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Google Earth has a flight simulator →

The latest version of Google Earth contains a hidden feature: a full-fledged flight simulator! Press Command+Option+A in OS X or Ctrl+Alt+A on a PC or Linux box and you’ll be greeted with a hidden dialog box that lets you choose an aircraft (F16 or SR22) and an airport. Once you’ve made you selection, you’ll be placed inside the aircraft. You can then fly around the globe in...

Sep 1st

How To: Address an Embarrassing Problem →

Approaching your coworkers about “tidy ups” can create an uncomfortable situation. Whether they’ve got toilet paper stuck to their shoe, crumbs on their face, a bat in the cave or a whale-tail showing, knowing how to tell them is one hell of a hard skill to master. If the problem is above the neck or below the knees, The Vat19.com weblog recommends politely telling them....

Aug 31st

Buzz Out Loud 551: NBC = Not Being Cool →

NBC is not being cool in several ways today. First, they apparently tried to get Apple to let them charge $4.99 per episode for TV show downloads on iTunes—not cool. Then, when Apple wouldn’t cave, they pulled all of their shows off iTunes starting in December—not cool. And they’re going to try to get you to buy them from their new site, Hulu, which might be cool someday,...

Aug 31st

Games as Art →

I love Bioshock. It’s honestly one of the best games I’ve played all year, and has received consistently stellar reviews. I don’t just like it because it’s fun to play, though it is. The game itself features brilliant art deco-inspired level design and fascinating analysis of …

Aug 31st

How voters are susceptible to politicians who can... →

The New Republic has an article called “Death Grip: How Political Psychology Explains Bush’s Ghastly Success.” It reports on the research of psychologists Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynsk, who believe “a fear of our own mortality guides many of our political choices without our ever realizing it.” Their first experiment was published in 1989. To...

Aug 31st

Fraunhofer's Surround Vision lets projectors get... →

Filed under: Displays Those prolific folks at the Fraunhofer Institute recently took the wraps off yet another invention of theirs, this one promising to let projectors do things they’ve never done before (or at least let ‘em do it more easily). More specifically, its “Surround Vision” software will automatically calibrate projectors to allow for images to be projected on...

Aug 31st

Madison won't abandon municipal wi-fi →

Madison is not going to follow Chicago’s lead in abandoning municipal Wi-Fi, mayoral aide George Twigg said Thursday. The city has provided local wireless internet builder Mad City Broadband with logistical support but no money, Twigg added.

Aug 31st

New Twitter Visualization Tools Coming: First Is...

New Twitter Visualization Tools Coming: First Is Twitter Blocks — The Twitter team must have had a Red Bull machine installed at the offices, because suddenly they’re launching new stuff left and right. — They recently added search and Gmail import features to the service. Source: TechCrunch Author: Michael Arrington Link: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/30/new-twitter… ...

Aug 31st

Explore Twitter! →

Aug 31st

Make your own non-Newtonian slime. →

Aug 31st