Jamey Fenske

Sep
29th

Tue

Vote With Your Dollars | Company Political Contributions from GoodGuide

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Which companies give more money to Democrats or Republicans? Use the GoodGuide Political Contributions Explorer and vote with your dollars

The Night Sky In 800 Million Pixels

An anonymous reader recommends a project carried out recently by Serge Brunier and Frédéric Tapissier. Brunier traveled to the top of a volcano in the Canary Islands and to the Chilean desert to…

Nine Workspaces Where Famous Folks Get Stuff Done [Workspaces]

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My work space is no where near as cool as any of these.

Whether you prefer the clean minimalism of Steve Jobs and 37 Signals or the creative chaos of Tina Fey and Pixar,…

Sep
26th

Sat

Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens

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Sweet. Let me know when they come out w a pair that enables IR vision. Bring it Predator.

University of Washington researchers are developing optoelectronic systems embedded in a…

Sep
25th

Fri

LeVar Burton Hates Your Childhood

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You never talked to Data like this….

My Living Nightmare Of Encouraging Kids To Read Is Over

By LeVar Burton

Thank god.

After 26 long years, I can finally rest easy….

Swedish Criminals Commit Totally Kick-Ass Heist

Mission: Possible Holy crap, Sweden! “With cinematic flourish, the masked robbers dropped from a helicopter onto the roof of a Swedish cash depot before dawn, broke into the building through a glass pyramid,…

Sep
24th

Thu

NIU scores first Big Ten defeat since 1988

I went on my second travel football game in a month this past weekend. Northern Illinois defeated Purdue 28 to 21. It was a very exciting game in which NIU sealed the deal with a fake punt to keep…

R2D2 turned into retro gaming shrine, includes head-mounted projector

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No words…

We don’t know exactly how to say this without overloading your nerd subsystem, but this R2D2 unit packs eight consoles, an integrated sound system and…

Fidelity Potential Index: iPod, MP3, CD, LP, SACD What Sounds Better and Why. Article By John Meyer Of Newform Research

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Fidelity Potential Index: iPod, MP3, CD, LP, SACD What Sounds Better and Why. Article By John Meyer Of Newform Research

Map of the day, McDonald’s edition

This beautiful map comes from Stephen Von Worley, who has mapped the contiguous USA by how far any given point is from the nearest McDonald’s. Turns out the McFarthest Spot, somewhere in…