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30+ awesome posters designs

Posted: 20 May 2009 07:50 PM PDT

An effective poster must show and tell. It expresses your points in graphical terms and must guide the viewer and deliver the message as fast as possible by using a visual logic, with an hierarchical structure that emphasizes the main points.


Banks pay back bailout and taxpayers STILL get screwed

Posted: 20 May 2009 07:50 PM PDT

Here's what happened: Old National Bancorp of Indiana, along with hundreds of other banks, essentially gave stock options to the government as part of the bailout. The government now has options to buy stock in 579 banks. But many banks want to buy those warrants back. Problem is, no one knows exactly how much those warrants are worth.


T-Mobile Lets Consumers Put Its Pricing To The Test

Posted: 20 May 2009 07:40 PM PDT

People can now visit the T-Mobile website or one of its retail stores for a so-called "Mobile Makeover": free, unbiased and personalized savings recommendations for wireless plans


Real life "Iron Man" suit close to becoming a reality

Posted: 20 May 2009 07:30 PM PDT

Built from a combination of sensors, actuators and controllers, the futuristic suit enables a user to easily carry a man on his back or lift 200 pounds several hundred times without tiring.


5 Minutes Past Being The Coolest Clock Ever [pic]

Posted: 20 May 2009 07:10 PM PDT

*****


Biopics: The New Remake

Posted: 20 May 2009 06:50 PM PDT

As an audience, it's our fault. The biopic is like a cleverly rephrased remake, and God, do we love remakes. I'm against obvious, well-known biopics for the same reason I'm against redundancy. The musing there should be a movie made about Elian Gonzalez is not a reason to make a movie about Elian Gonzalez--even if it stars a tanned Shia LaBeouf


Terminator Movie Gets Motion-Activated Seats

Posted: 20 May 2009 06:40 PM PDT

Each seat moves "in perfect sync" with the onscreen action; creating an unmatched immersive experience. With its unique, patented technology, D-BOX Motion Code uses programmed motion effects embedded and specially programmed for each film


U.S. CO2 Emissions See Biggest Drop in Nearly 30 Years

Posted: 20 May 2009 06:30 PM PDT

Sky-high fuel prices, declining energy use and a slumping economy gave the U.S. its largest annual decline in fossil fuel-based carbon dioxide emissions since 1982, when emissions fell 5.3 percent.


A Death on Facebook: Changing the Meaning of Goodbye

Posted: 20 May 2009 06:20 PM PDT

When we're granted access to every minute detail of people's lives on Facebook, perhaps it shouldn't come as any surprise when we learn of their deaths the same way. Yet there's something unsettling about being alerted to an old friend's passing mere moments after glancing at a party invite or watching a posted video.


Birmingham police beating video:Scumbags off the street

Posted: 20 May 2009 06:10 PM PDT

Five Birmingham police officers have been fired for a January 2008 beating of an already-unconscious suspect with fists, feet and a billy club, a battering caught on videotape until a police officer turned off the patrol car camera, city and police officials said today.


Hurley’s “Lost” Empire Strikes Back Script

Posted: 20 May 2009 06:00 PM PDT

We have recovered the Star Wars script written by Hurley from Lost. If you recall, Hurley was rewriting Empire Strikes Back from memory to give to George Lucas in 1977. Hurley took the liberty of adding a couple adjustments adding with it a few details from his experiences on the island.


Models, Stylists, A Fresh Look At Industry Networking

Posted: 20 May 2009 06:00 PM PDT

beModel, an online networking place for professionals that is revolutionizing the fashion / editorial industry has gone live today. Popular TV series have increased the exposure and demand for models, photographers, and stylists.


Claims Graham Briefed in 01 and 02 About Spying Also Bogus

Posted: 20 May 2009 06:00 PM PDT

Like his recent disclosure about torture briefings, former Sen. Bob Graham disclosed in 2005 that an intelligence document which claimed he was briefed about the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program on two dates in 2001 and 2002 were bogus when compared to his own records, which showed that no such briefings ever took place.


Nuclear Waste, or energy resource?

Posted: 20 May 2009 05:50 PM PDT

A panel of nuclear power experts met on Monday at MIT to discuss how to address nuclear waste recycling or disposal, which many analysts consider the biggest obstacle to building a new generation of nuclear power plants across America.


Business Card Design: Better than a plain ol' business card

Posted: 20 May 2009 05:40 PM PDT

Going to web conferences is a great opportunity to make new contacts and exchange business cards. Unfortunately, we have an industry filled with creative people who have no creative marketing for themselves. Sure, many have business cards, but one in a hundred have something really cool. These unique treasures, cards, items etc. get kept, talked ab


How Insects Have Sex (SFW)

Posted: 20 May 2009 05:30 PM PDT

Reproduction in the Bush Cricket world. These untrained porn stars need a little incentive by the scientists to show off their mating abilities.


Seven Things We Want From "Star Trek 2"

Posted: 20 May 2009 05:20 PM PDT

With the critical and commercial success of J.J. Abrams' STAR TREK, a sequel is not "likely" or even "planned," it's inevitable. The myriad of possibilities that STAR TREK left open for a sequel also opened many doors to potential disaster. Will STAR TREK 2 get sucked into a wormhole? Or will it match or even top the success of Abrams' first film?


National Harbor Sells Land to Disney

Posted: 20 May 2009 05:10 PM PDT

The Peterson Companies announced today the sale of land at its National Harbor development near Washington, DC to Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Disney is considering using the 15-acre site overlooking the Potomac River in National Harbor, MD as the location for a resort hotel for families and others visiting the National Capital Region.


Google’s Summer of Code Approaches

Posted: 20 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Held annually since 2005, more than 2,500 college or pre-college students from more than 100 countries worldwide have attended the search giant's event to work on open source tasks.


7 Free & Powerful File Managers using Ajax/PHP/JS

Posted: 20 May 2009 04:40 PM PDT

If you are looking for a powerful file manager ready to use in your web projects and simple to customize, take a look at this list with the best and free file manager currently in circulation. Some of these file managers support PHP only or javascript only or Ajax.


Student Allegedly Used Snake As Jump Rope

Posted: 20 May 2009 04:40 PM PDT

Police say the 17-year-old stole a snake from the biology room at Allderdice High School Monday and began using it as a jump rope, CBS station KDKA-TV reports.


Larry Page on Real Time Google: We Have To Do It

Posted: 20 May 2009 04:30 PM PDT

Is Google interested in searching the Real Time Web? Are they at all threatened by Twitter? Are Google spiders already so fast that this emergence of Real Time is old news to them? Further fodder for pondering these types of questions was offered by Google co-founder Larry Page today at the Google Zeitgeist conference in Hertfordshire, UK.


17 Creative Inspirational Resources For Designers

Posted: 20 May 2009 04:30 PM PDT

As a designer, all of us is continuously searching for effective inspiration because getting an idea and inspiration is sometimes really hard and when you are planning to start your new web design project and you are curiously finding for a mind blowing web design inspiration so you don't want to spend too much time and want to get start ....


5 Reasons The Terminator Franchise Makes No Goddamn Sense

Posted: 20 May 2009 03:30 PM PDT

Listen, and understand. We're out there. We don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And we absolutely will not stop, ever, until every movie you have ever loved is ruined.


The Greatest Comic Book Quotes Ever

Posted: 20 May 2009 03:00 PM PDT

Some of these characters are well known, and some you've probably never heard of.


Sci-Fi's 10 Most Murderous Robots

Posted: 20 May 2009 02:50 PM PDT

It's one thing to talk about Killer Robots, but which ones have actually managed to really rack up the senseless slaughter? Here are the choices for the ten deadliest robots for you to avoid.


Connect the Spock: Merging Nimoy and Quinto with Photoshop

Posted: 20 May 2009 02:40 PM PDT

The Vulcan race has identifiable traits, including the pointed eyebrows, distinct ears and the Moe haircut. It is not surprising that with modern makeup Zachary Quinto resembles the original Spock, Leonard Nimoy. What is surprising is how similar they really look when their photos are compared side by side.


Entertainment Industry Says Pirate Bay Fine Not Enough

Posted: 20 May 2009 02:30 PM PDT

Says $3.6 million fine ordered by court doesn't cover the damages it caused them, and also wants court to reconsider charge that the BitTorrent tracker site admins violated Sweden's Copyright Act rather than merely facilitating the ability of others to do so.


2010 Olympic torch for Vancouver looks like a huge joint

Posted: 20 May 2009 02:30 PM PDT

Hey, maybe it's a sign they'll ease up on Olympic drug testing?


Zero Punctuation: Velvet Assassin

Posted: 20 May 2009 02:20 PM PDT

*****


Bacteria Help Form Clouds?

Posted: 20 May 2009 02:20 PM PDT

Germs really are everywhere: Bacteria, fungal spores and other biological detritus have been found in clouds and likely help to form the cores of cloud droplets, scientists have found. The study of the role that these biological particles play in cloud formation could help refine one of the biggest uncertainties left in climate change predictions..


What happened when this teen auctioned her virginity

Posted: 20 May 2009 01:20 PM PDT

A teenager who sold her virginity online for £8,800 has revealed the details of her tryst with the winning bidder.


Unnecessary Math (PIC)

Posted: 20 May 2009 01:10 PM PDT

I admire their enthusiasm for mathematics, but I'm not sure what to do with this.


Sprint CEO expects Pre shortages

Posted: 20 May 2009 01:00 PM PDT

Know the best way to guarantee long lines outside of Sprint stores on June 6th? Have your CEO announce that he expects a shortage of Palm Pre handsets at launch. According to a Reuters transcript of Dan Hesse speaking to investors,


The Most Satisfying Headshots [w/ pics]

Posted: 20 May 2009 01:00 PM PDT

Boom headshot! Blasting brains in these games is oh-so awesome.


Humane Society Open to Working with Michael Vick

Posted: 20 May 2009 01:00 PM PDT

Vick requested a meeting and wants to work with the Humane Society of the United States on a program aimed at eradicating dogfighting. President Wayne Pacelle is open to the idea, but not simply by recording anti-dogfighting messages or the like. "...he's got to put boots on the ground"


Team ICO's Project Trico HD Trailer

Posted: 20 May 2009 12:50 PM PDT

Up until now, the only image that has been released about Team ICO's next game is a single image of a chain hanging down what appears to be a well. Today we help lift the curtain off of this project a bit and shed some light on what Fumito Ueda has been up to these past few years and as you will see, it is rather close to ICO.


Area of brain that makes a 'people person' discovered

Posted: 20 May 2009 12:40 PM PDT

Same region linked to processing of pleasures such as sweet tastes and sexual stimuli.Cambridge University researchers have discovered that whether someone is a 'people-person' may depend on the structure of their brain: the greater the concentration of brain tissue in certain parts of the brain, the more likely they are to be a sentimental person


Study In Crap:Picture Stories of the Sex Life of Men & Women

Posted: 20 May 2009 12:30 PM PDT

Like any regrettable hook-up, Dr. Keller's Picture Stories of the Sex Life of Man and Woman gets all its words out of the way early, merely offering justification for the hardcore action to follow. For Keller, that justification is helping Americans achieve "the highest happiness life holds for us humans: ideal married love."


Robotic therapy holds promise for cerebral palsy

Posted: 20 May 2009 12:20 PM PDT

Over the past few years, MIT engineers have successfully tested robotic devices to help stroke patients learn to control their arms and legs. Now, they're building on that work to help children with brain injuries and disorders such as cerebral palsy.


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