May 2008
40 posts
Stormtroopers v. London cops →
On Kiku’s Tumblr page, this photo of Stormtroopers and London cops uneasily eyeing up one another. Link (via Wonderland)
May 31st
A collapsible, modular greenhouse, which Design... →
A collapsible, modular greenhouse, which Design Boom says is “especially suitable for small spaces like cityhouses, balconies, roof terraces or town gardens.” What they forgot to mention was that…
May 30th
Peers -- The Missing Search for Firefox →
May 30th
Incredible pictures of one of Earth's last... →
May 30th
Revision3 →
May 30th
Every Damn Morning →
May 30th
Paramount silencing portions of Indiana Jones in... →
Adrian McCarthy says: While at the cinema yesterday, I read a notice posted by the box office that Paramount has intentionally silenced bits of the soundtrack of _Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of…
May 29th
Firefox 3 Aims To Break Software Download Record →
Mozilla is aiming to make Firefox 3 a record breaker. It wants the next release of its browser to be the most downloaded piece of software in a single 24-hour period. Download Day will…
May 29th
First LIVE images of FULLSCREEN Android demo! →
 bookmark this on del.icio.us - posted by ajlopez - more about this bookmark…
May 29th
Lego boulder threatens civilization. Update: ugh,... →
Jacob Appelbaum was one of many folks who went to see the new Indiana Jones movie, and hated it. About this internet video, in which a giant Lego-covered styrofoam boulder hurls…
May 27th
Link by Link - This Is Funny Only if You Know Unix... →
May 27th
Pictured: Photographer's moment of madness as he... →
May 25th
Star Wars minifig Joule Thief →
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool An awesome Joule Thief housed inside a Star Wars LEGO figure. LEGO stormtrooper minifig joule thief mod Related: Make a Joule Thief -…
May 24th
The second trailer for Hancock, the... →
The second trailer for Hancock, the Will-Smith-as-apathetic-superhero movie due out this summer, is up on Apple Trailers. I believe this is the same one I linked to on YouTube a month ago, but…
May 22nd
Profile Changes Are Coming Soon →
Earlier today we had a small press event where we walked a few reporters and bloggers through the upcoming changes to the profile. We got to reiterate our intention of making the profile cleaner and…
May 22nd
Napster DRM-free store has 6 million 256kbps... →
Napster is now DRM-free, with its 6 million tracks costing 99 cents each. This makes it the largest DRM-free MP3 store going. The AP, writing what it thinks it ought to write, says it’s a…
May 22nd
Napster DRM-free store has 6 million 256kbps... →
Napster is now DRM-free, with its 6 million tracks costing 99 cents each. This makes it the largest DRM-free MP3 store going. The AP, writing what it thinks it ought to write, says it’s a…
May 21st
Real world Monopoly graffiti →
Wooster Collective posted this photo of Monopoly graffiti spotted in Chicago. Link
May 21st
Storm Troopin' - a set on Flickr →
May 21st
Mozilla Firefox 3 RC1 →
Release notes for the first release candidate of Firefox 3.0.  ★ 
May 19th
May 15th
“Code: du -h directory_name reports the size of all directories beneath a given...”
– Check folder size from terminal - Ubuntu Forums
May 15th
Flickr Find: 11,600 horizontal pixels of heaven →
Filed under: Hardware, Flickr Find What you’re looking at is actually nine computers: five Macs, three PCs and one Linux machine. (Check out the Flickr page, to see what’s what.)…
May 15th
London supermarket secretly photographs... →
Budgens, a London supermarket chain, secretly records biometric facial photos of people who buy cigarettes and alcohol and compares it to a database of known underage buyers, and they’re hoping to…
May 14th
TSA to MIT Oceanography students: you are a... →
Neil sez, Some oceanographer friends of mine were encouraged to apply for TWIC cards so that they could access research vessels in port without escorts. Because they’re, y’know, researchers. …
May 14th
Finish Line →
May 14th
Security guards threaten NPR photos with arrest... →
Andy sez, This afternoon, an NPR colleague of mine and I were almost arrested at Washington DC’s Union Station for taking panorama photos with a Gigapan, a robotic camera mount developed by…
May 14th
Specto →
May 13th
House passes bill that will let the RIAA take away... →
Glenn sez, I was just alerted that the House of Reps has passed HR 4279, with the lovely name, PRO-IP (Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008). Like the…
May 9th
Video: First Time In World History, Killer Whales... →
Image via Environmental Graffiti A tour operator in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, along with four lucky tourists, have made the first recording of a a group of Orca whales hunting a…
May 9th
Now Rolling OpenID →
As a huge fan of single user sign on UNEASYsilence is now allowing commenting via OpenID. We are utilizing the WP-OpenID plugin and all you need to do is plugin your OpenID URL into the…
May 8th
When the fall is all that’s left [dive into mark] →
May 8th
Phone cord sheep sculptures →
Look at this heard of phone sheep sculptures! They’re made from phones, cords, and handsets, and I wonder if those wires running from the wall means that they ring. Next challange: making…
May 7th
AG Lite - Issue 299 | Have to go →
May 7th
Damien Weighill - Illustration (+44) 07920 844 545... →
May 2nd
Boomerangs in space →
On a recent visit to the International Space Station, Japanese astronaut Takao Doi brought paper boomerangs with him. They were given to him by world boomerang champion Yashuhiro Togai, who…
May 2nd
Little tweaks, huge impact →
I love reading about little changes that make a big difference. The airline industry seems to be a great example. This article talks about how American Airlines made some small changes to save a…
May 2nd
Dell’s New U.K. Keyboard Layout →
Brand-new Dell Vostro laptops in the U.K. have a new keyboard layout where the entire bottom row of letters has been shifted one key to the right — rendering them completely unusable for anyone with…
May 2nd
Stove Ownership →
May 2nd
Do websites need to look exactly the same in every... →
May 1st