I Heard the Colors are Spectacular!

LowCommotion FTW! (Celebrities, Fun)

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Breakthrough Maps the Cool Quest

LowCommotion FTW! (Cell Tech, Fun)

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Jebara’s creation, Citysense, uses advanced machine learning techniques to number crunch vast amounts of data emanating from thousands of cell-phones, GPS-equipped cabs and other data devices to paint live pictures of where people are gathering. Fed to websites such as Google or Yelp, the data reveals what’s happening at any location.

How’d They Do That: WANTED – Wired

Zombie16 FTW! (Movies)

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Wired gives us a glimpse of some behind the scenes action from the new movie Wanted starring Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy. Some of the info contained in the article might be spoilers I haven’t seen the movie and I didn’t feel they really gave away anything to me but you might be different so erect that faraday cage and stay away if you are the type that likes to know nothing going in.

WALL-E Easter Eggs

Chromium FTW! (Movies, Robots, SciFi)

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Nice list so far.

Self Playing Robot Band: The Trons

LowCommotion FTW! (Music, Robots)

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the Trons – self playing robot band

Teen struck, killed by coaster at theme park

Chromium FTW! (R.I.P.)

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In the words of Weird Al – “Why’d you have to go and get yourself decapitated?”

Download YouTube Videos as MP4 Files

Zombie16 FTW! (Internet)

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Don’t you hate all the crap you have to go through to download your favorite YouTube video? WELL WAIT NO MORE! Thanks to the Google OS webpage we have this handy bookmarklet that skips all the steps you normally take. No more click the link, open another browser window, paste into some obscure site, download the flv and then upload it to be converted somewhere else. Once you copy the bookmarklet to your toolbar you are READY TO ROCK! Step 1 – Find a Video, Step 2 – Click  the Bookmarklet and Step 3 – Right-Click and Save As an MP3.

Battlefield Bad Company Demo Review

Zombie16 FTW! (PS3, Reviews)

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Battlefield Bad Company hopes to bring a good single player experience with cinematic story and multiplayer content to next-gen consoles. I had the chance to check out the BF: Bad Company demo on the PlayStation 3 and it is definitely next-gen material. The frostbite engine has a lot of features you would want in a new FPS hitting the market. Frostbite brings you dynamic lighting, fog, shadows, debris, concussion effects and finally it brings map destruction to the Battlefield series. Read the rest of this entry »

Mercedes to Cut Petroleum Out of Lineup by 2015

LowCommotion FTW! (Cars)

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In less than 7 years, Mercedes-Benz plans to ditch petroleum-powered vehicles from its lineup. Focusing on electric, fuel cell, and biofuels, the company is revving up research in alternative fuel sources and efficiency.

Reclaiming Language

LowCommotion FTW! (Educational)

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when asked what the most offensive word in the english langauge, one of my friends responded:

i love the word cunt, i recently freed myself from arbitrarily not saying it. now i cun’t get enough!
nigger is pretty offensive. i’d feel a lot more comfortable calling a black guy a cunt than a nigger. but i still wouldn’t call a woman a nigger. i won’t even say “nigger” behind someone’s back.
i think “cunty” is great, like, “don’t be so cunty.” it’s reclaiming the word, has nothing to do with gender