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Why We Hate Cheaters, Phonies and Photoshoppers
Everything is Photoshopped. Everything. Look at any professional photo, or generic Facebook party picture, and it's been post-processed in some way. In most cases, that processing is no different than the various developing and editing tricks that...
Derek Mead
12.8.11
Design

The Best Of Indie Game And Installation Festival "ACT/DESIGN"
Preview some of the best indie games of 2011, and see how installations are becoming even more engaging.
Madi Ju
12.8.11
video

Antagonistic Apps & Team Dis-Kinect
Over the summer, The Creators Project partnered with Eyebeam Art & Technology Center in NYC to host a series of meetups</a...
The Creators Project
12.8.11
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Luis von Ahn: 'Captcha' The Crowd To Translate The Entire Internet
Some years back, Carnegie Mellon professor Luis von Ahn helped invent 'Captcha,' that equally ingenious and annoying reverse-Turing test that prevents spammy machine algorithms from infiltrating services meant for humans on the web. What you probably...
Janus Rose
12.8.11
Art

Art Hackers Unite: Meet Antagonistic Applications & Team Dis-Kinect
Two teams won our Art Hack Weekend challenge back in August. Little did they know the trials and tribulations they’d have to overcome on the road to glory.
Julia Kaganskiy
12.8.11
Stuff

The Dragon's Hump - Part the First
Jack R.R. Pendarvis' "The Dragon's Hump" is the 11th and final book in a series that many have called "the only work of its kind written entirely under the effects of gin."
Jack R. R. Pendarvis
12.8.11
Art

Byte The App: Must See Apps Of The Week 12/8
Flipboard comes to iPhone, Time Ducks interprets arcade classic Frogger, Wu-Tang’s RZA gets appy, Charlie Brown gets interactive and Tate Modern schools us on Modern Art.
Kevin Holmes
12.8.11
Motherboard Blog

The CIA's Secret Early Christmas Present to Iran
America's falling drone syndrome continues to spread, most recently over Iran, which claims to have brought a stealth UAV down through hacking. That's what insurgents said they "did to US drones":http://motherboard.vice.com/2009/12/17/the-26-insurgent...
Videodrome
12.8.11
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Nick Gazin's Comic Book Love-In #41
I went to the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest hosted by Gabe Fowler, owner of Desert Island Comics. It was one of the best comic get-togethers I've ever been to.
Nick Gazin
12.8.11
Motherboard Blog

Robots, Mobile Cash, and Other Vague Predictions for 2012 from the Economist Conference: A Video
Last weekend, a pile of famous minds and talking heads gathered at the Cooper Union for the "World in 2012" summit hosted by the Economist, and one of the panels, naturally, was all about technology. Here is a 15 minute clip from that discussion...
ALEX PASTERNACK
12.8.11
Art

Electroboutique Present A Twisted Take On Consumerism And Technology
An iPhone skewed into a Constructivist tower and RSS feeds as a contorted LED snake.
Kevin Holmes
12.8.11
Stuff

Meet the Nieratkos - Parenting Tips
As Kwanzaa approaches and you find yourself trying to find matches to light the Kinara, I would like to extend this gift to you all. It's not much, but it's the thought that counts.
Chris Nieratko
12.8.11
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