From Around the Web
3D Scanners – Jay Leno thinks all classic car mechanics will have three-dimensional scanners in the future, and he demonstrates why.
20 Registry Hacks to make your PC more Awesome – Right-clicking on everything is a good way to learn about hidden Windows functionality. Exploring the lesser-known Control Panel applets is another useful technique, and browsing the command line applications in Windows’ System32 folder can be interesting. But let’s be realistic. There’s nothing that quite compares to the Registry…
The 10 Wackiest Headphones – From headphones that come with their own amplifier to transforming, wearable MP3 players, we’ve rounded up 10 of the weirdest, wackiest headphone designs you’ll ever see.
Are We All Living in a Vast Computer Simulation? – Unfortunately, much of philosophy is dubious, including a recent paper which argues that we’re all living in a vast computer simulation. Yes, it was written after the first Matrix film, but before the sequels.
Google’s Wonder Wheel Experiment, and More – Google is beta-testing a cool new search feature that visualizes the relationships of search terms. You can get in on the beta test by using the javascript on this page to enable a cookie in your browser.
MateMaster – Chess puzzles in a neat flash package. Difficulty settings range from “mate in 1″ to “mate in 6.”
Programming Language Popularity – LangPop.com is an interesting survey of which programming languages are most in demand and which are most talk about across the web.
Russian Wall-E Case Mod – This project took 18 days from this Russian guy to accomplish. A solid-metal Wall-E computer case, each detail carefully cut from the metal sheets processed and put in place.
Tween Bot – In what has to be the most adorable social experiment of the year, a team leaves a tiny robot in Central Park with a flag pleading for passersby to help it get where its going. Then, they record the result from a distance.
Understanding Twiter – McSweeney’s provides “Truly Groundbreaking Marketing Research” on the hottest service on the net, Twitter. “Twitter seems to be, first and foremost, an online haven where teenagers making drugs can telegraph secret code words to arrange gang fights and orgies.”
Why social search won’t topple Google – Cognitive Science PhD student Brynn Evans reflects on the strengths and weaknesses of the increasingly popular social search.
Xmarks – Xmarks provides nearly seamless at keeping your bookmarks and passwords synchronized between browsers on any platform, and stores them on a site you can visit from any browser where you can’t install an extension.
Miscellaneous
The Diggbar Is Evil, Here’s How to Stop it
Tech News
Computer Program Self-Discovers Laws of Physics
Germany muzzles WikiLeaks
Short URLs Just Got Shorter
Why Cable ISP Capping is the New DRM, and Suck
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