December, 2010

The Doghouse Diaries

7 Insanely Advanced Weapons History Somehow Forgot About – [Cracked]

If AIDS Has Been Cured, Why Is The Victory Party So Small – [Boing Boing]

Drunk Man Kills Terrorizing Shark By Accidentally Jumping On Its Head – [Geekologie]

The Best Tron: Legacy Review You’ll Read This Week – [FilmDrunk]

IMDb’s Top Films Of 2010 – [/Film]

False Nostalgia: How VH1 Ruined the Taste of a Generation – [The Awl]

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One of the coolest mobile applications I’ve seen in a long time.  Quest Visual has been working on Word Lens for the past 2.5 years.  The app, which can be downloaded for free from the App Store, translates Spanish signs to English in real-time, and vice-versa, using your video camera on your iPhone.

Quest Visual | Via

An individual in San Francisco going by the name “Sandwich” has been wheatpasting stills from the infamous “Collateral Murder” video with gameplay images from Halo 2 overlaid on top.  This is supposedly another piece Sandwich has taken credit for.

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For anyone that thought the original trailer needed less CGI and more bear attacks.

On one hand, the movie’s portrayal of bears as picnic basket-loving, vehicle-operating, talking teddy bears that crave human friendship is not only incorrect, but dangerous.  On the other hand, it could lead to more bear attacks on film for our amusement.  Catch 22, I guess.

FilmDrunk

By Jeff Proctor for Funny or Die x Gallery 1988′s “Is This Thing On?” show.

The 10 Best Data Visualization Projects Of The Year – [Flowing Data]

Tron Guy Reviews Tron: Legacy – [Wired]

Twitter Worth $3.7 Billion After $200 Million Investment – [All Things Digital]

The Most Memorable Daily Show Segments From 2010 – [Gawker]

25 College Students Defeated By Finals Week – [BuzzFeed]

Yahoo! Accompanies Layoffs With Shut Down Of Del.icio.us, Other Properties – [TechCrunch]

A model’s “hair” catches on fire during a live Ustream from the Diddy-Dirty Money release party for Last Train To Paris, Puff’s first offering since he moved Bad Boy over to Interscope last year.

Via: Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, etc.

The New Yorker