The game is super fun and addictive. The first time I opened the iPhone app I played for an hour and a half. I drew all sorts of ridiculous things with my finger, which made them horribly bad, but also over-the-top funny. The game has become so popular in the last 6 weeks that Zynga …
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“Jiro Dreams of Sushi” – Documentary on greatest Sushi Chef in the world
Jiro Dreams of Sushi is the story of 85 year-old Jiro Ono, considered by many to be the world’s greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a 10-seat, sushi-only restaurant inauspiciously located in a Tokyo subway station. Despite its humble appearances, it is the first restaurant of its kind to be awarded …
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Are you ready to rent out your car? – ‘Personal Car Sharing’ brings in $2-300/month
Have you ever thought about renting out your car, like an automobile version of Airbnb? The trend is catching on as “personal car sharing” comes to Los Angeles in March 2012. It already exists in Boston and San Francisco as a distinct service compared to Zipcar, which rents out cars owned by Zipcar-itself. RelayRides, based …
Stuff surfers say – Stuff skiers girls say
The meme isn’t dead yet. These two videos are guaranteed to make you laugh. Dudes watch the surfer vid and ladies will love the skiing vid. Stuff Skier Girls Say Stuff Surfers Say
Why do people make choices against their best interests
“Freakonomics” was the book that made the public believe the dismal science has something interesting to say about how people act in the real world. But “Nudge” was the one that got policy wonks excited. The book, first published in 2008, is about the potential for behavioural economics to improve the effectiveness of government. Behavioural …
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Attack of the mosquito robots – nano insects!
I found these beautiful (and scary) pictures of mosquito robots in Google+ on Rod Borghese’s page. I’m positive the bottom three are concept designs made in photoshop, but that first one looks awfully real…
Are you excited for Spring? – Surfing Remix
Happy Spring everyone! March 20, 2012, the start of spring…and getting outdoors and having fun. Dayne Reynolds Surfing Remix
iPad vs Kindle Fire – how many apps for each after one-year?
After one year, Amazon’s Kindle Fire has 31,000 apps: March 15, 2012 – Amazon Appstore for Android, which helped lay the foundation for a big Kindle Fire launch, is celebrating its one-year anniversary and has now eclipsed 31,000 apps, up from 4,000 at launch. That’s a strong first year for an app store that began …
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The zombie kitty!
— How to win the zombie apocalypse // Thx to Byron Rempel, Paige Keaton
MIT scientists prove that individual neurons store memories
MIT researchers have shown, for the first time ever, that memories are stored in specific brain cells. By triggering a small cluster of neurons, the researchers were able to force the subject to recall a specific memory. By removing these neurons, the subject would lose that memory. As you can imagine, the trick here is …
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