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  • Augmented Reality

    Using the cameras on mobile devices to provide a real world environment, combined with computer-generated elements, make for a whole new gaming experience.

    Waiting for the bus has never been more fun.

    BBC reporter Dam Simmons presents a short video on how the gaming industry is taking full advantage of this cutting-edge technology. And it won't belong before it hits the streets.

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  • Eircom to Block Pirate Bay starting Sept 1st

    In what I consider a major act of censorship, one of Ireland's top ISPs, Eircom (surprise!), will block all (their loyal, paying) customers from accessing The Pirate Bay website, one of the most popular bit torrent sites ever.

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The Big Photo Run

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<----THIS MONTH'S WINNER !!!

 

Theme: MOTHER AND EARTH

Submit a photograph, a scanned drawing or painting, a collage or montage, photoshopped or gimped ,around this month's theme: "Mother and Earth".

Deadline: midnight GMT, Oct 24th, 2007

Voting Closes: midnight GMT, Oct 31st, 2007

  • Each entrant can supply 3 digital images.
  • No re-submissions etc. The first 3 emails will be used.
  • Images must be of best possible Jpeg Quality no larger than 2100 pixels width or height.
  • Each of the images are to be emailed to UTM who will resize them to 500 pixels (max) in width, and post them in the forum. Official email address is:

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  • Winner will be chosen by vote. The voting system will be turned on at midnight on the 24th and run for one week.
  • How closely each entrant has stuck to or interpreted the theme is purely down to each voters discretion.
  • Entrants may not vote for themselves.
  • contest(s) are only open to GCC members

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view the competition submissions here  

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Vernacular Web 2

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ImageHow does the Web look now?

Web 2.0 propagandists can’t stop talking about the multitude and power of today’s web amateurs, the new users who love to dance, compose songs, write encyclopedic articles, take photos and film videos, write texts and publish it all on the Web.

And yet, they are rather indifferent to the Web itself...

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Ninjoomla!

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An Open Source Extension Club

Empowering developers and site owners

And providing innovative, top quality extensions.

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  • Chief NZ military scientist quits after lies he was connected with Jamaica's "Cool Runnings" team
    Why it's probably just as well New Zealand is a peaceful country: the nation's top military scientist has quit after allegations that his resume falsely claimed he was a former Marine, a nuclear weapons designer, and an Olympic bobsledder who raced against Jamaica's "Cool Runnings" team. (via Submitterator, thanks recoiled)...
  • Child-in-the-road illusion to deter speeding
    A Canadian safety awareness group put a 45-foot decal of a little girl on a West Vancouver intersection. Apparently when you approach it, it creates an optical illusion of a real 3D figure. The effect is similar to the fake speed bumps I posted about in 2008. The organization behind...
  • Just look at this awesome banana boat.
    Just look at it. Banana Boat. Wood, string and banana. 2010 (Jacob Dahlstrup Jensen, Denmark) (Thanks, Austin!) Previously: Just look at this awesome banana skateboard. Boing Boing Just look at this awesome banana Viking helmet. Boing Boing Just look at this awesome slow-moving performance artist whose face has been covered...

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