• More Cowbell: Google Talk Easter Egg

    Via Digg: Check out this little Easter egg — type the following sequence of characters into Gmail’s chat for a “More Cowbell” emoticon: [plus sign][forward slash][apostrophe][backslash] Link is to full list of supported emoticons. See a full list of Google Talk emoticons here technologyGmailGoogle TalkGoogle

  • The bittorrent song

    This was so strange I had to post it. Watch as this guy sings about bittorrent. technology

  • Is Telecom the new Big Oil?

    Every addiction has behind it a network of people waiting to profit from it. Few people will deny the grip that big oil has on America is crippling our societies. Decades of dependency have fueled a system that has enslaved us to the manufacturers of petroleum. In the year where Exxon posted its largest ever…

  • What is Blu-Ray?

    You might have heard people talking about Blu-Ray. There’s good reason. Remember about eight years ago when you heard people mumbling about new contraptions called DVDs? Well, some geeky types think Blu-Ray will be the next new thing just like DVDs were back then. In fact, it’s just like DVD – but instead of standard…

  • More vintage video game commercials

    1982 Colecovision commercial:http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DpgAAAPU-o7S6O_pS1RAg6TaqrFlXQ4iw14-uJXr2jekZUQYVVZw9bw3wLzTal8JNTUIIBfMmQbJ3K_QXkcoapS7Z0B1hnbI6-aYwy-824tRSN8CD5_tgbD9pSmCPdlclP6psbSZSkmsE3qQ0LxIXHXU6HFswUtEKmsVwvnsyMazZ5TV2P5ruOuFuJ0DBE3Xh2LF6_NYIaeIRGI2gp6KdKhUlDac7zdG3C_C4D28jZujJQJw7%26sigh%3DgyoPWfUY6jdJU7L2Md8WtjnzpIE%26begin%3D0%26len%3D30560%26docid%3D-384166965090621110&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer%3Fcontentid%3D726e61c972d9d5f0%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1141407810%26sigh%3DehHFlzjrl9Ikt3I0GpwG7CTGe2U&playerId=-384166965090621110 Atari 2600: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DpgAAACJi46IBJL87r1BH8uxpxiGFiN2mAPTXSnIRnvEWADs1j7_o2mlISDR9_78Ud27730lpfq_KotjpXplnu9OWA2ZqO50qbebOGtTgS1RQzJjBEb-8EGqGf3lNrLxB_QpORTaFPC95ub9uKgIA2EBJva4y1w7haYMZ0ttUud13mdaajK94jBwbGrTh3I3niplC0nrmRp-ra-z31G_WVxg347EjjfuGA3C-S2usXCaldrfO%26sigh%3D0qB8M5JQv03zyRtxExbKyrAP8yU%26begin%3D0%26len%3D30249%26docid%3D2463503647364194211&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer%3Fcontentid%3D22dd9fc586fec4bd%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1141407899%26sigh%3Dz8ckWkHtzifomw468eex5ZwtXYY&playerId=2463503647364194211 Atari Vanguar:http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DnwAAAOSsVYtNpnmDsUZOfrfu2qoDiBKZEjdGsrzlukqOLMPmnV_nRlZTwUVAXQN3SKSy1Ej0H6DqUHCHFxc6e7mT3x7WsUNoLY_KUqaqO4QL13C5USFaEALFL484XRxVFEYTprME4V_uybbPtfYmBFl3ld0EPGIRQWkJx-bDAQWjvMH-uBdEgaqcXMir2ObGldOiJWKex7BslJJuczGLaB5iGxA%26sigh%3DNswaErWjWy-uV3ZdHKQF4GauOhw%26begin%3D0%26len%3D29963%26docid%3D6437994579435036021&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer%3Fcontentid%3Db9047d4be07808a4%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1141407946%26sigh%3D4gVD-ozz3t3bmhRuHiDDFtfgPIs&playerId=6437994579435036021 Newsclip of 1984 gaming convention: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DpgAAADsgm2ASk1SR7g31xC5BdTxjceM2FlSfZ05op90QGQbN3Ler-gktq9SaBjtq9b3XCIUXcwM12VrIA99B3Poxp8gqIBRnW5s5LxVF43lzvBGnzXgyg9jkK8-Z9AkYnIBRjepYqaG9nA9jKlClKWGei73JZXzbAVZnvCrWX6Pmcl22ZEja3fRyTgG9E77FlDkJDtq72kDKd-_IunMDNwqIdHp05qXBHQelXtClRa1ibnws%26sigh%3DTUf-zFaa0MGTN2nNzZHcGwnU5-w%26begin%3D0%26len%3D130360%26docid%3D-8577912300808470876&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer%3Fcontentid%3Defba79cca451ee8a%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1141407999%26sigh%3DlUtc5I969C7O1FjfeLoRFEcdH90&playerId=-8577912300808470876 technologyvideo gamescommercialsataricolecovisionvintage

  • Post Traumatic Apple Event Disorder – The Joy of Tech

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  • Vintage Video: Duck and cover in a nuclear blast

    Because your schooldesk will protect you from nuclear fallout: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DpQAAAPIbImcAk3iFyMHjkCmHbzi4u1gSHRk42uwyphCN85Ub-A0aMe9mZVo-eZuOW8nuNown6lbxiDQS-piKwWqFiUoLRX8RmOfu85I4e1wve_Nm7A9ZzD1DtEtnt5KZEk5TxrPt1YHvCEFsQqMNg6asLOt2A3CP5rXJv_J5hEC9b__gpsEnGNotCU6ckRRlKXTQq712xiu1iFOXMfXdAOIXWXSCzLDREjgcB-9XwbLXKAEh%26sigh%3DwBaf61k6uGOnzg2BjESNbNTouPg%26begin%3D0%26len%3D555588%26docid%3D211172294308374001&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer%3Fcontentid%3D33abdfe5d39f61e%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1141335965%26sigh%3DppvcyyLBt-2GbLKmmRExuGHhpNc&playerId=211172294308374001 technologyvideo

  • ‘Word Processing Error’ leads to $7 billion taxpayer expense, oil industry profit

    From the AP: The Interior Department disclosed Wednesday that a provision was mysteriously deleted from hundreds of federal drilling leases in the late 1990s that would have required producers to pay royalties, once prices reached a certain level, on oil or gas taken from deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. … Rep. Darrell Issa,…