Here’s a quick chart comparing how various fast food items look in advertisements versus what they look like in reality. Kind of makes you think of the scene in Falling Down where Michael Douglas enters a fast food joint and turns crazy (Youtube) after ordering a burger, which looks nothing like the one shown on […]
13 years on from Deep Blue beating Gary Kasparov, the idea of a computer beating a champion human at chess doesn’t seem that outlandish. But now a computer has beaten a leading player at shogi, more colloquially known as Japanese chess. Why’s that so impressive? Well, the general concept of the game is similar to […]
Recently, the fine folks at Improv Everywhere asked Internet users to participate in their 7th MP3 experiment project; over 3000 people volunteered! All participants were asked to download an MP3 file and then press play at a designated time and place to receive instructions on specific things they should all do simultaneously. Check it out. […]
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Oh Amiga, how I miss you! So, do any of you guys still have their old Amiga box laying around somewhere? [Via]
You may think of Japan as a hive of digital activity, but it turns out users there have the lowest number of friends on social networks. Instead it’s Malaysia where online activity is most frenetic. The findings come from TNS, which has carried out the first in what’s planned to be annual series of studies […]
Just stare at the center of the picture for 30 seconds, then look away. Weeeeeeeee!!!!! [Via TDW | Reddit]
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I’m not exactly sure what message Microsoft is trying to pass with this new ad for their upcoming Windows 7 phones, but I thought the clip was kind of funny. Check it out: