December 2010
Researchers Bring Kinect to World of Warcraft →
Researchers at the University of Southern California have come up with software that allows off-the-shelf PC games to be played with Kinect and may one day have a role as a rehab tool and in helping…
Yahoo!locaust →
devastating critique of Yahoo from a digital archivist’s perspective [via]
How different age groups celebrate Christmas - The... →
Christmas is hard →
Concentration Camp Game Canceled Due to Backlash →
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Once again, developers are not allowed to create interactive experiences based on the darker points in human history. I suppose we’re not allowed to have…
Favimom, a Javascript Pokemon-style RPG played... →
“kottke.org used Blogospheric Pressure! boingboing.net took 3 damage”
♫ Listening to Lil Wayne - Six Foot Seven Foot on...
how ancient Egyptians performed mathematics: →
Michael Schneider shows how ancient Egyptians (and others) performed mathematics:
(via Scotteriology)
With this in mind, you can appreciate the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus and…
DJ Shadow - Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt,...
Don't shoot messenger for revealing... →
Don’t shoot messenger for revealing uncomfortable truths
Free Audio Books: →
Download Free Audio Books of great works by Twain, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Orwell, Vonnegut, Nietzsche, Austen, Shakespeare, Asimov, HG Wells & more…
Julian Assange, defending our democracies (despite... →
Blizzard Won't Make Xbox MMO until It's Sure Live... →
A Blizzard console MMO would put heavy demands on Xbox Live, says World of Warcraft’s lead system designer.
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I'v been waiting for this for 10 years...... →
A blind accessibility consultant has won her case against the Canadian government for the lack of accessibility on its websites, the country’s Federal Court has announced.
As reported in last…
Scalzi on the Google eBookstore, Plus Indie Stores... →
Apparently Google opened its electronic bookstore, and because I know I’ll be asked about it, yes, I have books available in it, which you may find here. It’s not all of them yet, but I don’t…
Goodbye Handcrafted Levels →
Woohoo, tdot has another atheist bus ad campaign →
My hat goes off to the CFI guys and their effort to step up our rhetoric with this new bus ad campaign set to take off in Toronto this January.
Trottier said the Centre for Inquiry raised…
40 Things I Learned From Side Projects |... →
As the year ends, I took some time to write down every skill I’ve learned in 2010 as a direct result of side projects.
The Lost Canadians →
Fearless. Witty. Thoughtful. Canadian. The Walrus is a general interest magazine about Canada and its place in the world, published by a registered non-profit charitable foundation.
Microsoft Kinect selling faster than the iPad →
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Six months ago, I took a look at the fastest growing devices and apps to date. Surprise, surprise -it’s already time to update the list.
Nintendo Wii…
Self Portrait →
I don’t do a lot of self-portraits; it’s not something I’ve been comfortable with. I always knew I wouldn’t end up on the cover of GQ, and as I hit middle age, gravity and my appetite have taken…
WTF Hawaii! →
This is genuinely screwed up. Supporting separation of church and state can get you beat up in Hawaii. When Senate President Colleen Hanabusa introduced a reverend to say the invocation, Mitch…
DON'T EVER LOSE YOUR SPRINT PHONE →
Note: The whole, high-res conversation can be viewed HERE. Geekologie Reader Jason found a Sprint cell phone (presumably at the bar on his way out with 4-6 beautiful womens) and, being…
YouTube - Inception in Real-Time →
Anyone Need Some Used Wrestling Jello? →
There’s an ad running in today’s Craigslist Toronto that reads:
8×16 liter buckets of used wrestling jello. (western back alley of queen west/bathurs)
Had jello wrestling last…
First Music from Videogames Nominated for Grammys →
Music composed specifically for use in a videogame has never been recognized for a Grammy, but this year two videogame songs were nominated.
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Canadians lie about religious attendance, survey... →
Find latest lifestyle information on fashion, relationships, family, food, outdoors and pets. Read Vancouver Sun to get more information on lifestyles.,With a prime church-going holiday just around…
Nowhere To Run, Nowhere To Hide: XM-25... →
Remember the XM-25 Smartgun we’ve reported on in the past? Of course not, you can’t even remember where you parked your car at the mall. BY MACY’S NOT BLOOMINGDALES YOU DINGALING. Anyway,…
Ask Reddit on culturally untranslatable phrases →
don’t comb your hair, you’re not going to be in the picture
Understanding Pac-Man Ghost Behavior →
great companion to the Pac-Man Dossier [via]
God’s Desktop App →
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What I really need is that One Desktop App To Rule Them All, if you’ll forgive the horrific nerd reference.
Ten Years of Dorkbot: PalmPilot Music, Kinky... →
Dorks, geeks, and other smartypants New Yorkers gathered in downtown Manhattan for the tenth-anniversary Dorkbot event on Wednesday night, where they were treated to three…
TSA recommends using sexual predator tactics to... →
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Seriously ? if private companies were carrying out this activity they would be run out of dodge !
TSA regional security director James Marchand advises parents whose kids…
U of T's Hidden Planetarium →
The planetarium’s digital projector, which uses a fish-eye lens to render images on the inside of an inflatable dome.
In early 2009, the University of Toronto notably bought the …
A Second Chance →
You don’t often get a second chance to capture an image. This week, I had that chance; I had to be downtown early on Tuesday morning for a meeting, and the combination of the rain-slicked pavement…
“The triumph of intellect and romance…” →
…over brute force and cynicism.”
Slim just linked to this (apparently unaired) Craig Ferguson/Dr. Who clip with the comment “my new manifesto!” WORD.
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Michael Jackson: The Experience DS has an... →
Michael Jackson: The Experience DS
Penny For Your Thoughtlessness →
(Grocery Store | Westchester, NY, USA)
(I am working as a cashier at a gourmet food store. A lady walks up with one item and a giant jar full of pennies. I ring her up.)
Me: “That will be three…
They Heard The News Today, Oh Boy: Rob Ford Loves... →
♫ Listening to Chiddy Bang – Under The Sheets...
A Study of Trends in Mobile Design →
This article is a part of our new eBook Mobile Design For iPhone And iPad (just $9.90). The eBook presents articles on professional design for the iPhone and…
♫ Listening to Caribou’s Remix of Four Tet’s Angel...
♫ Listening to wiley blue bottle kiwi on exfm...
24 Ways, an Advent Calendar For Web Geeks, Returns... →
Web geeks rejoice! 24 ways, an advent calendar for web designers and developers, has returned for its sixth year. Every day until Dec. 24, a new article — many of them penned by web…
Spray-On Stem Cell Treatment for Burn Victims →
Cardiothoracic surgeon Amit Patel and burn care surgeon Amalia Cochran are overseeing experimental procedures utilizing this new “bedside stem cell technique.” By combining a patient’s own cells…
