‘The Social Network’ Gets a 60-Second TV Spot, NES Cartridge Wedding Invites
There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
- David Fincher's 'The Social Network' gets a full moody, 60-second TV spot, complete with a Kanye West score, champagne spraying and laptops a-smashing. [From: YouTube]
- Two Brooklynites recently announced their upcoming marriage via customized NES cartridge. Can you hear our lips quivering? Because this is too cute for us to bear. [From: Reddit]
- We're not even going to ask how or why this was spotted, but North Korea's official website seems to have gone a bit overboard with the 'strong' tag. HTML humor! [From: Korea DPR, via: TheDailyWTF]
- Considering a new iMac or Mac Pro for the upcoming school year? Marco.org weighs the long-term costs of Apple's desktop computers. [From: Marco.org]
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'The Social Network' Gets a 60-Second TV Spot, NES Cartridge Wedding Invites originally appeared on Switched on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
HAL 9000 Gets Its Own Screensaver, Russian Hardware Prints You
There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
- Give your computer (Macs only) that Kubrick touch with the HAL 9000 screensaver, though we don't know why you would. [From: HAL 9000 Screensaver]
- BoingBoing highlights Lenpolygrafmash, a Russian company that creates fascinatingly rugged printers, scanners and USB gadgets. [From: BoingBoing]
- Neatorama links to one of photography's longest exposures (34 months). Taken by Michael Wesely, it captures the renovation of the Museum of Modern Art. [From: Neatorama]
- Sound editor Richard King breaks down the sound design of several scenes from Christopher Nolan's 'Inception.' [From: Vimeo]
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HAL 9000 Gets Its Own Screensaver, Russian Hardware Prints You originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Making 180 ‘Old Spice Guy’ Videos, Exploring Video Game Typography
There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
- ReadWriteWeb investigates how the nearly universally acclaimed Old Spice Guy videos were made, and it turns out the whole production was a team effort from marketing agency Wieden + Kennedy. While monitoring the Web, the crew wrote, shot, edit and published 180 videos in just a few short days. [From: ReadWriteWeb]
- Geekosystem interviews video game font designer Ray Larabie about the history of typography in games, from 'Pac-Man' to 'Red Dead Redemption.' [From: Geekosystem]
- Newsweek lists the top 10 most-rented films on Netflix. Though the list has its Oscar winners and nominees, not a single movie was made before 2004. [From: Newsweek]
- And... your moment of Internet zen. [From: Alex Balk]
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Making 180 'Old Spice Guy' Videos, Exploring Video Game Typography originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Yoda Botches Sound-Booth Session, Use Google Earth to Spy on North Korea
There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
- Geek drivers probably know about GPS provider TomTom, and that the company has recently released new voices for your dash-mounted navigator -- straight out of 'Star Wars.' Yes, you can have Darth Vader tell you, "Go around the roundabout -- the circle is now complete," basically ensuring that, if you haven't already roofied and snared a mate, you will never get laid again. At least TomTom has a sense of humor about it all, chronicling its behind-the-scenes problems with Master Yoda's sound-booth session. Check out the video at the link. [From: YouTube]
- Sad news for Newsweek's Tumblr followers! Mark Coatney will be leaving his position as editor of the magazine's Tumblr... for a position at Tumblr. If you are one of Newsweeks's 10,400 Tumblr followers, you will probably miss Coatney as the guiding editorial voice. [From: Business Insider]
- Want another reason why Google is going to take over the world? It may have better intelligence than our regular ol' government spies. Some Google Earth users and amateur sleuths have uncovered what could possibly be underground airfields at several military bases around North Korea. We're just hoping that the Defense Department knew about these already --
just like those WMDs in Iraq. [From: Wired]
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Yoda Botches Sound-Booth Session, Use Google Earth to Spy on North Korea originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Vancouver’s Pixelated Orca, YouTube Quadruples Video Size to 4K
There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
- A pixelated orca (statue) recently appeared outside Vancouver's convention center. [From: Engadget]
- YouTube ups the video ante with new support for 4K video (yes, 4096p), which will require an ultra-fast Internet connection for viewing. [From: YouTube]
- Remember that mysterious code embedded on the U.S. Cyber Command logo? Turns out it's just boring bureaucrat-speak in hexidecimal code. [From: NPR]
- Ben & Jerry's updated 'Scoop of Happiness' app brings augmented reality to your overpriced pints. The app reacts to B&J ice cream cartons by displaying an hallucinatory montage of flying chickens, cityscapes, farmers and more. [From: Mashable]
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Vancouver's Pixelated Orca, YouTube Quadruples Video Size to 4K originally appeared on Switched on Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apple ‘Friend Bar’ Excites Mac Fans, Making of ‘AT-AT Afternoon’
There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
- The Onion News Network's crack news team returns with a piece on the new Apple Store 'Friend Bar,' which gives Mac users someone to talk to about "their impeccably organized iTunes library." [From: The Onion]
- The precious 'AT-AT Afternoon' video gets a 'making of', chock full of green (and red) screen goodness, stop-motion trickery and tons of puppeting fun. [From: Likecool]
- The new Web Apps Exchange weds the Digg voting and recommendation formula to your questions about Google, Facebook, Dropbox and other sites. Though it only recently launched, the site already has helpful hints and tips on everything from pruning your Google Reader feeds to managing your contacts. [From: Web Apps]
- The new U.S. Cyber Command's logo comes with a built-in mystery code: 9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a. You'll probably need more than an Enigma machine to crack that. [From: Danger Room]
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Apple 'Friend Bar' Excites Mac Fans, Making of 'AT-AT Afternoon' originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Creepy Robot Babies Compared, Tracking the World Cup via Facebook Buzz
There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
- Robot designers insist on pushing up against the uncanny valley when building robotic children, a terrifying trend that Erico Guizzo has plotted out on a New York Magazine-esque Approval Matrix. [From: BoingBoing]
- The New York Times infographics team whipped up an interactive display that compares the buzz over World Cup players during the course of the tournament according to Facebook conversation. We're waiting for an exploration of the vuvuzela based on Twitter complaints. [From: New York Times]
- Now that most major mobile operating systems can actually multitask, Wired looks at what's actually going on behind the scenes in Android, iOS 4 and WebOS. [From: Wired]
- It was bound to happen: M.C. Escher gets the LEGO treatment. [From: Neatorama]
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Creepy Robot Babies Compared, Tracking the World Cup via Facebook Buzz originally appeared on Switched on Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
iPhone ‘Bit Pilot’ Free for Download, FEED Revives Its Archives
There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
- Forget today's iOS 4 craziness with a free download (today only) of Zach Gage's 8-bit asteroid dodger 'Bit Pilot' for both iPhone and iPod touch. [From: BoingBoing]
- FEED, one of the Web's early online magazines and publisher of writers like Steven Johnson, Alex Ross and Clay Shirky, has published its archives online after shutting down nearly a decade ago. [From: FEED]
- That very same Steven Johnson fires a shot in the Nicholas Carr 'Internet-is-making-us-shallow' battle by exploring the benefits of social reading. [From: New York Times]
- Royal Pingdom dives into the software that Facebook uses to handle all those pokes, comments, photo uploads and more. [From: pingdom]
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iPhone 'Bit Pilot' Free for Download, FEED Revives Its Archives originally appeared on Switched on Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Mario Sculpture Built From Skateboard Decks, Plug a BP Pipe With an iPhone Duck
There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
- While it's not strictly tech, these marvelous works by Japanese sculptor Haroshi embody the bright, video game aesthetic over which the nerdiest of art lovers (like us) swoon and salivate. Haroshi works only with discarded skateboard decks, which he stacks together and hews into glossy, toy-like figures. (He even did a beautiful Mario series, pictured above.) Check out the link for some more images from a recent exhibition of his work. [From: Designboom]
- We wrote last week about the anti-Twitter dictum issued by Phil Corbett, the new standards editor at the New York Times, to the staff writers. A leaked memo from Corbett asked Times journalists to refrain from using the word "tweet" except under special circumstances. Corbett's now back-pedaling somewhat, saying that blogs were exaggerating the issue, and that he rarely, if ever, bans a word outright from the paper's copy. But why answer your critics at all? Sure, Switched employs jargon-y neologisms all the time, but we're a tech blog. If you're the person who sets the style bar at the almighty Times, stick with your convictions. [From: NYTimes]
- If your kids don't already know what's going on in the Gulf, you are a horrible parent. Also, you may want to consider downloading this free iPhone app, called 'Duck vs. BP,' so that your descendants don't resent you for shielding them from one of the worst ecological crap-storms in our nation's history. This accelerometer-based game figures you as a duck attempting to plug a leaking petrol pipe while dodging oil drops and learning sad facts about our environment. Maybe your kids will grow up and join the league of heroic pelican scrubbers, or will at least want to smack an oil exec. [From: Gizmodo]
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Mario Sculpture Built From Skateboard Decks, Plug a BP Pipe With an iPhone Duck originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
We Spy USB Buildings, Explore the Library of Congress Digitization Process
There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
- Spotted in Australia on Google Maps: these streets and buildings (above) look suspiciously like USB cords. [From: Neatorama]
- Our very own Josh Fruhlinger reminisces on the Roland, Kawai and Yamaha gear of his MIDI-filled youth over at Engadget Alt. [From: Engadget Alt]
- BoingBoing recently visited the Library of Congress to check out the institution's digitization efforts involving countless forms of media spread across thousands of years. [From: BoingBoing]
- Though it's a bit late to the add-on party, Safari 5's new extension feature lets users expand the functionality of their browser (like Chrome and Firefox). The Apple Blog rounds up 25 extras you can install now. [From: The Apple Blog]
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We Spy USB Buildings, Explore the Library of Congress Digitization Process originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.