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I've always loved generative music, and this guy used Pi as the basis for his composition. I'm not saying it's as good as Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber or something, but it's a great way to get ready for Pi day which is tragically still not a federal holiday. Write your congressman.

retroworks writes "Stanford and Finland are cooperating on a project to make a 'modular' laptop which can be more easily disassembled and upgraded, and eventually recycled. Video presentation by smarterplanet.com is a sober answer to the Jaime Guittierez 'Clean the Fan' video."

Stoobalou writes "Not content with its iPhone scoop, Gizmodo has probably ruined the career of a young engineer. The tech blog last night exposed the name of the hapless Apple employee who had one German beer too many and left a prototype iPhone G4 in a California bar some 20 miles from Apple's Infinite Loop campus. Was that really necessary?" It also came out that they paid $5K for the leaked prototype and that Apple wants it back.

Fortunately for us, the FAA has imposed the honor system as our next best defense against terrorism. Hopefully this will allow them to increase the volume of non-bladder liquid I'm allowed to take on planes.

angrymilkman writes "Here are two interesting new approaches where researchers modified the popular Guitar Hero game so it can be played by gamers with disabilities. Air Guitar Hero modifies the Guitar Hero controller so someone without limbs can play it by using electrodes attached to the user's residual arm. Blind Hero is a mod for Frets on Fire that uses a haptic glove that can turn visual feedback into haptic feedback, allowing blind gamers to play Guitar Hero songs." There have been a variety of Guitar Hero hacks in the past, including a custom drum pad for playing the guitar part, using the plastic guitar as a real instrument, and rocking out with your bike, but it's nice to see some more serious modifications showing up.

If you don't think teaching more science in the classroom is important, this lady will change your mind. I wonder what government program she blames for fog?

If you combine the movie "Platoon" with "Combat" for the Atari 2600, this is what you get. Sometimes I miss the days when all video game characters were squares of various colors.

samzenpus writes "What do you do when words fail to express exactly how you feel?"

samzenpus writes "Have you heard the saying, 'The cost of fame is high'? This definitely falls into that category."

samzenpus writes "This is why you should never talk to strangers and if you do, you should be careful about what you say."

samzenpus writes "What do you do with 1,500 har drives? You have the worlds most expensive domino rally. I can't imagine how long this took to set up, hopefully it happened in one take."

samzenpus writes "Sometimes you just can't help yourself and you get the giggles. It isn't a big deal unless you happen to be reporting on a fatal accident."

samzenpus writes "Some men love cars. Some like music or film. Still others find pleasure in art. This man loves sausage."

samzenpus writes "I've heard many good best man speeches but never one this funny."

samzenpus writes "The world of radio-controlled southern belles is here and nothing will be the same."

samzenpus writes "Only a short sighted p'tok would fear a proud warrior of the empire running the country."

samzenpus writes "I've seen a lot of clever uses for the Wii but this is one of my favorites. Now I just need a rocking horse about ten times stronger."

The boardroom would be a lot more interesting if it were like a chat room. This one gets the best use of lol cat award.

Every now and then I stumble on something so ridiculous that I have to share it. This is a promotion video to upgrade to DOS 5 obviously made in a different era. Promoting features like mouse support, a graphical shell, and freeing up at LEAST 45k of memory, well, Gimme 5! Did I mention that it's all set to a hip beat? You'll love it. And by "Love" I mean "Stick forks in your eyes".