Jamie Hyneman talks Electric Vehicles

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Kreg Steppe
Mythbusters Electric Cars vs. Gas Vehicles – Jamie Hyneman on Fuel Economy – Popular Mechanics

I’m really big on electric vehicles because the total amount of fuel consumption involved is much less than what gas vehicles consume thanks to the efficiencies involved in a power generating plant. But there’s a lot of talk out there that electric vehicles just don’t perform as well as their gas counterparts

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How BOLD can Darth Vader Be?

Posted on May 18, 2008 by madmarv

How BOLD can Darth Vader Be?
Darth Vader sketch made from bold font lettering
via Boing Boing

It’s sometimes worthwhile to read the fine print on a blog. I found Ironic Sans copyright notice a bit more interesting than most others:

This blog is typeset in Georgia, Times New Roman, or Times, in that order of priority based on what fonts are installed on your computer, or whatever standard serif font is installed if none of the above. The exceptions are the main title, which is based roughly on Baskerville Old Face, and the handwritten parts which are, well, my handwriting.

Marv

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Computer History Museum Video – Out Takes

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Kreg Steppe

This is a follow up video from our trip to the Computer History Museum. There was some video that I just didn’t want to throw away…so, I put it together for you…here.

It isn’t much, but there is some interesting stuff including some wide shots of the computer display in the Visual Storage.

Podcast: Download

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Super Mario Beat Ringtone

Posted on May 15, 2008 by madmarv

I found this free Super Mario Bros. ringtone while browsing around Myxer:

More from 167 at Myxer

And because we’re all fans of Hutch, here is my favorite 7th Son ringtone. Ya know, after Hutch wrapped up Book 3, he got into LOLcats and I thought he was losing it. As it turns out, he was living under a rock Web2.0-wise while he was podcasting his work. Now he has caught up, and his Internet geekiness shines through with the Kilroy 2.0 Banana Phone ringtone:

More from JC Hutchins at Myxer

Marv

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Proof that Nerdism Lives!

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Kreg Steppe

Star Wars: R2-D2 Ice Bucket with Han Solo Ice Molds Makes Any Drink Nerdier

Your cocktail parties will surely be the talk of the town once you acquire one of these R2-D2 ice buckets.

MAKE: Blog: NES coffee table

Modder creates Dreamcast portable from mom’s plastic jewelry box – Engadget

Dreamcast fans are doing what they can to keep the final Sega console alive in handheld fashion. This latest one certainly isn’t the most elegant mod in the world — in fact, it’s a boxy Frankenstein that looks pretty uncomfortable and crampy after a long game session.

Itp 2008: Full-Body Virtual Foosball Game Called Ukikit (Get It?)

The Wii-volution is in full effect at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program

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CCT#004: Number Two Take the Helm

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Kreg Steppe

Originally Aired: May 11th, 2005

On This Show:

* Mac Rumors
* PHP stuff
* Kreg’s Background

Podcast: Download

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If Nintendo Made Halo 3

Posted on May 11, 2008 by madmarv

Found this on Mixx

Marv

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Geek Scooter

Posted on May 9, 2008 by madmarv

Geek Scooter
Geek Scooter. Lots of gadgets in an open air vehicle

It has GPS, bluetooth, TV/FM tuners, wi-fi, webcam, LCD touchscreen and no roof.

Marv

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Grizzly + Polar = Grolar Bear

Posted on May 9, 2008 by madmarv

Grizzly + Polar = Grolar Bear
Grolar Bear. A hybrid cross-breed from grizzly and polar bears

DNA testing confirmed that the bear in this picture is a hybrid between a grizzly and polar bear. Scientists attribute the hybrid to global warming forcing the two bear species into each others’ habitats.

Marv

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Big Minds Colliding

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Kreg Steppe


Colliding with nature’s best-kept secrets – CNN.com

Visiting a particle accelerator is like a religious experience, at least for Nima Arkani-Hamed.

Immense detectors surround the areas where inconceivably small particles slam into one another at super-high energies, collisions that may confirm Arkani-Hamed’s predictions about undiscovered properties of nature.

Arkani-Hamed is only in his mid-30s, but he has already distinguished himself as one of the leading thinkers in the field of particle physics.

His revolutionary ideas about the way the universe works will finally be put to the test later this year at Switzerland’s Large Hadron Collider, which, when completed, will be the world’s most powerful particle accelerator.

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