Sean Yeaton
Eleven Seminal Album Covers As Seen With Google Street View
_Update: In addition to the initial eleven seminal album covers as seen with Google Street View, I've added the Ramones' 1976 self titled album and the first longplayer by Boston straight edge stalwarts, SSD._The Internet has changed music forever. For...
The Singularity (Summit) is Here
The thing with the singularity is that everyone was really stressed out about it, scared of it or unconvinced of it for a long time. Until it got here. Now people seem more or less contented by the fact that technology is an extension of who they are...
The 4S Things That Are Better To Do Than Care About The iPhone 4S
My iPhone is mostly destroyed. In fact, the glass on it is so mangled and shattered that I've cut myself on it three times. Obviously I need a new phone, but do I give a shit about the iPhone 4S? Only sort of. Here's the thing: I have the 4. A fine...
It Did Not Work Out For Me With My Vitamins: The Death of Don Lapre
Don Lapre, one of television and the Internet's most notorious scam artists, was found dead yesterday morning in an Arizona jail cell. Lapre claimed to have kickstarted his multimillion dollar success story by selling "tiny classified ads" in enough...
Kurt Cobain's Goodbye Letter Makes Google Ad Sense
*Has it really been 20 years and two days since seminal grunge outfit Nirvana released _Nevermind_, the record which, for many, became the battle cry for an apathetic generation hellbent on whining its way into our hearts? Yes, the time really flew by...
Watch "Nebulous Theorem": The Philosophy of Speed Freaks
Jack Costella is a multi-record holder and designer of land speed racers, but he fancies himself more of an artist than a scientist when it comes to engineering his remarkable machines. Costella's chin-rubbing ideations concerning time and mortality...
Watching Planet of the Apes from the Sanctuary of a Cab
People are going apeshit over _Rise of the Planet of the Apes_, which, "in case you haven't noticed":http://motherboard.tv/2011/7/20/apes-with-guns-machetes-and-superior-minds-are-scaring-the-hell-out-of-me-today--2, "I've been covering":http...
Apes With Guns, Machetes and Superior Minds Are Scaring The Hell Out Of Me Today
As some of "you may remember":http://motherboard.tv/2011/6/28/if-apes-are-getting-smarter-what-s-in-store-for-us, I was invited to LA last month for a sneak peek at behind the scenes development for Twenty First Century Fox's new _Planet of the Apes...
How to Use a Flamethrower (With a Police Car)
I made friends with "Richard Ryan":http://www.youtube.com/user/ratedrr in a dark movie theatre on the Fox production lot in Los Angeles. We shot the breeze about blowing stuff up and obviously I was impressed to discover that he more or less makes a...
Verizon Wireless Unveils Its Own Brand Name Hand Sanitizer on 4G LTE Network
Verizon opened their 'Innovation Center' in Waltham, Massachusetts yesterday to crowds of, I don't know, businessmen or something. The center has been designed to provide a space for developing, testing and showing off new products on Verizon's 4G LTE...
Russian TV Report: Drug Gangs Kidnap Cyber Pros to Hack Into Banks
It's not the subplot to a Jerry Bruckheimer movie: drug dealers in Mexico really are kidnapping computer whizzes and forcing them to hack into bank systems and program credit card fraud scams in order to acquire additional funds on top of what they...
Everything You Need To Know About Packing Food For A Trip To Space
When you're packing for a road trip, one of the most important details to consider is the kind of grub you'll need to pack to snack on. When you're packing for a space trip, well, it's really not much different. All things considered. Back in 200...