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Gorgeous 34 month pinhole photo of New York

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iPhone tripod

Yep, this piece of hardware alone is gonna turn me into Michael Bay.

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I'm a sucker for HD Pikes Peak Hillclimb videos

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Put on a nice pair of cans, sit back, and enjoy the ride.

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Sony's glasses-free 3D display

via engadget.com

Can't wait to use this to communicate w/ Princess Leia.

In all seriousness, I'm glad to see Sony doing cool stuff. They've kinda dropped off the face of the earth after the Discman. PS3? meh.

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Cool behind the scenes look at Wong Fu's "That Girl" music video 

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Touching song, cute girl, but the behind the scenes meat is what I find the most interesting. I'm no film producer so I find the magic behind all the film to be well, magical. Absorbing info so one day I can use it myself.

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Pagani Zonda R's record setting lap at the 'ring

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Just mind numbingly fast. Last record was set by the 599XX. This blows it out of the water by 10 seconds.

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Austin F1 Track revealed

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Man I seriously can't wait. Signed up for ticket info already. Can't wait drive it as well at a track day in the near distant future.

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Really thought provoking interpretation of Inception (Spoilers)

I'd argue that Inception tries to collapse the already thin distinction between dreaming and movie-watching. It gives us a movie in which most of the major plot points are simultaneously nonsensical – Why are we suddenly watching a thriller set in the arctic? Why are all the subconscious mercenaries such bad shots? Why don't Cobb's kids ever age? – and strangely compelling, just like a dream. And so we bite our fingernails even though we "know" it's just a silly movie. Thanks to the subdued activity of the frontal lobes and the excited visual cortex, we sit in our plush chairs munching on popcorn and confuse the fake with the real. We don't question the non-sequiturs or complain about the imperfect special effects or the shallow characters. Instead, we just sit back and watch and lose track of the time together. It's almost as if we're being manipulated by Dom Cobb himself, as he effortlessly travels deep into our brain to plant an idea. But this Dom Cobb – we'll call him Christopher Nolan – doesn't need a specially formulated sedative. He just needs a big screen.
via gizmodo.com

Its interesting to take a step back. We're so used to analyzing the stories on the screen and its complex relationships. I've never thought about how the story on screen could be a metaphor of us watching the story unfold. It's scary to think how powerful a tool this is. A truly masterful story teller is essentially a master of brain washing, he's able to probe deep into your mind and even alter your thought process.

Perhaps Nolan is actually performing Inception on us, the viewer, to inspire us.

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Rideable Bat Pod spotted in Mountain View

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Thats pretty awesome.

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The competitive sport of beer pong

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