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Could biomimicry help football players?
by Phil Roeder A Bike Helmet Inspired By A Woodpecker’s Head[Via Big Think] What’s the Latest Development? As a graduate student, designer Anirudha Surabhi suffered a concussion when he fell from his...
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This will be how Planet of the Apes really arises
Steve Jobs will be the downfall of mankind if we now equip the apes with iPads. Perhaps our only hope is to convince the apes that Android is actually better ;-)
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Great article about the changes the iPad is making in football, including...
Why The iPad Is The Best Thing To Happen To NFL Safety Since The Football Helmet [Feature][Via Cult of Mac] At the opening of this year’s NFL season, we looked at how the iPad has become a popular...
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Wonder if the Wi-fi went down during the power outage?
Super Bowl plans to handle 30,000 Wi-Fi users at once—and sniff out “rogue devices”[Via Ars Technica When 73,208 fans file into the New Orleans Superdome for the Super Bowl on Sunday, they'll have to...
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It is all Charles Schultz’s *fault*
by Neal. ★ The Rise of Bounding Asterisks in Lieu of Italicization for Styling Text[Via Daring Fireball] Something else caught my eye in David Pogue’s review of the Surface Pro today — the use of...
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Why popular sports from baseball to soccer are screwed – even the lights are...
by Boston Public Library Match-Fixing in Soccer [Via - Grantland] I am a midlevel Hungarian gangster. You are a Finnish referee. So here’s how it works. I get a call from a lieutenant in the syndicate...
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A 74 year old movie of a 113 year old book controls the look of a movie that...
by Dulce Dahlia The Insanity Of Making A ‘Wizard Of Oz’ Film In Today’s IP Climate[Via Techdirt] It’s always tough to root for the underdog when neither of the involved parties deserves that title. So,...
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A great story of Groucho and how his TV show was saved for us all
The Day My Grandfather Groucho and I Saved ‘You Bet Your Life’[Via Boing Boing] I hate to admit it, but I sometimes find it hard to imagine life without Netflix. Whether it’s watching all six seasons...
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Billy Joel classy as he lets college student play Billy Joel
College student plays piano while Billy Joel sings along[Via Boing Boing] College student asks if he can play piano for Billy Joel and Joel says OK. The results are fabulous! [More] Always nice to see...
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Sometimes we would all like to be Alexei the Punisher
Russian bus driver enjoys punishing drivers who cut him off[Via Boing Boing] Bus driver Alexei Volkov, aka “The Punisher,” is famous in Russia for exacting revenge on the rude drivers in the city of...
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GOT rules
‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 3 Premiere Review: ‘Valar Dohaeris’ Sets The Stage [Via American Times] ‘Game of Thrones’ returns to HBO Sunday night with Season 3 picking up right where we left off. [Spoiler...
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Sadly, we won’t ever hear Roger Ebert say anything any more
13 Things Roger Ebert Said Better Than Anybody Else [Via Daring Fireball] “What I believe is that all clear-minded people should remain two things throughout their lifetimes: curious and teachable.”...
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Can being clueless really make you an Internet meme?
Microsoft creative director “doesn’t get” why always-on DRM upsets people, mocks rural internet users [Via Boing Boing] We no longer need to point out that DRM is an expression of contempt for one’s...
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Now an example of the right way to use Twitter
When Cancer Took Roger Ebert’s Voice, Twitter Gave Him a New One [Via Daring Fireball] Nice piece by Mathew Ingram for PaidContent. [More] This is a nice article showing how, when used properly,...
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On Friday, this National Geographic show will change your life
The film shows that documentarians can still do amazing and astounding work simply capturing images that transform how we view the Earth. In the tradition of Robert Flaherty and Nanook of the North,...
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How’d I miss the lens flares in the greatest car ad of the year, if not forever?
by JD Hancock Spock vs. Spock[Via Bad Astronomy] Let me be clear here: THIS IS THE SINGLE GREATEST AD OF ALL TIME. OF ALL TIME. If you haven’t seen it, take a look. So. Many. Inside. Jokes. Leonard...
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Elon Musk is not Tony Stark. He is Delos D. Harriman.
by cdrummbks There has been a meme going around comparing Elon Musk to Tony Stark. But the comparison is only superficial, in my opinion. Elon Musk is the embodiment of a classic science fiction trope...
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New business model may save ‘Hannibal”
by angelrravelor ‘Hannibal’ Likely To Survive For Another Season[Via CraveOnline] Last month, NBC’s “Hannibal” attracted 4.6 million viewers in its debut before slipping to about 2.6 million viewers...
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Yes, Hannibal has a food stylist
Feeding Hannibal : Hannibal Dines Alone[Via Janice Poon Art] I was having a bit of trouble with re-writes of my current children’s book, so when the food styling job for Hannibal came up, I jumped at...
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Great “Into Darkness” review: “too much stuff”
by Horia Varlan BA Review: Star Trek Into Darkness[Via Bad Astronomy] So, Star Trek Into Darkness. The new Trek movie. Big summer blockbuster. Lots of box office, lots of buzz. Yeah, that. I didn’t...
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