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Arborcide in Brooklyn
Somewhere along the line, Steve Maynard lost control. He used to live a normal life. He was a husband and a father employed as a construction worker in New Jersey. Then tragedy struck--schizophrenia zeroed in on his mind like a shot out of the sky, and...
Vinnie Rotondaro
6.20.11
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The Learnin' Corner: How the Early Universe Got Something From Nothing
_Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf is a professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research concerns the interface of theoretical nuclear physics, particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology._
We think that the universe started with a...
Vice Magazine
6.20.11
Motherboard Blog

The Largest Computer In The World
h3. How to fight Soviet missiles with punch cards, light wands and the world's biggest computerShortly after the Soviet Union detonated their first atomic bomb, on August 29, 1949, the United States government decided that it needed some technology...
ALEX PASTERNACK
6.20.11
Motherboard Blog

The "Waiting for Superman" Director Made a Film for IBM About Ducks
Between "An Inconvenient Truth" and "Waiting for Superman," Davis Guggenheim has probably become the country's most famous young serious non-fiction filmmaker. Now he's made a short film for none other than IBM. It features the voice of David...
ALEX PASTERNACK
6.20.11
News

Asshole Of The Week - Apple
Zach Pontz
6.20.11
Film

Rainbow Light Beams Strike Tokyo
Keiichi Matsuda illuminates Tokyo in bossarica’s new music video.
Patrick Alsobrook
6.20.11
Art

GlitchBot Is In Your Flickr Photos, Churning Them Up
Artist Bit_Synthesis’ flawed machine randomly compresses users’ photos into glitchy artworks.
Kevin Holmes
6.20.11
Art

Iconic Movie Posters Reinterpreted As Neon Signs
Neon isn’t just for sordid smut-shop signs—in this sereis of gifs, it illuminates the movie world.
Kevin Holmes
6.20.11
Motherboard Blog

Self Portraits From the Apple Store
["VICE":http://www.viceland.com/blogs/photos/2011/06/15/pictures-of-you-at-the-apple-store/] I just got a smartphone, like, three months ago, so I’ve spent a significant amount of my life in the Apple Store checking my email on their free internet...
Vice Magazine
6.20.11
Stuff

The Night I Accidentally Partied With Lesbian Juke Fans
TODD DIEDERICH
6.20.11
Motherboard Blog

Ones and Zeros: Ashy Lakes, Trashy Internets
_I know I can't be the only one who is bummed out by the ending of Colton Moore's crazy adventure_
h3. ZERO: "Colton Moore":http://motherboard.tv/2010/2/12/colton-harris-moore-airplane-thief--2, the "barefoot bandit", pleads guilty ("Boing Boing...
Ones Zeros
6.20.11
Art

Clothing—A Platform For Digital Artwork?
Q&A with Ritchie Chan, the owner of Beijing’s coolest concept fashion store: Triple-Major.
Madi Ju
6.20.11
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