Want That Hot Restaurant Reservation? Ask With A European Accent [Restaurants] (3)
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The parasitic Grocery Shrink Ray has infected restaurants, shrinking portions and spurring substitutions as restaurateurs struggle to pry revenue from cash-strapped customers. Desperate to fill seats by any means, restaurants are borrowing from the airlines and starting to overbook reservations for peak times. They're also giving preference to the new big spenders: Europeans. Many restaurants are trying to sate diners and give them a sense of plenty for the lowest price possible. “You have to ...
The Shocking Inside Story of the Xbox 360's Epic Defects (The Biggest Fail in Gaming History) [Xbox 360] (8)
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Dean Takahashi, one of the most respected tech journos around, spent years putting together this mind-blowing expose that reveals the truly epic scale of the problems that lead to millions of dead Xbox 360s. It really is one of the most stunning flustercucks in gaming history. According to his account, Microsoft willfully ignored deep, systemic problems in the console's production that reached from chipmakers—initially, only 16 out of every 100 of its IBM-made processors worked—to ...
WHAT ENGLISH SOUNDS LIKE. (2)
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Wakamaru robot to help / freak out UNIQLO SoHo shoppers (3)
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Filed under: Robots Shopping robots aren't totally unheard of from a global perspective, but we certainly haven't seen too many out and about in NY boutiques. Reportedly, that's about to change -- UNIQLO SoHo will soon be home to Mitsubishi's Wakamaru, a humanoid that can look you in the eye, communicate on a very basic level and somehow help you decide between this dress or that other one over there. Word on the street has ...
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Joannie said:
oooh i can't wait to see it!
Roz Savage: First Woman to Row Solo From California to Hawaii (3)
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Early on the morning of September 1, Roz Savage became the first woman to row, alone, from California to Hawaii. The voyage of 2,600 miles took her 99 days, 8 hours and 55 minutes. During the trip she was in surprisingly regular contact with the outside world, equipped with high-tech gear including a satellite phone, iPod loaded with audiobooks, water-proof speakers, video/still camera, and a solar panel rig to power everything (read more about the ...
Screw the Large Hadron Collider, I'll Take the Large Helical Device [Science] (9)
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We've all been wowed by the remarkable photos of the apocalypse-bringing Large Hadron Collider (set to run next Wednesday!), but it's not the only piece of insanely-large scientific equipment that's easy on the eyes. Japan’s Large Helical Device was designed to "conduct fusion-plasma confinement research in a steady-state." Also, it looks amazing. Sure, it doesn't have as many far-reaching implications for the physics world, nor are there any idiot protestors complaining that it'll destroy the ...
Book about photobooths (4)
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American Photobooth is a new illustrated history of photobooths, which first made their splash in the 1920s. Photographer Nakki Goranin became obsessed with the technology after creating a series of her own photobooth self-portraits now in the collection of the International Center for Photography in New York. She then spent nearly a decade tracing the history and culture of photobooths and collected thousands of vintage photobooth prints, like those above. The new issue of Smithsonian ...
Japanese wives wanting a divorce hire professional seducers (21)
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The Times Online reports on a company on Japan that uses professional seducers to help unhappy wives build a case for divorcing their husbands. 3.30pm. Mr A is outside a bank in a busy part of Ikebukuro, a faintly seedy area of Tokyo, waiting for his date. He beams as she teeters across the road on high heels. Kyoko, 20, is half his age. She has a mane of black hair, sloe eyes, a fetching ...
Foreign Affairs parody cover (26)
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Andrew Hearst of the Panopticist is a master at making funny magazine cover parodies. Here's his most recent work. Sarah Palin Makes the Cover of Foreign Affairs Weekly
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Jakob said:
a bit harsh, but funny in its own way
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JayCrossler said:
Tagged, though not to show any political bias. Just for chuckles.
John McCain is a Cylon, and Palin is Roslin. (21)
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A fearless truth-seeker who isn't afraid to go where mainstream media is terrified to tread sneaks us this breaking (!) blogsclusive, a deeply troubling discovery at the highest levels of power. Many have noticed that famously short-tempered Vietnam war veteran John McCain, famously imprisoned and tortured in Hanoi, bears a more than passing resemblance to famously short-tempered Cylon war veteran Saul Tigh, famously imprisoned and tortured on New Caprica: Oh, but it doesn't stop there...
http://intelligenttravel.typepad.com/it/2008/08/metro-logos-tk.html (2)
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While browsing the web, I noticed this eye-catching graphic on Prêt à Voyager's blog. Metro logos from around the world make a colorful display, reminiscent of the artistic airport silhouettes we blogged about earlier this year. I recognized at least eight* trains that I have ridden in my travels. Which ones have you been on? You can find each logo's location here. *Washington, DC; London; Paris; Rome; Barcelona; Sydney; New Jersey; New York Image via ...
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jon|k said:
i love subways! i've been on: Barcelona, U-Bahn, S-Bahn, Boston T, Brussels, Cairo, Chicago, Helsinki, Hong Kong MTR, Hong Kong KCR, Las Vegas, London Underground, London DLR, Los Angeles, Monterey, New York MTA, Paris Metro, Paris RER, Prague, Rome, San Francisco BART, San Francisco Muni, Stockholm, Toronto, Vienna, Washington DC Metro, Upcoming: NJ Transit, Madrid
Mythbusters Pain Mona Lisa INSTANTLY With 2100 Paintballs! (31)
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In a presentation made at Nvidia's NVISION show this week, Adam and Jamie unveiled a 2100 barrel paintball gun and—in an instant—painted a pretty convincing (if not slightly drippy) Mona Lisa. In typical MythBusters fashion, the incredibly elaborate experiment was only tenuously linked to their hypothesis. The presentation was intended to represent the difference in operation between single and multicore processors, referring to current gen CPUs versus GPUs, respectively. Of course, the reality of parallel ...
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Brian said:
Whoa.
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Alex said:
omg. awesome.
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GarthDB said:
Awesome!
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jon|k said:
heh that slow-mo at the end is f'n awesome!
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Josh said:
Brilliant demo. Mythbusters, oversized comparison...brilliant marketing move that will absolutely go viral.
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Vorak said:
This is pretty damn cool.
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Pozsi said:
Yay!
Video of 3038 Photos Shot in 3 Days of Life in Boston (36)
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Robbie shot 3038 photos with his Canon 5D over a period of 3 days of his life in and around Boston. He then created a video of all of the photos played at hi-speed in the order they were shot, set to the song “Dry Lips” by Lightspeed Champion. via Cartoon Brew Related PostsThe Big Picture, A News Photography Blog by Boston.comHow To NapBre Pettis’ Gnomdex VideoThe Happiest Days of Our Lives by Wil WheatonIncredible ...
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