#August2013

LAB BURGER eaten for first time. Cyberpunk++

BEHOLD THE VAT BURGER.

My fetish with cyberpunk demands that I eat lab meat at least once in my life. With the way things are progressing on the Blue Marble, I imagine I may be “enjoying” this luxury sooner than later. I mean shit — some lab meat was mowed upon just today!

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WATCH: ‘IRON MAN 3’ done up as 16-BIT VIDEO GAME.

THE IRON GUY GOES 16-BITZ.

Ya’ll love them Iron Men. Ya’ll love them 16-Bit homages to various things across cultures. Now it is time! For the former to slide into the latter, engaging in some copious geek coitous.

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DOMINOS MAKE DVDS THAT SMELL LIKE PIZZA. How is this not in the U.S.?

What fresh Hell.

How is Brazil beating the United States at what is so obviously our own game? The fuckers have created a wunder-disc, that upon heating up ends up smelling like a pepperoni pizza. ‘Cause…you know. You don’t want anything more during your viewing of Argo than to begin smelling burning sausage-nips inside your machinery.

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OKCUPID to accept BITCOINS to help ya’ll find love.

Huggy hug hug.

Now those of us who have been hitting the Bitboin Mines will be able to transmute the fantastical currency into potential love. Dating website OKCupid is going to begin accepting Bitcoins for their service, which means that the Winklevoss twins are going to be able to date. A lot. (I actually have no idea how the fucking website works, fuck you.)

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MODIFIED DVD DRIVE can perform HIV TEST for $200

HIV testing goes cheapy.

HIV testing normally takes place on machines that cost $30,000. Thanks to some DVD drive modifying up in the heezy, that shit is no more.

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First LAB-GROWN KIDNEY successfully implanted into a rat. Phew. ‘Cause mine are shot.

Mad scientist wizardry.

The first lab-grown kidney has been successfully implanted into a rat. Sort of. With these sort of stories, there are caveats all over the fucking place. Still though, still! Hang. Don’t go running off. The actual story is pretty fucking outstanding.

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Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin launch NAME-YOUR-PRICE digital comic. So amazing.

Private Eye.

No less than nineteen websites and our own Johnny Hotsauce kicked this across my plate yesterday, and yet I didn’t cover it. Hey man, I was shoveling. Don’t blame me, blame the weather. And general fatigue. Whatever, I know, I know, I suck. Anyways, Vaughan and Martin’s newest collaboration is awesome.

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SEATTLE BAR becomes first join to ban GOOGLE GLASS. No word on fire, or the wheel.

Max Headroom.

Props to frequent member of the community Cacophonous Kevos for bringing this to my attention. A bar out in Seattle has already banned Google Glass. You know, the AR glasses that aren’t really out in the public yet. Their reasoning works on a certain level, but I can’t get behind it. We need to embrace the disembracement of the flesh-sac! C’mon, folks. Let us transcend this mortal bodies. Or at least be allowed to wear glasses so we can stare at bums on tumblr in our tech-goggles whilst drinking a pint. Right?

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BATMAN arrests potential burglar in ENGLAND. The Future rules.

Just another day at the office.

Motherfucker wanted to just hang out with James Bond, but that wasn’t happening. Wayne had to don the cloak, cancel his date with Jimmy, and arrest some errant fool. Hey man, you don’t choose the superhero game. It chooses you.

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Firefighers take smart-pills that report back data about their health. Future++

Welcome to the fucking future, backer drafter..guys.

Welcome to the future!, where we monitor our firefighters through the tiny computers we make them swallow before gallantly advancing upon burning structures. Awesome.

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