Month: April 2014

Art

Monty Python’s final show will be broadcast to theaters around the world

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As reported on The Verge. By Sean Hollister On July 20th, the five remaining members of famed comedy group Monty Python will reunite for one last show, and you won’t have to fly to the United Kingdom to watch. Due to popular demand, The Last Night of Monty Python will be streamed live to 1,500 theaters around the world. The performance is expected to include some of the group’s famous sketches, although we’re not yet sure which ones. …

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Photography

Reboot: these stunning still-life photos will take you back to the future

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As reported on The Verge. By Sean Hollister Jim Golden takes pictures of products, sometimes all by themselves. Other times he assembles incredible collections of everyday objects and antiquated technologies into stunning spreads, like this painstakingly placed array of retro video game systems. Golden’s latest project is called Relics of Technology, and it’s a bit of both. Collecting bits and pieces of obsolete technology like floppy disks and Betamax tapes, he’s assembled some into pleasing patterns like his previous work.…

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Apple Application

iOS App OptimizeMe Encourages You To Make The Most Of Your Day

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Catherine Shu Every Fitness App d Wearable Should Have A Mood Tracker I have so many pastimes that I like to say that my hobby is hobbies. I knit, scrapbook, build miniature dioramas, go on long walks, and take many cat photos that I then spend hours editing in VSCO. Unfortunately, I often let my craft supplies sit idle for weeks while I spend hours surfing the web and adding to my 97 Pinterest boards.…

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Business

Five Hard Things That Great VCs Do

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Mike Driscoll The Screen That Doesn’t Scream Editor’s note: Mike Driscoll is founder and CEO of Metamarkets and partner at Data Collective. In Ben Horowitz’s The Hard Thing About Hard Things, he recalls a conversation in 1999 where one of his investors asked coldly: “When are you going to get a real CEO? Someone who has designed a large organization, someone who knows great senior executives and brings pre-built customer relationships, someone who knows what they are doing.”…

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Microsoft Security

Serious Internet Explorer flaw puts XP users especially at risk

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As reported on Engadget. BY NICOLE LEE We hope that you heeded our advice to finally ditch Windows XP in favor of a more modern operating system, because there’s a new security exploit that’ll leave stubborn XP users in the cold. In a security alert released on Saturday, Microsoft reports that there’s a serious vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 through 11 that could allow hackers to take over your computer remotely if you happen to visit a malicious…

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Story

Galileo Got Game: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Physics of Basketball

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As reported on Wired. BY AATISH BHATIA In a way, a game like basketball is a physics geek’s delight. It’s a playground where you can apply physics principles to try and get some added insight to the game. You’ve got the interplay of projectile motion and collisions, energy and momentum, and so on. To get you started, here’s a list of five neat pieces of physics that you may not typically think about when watching a game. 1.…

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Apple Business

Tim Cook says Apple is ‘closer than it’s ever been’ to new product category

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes Apple is “closer than it’s ever been” to entering into a new product category, company CEO Tim Cook tells The Wall Street Journal. Apple has been regularly promising to enter into a new product category for some time now, with Cook perennially reiterating that it would happen this year. Now, in a conversation with the Journal, he continues to lay out familiar reasons for the time-consuming development process — “you want to…

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Google

Sorry, But Google Glass Isn’t Actually For Sale To Everybody Yet

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Frederic Lardinois You Know You Want A Galaxy S5 With Swarovski Crystals On The Back Rumor has it that Google Glass is currently for sale to anybody in the United States. Sadly (or not — depending on your feelings about Glass), that’s not actually the case. While the Google Glass store is indeed open and seems to be taking orders (Update: all the models are sold out now), Google tells us that this isn’t the public launch of Glass to anybody who…

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Automotive Business

FTC: State bans on Tesla’s direct sales model are hurting competition

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS Tesla has just gained a valuable ally in its battle to sell cars directly to customers: the Federal Trade Commission. The regulator now argues that state bans on direct sales are “protectionist,” propping up the traditional dealership business model rather than protecting companies from unfair abuses by automakers. It’s the “competitive process” that should decide which sales model is better, not the law. The FTC also doesn’t buy the notion that Tesla’s modest US…

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Space

Watch NASA’s Morpheus take to the air – then make a smooth landing

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As reported on Engadget. BY MARIELLA MOON NASA’s Morpheus lander has gone a long way since it crashed and burned in 2012. The agency’s vertical landing and takeoff test vehicle now has a number of successful flights under its belt, including one that’s just concluded at the Kennedy Space Center. On this most recent flight, the lander easily traversed 1,300 feet at a speed of 36mph for 98 seconds, proving that it has a future in delivering cargo to space.…

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