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Inspiration highlights innovative initiatives and people influencing the tech industry while narrating the tales behind the ideas. It’s a place to honor originality, tenacity, and ground-breaking concepts that encourage others to pursue their dreams and make them a reality.
And The Internet Prevails! Cook’s Source is Shut Down
Many of you in the know have seen these pumpkins before. Those of you know what these pumpkins mean. They...
Erasing A “Friend”: An Examination of “Friends” On the Internet
I remove people from Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks on a daily basis — not by choice, but because...
Guy Installs Camera Into The Back of His Head In the Name of Art
I'm gonna spare you the obvious 'eyes in the back of your head' joke, except for this sentence, where I...
Pope Benedict Wants Internet Users To Get a Life
Don't mess with Benedict XVI - guy is all up on this internet business like ain't never been seen. Dude...
Gorillaz Record New Album Via iPad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAeUwuUGSaM&t=76s I'm one of those who denies the iPad's usefulness as a creative tool. Sure, there are cute little apps...
Another Apple Prototype Leaked: the iBox!!
Illustrator James Gurney has found a prototype of Apple's next big release: the iBox. This is big, guys. I can't...
That’s Because Droids Don’t Pull People’s Arms Out of Their Sockets When They Lose
I've never used nor liked the term 'nerdgasm', but I feel the need to point out that I've just experienced...
Attention, Men! Quick, Easy Birth Control: Your Laptop
These laptops sure are warm, aren't they? Mine gets absolutely unbearable sometimes. Turns out, perhaps unsurprisingly, that the intense heat...
Dirpy Lets You Turn Your Favourite YouTube Videos Into MP3’s
Want the dubstep version of "Because I Backtraced It" on your iPod? This dream has come true with Dirpy, a...
The Internet To The Rescue! Asinine Magazine Steals Article, Suggests Author Thank Them, Gets Pwnd On Facebook
What could have been a simple copyright infringement has become a full-blown circus after the internet got a hold of...
Windows Calculator: I Am Error
I've been using PCs for the better part of two decades, and in all that time, I've used Windows' calculator...
Will Netflix Doom Net Neutrality?
For some time now, net neutrality has been a 'cause celebre' for web geeks. The idea - that all traffic...
The Rubik’s Cube Piggy Bank: You’re Totally Never Getting Your Change Back
If there was one object today that, above all others, I was made to select and define as 'the pimpinest...
Your Halloween Costume Will Never Be As Ambitious As This. Ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pucbRCRHxk Oh, hey, I just realized I'm an inconsiderate jerk, and never asked you how your Halloween was. How'd it...
Google’s Demo Slam Slams Through Language Barrier In the Name of Fish Curry
Google has so much crap going on at once, I don't blame you if you've never heard of Demo Slam,...
America’s Educational Failures All Summed Up In One History Class
"You are only allowed to use your OWN knowledge, your OWN class notes, class handouts, your OWN class homework, or...
The Coolest Library In The World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw5LlSKKG3M It is ironic that this piece of video and creativity takes place within the confines of a library —...
Sorry I’m Late, Guys – Car Got Stuck In My Printer Again
Soon, you may have an entirely new scapegoat for not attending all manner of functions: a printer jam. 3D printing...
Automatic Typewriter Chooses Its Own Adventures – With Your Help
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/16311288[/vimeo] I remember back in, like, grade 3, sitting on the old black and white Mac, playing text adventures at...
Zombie Reports Track the Coming Undead Apocalypse
With Halloween a mere 36 hours away, sightings of unsavoury creatures of all manner will be on the rise, and...