Archive for July 2010

Rate Rush put together this handy chart comparing Reddit and Digg. Between the two, who would win in a fight? I no longer use either on a regular basis, but some people swear by these social news sites.

Half of the links on Reddit go to Imgur, a photo-sharing site…

Sit back, relax, and enjoy as these digital artists does their best to reproduce famous works of art by the masters using only a Nintendo DSi XL and Art Academy….

Seriously, will the future be button-less? What’s up with this surge of motion- and gesture-based UIs? Aside from Microsoft and Sony working on motion-based gaming controllers, Hitachi is also currently working on a Minority Report-ish interface. The company plans on using the technology for digital signage, and – this I…

I meant Pokémon in black and white.

Awesome Steamboat Willie…-inspired sketch by cartoonist Matthew K. Garner.

Holy crikey! This is one bad-ass casemod job.

Created by modder pinchillo, this mech-style computer casemod is inspired by the Dreadnoughts from Warhammer 40,000…. But even if you’ve never played the game, you have to appreciate the sheer spectacle of pinchillo’s amazing case-building skills.

I was all ready to make fun of these Mini Bear Speakers from Juicy Couture when my wife and 5-year-old daughter walked in. The wife got all excited because they are from a designer and my daughter was all giddy because they were pink, they were stuffed bears, and they…

Remember that Apple trackpad we thought was coming a few weeks back? Well we were right with our intelligence on the hardware, just wrong on the date. The good news is that the hardware is real, and you can buy it right now.

The new Magic Trackpad works wirelessly with…

This retro video is sure to put a smile on the face of any original Trekkies out there. If you were a kid in the 1970s, then this is exactly what your epic Star Trek… fan flick would look like.

This super-8 fan film was made by Rob Hampton and

Max Fisher over at The Atlantic Wire has posted an interesting article about the politics of Jedi Knights. You heard me, the politics of Jedi Knights.
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Apparently, journalists have vastly differing opinions on whether Jedi Knights are Libertarians, Socialists, or Sensible Centrists. Although there’s nothing in there about the Tea

There’s been a story floating around the news lately about a guy dressed as Darth Vader robbed a bank in New York. Now it turns out Darth has been seen perpetrating all sorts of nasty business in keeping with his whole “Evil Empire” thing.…