What's Clogging my Tubes? #3

How to pretend you're aboard the Starship Enterprise

Anyone who loves Star Trek has at one point wished they could be on the Starship Enterprise exploring the galaxy. Well, IO9 found the next best thing: filling your room with the Enterprise idling sound. This youtube clip loops for 24 hours and will simulate what it's like to sleep on the Enterprise.

Beginnings: Nobody dies on the first goomba

SephirothX writes about his experience with attempting to beat the original Super Mario Brothers and how the first Gooma, used as a symbol for the first dangerous obstacle in a game, effects the player. It's a fun and surprisingly profound read for anyone who played Video Games as a child.

Preview: Brain busting goodness in Quantum Conundrum

Kim Swift, who helped create Valve's Portal and Left 4 Dead games left the powerhouse company to join Airtight Games where she would have more freedom. The result is Quantum Conundrum, a 3D physics puzzle game where the player has the ability to alter states of matter in order to solve complex puzzles. The mechanics sound interesting and the art style is more cartoonish and friendly than the Valve games. If it comes close to her previous two projects Quantum Conundrum is sure to be a winner.

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What's Clogging my Tubes? #2

While I was distracted by the announcement of the iPad 3 and a massive box of board games that came in I still managed to do plenty of internet surfing over the past week. Here are the highlights:

Pictures of people scanning QR codes

QR codes have been popping up everywhere in the last two or so years but have you ever seen anyone actually use them? Finally, a tumblr blog which aggregates all know photos of people taking advantage of this wonderful invention.

You Look Nice Today: Razzledazzle

You Look Nice Today has been my favorite Podcast for a long time. It opened the door to the world of comedy Podcasts and I have listened to the archived episodes over and over again. Unfortunately the release of new episodes were always inconsistent and the last episode was released on November 3rd, 2010. Until this week! The cast of You Look Nice Today is back to discuss inserting a 20 sided sidekick into famous movies. Listen to it!

Fix your iCal

MacOS 10.7 users have dealt with Apple's decision to change iCal and Address Book to faux leather designs that do more to distract the user than make the application more attractive. Luckily at the MacNix blog they have an easy installer that will change iCal back to the 10.6 design. It's a little change that goes a long way.

Original Darth Vader voice

Although Lucas never intended to use David Prowse's voice as Dark Vader, the actor still preformed the entire scrip during filming of the original Star Wars. This video gives fans a taste of what the production staff and actors heard when making the film, before James Earl Jone's terrifying voice over was applied.

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