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OK, so somebody took an old 1999 Apple iMac commercial starring Jeff Goldblum and slowed it down by 30%. The result? A hilarious “Drunken Jeff” commercial. Check it out below.
 
As an aside, I’m pretty sure I spoke with Jeff once when I was working for an Apple retailer in BC. If it was him, he [...]

Printing ancient insects in 3D

In: geek, physics

This is pretty damn cool. A researcher at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France is using a form of X-ray radiography and micro-tomography to image insects caught in ancient blocks of amber. But why stop there? Micro-tomographic imaging allows them to create three dimensional computer models of these insects. The researcher then fed this data [...]

Google and Virgin Airlines announced Project Virgle today, a joint-venture to form the first human colony on Mars. I’m sure this has nothing to do with April Fools. Nothing at all. I especially like the Open Source Planet bit.
Just for the heck of it, I filled out their application and submitted a video response. Apparently [...]

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