December 2010
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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?
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Give early and [be] awesome.
With Christmas just a few days away, I’m sure there are oodles of people just giddy with anticipation, not for what they think might be waiting under the tree, but for the expression of pure joy they’ll see on the faces of those who will have your wondrous tech gifts bestowed on them.
Especially if your’e going over the river and through the woods this holiday season then the...
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CNET News: Kinect sex is here, game company says →
Video NSFW
Feel free to add to this list of obligatory one-liners when you reblog:
Gives another meaning to the phrase “first person shooter.”
It’s edu-tainment.
I wouldn’t exactly call the Kinect ‘Hands Free’ anymore.
How do the Chinese gold-farmers capitalize on this?
Do you want me to play your man for you?
Joystick not included.
Finally, a game the...
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Submit Your Wish List for 2011
As another new year approaches it’s hard to predict what tech wonders will greet us. This year has seen the emergence of the iPad, 3D televisions, Android OS, and much more. So, take a stab at beeing the oracle of the upcoming - what advances in technology or emerging tech trends do you think 2011 will bring?
3D TV
Tablet / Slate Computers
4G / LTE Networks
Home Theater Media Centers...
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iPhone Vs. Incredible - Best Features(?)
It’s a widely held belief by now that the iPhone is coming to Verizon as early as January of 2011. This is great news for the folks like me that, up until now, have opted for network reliability over device appeal. I owned the iPhone 3G, but a combination of frustration with AT&T’s network and poor device performance brought on by the update of iOS to 4.0 caused me to jump ship...
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The coolest socioeconomic chart you may ever...
Via Youtube:
Hans Rosling’s famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport’s commentator’s style to reveal the story of the world’s past, present and future development. Now he explores stats in a way he has never done before - using augmented reality animation. In this spectacular section of ‘The Joy of Stats’ he tells the story of the...
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Damn You Auto Correct!
http://damnyouautocorrect.com
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Some Christmas Shopping Advice
There are only a few shopping days left before Christmas, so for those of you out there that are stuck on what to buy for that nerd in your life, we’ve got you covered. Not only will I give you a few things that are sure to be winners, I’ll also give you a heads up on what you still have time to return.
What we want:
Shoestring Budget: 1. A Custom URL - Starting at about $10, you...
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Mashable: 10 Creative Uses of the New Facebook... →
Is Facebook cool enough for you yet, Zuckerberg?
It seems that Facebook is attempting to stay relevant by changing their format every couple of months now. While most people struggle to navigate the new features, and decide if they like them or not, others embrace change and find new creative outlets. This artist has inspired others to hack the page in a way that most people would not think...
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Tumblr misfire?
You spend some time writing an article, and ask Tumblr to post it in the morning, rather than posting it manually in the middle of the night.
You log in in the morning to see that the article did not post. Typically, it is still sitting in the queue, and you figure “no big deal,” I’ll just publish it now.
Today, however, my post appears to be ‘stuck in the...
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Engadget: Visualized - Facebook's Global Reach →
Apologies in advance for a lazy copy-and-paste ripoff of something I found on Engadget. I just thought it was too cool not to share…
If you’ve ever wondered what a map drawn entirely of Facebook relationships would look like, wonder no more. A Facebook intern by the name of Paul Butler has put together the above image by feeding in location data for pairs of friends, with the...
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You farted in Publix?
I suppose if we have to put a nerdy spin on this, we could remind you that nearly 1 in 3 new couples in America say they met online—but it doesn’t always have to be nerdy…sometimes it can just be funny.
(Click the image for full-size)
Source: http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/mis/2081287206.html
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Proof that Bacon really does go with anything...
There seems to be a lot of critical review about Google TV. While the Five Nerds jury is still out on the benefits and usefulness of the current iteration of Google TV, we are excited that Google may one day replace our cable company when it comes to streaming video content.
Imagine being able to see anything Kevin Bacon-related, anytime you want…
Fingers crossed that we won’t...
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“When an elite assassin (Ashton Kutcher?) marries a beautiful computer whiz...”
– Netflix DVD Slipcover. I’m not sure I could come up with a sentence that kills my hopes for Killers more than this one does.
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boyaal asked: I'm interested in a career in the Gaming Industry, but i don't really know where to start. The only college i know that offers a degree in it is "the art institutes" and there descriptions of gamer programmer, and gamer artist aren't really descriptive onto what that job specifically does in terms of making a game.
Any help or links to help would be...
Any help or links to help would be...
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