LIMBO - In-game Teaser

A sweet game trailer I stumbled upon via LikeCOOL. A 2D side scroller with a very dark and dangerous feel. And people say video games aren't art.

App Inventor for Android

Google is making it easier for you to write applications. Checkout their App Inventor - an easy online interface for writing applications for your phone. It is oddly reminiscent of the Lego Mindstorms programming interface with drag and drop blocks that connect to each other. It may not allow to do everything, but its fast and easy.

Official Google Blog: App Inventor for Android

The Countdown is on to Oktoberfest

Always a good time of the year for some of the tastiest of beverages. The microbrew movement is still in full force as there are some new oktoberfest brews this year to compete with some of the favs.



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We are back with Shootout Monday!

After a brief hiatus in the wildnerness at our secret lair, we are back to the style at Vund3rbar. To aid our post-vacation woes, what better a remedy then some good old fashioned shootouts!?

Both of these videos have some pretty sweet action in their own styles. The lego one is super sweet.



And the cardboard one has some sweet props.



Checkout the reviews over at Geekologie

M. Night Shyamalan Finally Made A Comedy

M. Night Shyamalan Finally Made A Comedy: Charlie Jane Anders scathing review of Avatar the Last Airbender is likely far funnier than the movie which is an enormous travesty. It is sad to see something that could have been so great get mangled. The review manages to squeeze in one small compliment among a couple pages of sarcastic criticisms. You guessed it, the special effects are awesome - which occasionally makes you forget how bad the rest of the movie is.

Hulu Plus!

As someone who loves internet TV (seeing as how I don't have cable or satellite) Hulu Plus for $10 a month sounds like an awesome idea. As long as the content is there, I will pay. But it sounds like the Daily Show and Colbert Report will not be available, severely hurting my chances of signing up. One extra bonus though, iPhone and iPad viewing comes with the subscription! Check it out at Gizmodo

Stream Big Boi's solo album right now!

Sir Lucious Left Foot... The Son of Chico Dusty is the solo album debut by one half of my favorite hip-hop duo Outkast, Big Boi. This album doesnt come out until July 6th, so take advantage of this generosity to listen in full now. You can also pre-order the album at Big Boi's site with different options including some cool swag. The limited edition Goodwood necklace (pretty rad but i got my eye on The Skullness) is enough justification for dropping the extra dough on the deluxe Goodwood pack.

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Françoise Nielly’s Marvellous Portraits

Checkout this amazing art by French artist Francoise Nielly courtesy of LikeCool.

Brushes? We don't need no stinking brushes!

Artist David Kassan streamed his iPad, Brushes app rendering of a still model for all to watch. It sure looks amazing.



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U.S.A.!!!

Can you believe the US's goal in the 91st minute of the world cup to qualify for the round of 16? A student at Purdue compiled reactions to the goal, pretty awesome, check it out.

Ewwww! Awesome.

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Which one of these is not like the other? Which one of these does not belong?

Robert Mackenzie


Greg Peltz

If you answered none, or you don't know, then you might be right. Greg Peltz says on his blog that he was so inspired after seeing Robert Mackenzie's work that he wanted to recreate his own version to hang in his house. He of course gives full credit to Mackenzie for the idea, but has since gone on to make a whole sleuth of other paintings. You would be a fool to not checkout both artists pages to see their dazzling work.

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14th Anniversary, Stone Emperial IPA

My other favorite-est brewery on the planet, Stone Brewery, has released its 14th anniversary beer today, Emperial IPA. The statement released by Head Brewer Mitch Steele and President and Brewmaster Steve Wagner says that for this brew they went on an escapade to England to search out the old British techniques and ingredients for making a traditional British style ale. Only fitting then that the 14th anniversary Emperial IPA uses all British ingredients except for the water.

I personally can't wait to try out this new offering from a very respectable and reputable brewery. Also, if in the San Diego area, you should definitely head over for a brewery tour.

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Mammoth Park Skiing

Some extra footage of two kids tearing it up in the park at Mammoth, courtesy of Armada.

B&E B-footy from Phil Casabon on Vimeo.

bdog & edollo skiing in mammoth...leftover footy/ze b-footy

Edible Xbox Controller makes me Salivate

Flickr user Laura Bento makes some of the best bento boxes I have ever seen. Checkout her full set over at her site. Also see a review of the top 10 bento boxes over at Oddee.

8-bit Awesomeness!

Cezkid has a pretty sweet deviantART gallery. To see more of these sweet 3D images check him out.


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The Skydiver's view of a shuttle launch

Dogfish head Bitches Brew!

One of my favorite breweries on the planet, Dogfish head, has released another seasonal sometimes brew, Bitches Brew. This one is a tribute to the original Bitches Brew jazz album crafted by Miles Davis in 1970. Head on over to their site to check it out and order some stuff. If you happen to be by a distributor who can get you Dogfish heads or carries them regularly youd be a fool not to try them all.

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Retro Game Theme song re-creation Madness!

Over at Geekologie they are having a game theme song remix bonanza!

VIOLIN RECREATION!


Beatbox Re-creation!

Avatar The Last Airbender

M. Night Shamalan is making a live action movie based on the cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender. I was an avid fan of the cartoon, and while I am not sure if his dark and serious adaptation does the cartoon justice, I am still very excited to see what the movie can do. The main characters can control the 4 elements (fire, earth, water, and air) and to make it look realistic they needed to bust out some serious special effects. They hired movie CG bigwigs ILM (from Transformers and Star Wars) to come up with some seriously awesome looking effects. Check the breakdown at i09 or the latest trailer here:

Starcraft 2

I thought I was getting too old for RTS video games, but Starcraft 2 just looks awesome.

WTF?!

The US should have gotten 3 points in the World Cup today, Gizmodo thinks soccer should add Instant Replay.

http://gizmodo.com/5567120/usa+slovenia-match-proves-why-soccer-needs-tech?skyline=true&s=i

Seth Morrison is Awesome

Chest sized powder spines, avalanche conditions, steep steep slopes.  All in a days work for Seth Morrison.

Before You Sell Your Incredible You Must...

Delete the images of your browsing history that the phone secretly saved off behind your back.  Unless you want the next owner of your phone to see what webpages you have been visiting.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/17/droid-incredible-saves-browser-screenshots-to-secret-hiding-plac/ 

OK GO! - End Love

Will OK GO ever stop making amazing music videos?  Judging by this  last one, No.  These guys have a lot of aces up their sleeves.  Checkout the latest where they do some serious video manipulation, speeding up and slowing down the film to create on awesome video. Not a bad song either :)

The fastest we go is 172,800x, compressing 24 hours of real time into a blazing 1/2 second. The slowest is 1/32x speed, stretching a mere 1/2 second of real time into a whopping 16 seconds. This gives us a fastest to slowest ratio of 5.5 million. If you like averages, the average speed up factor of the band dancing is 270x. In total we shot 18 hours of the band dancing and 192 hours of LA skyline timelapse – over a million frames of video – and compressed it all down to 4 minutes and 30 seconds! Oh and don't forget, it's one continuous camera shot.

Checkout their facebook contest to upload their video to facebook.  Whoever gets the most comments wins an iPad!

Pixel Art

Pixel Art is all the rage these days.  Checkout Shawn Smith from Make Magazine



or maybe some stop motion Mario action via Post-Its:

Kaws Exhibition, check it if youre in CT!

Brooklyn-based artist Kaws, has his first solo exhibit at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. If you are in the area, you should definitely check it out.

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Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, Orange, NO MORE! Time to learn Real Guitar!

Rock band 3's release will see the end of the plastic guitar mockery and actually teach you to play real instruments. Check out the sneak preview over at Gizmodo.

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Where to Watch the World Cup

If you are without TV, like I am unfortunately, then you may appreciate this Lifehacker article on where to watch the World Cup!  I was looking for games on ESPN3 on Sunday, but it didn't appear to have all the games.  Lifehacker also recommends CBS Sports, Optus, TVU Network, the BBC, and iTV - so you should be able to find something.

Also checkout DesignNotes and their 5 device world cup Bonanza.  He recommends following twitter, if you have soccer related tweets that you feel you can't miss.  But otherwise, it is a pretty sweet setup.

Help the Oil Spill, and Get PAID!

The good dudes that are Gizmodo have initiated a program with Gazelle, the gadget recycling group to help out the oil spill in the gulf. Recycle your stuff with Gazelle using the form on Gizmodo's page and they will donate a part of the commission to the oil spill cause.

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Go USA, we'll take the point

Hehe, mashups are the win.

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World Cup Stadiums from High Above

Check out Digital Globe's satellite images of the world cup stadiums over at their Flickr. View 'em in the slide show for optimum enjoyment :)

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WebOS?

As an update to the previous Lifehacker phone OS comparison, here is their updated 3-way comparison now including WebOS.  Apparently WebOS includes instructions on how to root the phone right in the manual - so that is cool.  Full breakdown here: Lifehacker

Silent but Deadly....

Worlds Fastest Electric Motorcyle

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Hahahah, BP idiotas.

Just plain ole funny. thanks Reider for the tip.

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Get Over Here!

Mortal Kombat is a dark and violent video game.  A movie based on it should mirror the game's mood and be correspondingly sinister. If this awesome 8 min clip is anything to go by, the new Mortal Kombat movie will fit just perfectly.

iPhone vs Android

As I am trying to determine whether to get an iPhone 4 or the new Evo it is important to also consider the OS.  Based on this lifehacker review, Android edges out the iPhone OS.  But they each have their plusses and minuses.  See the full rundown at Lifehacker

22-Person Foosball Table!

Commissioned for the Nike store at the Nike Stadium Milan. Full of Awesome.

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Best Commercial ever? Ronal-Doh!

Nike Football presents their latest commercial for these World Cup times entitled, "Write the Future." It is a great spot full of stars and cameos, mixed with a little funny. In relation, Nike is now the #1 soccer company in the world. Wait, what?! When did they takeover Adidas and the others? Who knows, but the commercial certainly conveys their dominance.

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Penny-Arcade iPhone 4 Re-enactment

Wonder what happens backstage after you mess up the apple iPhone 4 demo in front of everyone?!  Penny-Arcade has an idea:

3 Sweet T-Shirts

Who doesn't like t-shirts?

Courtesy of MySoti, Spacecraft, and Threadless.

"Love and Guts: Eyes Wide Open"

The Love & Guts Art Show, presented by Oakley, Juxtapoz and Thrasher, took place in NYC last week. In case you missed it, head on over to highsnobiety to check out their recap of the event.

The show originally featured the works of skating legends: Lance Mountain, Pat Ngoho, Steve Caballero and Steve Olson. More recently the show has been adding more artists to the mix and it is creating quite the awesome event.

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The Technodrome is running out of power!

Vund3rbar, followers of all things TMNT has got a case of the hoodie envy. Check out 80s
tees.com to see the Shredder one, but where are the Rocksteady and Bebop versions?!

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Video Editing

Guns, Violence, Explosions, Music, and it all goes together!

Pure from Jacob Bricca on Vimeo.

World Cup T-Shirt

I just wish I could buy one of these with Rooney on it.

Question of the Day: EVO or iPhone 4?

The new iPhone is out, but should you stick with Apple and AT&T with their new pay by the byte pricing plans, or switch to the slick new EVO 4G?  Thats one more G than Apple has!

Checkout one of the many comparisons :
Gizmodo

Wired

Engadget

Or the sweet infographic at Mashable which you can catch a glimpse of at the top of the post.

Human Pattern art by Claudia Rogge

Claudia Rogge is a German artist/photographer who is most noted for her "human pattern" art. No installations in the US as of yet, but hopefully a gallery near you will have her work.

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I may need this Comb one day...

Hilarious shirt representin' for all of us hair challenged folk. Head on over to threadless to check out this submission and many others.

Armada Team Edit 2010

Armada team Edit 2010 from ARMADA SKIS INC. on Vimeo.

From the still-trying-to-make-skiing-as-cool-as-snowboarding department, the Armada 2010 team edit.   Big Alaskan lines, Ian Provo's sick POV shots, some urban rails, and a boat load of massive airs.

Mini Arcade Cabinet

Sam Seide, a follower of MAKE, built this sweet arcade cabinet. Checkout his video and ebay auction for the mini gaming device. Built from a netbook running XP, you can play MAME games, Nintendo games, and pretty much anything else the netbook can run. The coinslot, however, is not operational.

Ian Provo on the Hypodermic Needle

Hypodermic Needle from Ian Provo on Vimeo.

Not new, but still awesome, if you haven't seen Ian Provo's skiing videos you are missing out.

Do Want!

The latest android phone offered over at Sprint is the HTC Evo 4G known earlier as the supersonic. The phone is a beast to say the least. Jam packed with the latest hardware and running the almost current android 2.1 (When will it get Froyo 2.2? who knows....) software redone with the Sense package that those of you with a Sprint android phone familiar with.

The only bummer about this new offering is that it comes tied with a mandatory $10 data charge for the 4G network use whether you live in one of the 10 cities with WiMax right now or not.

Head on over to Gizmodo to read their full review which is also Jam packed, but with details.

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Best Song of the Year?

I dont know about that, but it will be stuck in your head all day. Hilarious. Shout out to CCrooks for the find.


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The Gay 90's Old Tyme Art Show - ONLY 2 days left!

Mark Ryden has an exhibit at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in NYC till June 5th. That's only 2 more days to see if folks. So grab your metro card and head down to 10th Ave and check it out. This is a show you dont want to miss.

Ryden, a master of the paintbrush, is a Surrealist-ish artist who blends modern culture references with chops of meat and a touch of early religious influences. Looking at his pieces, it is easy to lose track of time. I often wonder why the characters in his work all seem like everything is normal and dont notice they are made up of lamb chops and baby back ribs. There is a lot of questions asked and many connections to be drawn when viewing Ryden's stuff. Bottom line is I like his work and its fun to look at over and over.

Walking on Water with Waterproof Shoes

These guys are crazy, but I like them!


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Thundercats are coming back!

Warner Bros. is starting an all new Thundercats series!

http://site.wizardworld.com/blog/2010/06/02/breaking-news-thundercats-returns/