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The Greatest Graphics In History Are A Bald Man Named Ira
Author: Gabe Hall
And now you must play with him in the woods.
Meet Ira.
Ira is a nice floating head that lives in the woods and also a garage.
Everyone's gotta live somewhere, right?
Ira was made by the graphics geniuses over at Nvidia to demonstrate the very latest and best in computer game graphics.
Here's Ira hanging out by himself downtown by some neon signs. Don't be afraid. Ira comes from a good family, I swear.
Before Ira, there was Human Head.
He didn't have eyes, but no one's perfect.
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The design history behind the iconic ‘Pegman’ of Google Maps
Author: Brandon Zimmerman
The images utilized in Google Maps is so usual at this point that it’s easy to forget that it didn’t just jump into presence fully-formed; it really needed to be made. Buzzfeed takes an appearance at the process behind developing among the most familiar aspects of Google Maps: the humanoid “Pegman” character utilized in Road Take. Initially, Google’s designers dabbled the concept of using an icon of an eyeball in order to suggest the viewpoint, however rapidly understood it was neither aesthetically pleasing nor specifically effective. That caused a lot of design versions, consisting of female variations, robotics, and a Pegman in a fit and dress shoes. To get the full tale of how Pegman became– and to see some of the easter eggs that …
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Chrome Beta for Android adds fullscreen for phones, tab history on tablets
Author: Jon Daniels
Chrome Beta for Android just hit version 27 today, delivering with it a few nice enhancements to what is already arguably the best mobile browser on the market. The two biggest tweaks are the ability to view your tab history on the tablet version by holding down the browser back button and the addition of a fullscreen mode on the phone. Scrolling down to make the address bar disappear on a handset is a extremely welcome change. A lack of fullscreen browsing was one of the few quirks of Chrome that occasionally had us contemplating a return to the stock Android browser. There are a couple of other, less notable, tweaks such as support for client side certificates. The Omnibar will also now continue to display any search terms you enter, instead of the URL for the results. You can see the full change log at the source and download Chrome Beta for Android at the more coverage link.
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Welding – Modern Marvels – History Channel Documentary
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It was a science first conjured amid the fiery ovens of ancient blacksmiths; today more than 50% of all U.S. products require some form of welding. Whether v…
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‘History repeats itself’: BlackBerry’s embattled CEO argues that Apple’s iPhone is standing still
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BlackBerry’s executives usually prefer not to mention the company’s biggest competitors, especially Apple and its iPhone. (After all, for the last few years, BlackBerry’s sales numbers haven’t exactly been flattered by head-to-head comparisons.) That alone would make a statement by BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins to the Australian Financial Review where he calls out both Apple and its flagship smartphone by name noteworthy. But considering his company sells fewer phones in a year than Apple sells in a quarter, Heins’ words about BlackBerry’s market position relative to Apple and both companies’ record of innovation are surprisingly sharp.
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Emoji Art History
Author: Angela Stephens
Because emojis are the ultimate form of expression, and this was bound to happen. The internet turns fine art into emoticons.
It all started with a harmless Tumblr post:
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Artist Man Bartlet took the idea and ran with it.
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#EmojiArtHistory was born.
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Go Halvsies With Me?: The History Of Video Games For Sale On eBay (Including 331 Consoles, 6,850 Games)
Author: Melissa Shroeder
eBay user *videogames.museum* is selling his entire video game collection from the past 30 years. It includes over 330 consoles, 6,850 games, 220 controllers, 185 accessories and a ton of other promotional material/special edition stuff. You can download a PDF file of all the systems and games included HERE. The auction starts at $ 550,000, but so far there haven’t been any bidders, probably because who wants another NES when you already have one? It’s like, I don’t want to have to pay for that.
Hit the jump for a couple more random pictures of the collection but definitely check out the eBay page for a MILLION more shots of everything the auction includes.
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Editorial: BlackBerry slumps into history of Super Bowl tech ads
Author: Tiffany Shoman
The contrast is evident: BlackBerry‘s already-infamous “Can’t Do” commercial in this year’s Super Bowl vs. Apple’s fabulous “1984″ area in the 1984 game. Let’s do the contrast anyway, and consider some other tech advertising over 35 years of Super Bowls.
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Editorial: BlackBerry slumps into history of Super Bowl tech ads
Author: Angela Chin
The comparison is obvious: BlackBerry‘s already-infamous “Can’t Do” commercial in this year’s Super Bowl vs. Apple’s legendary “1984″ spot in the 1984 game. Let’s do the comparison anyway, and consider some other tech advertising over 35 years of Super Bowls.
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Tracking the history of Zelda in ‘Hyrule Historia’
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For the past 25 years, nearly every entry in The Legend of Zelda series has followed the same basic formula: there’s a hero named Link who saves a princess named Zelda from a villain named Ganondorf. But with the exception of a few direct sequels and spin-offs, the Link in one game isn’t the same as in the next. Sometimes Zelda is a helpless princess in need of rescue, while in others she’s the leader of a band of seafaring pirates (who then turns into a princess). How these games and stories fit together has always been murky, but with the book Hyrule Historia, available in Japan since 2011, Nintendo has finally revealed the timeline that connects each game in the series. The company has since partnered with Dark Horse to launch the…
