or if it will affect the ability of site owners to track traffic.
While Google is talking up the project as benefiting all sites and users, it does have some self-interest. The move appears to be inspired by a belief that slow-loading news sites are driving people towards standalone mobile apps where Google is much less likely to benefit from delivering ads.
The Smallest Empire: A Real Life/Digital RTS Hybrid [Video]
The folks from Corridor Digital have recreated a real life/digital hybrid version of an RTS game in their latest video. Check it out!
Star Wars BB-8 Pumpkin [Pics]
That’s it, game over everyone, this is the best Halloween pumpkin design you’ll see until the end of the month. Kudos to Daniel Hoogkamp for the amazing idea!
More pics of my BB8 pumpkin @R2Builders #bb8pumpkin #bb8 #StarWars #episode7 #pumpkin #droid #Halloween pic.twitter.com/BMlbk3j76t
— Daniel Hoogkamp (@Dantooine2) September 27, 2015
[Source: Daniel Hoogkamp on Twitter]
The Tooth Fairy’s Cousin [Comic]
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Nauseating Zombie Mouth Cupcake + How to Make a Realistic Brain Cake
We’ve often written about Halloween food that might make you nauseous in the past, but I think this zombie mouth cupcake by SemadarG takes the palm. For those interested in making a batch, just follow the instructions over at this instructables tutorial.
And if Brain cakes are your thing, Youtuber “How To Cake It” has you covered with this video tutorial thatwill teach you how to make a cake that looks like a realistic brain:
FREAKING MAMMOTHS: ‘Far Cry Primal’ Trailer
As a HUGE fan of this series, this news just came out of nowhere and floored me. So I guess the new Far Cry is going to take place WAY back (as speculated). I wont lie or sell it short, this has me drooling, and is expected to drop on the new consoles sometime early next year.
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The Twins [Comic]
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