WII On Sale Even Earlier Than October?

News: the Wii is now in production. In fact, it's been in production since at least June 21st. Considering the fact that the PS3 hasn't even begun production and the 360 only started production 69 days before the sale date, that bodes well for gamers: it means that an October or even possibly September ...

Superman needs no health bar

Filed under: Culture, RetroThe Superman franchise has some bad luck on the gaming market, and not just Superman 64, considered by many to be one of the worst games ever made. After taking a look at 1UP's feature chronicling the worst Superman video games, one thing was made abundantly clear: developers ...

Senator Ted Stevens Downloads the Entire Internet and Complains It's Slow!

Regarding a recent vote, Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) explained why he voted against the amendment (basic net neutrality) and gave an amazing primer on how the Internet works: "It's a series of tubes." and "...an Internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it ...

Torrent downloads now faster and while your PC is turned off!

Tired of waiting hours or even days for a large & slow torrent file? Don't want to leave your PC on all the time? I found something real cool: It's a PHP based Torrent client that runs on a server. You can manage your torrents through a web interface.

Edge, DMA Reflect On The Making of GTA

The first Grand Theft Auto for the PlayStation and PC was not the runaway success or critical hit that many gamers associate with the third proper entry in the series. Nor was it easy to create. In Edge Online's digital version of the print pub's latest "Making Of" feature, DMA's Scott Baglow recalls: ...

rm -r *

I was waiting for a friend in the lobby of the Hilton down at Union Square. Near me was a middle-aged woman speaking loudly into a pay phone. "Yes, yes, that's right. You've got it. Now, here's what I want you to type. 'are em' .. yes. The letter 'r' & the letter 'm', together...

Nintendo pipe organ goodness

Filed under: CultureIf you're into Bowser anthems and pipe organs, then today is your lucky day. Follow the link and watch Harold Rodriguez from the University of Florida rock several Nintendo related themes on a nice fatty pipe  organ. Best if listened to on a nice, loud stereo.[via 4cr]Read | Permalink | Email...

16,000 firecrackers set off

I don't know much about firecrackers, but I do know this is the only way they should be set off.

Japanese devs react tepidly to post-E3 PS3

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business"Tepid reaction" is a phrase we have used before, in describing the Wii-naming and the Japanese Xbox 360 launch. Now it seems appropriate to add to that list Japanese PS3 developers in a post-E3 world.A survey released in the ...

Taking a closer look at designing a website

I found this on the net, hilarious, but oh so true. Don?t you think IE users should switch just to make the lives of many web designers (including me) a lot easier? We?ll see how IE7 handles CSS.

Microsoft Ultimate Keyboard: Wireless, Rechargeable, Backlit

If Microsoft calls this the Ultimate Keyboard, does it mean they're getting out of the keyboard business after this? Or are future keyboards going to be named the Good But Not Quite The Best Keyboard or The Penultimate Keyboard? Goofy names aside, this keyboard really does look pretty swanky. There's ...

Superman Loves WoW

And yet another Hollywood celebrity comes out of the closet as a smelly World of Warcraft nerd at heart: Brandon Routh has gone on record as being a huge fan of the game. I just like that world. I love medieval time and swords and horses and that kind of thing. It's fun to live that out, and I can play ...

Crash Course in Subversion

If you're already familiar with version control, Subversion is reasonably simple to use. If not, this article/tutorial will definitely help you out.

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Korgoth of Barbaria

The other week Adult Swim showed a new pilot episode of a show called "Korgoth of Barbaria." Typically I wouldn't think much of a new Adult Swim series - most of the newest ones are obnoxiously obtuse (I'm looking at you 12 Oz. Mouse) but Korgoth was pretty much amazing. A great art style, a lot of ridiculous ...

How to photographically make your neighborhood look like its own planet

This person has posted a nice technique on how to photograph your neighborhood to make it look like its individual planet. Very cool.

Spider-man 3 trailer

I may have wet myself a little. But that has nothing to do with the trailer. I've just got a weak bladder.

Flash Player 9 released today

Flash Player 8.5 has been upgraded to version 9.

New Google tool compiles Java to AJAX

When you deploy your application to production, the Google Web Toolkit compiler translates your Java application to browser-compliant JavaScript and HTML.

Open Source Templates - Amazing Designs

Is the new level of designs going to put designers out of work?