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07 Oct 2009 09:42

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Tech: Thought Saturn’s other rings were cool? Check out this one.

Giant infrared ring around saturn
  • This ring is giant, way bigger than all the other ones, but we haven’t been able to see it until now. That’s because NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope works sort of like the signal that makes your remote control work. It uses infrared signals to pick up light which isn’t otherwise obviously visible.source
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06 Oct 2009 20:46

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U.S.: Brad Pitt’s crack team of architects making things float in NOLA

In the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Morphosis Architects just came up with a permitted floating home, for when another Hurricane Katrina comes. source
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05 Oct 2009 22:06

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Tech: This is how we produce all the fake photographs our site uses

PhotoSketch: Internet Image Montage from tao chen on Vimeo.

  • With technology this awesome, who needs the truth, anyway? The truth was just getting in the way of what everyone really wanted, which is awesome, beautiful photos. Photosketch grabs random labeled photos off the internet and throws them into simply-drawn shapes that you outline. The geniuses that made this now have a hit on them thanks to photojournalists everywhere.source
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03 Oct 2009 12:00

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Tech: Paperne.ws could change the online news design game

This Knight News Challenge applicant wants to make designing online as easy as designing in print. We’re very exited. source
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01 Oct 2009 11:16

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Offbeat: Mix extreme sports and Tetris, and here’s what you get

  • Obviously, don’t try this at home, unless you’re incredibly awesome and have like 30 friends you can do it with.source
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29 Sep 2009 22:03

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Culture: Craigslist’s Missed Connections are an art in their own right

Missed Connections
  • We saw Sophie Blackall somewhere in Brooklyn. (We missed her.) She was sketching a little piece of heaven called “Missed Connections.” It’s one of those brilliant ideas which was begging to be done. In a few years, expect Blackall’s blog to become a Nora Ephron movie.source
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29 Sep 2009 21:50

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Tech: Like Web design but have no talent? Check out these templates.

Within minutes, you can look like a total pro without doing any of the work. Because these templates are all free. (hat tip @inspiredmag) source
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28 Sep 2009 08:40

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Tech: Windows4All: Microsoft Silverlight brings you full-fledged … Solitare

How powerful is Microsoft’s Flash competitor, Silverlight? It can handle a full-featured Windows-styled operating system. Click here to try it. source
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25 Sep 2009 11:18

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Politics: Glenn Beck makes frog stew out of a stupid metaphor

  • And this, my friends, is why Glenn Beck should not be taken seriously as a political pundit. He kills Kermit! And he does it to prove a stupid point!source
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23 Sep 2009 11:23

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Tech: Daily poll: Would you buy a tablet PC like the Microsoft Courier?

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