New @Firefox feature rocks your tabbed browsing world -- via @TechCrunch [Browsers]
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Hi. I'm Joe. I like law, tech, and stuff for geeks. I'm an Associate Editor at Phillyist and a contributor to Geekadelphia. I judge people loudly in public but other than that I'm a nice guy.
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'Aerosol' - A(n Amazing) Short Film by Karel Segers [Video]
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This is an incredibly well-done short film. It also has a ridiculously cute CGI ant that doesn't look like the "stock" CGI animals you see from all the big-name digital studios these days.
Does your drinking water burn? "GASLAND trailer" -- via @marusula [Video]
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It's unusual for me to post two movie trailers in a day, let alone within a few hours, but this looks pretty crazy.
The movie is a documentary (official site / IMDB) about the hazards of drilling for natural gas in residential rural areas.
Oh, and fellow geeks: Don't be distracted by the reference to "fracking" -- it's an industry bastardization of our beloved BSG term, used to describe a drilling process technically known as hydraulic fracturing.
Source: @marusula
Official teaser trailer for Paranormal Activity 2 has me interested (UPDATED) [Video]
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UPDATED 06/30/2010 3:00PM: One of my besties, @YooAngel, called me out this afternoon when she read this post. She pointed me back to a poorly formatted post, possibly pasted from my old blog, that I did in October, after seeing the original Paranormal Activity. I said:
I'm going to make this one quick. Paranormal Acitivty, a mockumentary about demonic haunting and possession, is in theaters now and I caught it yesterday with Meg a couple of friends. The title has been trending all over Twitter and most of the mentions have, unfortunately, been positive. Let me offer a spoiler to those who are interested. I will tell you what happens:Nothing.
Nothing at all. The movie mixes up haunting and possession, drops the ball on what could be an interesting back story, and essentially ends where a good movie would typically begin. If cheesey pretzels did not exist, and I was not so in the dark about where to buy some outside of movie theaters, the trip would have been a total loss. Consider yourself warned.
So, naturally, reading today's post about the sequel, wherein I mentioned that I "rather liked" the first one, my friend was compelled to email me the following (included with her permission):
You liked par. activity? are you joking man? weren't you with me and [another friend] while we heckled the whole time and wondered when the awfulness would stop? did you not also laugh until you cried when it "climaxed"?? Well, in case you forgot, i did some research because i had a memory of reading some things about how you did not enjoy the movie on your "blog."
I particularly like the part where she, one of my best friends, puts the word blog in quotes, as if to denote the fact that I may believe it is more, in fact, than it is, this "blog" of mine. She went on to include the same quote that I pasted above.
And you know what? She's right.
But I really did like the story, the idea of the movie. The concept. It was just executed like a sickly dog turd. I guess I just flat-out pretended, in my mind, like the movie as it was released never happened. My brain just remembers the movie as I would have made it, with sufficient talent, money, and equipment. Which is to say, I wouldn't have taken a dump all over a really cool take on the mockumentary thriller niche.
This one looks far more promising. Right? I mean, one of my complaints was that it ended where it should have started. This one won't make the same mistake, will it?
Bueller?
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I rather liked the first one, and I'm excited for a second. My sequel-hating snobbery is beaten back by entries in the horror genre that rely less on special effects than most movies. Although I do love a good gore-fest, there are plenty of those to go around every year, so movies like Paranormal Activity are a welcome change.
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YouTube Rolls Out Browser-Based Video Editing [Google] -- by @stshank on @CNET
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Headline says it all, really. Check it out for yourself and see if the cropping and merging, as well as ability to add audio, look like features of which you'll make frequent use, or more an act of one-upsmanship on YouTube's part. [YouTube Video Editor]
Source: Deep Tech (CNET)
Robots + Soccer = RoboCup; World Cup still top contest...for now [Robotics]
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Visit the University of Pennsylvania's team at the UPennalizers website and find out more about the RoboCup at RoboCup.org.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
