April 2009
22 posts
Game over! Funk Monkey developer quits in style -... →
Shared by Zacha Game link is http://www.farbs.org/Message.html Independent video game developer Jarrad Woods (aka Farbs) has chosen an odd but appropriate way to quit his job - delivering his…
Apr 29th
Compulsory mask, brought in to combat the flu... →
State Library of New South Wales collection posted a photo: Note: The skull and crossbones on the mask was a “joke”, not part of the mask as issued, in an attempt to halt the disease…
Apr 28th
New York Street Advertising Takeover →
Shared by Zacha Click through to the Wooster Collective link and see the whited-out posters. Jordan Seiler’s incredibly ambitious “New York Street Advertising Takeover” has become a reality, with…
Apr 27th
Galaxy's centre tastes of raspberries and... →
Shared by Zacha Linked to from end of last Gaiman post. Astronomers searching for the building blocks of life in a giant dust cloud at the heart of the Milky Way have concluded that it tastes…
Apr 24th
Mystery Spots: Places Where Bizarre Forces Obscure... →
Shared by Zacha Owen, note cool California ‘Racetrack Playa’ to visit. Will need that friend who can drive. « previous image | next image »   Lat: 25°12’26.43” N || Long: 69°30’17.93” W Bermuda…
Apr 23rd
BBC NEWS | Technology | Giant leap looms for... →
The iPhone gets MMS in software v. 3.0 in June. June-ish. Maybe July.
Apr 23rd
Neil Gaiman Writes a Final 'Love Letter to... →
A dying Batman says goodbye in Detective Comics No. 853, the conclusion of Neil Gaiman’s two-part Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Image courtesy DC Comics …
Apr 21st
Mark Ravenhill on the joy of slow theatre →
There is very little that playwrights, film directors, fiction editors and journalists agree on. But on one subject there does seem to be an almost universal consensus, and that is that you -…
Apr 20th
OUT: Bayu Widodo →
WHAT BAYU WIDODO WHERE MAY’S LANE, 9 MAY LN, ST PETERS WHEN OPENS FRI APR 24, 6PM RUNS SAT 25 & SUN 26, 11AM-4PM MON 27, 9AM-5PM HOW MUCH FREE The May’s Lane initiative gives its entire…
Apr 19th
Dolby Axon: chat should exist in the game, not out... →
Voice chat is something that PC gamers often take for granted. Most games ship with some flavor of built-in voice chat, and almost every MMO guild sets up their own server for in-game…
Apr 16th
Evidence suggests first zombie Mac botnet is... →
If you let yourself get tempted into installing the pirated versions of iWork or Photoshop CS4 that circulated on Bit Torrent earlier this year, you may have unwittingly turned…
Apr 16th
President Barack Obama unveils the 'First Puppy' →
Barack Obama officially unveils Bo the presidential pooch, praising its “star quality” to reporters.
Apr 15th
US bed bug outbreak difficult to cure →
Shared by Zacha Is it true, Owen? • Bed bug cases have tripled since 2005 • Environmental Protection Agency holds event to chart strategy America is facing a bed bug outbreak of explosive…
Apr 15th
Hearst to launch a wireless e-reader - Feb. 27,... →
Shared by Zacha I’ve been waiting ages for something like this. This generation will be rubbish, of course. But, with a standardised format… Via Ars Technica: …
Apr 13th
thecoolhunter - LIBRARIES - CANDIDA HOFFER →
Shared by Zacha If only Cool Hunter actually had stuff this cool most of the time. Mind you, click through on next shared item for actual coolness from them. the cool hunter - roaming the globe so…
Apr 11th
TreeLife by The Cool Hunter (Our 1st Global Eco... →
Shared by Zacha Due in Hyde Park Sydney, 2010. Click through for much cooler pictures. TreeLife by The Cool Hunter. A public interactive outdoor exhibition of cutting edge tree houses designed by…
Apr 11th
STRAY: Paddington Reservoir →
Shared by Zacha The Paddington Reservoir now has a park. WHAT PADDINGTON RESERVOIR WHERE CNR OXFORD ST & OATLEY RD, PADDINGTON WHEN DAYLIGHT IMAGE BY EMILY DOYLE You are underground, right next to…
Apr 9th
Rare Schindler's list on display in Sydney -... →
Shared by Zacha On display as of today. A list of names compiled by German industrialist Oskar Schindler in the final days of World War II is going on display at the New South Wales State Library…
Apr 6th
Nine Inch Nails iPhone App Extends Reznor's... →
LOS ANGELES — Trent Reznor was backstage one afternoon last summer, fooling around with his iPhone to stave off boredom before a show, when he realized that fans standing in line outside…
Apr 6th
Town names streets after Discworld books →
Shared by Zacha How cool! Author visits Somerset town to unveil roads which take their names from his fantasy series If you go down to Wincanton in Somerset today you can wander down Peace Pie…
Apr 5th
The new anti-piracy ad works →
The film industry has finally got the right anti-piracy message. Thanking people for not being film pirates is better than making them walk the plank A few years back I took a call from a…
Apr 3rd
March 2009
34 posts
Marvel Spoofs Its Superheroes With What the--?! →
Shared by Zacha Check out the video. Long before Robot Chicken goofed on superheroes and sci-fi, Marvel Comics parodied its own all-star roster in comic book series like Not…
Mar 31st