September 2009
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Computer Screen Glitches Can Be a Beautiful Thing
By Danny Allen, 12:10 PM on Thu Sep 17 2009, 4,157 views (Edit, to draft, Slurp)
Appreciating the look of garbled images isn’t usually the top priority if your monitor or TV freaks-out (unless it’s scrambled porn). But the new book, Glitch: Designing Imperfection, celebrates artists who manipulate these short-lived disturbances. Take...
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Lego Baseplate Shirt May Be the Dorkiest Shirt...
By Adam Frucci, 1:30 PM on Thu Sep 17 2009, 2,918 views (Edit, to draft, Slurp)
Now, I can admit a fondness for Lego. They’re probably the greatest toy ever made. But wearing a Lego construction on your chest? That might be a bit much.
The Brick Construction Shirt from ThinkGeek features a big ol’ baseplate on the chest. That means...
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iMac Hamster Cage For Sale On eBay
By Sean Fallon, 5:00 PM on Tue Sep 15 2009, 1,684 views (Edit, to draft, Slurp)
An old iMac seems to make a suitable habitat for a hamster. Who knew? And the good news is that you can buy it now on eBay.
Of course, the bad news is that the creator wants a ridiculous $350 for this thing—and it doesn’t even boot up on hamster power. [eBay...
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Recycled Maxell Tape Reel Clock
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IKEA Fans Fume over Switch to Verdana Font
What a shame.
Thumbing through his local Swedish newspaper, Göteborg resident Mattias Akerberg found himself troubled by a full-page advertisement for Ikea. It wasn’t that the Grevbäck bookcases looked any less sturdy, or that the Bibbi Snur duvet covers were any less colorful, or even that the names given to each of the company’s 9,500 products were any less whimsical. No, what...
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According to These Photographs, Superheroes Exist
By Jesus Diaz, 6:40 PM on Tue Sep 1 2009, 10,364 views (Edit, to draft, Slurp)
Mark got some light art photographs before, but the new ones in this gallery are so spectacular that they look like frames from a sleekspanky superhero movie. Except that, instead of using computer effects, these are done in real time.
Superhero Lighting Gallery
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Tetris players found to have greater brain...
Tetris players found to have greater brain efficiency, thicker cortex and better hair
by Darren Murph
posted Sep 1st 2009 at 10:44AM
You just knew all that Tetris playing you did as a kid yesterday was good for you, huh? A new study published by the big thinkers at Mind Research Network has found that “practicing Tetris” can actually improve brain efficiency and lead to a thicker...