Great in-joke in today’s xkcd
Getting pwned by internet memes for the win
Some students at the University of Glasgow added sensory feedback to the iPhone keyboard
Some students at the University of Glasgow added sensory feedback to the iPhone keyboard
Just a proof of concept for now, but an intriguing way to add haptic functionality to touchscreens using the phone’s vibration sensors
Have you ever heard of Virtual Reality? Of course you have… If by some odd chance you haven’t, take a look into it. I’m telling you, it WILL be bigger than TV.
Have you ever heard of Virtual Reality? Of course you have… If by some odd chance you haven’t, take a look into it. I’m telling you, it WILL be bigger than TV.
The encycolopedia of life has launched
The encycolopedia of life has launched
The latest attempt to catalog every species on the planet
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Doom mod that will Rickroll enemies to death [via revgeorge]
The FCC is actually going to do the right thing to stop ISP traffic “shaping”
The FCC is actually going to do the right thing to stop ISP traffic “shaping”
This is as great as it is surprising.
Sasquatch 2008 announced
R.E.M., the National, Built to Spill, Cold War Kids, Okkervil River, Rogue Wave, Mike Patton & Dan the Automator (!!), BATTLES, Cave Singers, Pela, Thao Nguyen, Sera Cahoone, The Cops. Yeah, you’re going.
Getty sold to a private equity firm
Getty sold to a private equity firm
San Francisco based Hellman and Friedman has offered $2.1B plus will be assuming $300M in debt to acquire the Seattle stock photo agency.
First single from new Roots album, “75 Bars”
First single from new Roots album, “75 Bars”
How much do I love the second comment: “I bet White people will appreciate this” because damn if I don’t love this track already.
Harlem rent parties and Fats Waller
Harlem rent parties and Fats Waller
Kottke has a quick but great writeup on rent parties, a tradition out of Harlem for dealing with rapidly rising rents and, I suspect, prohibition.