December 2011
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$3.19 & 20-Years Worth of iPhone Charges
I don’t know if I’m more impressed with concept that one gallon of gas could provide 7,300 charges or that our automobiles can’t seem to get consistently better than 25miles using the same quantity of fuel. Yeah, yeah,… I understand that moving a 3,000 hunk of steel is different that filling up a 1420mAh lithium-polymer battery.
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November 2011
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June 2011
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We need a new "New Deal"
Dear President Obama,
I’m sincerely disappointed with this administration’s ability to stimulate an economic recovery.
While I am not a Democrat, when you were elected, I was pleased with America’s decision to elect you. The economy was showing signs of an economic break-down, and I thought “who better than a Democrat to stimulate the economy?”
Franklin D. Roosevelt got a lot of flak for the...
March 2011
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All Things Digital: Engadget’s Top Editors... →
Five Nerds hasn’t made much of a secret out of our misunderstanding of AOL, and more importantly, why anyone still needs AOL.
It appears that AOL editors, Topolsky and Patel concur.
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WatchConan Plays Life-Sized Angry Birds
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The Joy of Tech's Apple Rumor Publishing Flowchart
February 2011
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How Watson Could Have Been Defeated on Jeopardy
via Neatorama
laurangu asked: I think youre cool:)
I wanna be a nerd! how do I do it?
I wanna be a nerd! how do I do it?
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She gives me cancer - she gives me cancer, not...
Not long ago, Five Nerds made a semi-tasteless (alright, completely tasteless) joke about the longstanding hypothesis that cell-phones give you cancer.
We said that it wouldn’t be long before people were shouting about the risks of radiating our noggins, and it appears we were right.
Submitted for your reading pleasure, an article about a recent study which suggests that people who use...
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Arctotherium, the Biggest Bear Ever (May or may... →
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Anonymous asked: Could you give me any recommendations for the best laptops under £600? Preferably with good quality speakers that don't slow down because of large applications?
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Info-graph-ideo: Mind Officially Blown
You’ve seen info-graphics, you’ve seen info-graphic’s master… I hope you’ve acclimatized properly because you’re about to go off the map. Hoopism.com has put together a court map of the 65 greatest shots in NBA history linked to imbedded video of each.
Click the image above to check it out! What do you think?
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The Secret is Out: The Formula for Coke...not that... →
This American Life is one of my favorite radio series (and TV shows) — I just hope it’s true! Time to mix a batch.
The recipe: Fluid extract of Coca: 3 drams USP Citric acid: 3 oz Caffeine: 1 oz Sugar: 30 (unclear quantity) Water: 2.5 gal Lime juice: 2 pints, 1 quart Vanilla: 1 oz Caramel: 1.5 oz or more for color
The secret 7X flavor (use 2 oz of flavor to 5 gals syrup):...
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The Hell with Channel Packages
Dear Cable Companies and Worthless TV Networks,
It’s time to admit that your time is up. AT&T and Verizon are closing in with Fiber, and your antiquated coaxial cable is on its last hurrah. ESPN on the Xbox must have you scared shitless. I must admit, I am most impressed by your ability to stretch the capabilities of the stuff — 1.37 Gbit/s speeds and wideband internet keep...
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Down with Ads - Long live AdBlocker
As if you needed more of a reason to get an ad-blocking extension for your browser:
Vs:
Notice a difference?
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iPads Don't Make You Look as Cool as You Think →
That’s right. If you’re looking to pick up chicks you’re better off carrying around a pile of books.
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P98 X-Atlantic: The Truly Extreme Workout
How many of you have given up on your New Year’s Resolutions already? Did you find that it was just too hard to get to they gym for 30 minutes a day, four times a week? Well, this isn’t going to make you feel any better about yourself?
Aleksander Doba, a 64 year old former Polish whitewater kayak champion just completed a non-stop voyage across the atlantic ocean… in a kayak.
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Valentine's Day - Gift for the Nerdy Love of your...
From WIRED.COM
Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but precious metal is her boyfriend.
At least, that’s the story according to Joe Johnson and Jeanju Choi-Johnson, the design duo (and real life couple) behind these elegant knuckle-dusters. It might not be the ring she was expecting, but with the atomic weight, number and symbol of the element from which it’s made printed...
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Apple Fleecing Verizon iPhone Customers
Just in case my post yesterday appeared too pro-Apple, let me dish out a little criticism today. Just because they’ve made some smart marketing, distribution, and product development moves over the past several years doesn’t mean that they aren’t kinda evil.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know that the iPhone is now available on Verizon ending the...
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Apple Wins, You Just Don't Know it Yet
I love the movie “Searching for Bobby Fischer” and I think that most who’ve seen it would agree that the best scene in the movie is when young Josh offers his opponent a draw, saying: “You’ve already lost, you just don’t know it yet.”
When it comes to the tablet device game, this might as well be Apple’s slogan. The iPad already reigns supreme...
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What Happens to Boiling Water at -22 Degrees? →
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How does a dating site, launch with 250,000 member... →
Simple.
You scrape data from Facebook.
Anyone else concerned about their privacy on Facebook now?
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January 2011
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Info-graphic, meet your master.
What’s better than an info-graphic? An interactive info-graphic set to music, of course.
If you haven’t listened to “All Day” by Girl Talk, then you’ve been living under the lame rock, but the good folks over at mashupbreakdown.com are here to redeem your soul.
I’ll waste no more time with words, get on with your education.
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WatchApplying the honeypot theory to Facebook.
I think some of my friends are already doing this, but until now, I didn’t think there was method to their madness. (There probably isn’t, most of them are narcissistic, and believe the world needs to know that they think “Domino’s is yummy.”)
In all seriousness, as I’m a big fan of privacy, there might be some...
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The New Apple for the Teacher
A private school in Knoxville, TN will require it’s 12th grade class to carry iPads. Students will be able to either provide their own or rent one for $20 a month. It seems this is the latest in a series of experiments to see whether the tablet can replace the traditional textbook in the classroom.
While I understand that schools and teachers are doing more and more to keep students...
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Preschoolers Better at Navigating iPhone than... →
The reason why people like to use the iPhone so much at first is that it’s intuitive. Intuitiveness is always something that impresses you in an interface, because it doesn’t take additional knowledge to work the device. Simplicity is not necessarily intuitive — just see any Web 2.0 app with a blown up kids interface or the new Nano.
I’d be willing to say iOS has the...
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WatchThis video can be summed up in four unappetizing words: “Chocolate Spread on Cheese.”
Chefs of the world, your jobs are safe for now.
While Google Demoslams can often be innovative, they sure don’t sound very appetizing…
QR Code Tortilla
Shoutout to Want & Blog for finding this.
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Disable Android / Verizon V-Cast Bloatware Pop-Ups
While I’m quite happy with my Android phone (HTC Incredible) I have no love for the standard pile of bloatware that Verizon insists on packing on board. For months, or at least since the 2.2 Froyo update, I get an annoying browser popup for V-Cast media manager…. complete with music.
Finally I decided I could take it no more and set out on an internet forum scavenger hunt for a...
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WatchSnail Mail Push Alerts
I write for a blog called ‘Five Nerds,’ and this might even a little too nerdy for me ;-P
What would you use push alerts for?
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Too soon?
So it’s just a matter of time before people start re-hypothesizing that cellphones give you cancer, especially in light of recent news that Steve Jobs is on indefinite hiatus.
Rather than take the high-road, we decided to be first into the pit, and created this clever infographic to illustrate how the iPhone 4’s antenna might be a game-changer.
We encourage you to sign up for...
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Want to be cooler on Facebook? There is an app...
If you were impressed by some of the unique profiles in 10 Creative Uses of the New Facebook Profile but lack the time, or photo editing skills to put together your own look, soft-drink manufacturer, Schweppes has solved your problem.
Check out this video of the application, and how it works:
If you are interested in downloading it, you can do it from the Official Schweppes Fan...
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Finally, a vehicle that Smart Car owners can laugh...
GM is looking to release a driver-less vehicle dubbed the EN-V (pronounced “envy” and short for “Electric Networked Vehicle”) as soon as 2030. While it is still two decades out, it isn’t hard to believe that network coverage, and computing speed will soon be able to keep up with the demands of a grid of networked motor vehicles.
While it wouldn’t be much...
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National Geographic: Lightning Captured by X-Ray... →
From the picture is worth a thousand words category:
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One Bad-Ass Picture to Start the New Year →
The article might say that you can see the International Space Station in this picture, but I’m pretty sure it’s a Tie-Fighter.
December 2010
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WatchTime-lapse video: Belmar, NJ Blizzard 2010
Credit: Michael Black
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How about a little love for Five Nerds?
Well, we’ve been blogging for about 6 months, and this weekend brought us two milestones in our new adventure in nerdiness.
Our 1500th follower is a second year journalism student, who states on his site that he hasn’t a clue what he’s going to do when he graduates. He like all sorts of music, film, books and Leeds United. We’d name you, but we didn’t want to...
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WatchFinally. A way to work as a urologist without having to touch phalii.
Will surgeons join the ever-growing populous of work-from-home employees?
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WatchWe’ve voiced concerns before about Space Junk, and the problems it will pose for the future of our planet. Nonetheless, there is little more exciting than a space launch.
It appears that while India does not want to be left out of the space race, they have had some bad luck when it comes to launching satellites, and are not contributing to the problem in the same way that the Chinese are.
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Christmas needs more nerdiness - Official NORAD... →
Watch NORAD track Santa with sophisticated GPS mapping, enhanced by Google Earth.
It’s already Christmas Day in some parts of the world!
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"Just In Time For Christmas"
While doing some holiday shopping for the little ones, like many, I ended up at the ‘Mecca’ of American toy stores - Toys Я Us.
Here are a couple of observations and some photos from my trip:
When I was a kid, toy stores were fun
I’m not implying that kids today are any less excited about the prospect of going to a toy store, but I am suggesting that they are being robbed of a...
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Just how popular is Fivenerds, you ask?
That’s right, boingboing, we’re coming for you.
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Does money motivate you?
PHOTO: In case $6.1 billion wasn’t enough incentive to be the next Steve Jobs… Source: CNBC - President Obama, Season of Progress Any suggestions for The President on what kind of incentive you would like to be the next Steve Jobs?
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WatchIf you are unfamiliar with the phrase ‘Augmented Reality,’ aka A.R. you’d best learn it before 2011.
This application is a prime example of Augmented Reality, and is almost enough to make me want to switch from Android to iPhone. Almost.
Are you ready for the next decade?