http://www.scatteredgenius.com The personal linkpost and pop culture recorder of Tom Mannino, aka Evilzug: PhD in Internetology, Flash Hax0r extraordinaire, and self-proclaimed Master of the Internet. Also, cats. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:09:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Aardvark [9:54 PM]: You there? I have a question about **Internet** that I think you might be able to answer. (Type 'sure', 'pass', or 'busy'.) Aardvark [9:55 PM]: Sorry I missed you. Type 'sure' to see if you can answer the question, or ask something yourself! Thomas Mannino [10:00 PM]: sure Aardvark [10:00 PM]: (From ... http://www.scatteredgenius.com/2009/10/19/aardvark-is-awesome/ YouTube - Guy Catches Laptop With His Butt. http://www.scatteredgenius.com/2009/08/13/youtube-guy-catches-laptop-with-his-butt/ http://www.scatteredgenius.com/2009/08/13/i-feel-like-this-today-2/ Jude Law Colin Farrell Johnny Depp and... Heath Ledger? Supposidly this was his 'last movie,' and the other guys were written into the movie.. i.e. he shifts appearances and whatnot... Info gleaned from http://wickedthought.livejournal.com/906286.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054606/ http://www.scatteredgenius.com/2009/08/10/the-imaginarium-of-doctor-parnassus/ The gaming implications are pretty rad, it would take some adjusting to but I think for the most part I wouldn't mind if all keyboards went this way! YouTube - UIST 2009 Student Innovation Contest - Demo Video. http://www.scatteredgenius.com/2009/08/06/youtube-uist-2009-student-innovation-contest-demo-video/ Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center found that when they injected the compound Brilliant Blue G (BBG) into rats suffering spinal cord injuries, the rodents were able to walk again, albeit with a limp. The only side effect was that the treated mice temporarily turned blue. While I'm sure this ... http://www.scatteredgenius.com/2009/07/28/same-blue-dye-in-mms-linked-to-reducing-spine-injury/ I'm not sure how much of this is from The Ghost Breakers, which was a film that came out in 1940 that was about a group of guys fighting ghosts, haha. It's a little more Scooby-Do then Ghostbusters but it's cool. Mr. Dude here edited together a trailer of what ... http://www.scatteredgenius.com/2009/07/28/ghost-busters-1954-trailer/ Being the captain of a Spaceship makes you good at speaking. William Shatner-Rocketman Conan O'Brien had him read Sarah Palin's farewell speech... holy crap. William Shatner Reads Sarah Palin Farewell Speech As an added bonus, to show how epic Shatner is and what an amazing combat he is capable of, the Worst ... http://www.scatteredgenius.com/2009/07/28/william-shatner-reads-palins-farewell-speech-more/ I had seen some images of these people on 4chan at times. Aging Japanese men clutching pillows with covers showing young girl Japanese anime characters. I had originally thought it was just one or two really crazy dudes, but it turns out that it's an established fetish of sorts, and ... http://www.scatteredgenius.com/2009/07/27/pillows-with-pictures-of-12-year-old-anime-girls-and-the-lonely-japanese-men-who-love-them-in-public/ "In an impressive mix of visual sciences and sci-fi, the ICT Graphics Lab at USC has created a low-costvolumetric 3-D display that brings every kid’s hologram dreams closer to reality." Basically a mirror spins around faster then hell and it projects images on it in what I believe to be the ... http://www.scatteredgenius.com/2009/07/27/usc-lab-creates-3-d-holographic-displays-brings-tie-fighters-to-life/