KingJawa writes "Wikipedia blew away Encyclopedia Brittanica, but can the model be used to upset the magazine industry? Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, thinks so. His company, Wikia, today announced three open-source magazine-style sites where users can write about news, opinion and gossip — ...
Posted 2.13.2007 2:06pm (2 years ago)
Cory Doctorow:
To turn off the Japanese "DANGERBOMB" clock, you have to connect the blue, red and yellow wires in the correct order. Screw it up and the clock plays an explosion noise. About $20, if you read enough Japanese to figure out how to place an order on Amazon Japan.
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There were several piece up this past weekend, and a resulting lively dialogue, about the role that race plays in videogames. Game|Life talks very cogently on the subject, which got kick-started by a post on the microscopiq site highlighting important black game characters. The article asks "Jade Is ...
Posted 2.12.2007 9:14pm (2 years ago)
"BEST GUNS EVER?!" Easy there, tiger, control yourself. There's plenty more of this post to go. You don't want to spend yourself too early. Let CVG explain:
We've compiled what we'd like to think is the definitive list of virtual boomsticks, covering some of our favourite shooters of the last ten years ...
Posted 2.12.2007 7:30am (2 years ago)
If you think your car is filthy, you’ve got nothing on this:
According to police, there was so much trash inside 53-year-old Ann Biglan’s Ford Focus, it completely filled the inside from the floor to the ceiling front and back.
The copious amounts of trash apparently caused the crash. Biglan ...
Posted 2.12.2007 4:14pm (2 years ago)
Kotakuite couple Jenni and Stevie ran across this package of Zelda themed treats for your Wii. It includes two Wii Remote covers, a game case and a special stand/organizer all imprinted with the famous Zelda Tri-Force. These are not Nintendo branded items, so I'm not sure how the manufacturers got ...
Posted 2.11.2007 1:00pm (2 years ago)
Title says it all. Picture.
Posted 2.12.2007 1:50am (2 years ago)
Filed under: CellphonesForgetting to put your phone into silent mode can often have embarrassing consequences, the scale of which depends on your setting and the quality of your ringtone. Say, for example, your Rocky theme ringtone goes off in the middle of an anti-boxing lobby group meeting. That's ...
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Florence Devouard, Chairwoman of the Wikimedia foundation has told an audience at the Lift07 conference that Wikipedia has the financial resources to run its servers for another 3-4 months, and that without further funding Wikipedia ?might disappear?.
Posted 2.10.2007 3:10pm (2 years ago)
Draw, save and share your painting.
Posted 2.10.2007 12:30am (2 years ago)
Did you ever have a favorite soda pop that was discontinued by the manufacturer? X-Entertainment has the story behind 11 sodas that are no longer manufactured, including Pepsi Fire and Ice (shown in the picture) and the poorly named brown Pepsi Clear. link
Posted 2.9.2007 9:49pm (2 years ago)
kcurtis writes "The AP (via boston.com) has a story about how MIT scientists have detailed a breakthrough in optics that could lead to cheaper, more efficient optical communications. From the story: 'Like polarizing sunglasses that block light waves oriented in different directions, the MIT researchers ...
Posted 2.10.2007 11:01am (2 years ago)
Filed under: GPSSure, Switzerland is all like "that's cool, bring your embezzled funds and criminal self on over, we don't mind," but when it comes to personal navigation devices, they take a bit harder line. On January 10th a law went into effect banning the use of a navigation device to warn of speed ...
Posted 2.9.2007 12:26pm (2 years ago)
Filed under: Portable Audio, WearablesJoining the growing array of wintry kit suited to help your day at the slopes be a bit more like you never left your AV center, the Camelbak Hellion SC delivers a hydration pack, gear compartments, and few electronics to boot. The brand best know for its wide variety ...
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Filed under: GamingWhile Mattel and VTech are doing their best to keep kids imaginative, or at least assimilate them into the gadget-filled world, Bandai's new creation lets kids "live the Tamagotchi life 24/7." Forget "edutainment" and prepare your child for life as a WoW gold farmer, heavy raider or ...
Posted 2.9.2007 10:06am (2 years ago)
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