June 2012
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Kraftwerk and Yellow Magic Orchestra to perform... →
Windows 8 may be the new Windows ME... →
“I asked for an OS and all they gave me was these stupid colored squares!” After the success story that was Windows XP and the more recent Windows 7, Microsoft are upsetting a lot of purists by disallowing users from booting directly to the desktop and the beloved Start button. Instead — just like anyone else — they’ll be dropped into the rich Metro UI graphical...
10th anniversary of the All Things D annual... →
Inside Google X's Project Glass →
But will I be able to clip on shaded lenses..?
May 2012
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Mikey Please -- British Animator and Artist
Check him out. You won’t be sorry you did. (I apologize in advance for all the time you’re about to lose!)
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The Mysterious Gigantic Megaliths of Baalbek...
If you are fascinated by the massive stone structures of Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids, the temple ruins of Baalbek will put you at your wits’ end. A part of these ruins next to the Litani River in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon belong to the Roman period but major portions of the ruins are believed to hail from a much older pre-historic civilization. These ruins are hailed as one of the most...
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Daddy? What is that thing?!
Even though I know what it is, and what its purpose was, I can honestly say that I never had to use one. They were part and parcel of my parents old-timey record collection. Heh. Kids today, eh? They haven’t lived. The amount of useless stuff that they just won’t ever know or understand is mounting furiously. They may pull out your old v.90 MODEM and ask, “What on Earth is...
April 2012
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Why SOPA isn't the answer...
When every problem looks like a nut… get the government involved… Y’know, a common saying you hear nowadays in arguments about music piracy is, “I think people should get paid for their creative work”. I do too… most of the time. Actually, I think you should get paid for how well the free market likes you and decides to pay you. It is your job to figure out...
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Why Net Neutrality is a no-brainer...
Consider, if you will, what became of the once mighty “radio”. It was theInternet of its time. In its hey-day there was nothing else to compare. Nothing. Eventually, it became a part of the entertainment spectrum along with television and movies. Then one day, this big bully of a company started buying up all the ittie-bittie, teensie-weensie radio stations, and made them all into one...
