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The animated birth of a Lego Brick Posted: 2 years ago by brightoncub
The come in all shapes, sizes, colours and designs. But just how are they made? They're not, it turns out, made out of thousands of even smaller Lego bricks, which in turn are made out of millions of even teenier Lego bricks, as I once thought!
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Introducing: The iPhone Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
Here's the link to the Apple Store's info on the iPhone. No description, you know what it is, and you know you want one.
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Digg and YouTube Powering Atheism 2.0 Posted: 2 years ago by brightoncub
How Web 2.0 sites are bringing together athiests and helping them 'Come Out'. Interesting article, very interesting comments underneath...
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Lego Digital Designer Posted: 2 years ago by brightoncub
A free, and official, lego building program for your Mac or PC. With online community and model sharing. I've only had a quick play so far but it seems quite funky :)
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More from the Bosnian Pyramid... Scandal? Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
El Reg interviews Prof. Parker, of Cambridge University, who has visited the site.

It is so clearly a natural phenomenon that it should be investigated as a natural phenomenon rather than being shrouded in all this magic and mystery.

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Top 10 fossil finds of 2006 Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
4. Bullockornis - Demon Duck of Doom
Also discovered at Riversleigh, in the same site as the “Killer Kangaroo,” were examples of the “Demon Duck of Doom,” so, of course, the press had a field day with that.
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View the earth from 10 million light years away Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
Starting from a view of the Milky Way, you gradually move towards earth until you reach a leaf on an oak tree. Then you continue, into the very center to see the subatomic world with in.
Basically; we're tiny (really, really, tiny.). And there are things in everything around us that are as small as space is large.
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Moth: Drinking the sweet, sweet tears of sleeping birds Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
A new moth has been discovered that uses a harpooned shaped proboscis to drink the tears of sleeping birds!
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Roy Doty's Amazing Christmas Card Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
Reminds me of the old, old game "Incredible Machines", or the other similar one with the mouse and the cat...
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Bill Gates on the future of DRM Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
I just love this quote:
Seeing the look on Gates’ face when he walked into the room and every single one of us had a Mac open on the desk in front of us - Niall Kennedy had also set up a makeshift wifi network using an Airport

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Batman Deadend Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
Batman vs The Joker... Vs Alien... Vs...
The Google page says this is a fanmade movie, but I know it as being made by the costume designer from The Alien films. Just watch it, it is Awesome!
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Frustrated customer tries to teach maths to Verizon Customer Service Agents Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
Can you tell the difference between 1 cent and one dollar? What about 1/2 cent and 1/2 dollar? And 0.002 cents and 0.002 dollars? Yeah, this agent, then the supervisor, and finally the manager, all seem to have a problem with that last part. Stick with it, this is worth your time.
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Stainless Steel playing cards Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
I know a guy that got these last Christmas; they're very good quality, if a little expensive, but great for playing Egyptian Rat Screw.
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How Hollywood kills computer code. Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
One for the programmers and coders here. A humorous look at what computer code, and coders, do in the movies that just... Does. Not. Happen. In real life.
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Is there still water on Mars? Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
NASA has announced a "significant find on Mars": That water may still be flowing on our red neighbour. Source data from the science team is here.
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Scary Mary trailor... Well... Mash-Up Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
Cool re-cut trailer from Mary Poppins, the horror movie.
When the east wind blows, hide your children.

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Is this all a game? Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
Interesting article on how sites like eBay and, as the article uses as the main example, You Tube, follow the mechanics of computer games to draw people in and keep them there.
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Will Vista be Microsoft's last OS? Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
10,000 employees worked 5 years to make Vista. Presumably they were mostly PR People and lawyers...
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Live Action Hamster in a Computer Game Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
South Park fans; I challange you to watch this without singing the words to the Lemmiwinks song!
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Wired Test: 300+ Products tested and rated. Posted: 2 years ago by brightoncub
The best of the best of all the gadgets you could ever (realistically) need.
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Carved Crayons Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
A collection of photos of one man's carved crayons...
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B&Q plays South Park Christmas hit over PA system Posted: 2 years ago by brightoncub
T'was the month before Christmas and all over the store, the parents all raged about what their children adore.
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A Christmas Wreath for the Geek in you Posted: 2 years ago by BrightonCub
If you're anything like any man I know, you never throw away a cable. Put them to use this Chrimbo and make your very own Cable wreath.
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Dunkleosteus terrelli: The strongest jaws in living history Posted: 2 years ago by brightoncub
The fish that was once King of all Beasts... Albeit 400 million years ago...
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Wal-Mart upcoming video download service Posted: 2 years ago by brightoncub
Basically, you buy a DVD in store as per usual. You then PAY EXTRA to download the movie again from their website in a format you can watch on a digital device! You pay more for a computer version than you do for a mobile phone version!! (NSFtS - Not Safe For the Sane)
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