Duke Nukem Forever Live Demo
Warning: clip contains strong language. Gameplay footage starts at 2:45. [Via [H]]
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Amazing 3D Light Show [Video]
This 3D Light show was projected on the Kharkov Regional Administration building in Ukraine on August 24th to celebrate the country’s independence day. The interesting part only starts after about 30 seconds, so if you don’t want to wait, don’t hesitate to skip ahead in the video.
Santa vs. Edward Cullen [Pic]
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50 years of Japanese Concept Cars
Pink Tentacle, a Japanophile focused blog, shows 50 years of concept cars from Toyota, Nissan, Honda, and others. Some of these concept cars showed off features and designed that made it into later year models – the 1997 Nissan Hypermini looks very much like the Smart Car that made it into production in 2000, and […]
Beam Me Up Scotchie: 10 Star Trek-Themed Cocktails to Get your Party Started
With names like “Beam Me Up Scotchie” and “Phasers on Stun Punch”, there’s no possible way to go wrong if you mix these at your next “Trekker” party… unless the borgs decide to show up of course. Then having a “successful” party is probably the last thing you’ll care about.
How Leaves Change Colors
I honestly hate to disagree with my fellow geeks, but the previous post contains some erroneous information. It is the result of bad science. Herewith is the actual method used for turning those trees into a beautiful fall display.
Federation and Klingon napkin rings made by a CNC
Reddit user FozzTexx celebrated his new CNC by making Federation and Klingon Napkin rings. Neat!
Xiph.org Explains Digital Media
Ever wonder how a song gets from the guitar to an MP3, or video gets from the camera to your screen? Sure, everyone knows that an MP3 takes up less space than a WAV file because of “compression,” but do you know exactly what compression is? Xiph.org, which is responsible for all the Ogg media […]
Fake Science: Why Do Leaves Change Color?
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16-bit ALU in Minecraft
On one hand, this guy has produced a VERY impressive working 16-bit arithmetic logic unit (which performs arithmetic and logical operations in your CPU). On the other hand, there’s something just fundamentally wrong in running an ALU on a CPU to power an operating system to render a 3D environment for a video game where […]