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Posted: 17 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Show some love for Record Store Day on April 18th! These are the stores that carried all the good stuff that the larger chains refused to stock. You can find anything and everything now with the internet but not so long ago these were the trusted few stores that kept those of us not interested in pop music inspired to push our artistic boundaries.

StumbleUpon Makes Discovery Easy

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:40 PM PDT

StumbleUpon released a new change to their discovery process today that makes it super easy for anyone to add content to their system.

Comic Sans is dead, long live Comic Sans!

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:40 PM PDT

The ubiquitous, bubbly typeface has spawned a Ban Comic Sans movement, nearly a decade old but stronger now than ever... The mission: "to eradicate this font" and the "evil of typographical ignorance." Vincent Connare designed the Comic Sans typeface, but he sympathizes with the world-wide movement to ban it...

Police Department Twitters You Once They Arrest You

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:30 PM PDT

With automated posts for everyone booked at the jail since Sunday night, the feed comes complete with a person's mug shot, age and what they were booked for.

Badass 80's Boomboxes and Ghettoblasters (PICS)

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:30 PM PDT

Perfectly timed to complement (or perhaps aid in) the rise of hip-hop, the boombox rose to prominence in the late 70s and early 80s. Panasonic, Aiwa, JVC, Sharp, Conic, Yamaha, Sony and Lasonic were all kings of the street.

First Look: All The New Batman Covers Revealed (pics)

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:30 PM PDT

IGN - The new batman series has turned special focus on the artwork, hiring some great illustrators for the new series

Digg frontpage after marijuana legalization [Pic]

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:20 PM PDT

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Shuttle Endeavour moved to pad for rescue duty

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:00 PM PDT

The space shuttle Endeavour was hauled to launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center early Friday for work to prepare the ship for a flight NASA managers hope will never happen: a mission to rescue the astronauts charged with repairing and upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope.

Building a Superman: 5 Super Powers You Can Have Today

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 03:40 PM PDT

Everybody wants superpowers, from the simple innocence of a child yearning for flight to the sad perversion of the Amish man praying for x-ray vision powerful enough to peep a lady's calves.

Epic ‘frozen moment’ - cops and robbers Shootout sequence

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 03:40 PM PDT

Carousel - a short film from Adam Berg and Stink Digital to promote Philips Cinema 21:9 LCD TV.

POLL: 75% of Texans would NOT secede if put to vote

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 03:30 PM PDT

Texas voters say that their state has the right to secede from the United States and form an independent country. However, the latest Rasmussen Reports poll in the state finds that if the matter was put to a vote, it wouldn't even be close. Three-fourths (75%) of Lone Star State voters would opt to remain in the United States.

Unmanned Military Helicopter - Vigilante 502 Robo-Sniper

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 03:30 PM PDT

One shot, one kill, zero pilot. That's the goal of the Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System, a new unmanned helicopter that's controlled with an adapted Xbox 360 controller.

Can Electric Car Makers Learn from Cell Phone Innovations?

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 03:00 PM PDT

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom discusses new ways of thinking about electric cars, and how they could benefit from emulating the recent innovations in the cell-phone industry.

You know it's getting bad when they start evicting NUNS !

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 02:40 PM PDT

Nuns at a Hollywood convent famous for its pumpkin bread are living on a prayer at the 75-year-old Monastery of the Angels in Hollywood before they are evicted and their site is converted into a mall or condo. They have lived for years on proceeds from their homemade pumpkin bread and candy. Now worried neighbors are preparing a 'nun rescue' plan.

A 'Copper Standard' for the world's currency system?

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 02:40 PM PDT

Hard money enthusiasts have long watched for signs that China is switching its foreign reserves from US Treasury bonds into gold bullion. They may have been eyeing the wrong metal.

Pirate Party Membership Surges Following Pirate Bay Verdict

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 02:30 PM PDT

The Pirate Bay verdict is being criticized by the Swedish public and protests are being planned. Opposition to the decision is widespread, indicated partly by the surge in new memberships to Sweden's Pirate Party. It has seen its ranks grow by 20% in the handful of hours since the verdict and the number of members is increasing by the minute.

Norm Coleman now says ‘We will never know who won’

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 02:30 PM PDT

His statement came after seven Minnesota judges...concluded that Al Franken won Minnesota's 2008 election for U.S. Senate.

Tweetie for Mac looks fantastic!

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 02:30 PM PDT

In a world where there will never be enough Twitter clients, Tweetie for Mac looks wonderful!

Sorry Stereo, But Beatles in Mono Rocks a Lot More

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 02:10 PM PDT

Beatles' record producer and arranger George Martin—the Fifth Beatle—once said: "You've never really heard Sgt Pepper until you've heard it in mono." As it turned out after hours of listening tests, it's completely true.

NASA's Kepler telescope opens it's eyes

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 02:10 PM PDT

A week after jettisoning its protective dust cover, NASA's Kepler telescope has released the first image of the patch of sky that it will scrutinise for the next three-and-a-half years in search of Earth-like planets

Cool Futuristic/Concept Gadgets

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 01:50 PM PDT

From the page: "These concept gadgets you see before you today, have extremely high chance of getting into production anywhere in the future."

Social-media tools could support national security

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 01:30 PM PDT

National Defense University researchers are encouraging the U.S. Defense Department to develop a strategy to use social media to strengthen national security.

Couple want backyard back

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 01:01 PM PDT

"He didn't figure the police would side with the "squatters," as he calls them. He didn't expect that after installing new locks to keep them out, he'd be asked by an officer to open the doors and let them back in. He could........"

TED: Matthew Childs: Hang in there! 9 Rules of Rock Climbing

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 12:50 PM PDT

In this talk from TED University 2009, veteran rock climber Matthew Childs shares nine pointers for rock climbing. These handy tips bear on an effective life at sea level, too.

The World's Cleanest Countries

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 12:41 PM PDT

In spite of nearly universal support for a cleaner globe, it's mainly rich nations that enjoy pristine environments, according to the Environmental Performance Index. Switzerland tops the list, and European countries account for 14 of the top 20 environmental performers. The U.S., once a leader in environmental protection, has fallen to 39th place.

Engadget endorses Monster Cable? Uh, hell no.

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 12:30 PM PDT

You know, we were as surprised as anyone to see a totally out-of-context quote of ours used on a Monster Cable site (without permission, mind you) to sell the company's "Beats by Dre" headphones.

Chinese spies may have put chips in US planes

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 12:20 PM PDT

The Chinese cyber spies have penetrated so deep into the US system — ranging from its secure defence network, banking system, electricity grid to putting spy chips into its defence planes — that it can cause serious damage to the US any time, a top US official on counter-intelligence has said.

A Cat's Bitter Disappointment After Sneaking Up On Pigeon

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 11:50 AM PDT

De-nied. Oh, well, time for a nap.

Is Celine Dion buying the Montreal Canadiens

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 11:30 AM PDT

A shared passion for the Montreal Canadiens is making for strange bedfellows in Quebec business circles, as a consortium made up of pop star Céline Dion, Seagram heir Stephen Bronfman and Quebecor Inc. boss Pierre Karl Péladeau is considering a joint bid for the storied NHL team, financial sources report.

Obama & Castro: Now Open Cuba's Prisons

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 11:10 AM PDT

FTA: President Obama's decision this week to ease some parts of the embargo against Cuba is being hailed as a first step toward altering a U.S. policy that has prevailed for a half-century without unseating Fidel Castro. We don't object, though it'd be nice if Mr. Obama also began speaking up against the Castro dictatorship.

Last Titanic Survivor Selling Mementos to Pay Bills

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 11:10 AM PDT

The last survivor of the Titanic, 97-year-old Millvina Dean, is auctioning off her remaining mementos of the doomed ship to pay nursing home bills. The auction, which is expected to raise up to $50,000 for her, is set to take place Saturday near her home in England.

Obama Unveils High-Speed Rail Plan

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 10:30 AM PDT

President Barack Obama on Thursday highlighted his ambition for the development of high-speed passenger rail lines in at least 10 regions.

Vintage Sci-Fi Art: Robots, Aliens, Monsters and Hot Women

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 10:10 AM PDT

From the 1950s to the 1980s, sci-fi films were pretty bad: bad acting, bad special effects and overall lackluster villains. This was, however, and era in which movie posters were still pieces of art in an of themselves. They were pulpy, and they featured strange-looking robots, aliens and monsters.

Toyota Supra Takes Dragons To Whole New Level

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 10:10 AM PDT

This rice-fed Toyota Supra has a hearty appreciation for dragons, as evidenced by the interesting location for the nitrous purge valves. Makes us want to scream: "Damn Yo, that ish is tight!"

U.S. professor becomes first Jew to win 'Arab Nobel Prize'

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 10:00 AM PDT

An American professor has become the first Jew to win the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine, popularly known as the "Arab Nobel Prize."

How to Slow Our Aging Clock? Is it Possible?

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 09:50 AM PDT

The power of positive thinking might make us sound infinity percent more likely to wear hemp and say "man" an inappropriate number of times for science reporters (i.e. ever), but it's real research at Harvard where several studies into "mindfulness theory", researching just how much your attitude affects your actual body...

NFL Considers Streaming the 44th Super Bowl Online on CBS

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 09:40 AM PDT

"CBS, which will broadcast next year's game, is hoping to persuade the NFL to bring the big game into the Internet age. The network made $30 million off streaming the recent NCAA basketball championship and is eager to apply the model to the Super Bowl."

Time Warner shelves metered Internet plans - not for good.

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 09:20 AM PDT

It was never TWC's intention to sell us metered Internet for outrageous $75. Their goal was to PREPARE THE WAY for metered plans in some form or another. And they succeeded! TWC will prepare a slightly lower priced version of their metered plan and the public will perceive it as a victory, all the while TWC gets what they wanted all along.