March 2009
A New ‘Battle of the Planets’ Movie !?! →
chaj: d000d, this is sick I just found out that there is a new ‘Battle of the Planets’/G-Force/Gatchaman movie coming out! I used to love BOTP as a kid in the 80s. The weirdness…
Mar 28th
A Nikon Prankster's Early April's Fools Joke? →
Ok, it’s Friday, so please have a laugh with us. Someone’s trying to sell this Nikon D23F prototype digital SLR on Craigslist in New York. (UPDATE: The original posting appears to have been…
Mar 28th
280slides.com →
280slides.com let’s you create beautiful presentations, access them from anywhere, and share them with the world. With 280 Slides, there’s no software to download and nothing to pay for…
Mar 28th
You Know You’re a Geek When…. →
chaj: i am a geek …you think this is awesome 5D Mark II Flash Drive From Engadget via Zungua A 5D Mark II USB flash drive has appeared on ebay. Is it real? I hope…
Mar 28th
Peter Hook discusses New Order's split [NewOrder] →
chaj: sigh New Order bassist Peter Hook likens his recent split from bandmates Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris to the unravelling of a marriage. “You know in a marriage or in a relationship…
Mar 28th
part of Eno adv created by Ogilvy & Mather,... →
part of Eno adv created by Ogilvy & Mather, Gurgaon, India
Mar 27th
WordPress 2.3: Canonical URLs « Mark on WordPress →
discusses the index.php -> / redirect issue
Mar 26th
How Do You Feel About Video in DSLRs? →
Time for one of our periodic reader polls. Online Surveys & Market Research
Mar 26th
Batman 2.0: The Dynamic Do-Over Winners! →
Editor’s Note: The following entries are the winners and finalists from our Batman 2.0: The Dynamic Do-Over contest, with prizes provided by Rogues Gallery. We received well over a hundred…
Mar 26th
How Do You Feel About Video in DSLRs? →
Time for one of our periodic reader polls. Online Surveys & Market Research
Mar 26th
Cutest Babies Photographs By Tracy Raver. →
chaj: mmm. some ideas to steal Cutest Babies Photographs By Tracy Raver. The moment we saw these photos we were impressed immensely and for sure knew we are going to make a post on it. The…
Mar 26th
Fiskars Super Splitting Axe →
We don’t chop wood every day here at Uncrate HQ, but when we do, we use the smartly designed Super Splitting Axe ($40) from Fiskars (yes, the scissors people). With… Visit Uncrate for…
Mar 25th
Replacing Street Tiles →
via Wooster: In the city of Malmoe, Sweden, a group of artists have been replacing the drab boring street tiles that cover the city, with much more inspiring images. See more…
Mar 25th
Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney is... →
chaj: holy crud. get ready for a s__tstorm BY MICHAEL GARTLAND - NorthJersey.com - STAFF WRITER Under his plan, the average Bergen County household would pay $30 more in property taxes during the…
Mar 25th
Speedlite 270ex - Official →
chaj: interesting Speedlite 270EX - With The Tilt Amstelveen, the Netherlands, 25 March, 2009: Canon announces the launch of the entry level Speedlite 270EX, an enhanced flash…
Mar 25th
Kogi Taco Truck : NPR →
Kogi Taco Truck : NPR: For those not in LA and curious about that Korean taco truck I always talk about…
Mar 25th
Factory Five Type 65 Coupe →
Ten years in the making, the Factory Five Type 65 Coupe ($15,000 - $22,000) is known as the most accurate replica of the original 1965 Word Championship Coupes. The Type… Visit Uncrate…
Mar 25th
3d pavement art by Edgar Müller →
3d pavement art by Edgar Müller
Mar 25th
Xbox 360 soap →
Xbox 360 soap
Mar 25th
Scott Streble's Pro-Bono Portraits of the... →
  Scott Streble Photographer Scott Streble kicked off a timely pro-bono project this morning at his studio in Minneapolis. After receiving requests from unemployed friends for…
Mar 24th
TiddlyWikiTutorial - Learn the Basics of... →
decent tutorial
Mar 24th
20 tips for better conference speaking →
1. The art of speaking is roughly 51% entertainment, 49% meaty content. 2. Ask yourself: When attendees return to work and speak about you and your presentation, what do you hope they will…
Mar 22nd
MONOTONE →
wordpress photo theme type thingie. dynamic resizing and color matching frame (resource intensive)
Mar 20th
New Images of ROTF Leader-Class Megatron →
Yizhi521 of TF08.net has posted some more new images of the Leader-Class Megatron figure from the upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen toyline. See all the images by clicking here. …
Mar 20th
20 tips for better conference speaking →
1. The art of speaking is roughly 51% entertainment, 49% meaty content. 2. Ask yourself: When attendees return to work and speak about you and your presentation, what do you hope they will…
Mar 20th
meeting with the teach →
The extremely helpful folks over at The K5 have a video on how to prepare for your parent teacher conferences. The timing could not be better as I’m meeting with my daughter’s teacher tomorrow…
Mar 19th
Welcome to GTC Professional Racing Cockpit! | GTC... →
nice cockpit
Mar 19th
Scorpion... →
Be careful in the desert… you just might stumble onto one of these. Matt worked overtime to show you one of the more unusual ways you can configure a Scarlet or a RED EPIC. We can’t keep up…
Mar 19th
Rackable CloudRack Turns Up The Heat →
The server trays from the CloudRack C2 have no on-board fans or power supplies. Are you ready for the 100-degree data center? Rackable Systems has introduced a new version of its…
Mar 19th
Expanding Foam Insulation for crawl space →
Mar 19th
Poetry Writing Tips | PoeWar →
tips nuff said
Mar 18th
meeting with the teach →
The extremely helpful folks over at The K5 have a video on how to prepare for your parent teacher conferences. The timing could not be better as I’m meeting with my daughter’s teacher tomorrow…
Mar 18th
Tabletop Fireplace →
Did you know fireplaces are not only portable these days but they are also shrinking? Wolf Udo Wagner’s Ponton Fireplace is not only portable but it’s small enough to put on any table top for that…
Mar 18th
Students tie £56 camera to balloon; send it to... →
Students tie £56 camera to balloon; send it to edge of space Wow, a Canon Digital Elph in space. Fantastic. [via Digg]
Mar 17th
Bicycle Built for Two Thousand →
Bicycle Built for 2000 is the latest project by Aaron Koblin and Daniel Massey. They took the song Daisy Bell (a.k.a. Bicycle Built for Two) and synthesized it, breaking the song…
Mar 17th
Great moments in airline signage: No Furby on... →
Longtime readers know that I have an affection for odd and amusing signage, especially from planes. (Willie Wonka safety card, anyone?) This great sign apparently comes to us from…
Mar 17th
Variety: Transformers 3 Gets a Date →
chaj: wooooot Despite Transformers Revenge of the Fallen still 101 days away from its release date, Variety is reporting that DreamWorks and Paramount have chosen July 1st, 2011 as the date…
Mar 17th
nuclear energy toys from Greenpeace →
nuclear energy toys from Greenpeace
Mar 16th
Coming and Going: State and Regional U.S.... →
chaj: great presentation “Who Moves? Who Stays Put? Where’s Home?” [pewsocialtrends.org] is a set of geographical data visualizations that display patterns of domestic migration, that…
Mar 16th
Social networks 'are new e-mail' (Darren... →
Darren Waters / BBC: Social networks ‘are new e-mail’ — Status updates on sites such as Facebook, Yammer, Twitter and Friendfeed are a new form of communication, the…
Mar 15th
Can We Just Forget 2008 Ever Happened? →
Last year, ad spending fell sharply at print publications, according to a new report by The Nielsen Company (our parent company). Anyone working in print media probably is aware of this…
Mar 13th
Yoga for the Back - How Can Yoga Help Deal with... →
Mar 13th
Back Pain Exercises - Core Strengthening, Lower... →
nuff said
Mar 13th
Exercise: Articles and Videos on Exercises and... →
back exercise
Mar 13th
Digital Night Photography Article Collection →
Dia-Log Truck — by Joe Reifer The exposure time for the image above was 9 minutes at f/8 — shooting 4 nights before the full moon required an extra stop of exposure that was gained by using…
Mar 13th
Researchers Sniff Keystrokes From Thin Air, Wires →
narramissic writes “Two separate research teams have found that the electromagnetic radiation that is generated when a computer keyboard is tapped is actually pretty easy to capture and decode. Using…
Mar 12th
MAYBE THE BEST SHAQ TWITTER YET →
MAYBE THE BEST SHAQ TWITTER YET
Mar 12th
13 Screencasts on How to Scale Rails →
Gregg Pollack has made 13 screen casts on how to scale rails: Episode #1 - Page Responsiveness Episode #2 - Page Caching Episode #3 - Cache Expiration Episode #4 - New Relic RPM Episode #5…
Mar 12th
Los Angeles Tilt Shift Timelapse →
chaj: though i despise fake tilt-shift, this piece is rather well done. the east side of Los Angeles on a sunny day from clark vogeler on Vimeo. The movie above by
Mar 12th
That’s my kind of USB Drive →
chaj: from the ‘why didn’t i think of this before’ dept. The iamaKey comes in 4GB and 8GB capacities and starts at $17.99. (via chrisglass)
Mar 12th