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Wifi Jacking - HARDCORE [COMIC] (9)
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Shared by Andrew Taylor (57) Brad (32) Eric (10) ghosttie (33) Lindsay (19) Matt (31) R. Kris McNeely (2) Robert (11) Yerameyahu (93)- Brad said: hahaha
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LEGO V8, 32 valve engine (9)
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Another impressive LEGO build, nice illuminated accents -Real working (electronic) V8 engine made from Lego Technic. This is not a Lego set, but I completely designed and build it myself. It took me about 4/5 months. Enjoy! More pics of the build avaible on Brickshelf Gallery. [via Hacked Gadgets] More: 1440 rpms v8 LEGO engine Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in LEGO | Digg this!Shared by Daniel (16) Eric (10) Kevin (36) Moe N. Jaques (24) Scott (17) TiernanO (14) Tim (20) ydant (54) Zack Fernandes (10)- Zack Fernandes said: Epic. I want one.
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NXT Birthday Cake (1)
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Shortly after reaching the 50 project milestone, today the nxtprograms.com web site reached another milestone by turning one year old! So here is a one-candle birthday cake project to celebrate.The flame on the candle of the cake will "flicker" while the NXT plays the "Happy Birthday" song ,and when the song finishes, you can make a wish and blow out the candle. The sound sensor will detect the blowing, and then the flame will disappear!Here ...Shared by Eric (10)Contribute comment -
ALA provides free National Gaming Day @ your library activity resources (1)
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Can your patrons outwit other library gamers? Hundreds of libraries across the country are preparing to celebrate the American Library Association’s (ALA) first annual National Gaming Day @ your library on Nov. 15, 2008. ALA invites libraries of all types to join in the celebration by registering for two national gaming activities: a national video game tournament and board game challenge. Libraries also can develop their own National Gaming Day activities by using free resources ...Shared by Eric (10)Contribute comment -
They Tried to Protect Me from the Horrors of White-Flour Noodles (2)
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Girl: Did you ever eat SpaghettiO's when you were a kid?Guy: No, my parents loved me.Grocery StoreVancouver, Washington Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | wtf? Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-09-19Contribute comment -
Keith Brogan scans Mario with 3D scanner and builds him out of LEGO (2)
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Keith Brogan [Send us a link if you've got it. -AB] used a NextEngine 3D scanner and modo software to build a 3D mesh of Nintendo icon Mario, to which he then applied an array of brick-sized shapes. Finally, Keith built the large-scale Mario out of real LEGO bricks: Don’t miss Keith’s post on Luxology Forum for more details on how he combined high-tech with ABS. Via Gizmodo, with a nod to reader William.Contribute comment -
Still Alive from Portal, in typography (74)
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The ending song to Portal typographied. Song by valve etc copyright...Shared by abacab (0) Abhishek (23) Adam Ramshaw (19) Adam Singer (28) Adam Underwood (7) Addam Hardy (1) AJ Hawks (20) Andrew (32) AshTR (40) Auggie (17) Brad Nadler (22) Chris (27) Chris Greenough (4) Chris Neuman (10) Dan (48) Datch (30) Deborah Petersen (957) Dennis Laumen (23) DrFu (38) Dylan Thomas (26) Elvis (23) Eric (10) Franca Richard (22) guy (412) Guy (114) Helge M. Heggli (1) Hideki Saito (2) illu (41) InformationHigh (21) James Andreasen (1) Jason (40) jharwig (8) Joey Foxenberger (59) John W (5) Kate (203) Keith (1) Ken Krista (4) Kichigai Mentat (66) Kyle Bamford (44) LeapsandBounds (26) Lee (30) Marko Sultsing (15) Matthew (73) Matthew Turnbull (6) mavrevMatt (30) Mike (42) Mr. BabyMan (438) Muhammad Saleem (229) Nate Serefine (0) neal (392) Nicholas Fellows (1) Randy (13) Rantan (111) Reg Saddler (Zaibatsu) (822) Richard Totaro (1) Rick Butterfield (49) Roger (15) Ryan (8) Sam Law (36) Samuel (85) Sean McEntee (4) Sharath (13) Steve Hebert (0) Tal Siach (476) Thomas Raia (4) Tony Buser (9) Travis (43) Walt Disney Bio (16) William Termini (18) Zach Beason (3) Zack Jewell (1) Zak M. (735) ZicklePop (17)Contribute comment - Meeting McCay: Slumberland Titles! (2)
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Wired: 'iPhone takes screenshots of everything you do' (22)
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Filed under: iPod Family, Security, iPhoneOn your iPhone or your iPod touch, when you press the Home button, there's a nice little animation that takes you back to the home screen. To create that animation, your iPhone takes a screenshot of whatever it is you're doing, and uses it for the transition. Sounds innocent, right? Not so much, says data forensics expert Jonathan Zdziarski (thank you, clipboard). The screenshot is presumably erased from the iPhone ...Shared by Art (28) cvander (4) Dave (10) Eric (10) Gordon (11) Jake (20) Jamin (65) jeremy (5) Jim (22) Jon (20) Jrod (41) Lloyd Doppler (22) lucky13cxc (20) Martin Gordon (25) Nate (11) Nick (56) Phil (9) SFSlim (29) spdd (2) Trevor (45) twotwo (17) Walter H. (14)Contribute comment -
On fair use, book covers, libraries and the law (1)
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Regular readers of this blog will know that I've done a few library mashups using book cover images to add to the usefulness of services provided by my library. Depending on the task, I've either used a supply of cover art provided by Syndetics (a Bowker company) or cover images provided by Amazon. LibraryThing also has a good sized supply of cover art, though it's a bit trickier to use it wholesale. For the most ...Shared by Eric (10)Contribute comment -
Willy Listens to His Song (1)
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In which Willy listens for the first time to "This Song Is for Willy," and is duly amused, terrified, and head-turny.Shared by Eric (10)Contribute comment -
How to Use 43 Folders (66)
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A very simple guide to leaving here quickly so you can get back to making something awesome. Ask yourself… Why am I here right now instead of making something cool on my own? What’s the barrier to me starting that right now? This is not an insult or put-down. It’s a useful question. Please, think about it, then search the site to see if we have anything that might inspire you to make something awesome ...Shared by AJD (13) Andrew (10) Anthony (33) Anthony Bossuyt (21) Ben (23) blogan (22) bobleckridge (11) Brandon J. Mendelson (156) Brian (23) Brooks (14) Carl (20) Charles (6) Chris (13) Chris (19) Chris Miller (23) Collin (42) David (27) David Lenton (1) Dean (8) Dedalus (27) Dimitris (15) Ed Dale (20) Eric (10) Fred Schechter (33) Graham English (71) Gus (9) Holly (7) John (21) John (14) Jon (28) Ken (29) ken bavier (5) kevin (20) leedsjimbo (16) Liz (20) Lou (14) macgeekpro (3) markaw (16) Mike F (610) Munjaros (12) Nice Fish Films (51) Paul (17) Peter (19) Peter Stinson (0) powlow (22) Radu (20) ral (0) reechard (39) rene (20) Reub (19) Ryan (10) Scott (11) Sean Quinn (0) SFSlim (29) Skip Baney (0) Stephen Henderson (2) Steve (17) steven (14) Stevo (42) Tim (59) Toco (34) Valentin Jacquemin (8) Walt (6) wcaw (55) Yaroslav (8) Zenith (21)Explore read four notesContribute comment -
'I Have All the Books in the World.. All But One' [COMIC] (143)
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this is excellent -- and don't worry if livejournal presents you with a "click this to say your an adult" button. there's nothing dirty behind the wall.Shared by A. Jericho (56) adam (981) Ahsan Navid Hussain (449) AJ Hawks (20) Alejandro-S (41) Alex Robar (13) amarjeet (1) Anthony Rizk (0) Anton T (0) Arecibo (0) ashkan (1) Benjamin (19) beretta627 (17) bittin (285) Brent (2) Brian (18) brian collette (1) Brian Enigma (3) Brian Mayberry (3) Brian Schwartz (17) Brome (27) Bryan Webster (16) Cai Chen (6) Cali (13) Carissa (32) Carol (193) Chad (136) Christopher Learn (0) Christopher Moran (6) Corbin (16) Cornerhouse (24) Craig McCreath (11) Craig Stokes (2) Dan (48) Dan Serfaty (14) Dave Koss (3) David (3) David Machiavello (29) Demi Pietchell (255) Dennis Gonzales (30) deusdiabolus (90) Devindra (23) Dylan Thomas (26) Edner (33) Eric (10) Eric Portelance (5) eric smith (0) Eric the Hamster (18) Evaristo (29) Gautam (45) George (4) Gerard (171) greg (15) griffmiester (1) Heather Cee (10) Isaac (10) Ispirato (30) Jackye Stephens (84) Jacob (26) Jacob Share (11) Jamie Diamond (11) Jason Fouchard (0) Jason Francis (3) Jay Bandoy (47) Jennifer Abe (14) Jeremy Jarratt (33) Jesse Jardim (7) João Lima (1) Joeben B. Buena (1) John (18) John McLearran (1) Josh Kaplan (44) Joshua Buchanan (0) Justin (15) Justin (34) Justin (5) Justin Pearson (20) Kacy (4) Keaven Freeman (5) Kevin De Mulder (23) Kevin Federline (23) Kyle Callahan (2) Lars-Erik Forsberg (13) LeapsandBounds (26) Leena (1020) Lisa Fortuner (19) Liz (18) Manoj Plakal (0) Mark Havenner (0) Marken (3) Matt Lopez (24) mattlopez (24) Michael (25) Mike (4) Mike Lastname (8) Miles (14) Muhammad Siyab (53) nathan (1) Nathan (2) nathos (19) nervioso (72) Nicolas Lazaro (0) Omar Abid (27) Pat (5) Patrick (41) R. Kris McNeely (2) Rachel Ross (6) Raf (8) Rami Taibah (256) René Ghosh (0) Rene Rattur (29) rkalajian (6) Rose (26) Ryan (5) Sarah Snoddon (0) Scott Kuhl (0) Shane (3) Sharath (13) Sonny Gill (6) stephan (22) Sunpech (17) taylor (142) teh roflmaoer (12) Thinh (0) Thomas Sturge (7) Thomas.Paine (49) Tim J Livaccari (0) Timothy Greig (3) Tom (21) Tom Davies (40) Tommy Inglis (56) Tony (1) Trevor Shafer (21) underlost (0) Walt Disney Bio (16) Will (34) Yan (8) Yanik Magnan (2) yjsoon (16) Zak M. (735) Zie (2) ZlatkoGR (23)Contribute comment -
Geekdad invents the best Lego Sumobots ever (4)
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This is what the ill-fated Lego Spybotics should have been. Master Lego Mindstorms builder (and geek dad) Steve Hassenplug has come up with the easiest-to-program sumo bots ever. Use the new Mindstorms RFID sensor, he's created cards with pre-programmed attack and defense moves on them. The kids just decide which cards they want to use, pass them over the RFID reader on each bot, and they're ready to fight. It's like Pokemon but with real ...Contribute comment -
Printable housing (20)
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University of Southern California engineer Behrokh Khoshnevis and colleagues are developing a 3D printer for houses. Called Contour Crafting, the system spits out layers of concrete to build a structure from the bottom up. Caterpillar is sponsoring Khoshnevis's research. From the Contour Crafting page: Contour Crafting technology has great potential for automating the construction of whole structures as well as sub-components. Using this process, a single house or a colony of houses, each with possibly ...Shared by amoose136 (5) Bill (12) brady forrest (4) brokekid (193) DXL (20) Eric (10) flipp (21) hibiscusroto (36) Jeff Crump (24) kieraine (0) Mark (6) mfh (17) Mike Linksvayer (7) omar (4) phil.gs (15) Roshan (20) rszaloki (64) striatic (2) Tuneguru (9) Veritas Noctis (23)Contribute comment - Muttley from The Wacky Races presents the weather report (1)
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Celebrating GO MINIMAN GO - “30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure” (6)
onDavid Pagano, Nate Burr and myself were all recently asked by the LEGO Company to make a brickfilm to celebrate the LEGO minifigure’s 30th birthday. This is my contribution, 30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure. How many historical figures/events can you name? Don’t forget to check out GOMINIMANGO.com for more videos and a contest (details coming soon to a blog near you!)Contribute comment
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LED Football for the iPhone (19)
onMark Helmuth has developed a 1970s-style electronic football game for the iPhone. I wonder if it also emulates the sound of me crying when my older brother won't let me have a turn. Rob has the details over at Boing Boing Gadgets. iNostalgia! Old-school Football on iPhone (BB Gadgets)Shared by Adam (6) Eric (10) Greg (6) hibiscusroto (36) Justin D (25) kevwil (7) Mark (12) Michael (19) Mike (14) Paul (25) Rodrigo Leme (17) Rusty Mitchell (20) Scott (36) seanness (37) Squirrel Girl (28) Steve (3) tayknight (16) Thadius (21) tosh (1)Explore read seven notes
- Steve said: My heart skipped a beat when I saw this. Obviously the killer app for the iPhone.
- seanness said: I was adicted to this game! Nice!
- Squirrel Girl said: OMG I loved this game! Many of hours of fun competing/taking turns with my brothers.
- tayknight said: awww. how cute.
- Paul said: Oh my God. I must buy an iPhone now, just to get this game.
- Mark said: cool! i used to play this game for hours
- Mike said: this is completely BAD-ASS!
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HOWTO trick your printer into using ALL its ink (79)
onSlate's Farhad Manjoo has some great tips for outsmarting the greedy, lying sensor in your printer that wants you to change the super-expensive cartridge before the ink runs out: This guy had also suspected that his Brother was lying to him, and he'd discovered a way to force it to fess up. Brother's toner cartridges have a sensor built into them; OppressedPrinterUser found that covering the sensor with a small piece of dark electrical tape ...Shared by !&# (103) Aaron (29) Adam Selwood (21) Alan (13) Alec Peden (19) Alexander Carlill (27) Anthony (33) arkiver (20) bkim (36) C.K. (104) Carl (26) Chhavi Sachdev (0) Chimpadink (20) Chris (48) Christian (8) Clay (35) Daniel (1) Derek Springer (20) deusdiabolus (90) Eric (15) Eric (10) Falk (8) fern (30) GeniusBoyWonder (27) ggatin (30) ghosttie (33) Greg (1) HokieGeek (35) Jana (20) Jared (6) Jason (20) Jason Gooljar (46) jen (6) Jeremy Jarratt (33) Jim (22) Jim (19) Jim (7) Joe (77) John (11) John (15) Jon Lowder (2) Jonathan (22) Jordan T-H (16) Justin Ribeiro (20) Karen (18) Kay (32) Kevin Branigan (23) Kluzter (14) krs (20) Link of the Day (10) Linkletter (20) Lissa (10) Macky (21) Mark (36) Mark (61) Mark (21) mhking (52) MV (36) Nick Sanders (15) npike (20) Preeti Desai (25) Rafael Capanema (24) Robert Munroe (1) Rui (20) rveguilla (20) Sam (29) Sara (20) Shad (9) Shoshannah F (49) Sid (9) smackaysmith (17) StevieB (51) Thadius (21) Timm (0) tomwsmf (27) Travis Jon Allison (20) trinkers (15) Will (0) Wolfger (23)Explore read six notes
- Rafael Capanema said: Será que funciona? Vou tentar
- Greg said: Holy wow.
- Chimpadink said: My toner just ran out of ink about a day before viewing this. I did this trick and it TOTALLY worked.
- Christian said: I hate printers so much
- Falk said: Brother (and other printer manufacturers) definitely have crossed a border here. We have been putting up with the criminal activities of the printer mafia far to long!
- Kluzter said: La tinta de computadora es uno de los líquidos más caros del mundo, más nos vale sacarle el provecho y siendo regios... ¡ni se diga!
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More Solutions for Auto-Switching Linux Wallpaper [Linux] (22)
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Earlier this week, we showed you how to auto-change desktop backgrounds in Ubuntu using a small script and a scheduling tool. Turns out a good number of our commenters were already hip to dynamic, time-tracking wallpaper, and have found easier, more full-featured means of keeping their desktops fresh—and using some pretty cool backgrounds as well. Let's take a look at what else you can do to keep your Linux desktop fresh without a lot of ...
