6 hours ago in Technology & Software - BenHeck.com forum member goteking apparently built this camera-in-a-Famicom-cart a little while back, but this is one instance when we're more than happy to catch up a little late, even if we may quite not be able to bring ourselves to gut a cart ...

tags: diy, famicom, famicom cart, famicomcart, mod

9 hours ago in Technology & Software - Well, it looks like Oregon Scientific will be making a respectable enough showing at CES, with it set to show off a mix of old-ish products like the ACT5K action camera pictured at right, and some new and updated products that it'll apparently only ...

tags: act5k, desktop emergency radio weather station, desktopemergencyradioweatherstation, oregon scientific, oregonscientific, simplecast, smartglobe elite, smartglobeelite

10 hours ago in News & Current Events - A community art project has left a lasting impression on the 86th Street station on the Upper West Side, as well as on the students who created them. ...

tags: transit systems, art, upper west side nyc

10 hours ago in Technology & Software - Phenomenal artist James Jean has posted a slew of scans from his 2008 Moleskine sketchbooks. Jean has a show of new work opening at Jonathan LeVine Gallery on January 10 and the paintings are truly mind-blowing. I'll link to the online gallery ...

tags: art

10 hours ago in Business & Marketing - Windows only: Free application Disable Startup keeps just any old app from adding itself to your list of startup applications, keeping your boot time snappy and RAM happy. At its core, Disable Startup is a startup manager similar to the built-in ...

tags: featured windows download, downloads, startup, startup manager, utilities, windows

10 hours ago in Technology & Software - Phenomenal artist James Jean has posted a slew of scans from his 2008 Moleskine sketchbooks. Jean has a show of new work opening at Jonathan LeVine Gallery on January 10 and the work is truly mind-blowing. I'll link to the online gallery once the ...

tags: art

11 hours ago in Technology & Software - Over on Boing Boing Gadgets, our Joel's spotted this half-ton Rube Goldberg corkscrew by artist Rob Higgs: Rob Higgs is an artist who makes extraordinarily convoluted machines — or at least one: the "Corkscrew", a self-cast monstrosity for ...

tags: art, gadgets, happy mutants, maker

11 hours ago in News & Current Events - The dean of Georgia lawyers, Mr. Bell, 90, also served as a federal judge and prominent legal troubleshooter. ...

tags: carter, jimmy, attorneys general, deaths obituaries

11 hours ago in Technology & Software - Over on Boing Boing Gadgets, our Joel's spotted this half-ton Rube Goldberg corkscrew by artist Rob Higgs: Rob Higgs is an artist who makes extraordinarily convoluted machines ??? or at least one: the "Corkscrew", a self-cast monstrosity for ...

tags: art, gadgets, happy mutants, maker

11 hours ago in Technology & Software - I was out of town for the two weeks surrounding Christmas so despite my best efforts, I didn't post all of the gaming greeting cards I received over the holidays. Here's a round up of some of the best ones that made it to my door when I wasn't home, ...

tags: holiday cards 2008, blizzard, culture, eatsleepplay, gallery, insomniac, lucas arts, microsoft, nintendo, penny arcade, ubisoft

12 hours ago in News & Current Events - The dean of Georgia lawyers, Mr. Bell, 90, also served as a federal judge and prominent legal troubleshooter. ...

tags: carter, jimmy, attorneys general, deaths obituaries

14 hours ago in News & Current Events - The rigger of the crane whose collapse killed seven in New York last year is said to have been charged for the deaths. ...

tags: derricks and cranes, accidents and safety, buildings department

15 hours ago in Technology & Software - CrunchGear says they've got the dirt on what Palm is launching at CES, which, let's face it, better be awesome if they wanna stick around. According to their source, that may just be the case. They say that the Nova OS is "amazing" and will have an ...

tags: rumor, ces 2009, nova, palm, smartphones

15 hours ago in Technology & Software - Valkyria Chronicles hasn't done so well. Shame, it's a gorgeous game. Can't help but wonder what'd be like if Sega had managed to actually draw our attention to marketing like this before 2009 ticked over. Lovely, yes? No way we could refuse such a ...

tags: art, ps3, sega, valkyria chronicles

15 hours ago in Technology & Software - Holiday's over, PC sales charts. You had a grand couple weeks off, now get back to work. We need to be shown how Blizzard are able to afford to sprinkle gold dust on the canteen doughnuts. NPD Sales Charts December 14-20 [via Shacknews] 1. World Of ...

tags: sales charts, direct2drive, news, pc, steam, valve

18 hours ago in News & Current Events - It  once might have raised hackles for the Times to carry a display ad on the front page. Now the only scandal is that the paper waited so long. Today the paper carries a front-page ad for... ...

tags: dead trees, arthur sulzberger jr, journalismism, new york times, newspapers, washington post

1 days ago in News & Current Events - As Roland W. Burris prepared to claim his seat, Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, insisted the Senate has the legal authority to bar him but left the door open to negotiations. ...

tags: burris, roland w, appointments and executive changes, senate, united states politics and government, reid, harry, blagojevich, rod r, democratic party, ethics, race

1 days ago in News & Current Events - Dotcom mogul Halsey Minor, the CNET founder, has spent freely on real estate, artwork, and startups. He's having trouble keeping them all. The latest bauble to run aground: San Francisco magazine... ...

tags: startups, 8020 media, 8020 publishing, death of print, derek powazek, halsey minor, jpg magazine, meltdowns, minor ventures, mitch fox, paul cloutier

1 days ago in Technology & Software - I went to see the Israeli animated documentary feature "Waltz With Bashir" (Vals Im Bashir) last night. The autobiographical film was written and directed by Ari Folman, with illustration and art direction by David Polonsky. It is a ...

tags: art, emotional, international, video, animation, movies, music, politics

2 days ago in News & Current Events - As New York City’s crime rate stays low, protest of police is muted, but the criticism of aggressive tactics — particularly the frequency of stop-and-frisks — remains. ...

tags: new york city, police department nyc, minorities us, politics and government, police brutality and misconduct, police, drug abuse and traffic, civil rights and liberties, kelly, raymond w, bloomberg, michael r