MTV API Now in Public Beta: Music Videos Anyone? (12)
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Music video content provider MTV recently announced that its Content API is out of private beta and available to the general public. Available as part of a new MTV Networks Developers Tools web site, the RESTful API gives access to content from MTV, VH1, CMT and Logo. The API supports a variety of open standards including OpenSearch and MediaRSS (see our new MTV API profile for more details). The API gives access to every music ...
Creepy Tom Cruise Interview Redone As Creepy Half-Life 2 Interview (5)
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You remember those Tom Cruise Scientology interviews? Creepy stuff. They've been remade countless times by comedians, we know, but this is the first time we've seen them remade in the Half-Life 2 universe. Which makes it just as creepy, if not more so, because it's not too big a stretch imagining the Thetans being a part of the Combine. Which would make Tom Cruise, big-name Hollywood star, the harbinger of our ultimate destruction. Food for ...
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nyenyec said:
Can't decide if it's creepier than the original...
John Kricfalusi's presidential candidate toys (17)
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John Kricfalusi alerted me to these hilarious toys he designed depicting the presidential candidates. John Kricfalusi's presidential candidate toys
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Tamas said:
Stimpy goes to Washington
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Chadd said:
John Kricfalusi (Ren and Stimpy) on the Presidential Candidates; Dirty Diryy man! Love 'em
Band Leaks Tracks To BitTorrent, Feigns Outrage (4)
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Getting your album leaked online in advance of its official release is now standard operating practice in the music business. Nearly 10 years into the Napster era, many acts don't mind, and think of the inevitable leaks as free promotion. But some really don't want it to happen, and go through great effort to stop it -- without success. Radio-friendly hard-rock band Buckcherry, whose album Black Butterfly is being released in September, would like us ...
If Warhol Made Hard Drives... [Storage] (12)
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...they might not have been so different from these external drives from Meninos Design Studio. Acrylic cases coated in customizable vinyl, 250-500GB, 7200RPM drives are hidden behind your favorite take on glossy commercialism (from mock Red Bull containers to giant Marlboro packs...or even your own custom skin.) Our favorite is this little Pulp Fiction reference, but all of their designs beat yet another silver box: The USB-compatible cases alone go for $250. Bundled with hard ...
Man makes cell-phone activated stun gun to punish bike thieves (22)
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In this video, a shirtless inventor explains how he made a cell-phone activated stun gun to administer a shock to bike thieves. Bike thieves suck, so I decided to get even. Why not track and, if you'd like, shock these most egregious of folk? With a $40 pay-as-you-go cell phone, stun gun, and some basic electronic components, you can teach bike thieves a lesson and, hopefully, foster a small social change through individual action:) How ...
Rock, according to different video games (49)
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Here's a magnificent grid showing how a humble rock would be displayed by an enormous variety of video games' rendering engines, executed with affection and wit (Fipi Lele pointed out that the Zork version would be, "There is a rock here."). The rock is the perfect, Sluggo/Zippy-esque subject for this kind of comparison, absolutely bang-on. All I know about this image is that Kotaku apparently published it in April, 2006. Oh, and that it rocks. ...
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Lerch said:
This is a lot of fun. Really, really well thought out, too.
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Kevin said:
haaaz @ duke nukem
San Francisco Set to Deploy "Smart Parking" SFPark Wi-Fi System [Smart Parking] (13)
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The twisting, hilly streets of San Francisco are difficult enough to navigate without having to worry about a parking problem. Unfortunately for San Francisco residents, a parking crunch is exactly what's happening. The city's doing what it can to alleviate the problem, and that includes a $95.5 million program called SFPark that will convert 6,000 of San Francisco’s 24,000 metered parking spaces into "smart" spots. These special parking spots are currently being fitted with sensors ...
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kendra k said:
I feel like a huge geek about this, but I think this is a huge step towards better parking enforcement and payment. Next thing they need to do is make parking fees of fare market value, though some would call that "anti-car".
street interventions by d.billy (4)
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clown graffiti by d.billy artist d.billy is typically known for his two-dimensional collages which are inspired by comic books, instructional manuals and children's activity books. his street interventions take a more unconventional approach, translating colorful balloons, party streamers and artist tape into somewhat three-dimensional graffiti. once the interventions are complete, d.billy photographs the scenes, and leaves his work behind, allowing the public to interact with them indefinitely. rrring (payphone) by d.billy fooosh (hydrant) by d.billy ...
Derrick Bostrom's newspaper clippings from the 1980s (1)
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Meat Puppet Derrick Bostrom has kindly scanned and uploaded a bunch of odd, funny, and frightening newspaper clippings he's saved since the 1980s. Things I Should Throw Out: Clippings From The Eighties (Bostworld)
What's Good (and Free!) in the iTunes App Store (12)
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More than 550 new applications arrived for the iPhone and iPod touch this morning in iTunes' brand new App Store and more than 130 of them are available for free. Today we're taking a look at the best free applications for your iPhone and iPod touch, available once you've got iTunes 7.7 and the iPhone 2.0 software update installed. Note: Most of the apps listed here work with both iPhones and iPod touch models, but ...
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Al said:
Wow. Apple has lined up some great "killer apps" for the iPhone. How can Blackberry compete?
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Kevin Rossen said:
This list looks like a good one for you iphone owners.
Incredible Photography of Sci-Fi Fans in their Native Habitats [Science Fiction] (3)
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When you see a guy dressed up like Spock at a Star Trek convention, it's actually pretty normal. But as the excellent documentary Trekkies pointed out, it's a lot more odd when these fans wear the clothes home...and don't take them off. Photographer Steve Schofield has an amazing gallery of British science fiction fans dressed up at home in his collection "Land of the Free." We wasted far too much of our day appreciating these ...
Western Spaghetti, Stop-Motion Animation by PES (2)
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“Western Spaghetti” is the latest brilliant stop-motion animated short by PES. See Previously: Game Over by PES, Arcade Game Stop Motion Animation via Neatorama Related PostsGame Over by PES, Arcade Game Stop Motion AnimationPaper Darren by Goodwin Films & Mute MathBorrachos, Plasticine Stop Motion Animation by Sam3Stop Motion Animation by Free Poster FilmsLego Super Mario Stop Motion AnimationShareThis
Ira Glass on Getting Creative Work Done [Video] (10)
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Ira Glass, host of National Public Radio's This American Life, knows a thing or two about turning the creative process into a polished, finished product—but he also remembers turning out work he didn't necessarily want to put his stamp on. This video, part of an interview series on story telling, features some great advice about working through those first few attempts—or even years—where your product doesn't quite meet your standards, as well as Glass pulling ...
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Joseph said:
Solid ideas from Ira, check them out.
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mrplatts said:
Teaching is kind of like creative work that he describes, and changing your teaching to be more creative, and more like what you would like (i.e. using technology to improve your teaching) -- You have a certain vision, but your first attempts are sometimes disappointing - how to communicate this to teachers?
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Chris said:
Seriously, some of the best, most seemingly personal advice I've gotten all year.
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Dave said:
Nice pep talk from ira glass if you're trying to be creative
'66 drives' by andrew bush (1)
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woman waiting to proceed south at sunset and highland boulevards, los angeles, at approximately 11:59 a.m. one day in february 1997 american artist andrew bush is a photography who lives and works in los angles. he has exhibited in solo and group shows around the world. like most of his work, the series ’66 drives’ is more a catalogue of work rather than a series. bush uses the camera to record reality, photographing multiple iterations ...
