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The shorter, greater challenge (1)
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Bear with me while I pop back in time a handful of years to when I messed around with stand-up comedy. For the first few years as an aspiring stand-up comic, one must tread the rocky paths of the open spots. These are the 5 minute - or if you are lucky 10 - slots that most smaller comedy clubs make available to new comics honing their techniques. The open spot routine goes as follows: ...Shared by Chris Leydon (0)Contribute comment -
Minority censorship rules (1)
onHow many complaints regarding a book would a publisher require to justify editing and reprinting what some may regard as an offensive word? 5,000? 500? How about just one… Dame Jaqueline Wilson’s My Sister Jodie, a book aimed at the 9 to 11 age group, has sold around 28,000 copies since its release in March this year. After a single complaint about the use of the “twat” in two instances, retailer Adsa pulled the book ...Shared by Chris Leydon (0)Contribute comment
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Tories attack school poverty gap (1)
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Warning as HSBC profits fall 28% (1)
onHSBC warns that conditions in financial markets are at their toughest "for decades" after seeing half-year profits fall 28%.Shared by Chris Leydon (0)Contribute comment
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Film censor defends Batman rating (3)
onThe BBFC justifies giving The Dark Knight a family-friendly certificate after cinema-goers complain about its disturbing content.Contribute comment
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Microsoft sees end of Windows era (4)
onDetails have emerged of the software that could take over after Windows has been retired.Shared by Andrea See (16) Chris Leydon (0) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (30) Josh Chandler (15) Pramod (21)Contribute comment
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How to reveal blocked caller ID info: a video guide to risky behavior (1)
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Filed under: Cellphones, Misc. Gadgets Let's say for some reason someone has his or her caller ID blocked and is calling you all the time. Let's then say you really want to know who that person is for, you know, whatever reason -- not that we'd know anything about that. Some crafty phreaker types have come up with a way to do this using an enterprise-spec asterisk box and a SIP trunk provider. In a ...Shared by Chris Leydon (0)Contribute comment -
Fake accent (3)
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How to reveal blocked caller ID info: a video guide to risky behavior (77)
onFiled under: Cellphones, Misc. Gadgets Let's say for some reason someone has his or her caller ID blocked and is calling you all the time. Let's then say you really want to know who that person is for, you know, whatever reason -- not that we'd know anything about that. Some crafty phreaker types have come up with a way to do this using an enterprise-spec asterisk box and a SIP trunk provider. In a ...Shared by Aaron (13) Adam (9) Adrian (19) Alex France (140) aliencam (5) Andrew Becherer (13) Andrew Hughes (32) Andrew Schott (73) António Afonso (3) arjo (28) Arley McBlain (0) Arturo (44) Atul Karmarkar (3) Brian Schwartz (13) Caleb Brown (10) Casper (87) Charles Rice (3) Chris Leydon (0) chrismartintx (0) Clay (3) deusdiabolus (95) digits12 (716) downbeat (37) Dropkick (6) Elliott P (4) Erik C. Thauvin (38) Francisco Solis (1) Howie (0) ilennox (20) Jake Lumetta (0) Jared (19) Jason (20) Jason (10) Jay Liew (12) Jeff (59) Jen (48) Jesse Mercado (7) joel (6) Joseph (0) Joshua (19) Kevin Lloyd (16) Kevin McAfee (0) Kevin Rose (14) Kevin Rose (8) Kichigai Mentat (59) Kirby Witmer (20) Lars / Ebi (5) Marin Purgar (22) Mark (39) Mark (9) MegaChris (1) Michael Mina (2) Michael Mior (62) Mick Thompson (0) Mike Butler (3) Mon (2) Morgan (8) MV (23) nuevecolas (23) Paul Edwards (31) Rich (37) Robert (20) Robert Accettura (15) Roger (14) Ryan (46) Saleh al-Ghamdi (1) Sam Law (12) Sander Epker (34) SethLevy (3) Steve (0) Steve (5) Steve Nimmons (77) Swardo (0) tomit (1) vraicovi (17) William Z. (14) xgdfalcon (9)Contribute comment
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Oyster card hack to be unveiled (6)
onA Dutch judge rules that details of how to copy Oyster cards can be published.Contribute comment
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Google 'UK's top consumer brand' (4)
onInternet giant Google becomes the UK's top brand for the first time, according to a survey of consumers.Contribute comment
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Batman film takes a record $155m (3)
onNew Batman film The Dark Knight sets a box office record after taking $155m on its opening weekend in the US and Canada.Contribute comment
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The Parker Steam Synthesizer runs on steam, sounds like a theramin, Bjork wants (14)
onFiled under: Misc. Gadgets If synth rock was meant to go hand-in-hand with fantastic steampunk universes (and we really can't see why it wasn't), instruments would look something like the thing you see here. This is the Parker Steam Synthesizer, a steam-powered music synth that runs on water and some coal. Designer Lorin Edwin Parker controls steam pressure with a ball valve which activates a dynamo. The dynamo is a magnet motor attached to a ...Shared by Adrian (15) Chris Leydon (0) Colin (20) hank (20) Jing (7) Keenan (19) Martin (17) Michael (20) Morgan (8) nparker13 (104) Phonkmeister (20) Rex (152) Ria Osorio (3) SFSlim (21)Contribute comment
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Emotional robot has empathy, understands your frustration (5)
onFiled under: RobotsNot that robots with emotions are anything new, but a project going on in Europe could perfect the art of crafting mechanical people that can "learn when a person is sad, happy or angry." The Feelix Growing project is getting even more advanced with software that gives robots the power to understand how a person is feeling based on feedback from cameras and sensors. The bots look at a human's facial expression and ...Contribute comment
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Sony's PlayTV begins European rollout September 10th in UK (7)
onFiled under: Gaming, Home Entertainment So much for early 2008 or even July for that matter. Sony's David Reeves now confirms that PlayTV -- the €99 PS3 TV tuner / DVR add-on -- will hit the UK on September 10th. The service will then march onto the continent before completing the European rollout in December -- Australia and New Zealand get theirs in January or February. Notably, the service will in fact record television in ...Contribute comment
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iPhone 3G and firmware 2.0: one week later (24)
onFiled under: Cellphones We know it's been a whirlwind week of either: a) patiently sitting outside your local Apple store, b) losing touch with family, friends, and significant others while buried knee-deep in your new phone / firmware, or c) desperately trying to ignore the iPhone. But it's time to come up for air and take stock. We're all aware that things didn't go quite as planned with Apple's trifecta (iPhone 3G, firmware 2.0, MobileMe) ...Shared by Aaron (15) Adrian Bacon (20) Alec Peden (25) Ankur (16) arkiver (20) Bret (6) cfohlin (9) Chanse Arrington (21) Chris Leydon (0) Helvick (4) Henry (11) id084895 (21) jon|k (17) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (30) Jrod (68) Laura (6) Lee (11) Mike (2) Priit^ (64) RevDev (10) Sidnei da Silva (8) Vincenzo (59) Warner (8) yaron (0)
- RevDev said: yeah, firmware 2.0 has a lot of issues. here's hoping 2.0.1 will be out sooner than later and fix these problems.
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.com Button: iPhone Tip (2)
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When typing in a website address in Safari, I use the “.com” feature on the keyboard all the time. I’m sure many of you do, too. If you hold down the “.com” button for a second, you’ll see a popup with other dot options. These are the other main top level domains like “.net”, “.org” and “.edu”. I’ve seen pictures online with “.co.uk”, so I’m curious - do you guys in the UK have that ...Shared by Chris Leydon (0) Mike (1)Contribute comment -
USB-powered HEAT ME stirrer: a coffee addict's dream (31)
onFiled under: Misc. Gadgets We'll go ahead and squash your hopes before you waste time pulling out the plastic -- this thing's just a concept, at least for now. From what we can glean, the HEAT ME is a fantastic device just waiting to be snapped up by Brando (or similar) and turned into the next must-have USB-powered gizmo. Put simply, the metal ends of this here stick warm up when plugged into your USB ...Shared by abeofarrell (15) Adrian L (9) Alejandro Inostroza P. (28) Alex (12) Atilano (39) benexia (2) benhamin (14) Bryan (5) Camtron 9000 (20) Candace Holly (33) Carl (2) Chris Leydon (0) Damir (8) DVD (1) Edo (21) Filippo (1) gizmo (23) Guido B (10) Ken (31) Mathew (30) NaFigator (3) nkronberg (51) npike (5) rezar (21) Ricardo (2) Ru> (15) Rutger Blom (21) rwonline (4) Tim (2) Timothy (8) woofer (8)Explore read five notes
- Bryan said: WANT!!!!!!!
- abeofarrell said: Gimme gimme gimme
- benexia said: they forgot to mention you can also burn your beloved colleagues in the face when they annoy you so
- Ken said: I need this!
- Damir said: Znate da prihvatam poklone za rođendan i nakon rođendana, tako da...
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