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Almost 6 months to the day after it was announced, the anonymous donor of the XBox challenge has been revealed as Michael Robertson, chief executive of Lindows.com (and founder of MP3.com). His identity was revealed in a bulletin board on SourceForge Robertson has officially extended the deadline for the contest, since no group has successfullyContinue reading “Pip finds his benefactor”

The age-old question, “do you dream in color,” which usually pigeonholes the respondent as either artistic and creative or boring and mundane, could be moot. Of course I always answer “color,” (or “colour” if I’m talking to foreigners) just because I have very vivid dreams and I’m pretty sure I would have noticed if theyContinue reading “Technicolor dreaming”

Justin Quinnell’s pinhole photographs beg the question: what would life be like if you were a tiny person living inside someone’s mouth? By shoving an entire self-engineered camera into his mouth, and taking pictures throughout his day, he gives us a slide show that answers all of your intra-mouth life questions. [via b3ta] Justin Quinnell:Continue reading “A day in the life of my mouth”

I often buy aged New Yorkers and Life Magazines in order to peep at the cultural backdrop of my ancestors. The imagery, style, language, and beliefs that exist in a cigarette ad from 1950 are proof of our evolution (or, god were they stupid back then). The Yesterday Paper company is trying to capitalize onContinue reading “Vintage advertising”

As part of their new Live campaign, Vodaphone is offering some interesting multimedia tools. One of which is a web gallery for picture messages sent from mobile devices. It appears that the current gallery consists of Vodafone sales reps taking them at various stores in England, but it could very easily turn into a hotContinue reading “Vodafone Live”

In light of current events, I couldn’t resist… daypopdex.com. Of course, the question everyone is asking: when is someone going to build a meta weblog index index? It appears that dexdex.com is taken, but metadex is still available. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Open University psychologist Dr. Adam Joinson finds that gender stereotypes are being played out on the information superhighway: “As information has become such a valuable commodity, it’s not surprising that men have transferred their traditional hunter-gatherer role to hunting for information on the web” BBC: Sexism ‘rife’ in cyberspace

Tell me it isn’t true: The New York City Anti-Hipster Forum! In case you’re wondering, this is a blog about how much I (and I suspect many many others) despise New York City’s so-called “Hipsters” and everything they generally stand for. Now, before I begin, let me make a few things very clear: Number One,Continue reading “Anti-Hipsters”

One of the most difficult search procedures, and one where most people rely on social networks is the dark and mysterious world of car repair. It’s relatively common to get ripped off, shoddy repair, or the worst, slimy and inexperienced repair people. The mechanic everyone wants to find is a friendly guy who always undercutsContinue reading “Car repair testimonials”

Looking for a new way to enhance your sex life? Tired of using the same old vision technology? Try hooking 144 electrodes up to your tongue. Paul Bach-y-Rita is developing a high-resolution interface to one of the most dense areas of nervous endings, which also comes with great conductance thanks to saliva. The wired articleContinue reading “Stick your eyes back in your mouth”