CCT#263: Marx of Success

Coming up in this episode…

• Another Altoids Tin Project Now Available
• Photo Mashups You Probably Never Thought Of
• Darth Vader will turn you to the dark side one turn at a time

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News

• Chuck is out of work for the first time in 35 years
• Cory Doctrow’s tips how to live out of your car http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/03/howto-live-out-of-yo.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+(Boing+Boing)
• There’s even an HBO Canada show! Living out of your Car – http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/tv/2010/05/06/13848716.html
• Why time travel is impossible: http://www.buzzfeed.com/reddit/simple-example-of-why-time-travel-is-impossible-p/
• Why time travel is possible (sorta): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1269288/STEPHEN-HAWKING-How-build-time-machine.html

Hacks & Strange Stories

• From CntrySigns – Wrong wrong wrongity wrong! Strawberry Shortcake riding a My Little Pony after killing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle http://www.geekologie.com/2010/05/strawberry_shortcake_riding_a.php
• Tokyo Dance Trooper – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7X9MQi7uOU&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter – from BenVon
• Altoids 1/8″ Stereo Mixer – http://www.instructables.com/id/Altoids-Tin-18-Stereo-Mixer/

Media Corner

• Stop action Lego Star Wars trilogy in 2 minutes http://gizmodo.com/5530988/stop+motion-lego-star-wars-trilogy-in-just-two-minutes
• Darth Vader will turn you to the dark side one turn at a time – http://consumerist.com/2010/05/darth-vader-gps-will-turn-you-to-the-dark-side.html
• Impressive Video of the Day from SF Signal – Complete Star Wars audio on an Electone – http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2010/05/impressive-video-of-the-day-star-wars-theme-flawlessly-played-on-an-electone/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Sfsignal+(SFSignal)
• Mickey is now interactive – http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/05/mickey-mouse-testing-one-two-three-testing/
• What if Iron Man was a Giant Lobster – http://m.io9.com/5533934/what-if-iron-man-was-a-giant-lobster
• The comments are better than the post
• I heard there’s a German SciFi show that’s a mashup between StarGate SG-1 and V.

End of Show Stuff

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