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08 Mar 2010 11:16

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Offbeat: Granny DJ: Officially our new hero. Go away, Epic Beard Man

  • Yo Grandma! Get out the booth! Seriously, though, this British grandma knows how to mash some bangers better than we do, and that deserves some mad props. We hope she releases an album of French house that’s better than Justice’s.
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05 Mar 2010 21:37

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Tech: At least one publisher gets how awesome iPad books can be

  • The iPad represents the first real opportunity to create a paid distribution model that will be attractive to consumers. The psychology of payment on tablets is different to the psychology on a PC.
  • Penguin Books CEO John Makinson • Regarding what he sees as the future of books. What’s that future of books? Well, in the case of the children’s books he used as an example, a really fun, educational experience, the kind of thing everyone was hoping for with the iPad when it was first suggested (but Apple forgot to show when announcing it). This looks really awesome, Penguin Books. source
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02 Mar 2010 10:31

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Music: OK Go again proves that they’re the kings of the music video

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28 Feb 2010 12:03

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Culture: Chatroulette, that interweb fad, is turning heads

  • We hope that this person didn’t catch anybody naked when they were trying to do this. Then it might start to get a little weird. Well done, though.
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28 Feb 2010 10:39

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Biz: HSBC’s CEO decides to give his massive bonus to charity

  • $6.1M the size of HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan’s bonus this year – four times his salary
  • 100% the amount he plans to give to charity after a row over bank bonuses source
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21 Feb 2010 11:23

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Tech: Photoshop nostalgia hits the iPhone, is concentrated awesome

Photoshop turns 20 this year, and to celebrate, some developers decided to build an iPhone version of the original Photoshop for the Mac. In three days. source
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04 Feb 2010 10:50

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Offbeat: These birds know how to rock, if somewhat unintentionally

  • Let’s place a bunch of random birds in a room with a couple of Les Paul guitars, and see what happens. And what happened was avant-garde goodness that some might find just a little amazing. BBC art critic Will Gompertz compares the style of artist Celeste Boursier-Mougenot, who created this, to Marcel Duchamp, in that it adds chance as a factor in the music’s creation. The result? For more than the birds. source
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01 Feb 2010 21:38

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Offbeat: Three cheetahs and an antelope sign a peace treaty … for now

  • In a world full of death and destruction, it’s nice to see predator and prey getting along. This antelope somehow got on the good side of three deadly cheetahs, and fortunately, they did it in front of someone with cameras. As a result, we have it encased in amber. source
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28 Jan 2010 11:48

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About, U.S.: Our plans for world domination, State of the Union editon

  • Over the last few weeks, we’ve been hanging out with AOL News/Sphere. Cool guys. Anyway, this morning we posted a breakdown of the State of the Union. We’ll be working on more stuff like this in the future – we’ll keep you posted. Thanks for taking a stray kitten in, guys. source
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27 Jan 2010 20:39

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U.S.: iPad: Some Tablet thing got everyone worked up today

  • On the scale of one to awesome, the iPad is pretty cool. The $499 starting price is reasonable, as is the data plan. The high-end of the scale is admittedly pretty high, but it is just a giant iPod Touch. Let’s not kid ourselves. But really, isn’t that what we wanted? source
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