June 2011

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"Imagine if, every time there was an explosion up on the cinema screen and a crashing thunder of sound from the theater’s THX speakers, your seat shook, spilling your beer/coke/popcorn into your lap. Well, imagine no more. The Kinetic Movie Theater chair could make this messy, pants-wetting fantasy into a moist reality." Hate this for the...

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Voting has officially closed in Cup Noodle's campaign to resurrect fans' favorite discontinued flavors and the winners won't be announced till September (fingers crossed for Ikaton!), but these old commercials should hold you over till then. I don't know how to make YouTube subtitles (do you?!) but part of what makes these CM so brilliant are...

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The cover of Rave On Buddy Holly is wisely splashed with huge names, from Paul McCartney and Lou Reed to The Black Keys, Fiona Apple, Cee Lo Green and Modest Mouse. The collection's high-wattage guest list is pretty remarkable for a tribute album — a form usually defined by its unevenness and filler. But Rave On...

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Lytro is a Mountain View start-up that is developing the word’s first consumer light field camera. A light field camera captures additional information about the light in a scene, producing a photograph with remarkable characteristics–the image can be viewed in 3D, the focus can be adjusted after the photo is taken, and the viewer’s perspective...

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After being raised in a family with a strong work ethic and being drilled from an early age to study hard, work hard, invest money, etc., I will teach my children the opposite. Do what you want—and don't spend one minute "paying your dues" or "proving" yourself to an employer. This is a scam. You...