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Rapid coloured afterimage - a cool visual effect. Colours appear and disappear.
Patent o' the Week: ROBOGOLFER! "A mobile device to launch a golf ball pneumatically and play golf...for an individual unskilled or physically handicapped in swinging a golf club." Well, if it can be taught to drink a beer at every hole and get progressively worse over through the back 9, then we can do away with golfers altogether. Does it come with plaid pants?
Today's Shark Attack brought to you by Cape Town, South Africa. "It was incredibly fast. The two spear fishermen were not far from the beach. Suddenly a huge shark surged from under the water taking the one diver [from his legs upwards] to his arms in its jaws," he said."
The Chinese Hive Mind have decided that it is a good thing to be tall, and so therefore it is logical that a national craze for stretching by any means available, mechanical or otherwise, should come about.
MacWorld's editors discuss the amazing revelation that Apple is switching to Intel processors from the IBM-made PowerPC chips they've been using for the past 11 years. From what I understand, if developers have been doing it right, they don't have a lot of work ahead of them to make the transition. And, this may mean much tighter compatibility between the platforms, AND more access to games. Levelling the playing field, essentially. It will be that much harder for Windows users to make arguments based on software or peripheral availability, given that many already concede OS X is a superior working environment.
Vintage Pharmaceutical Ads (via BoingBoing) - hilarious! "TYRANT IN THE HOUSE? THORAZINE CAN HELP CONTROL THE AGITATED BELLIGERENT SENILE"
SignonSanDiego reports that Wal-Mart and other cheapo photo-processing shops that offer digital services are refusing to release digipics that they think might have been taken by a 'professional' unless a proper release form is provided. Now, if you happen to be a very good, but amateur, photog, you're up shit creek 'cuz you have no way of proving you took the shots - I mean, who carries release forms around with them to give to Wal-Mart employees? W-M, etc. fear copyright violations and lawsuits, after concerns lodged by a number of Photographers' Associations.