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Star Trek Coffin Warps Your Corpse To the Final Nerd Frontier [Star Trek Coffin]:

Eternal Image, makers of afterlife geek vessels, released a near final design of their Star Trek casket based on the “Photon Torpedo” design from STII: Wrath of Khan. The piano black coffin is complete with Federation insignia on the inside, and handles for when the ensigns load your geek corpse into the airlock. [Eternal Image via Geekologie, Star Trek Urn]

Leopard Already Hacked To Run On PC Hardware:

PoliTech passed us a PC World link, noting that the newest version of OS X, Leopard, has already been adapted to run on a PC. “The OSx86 Scene forum has released details of how Windows users can migrate to Apple’s new OS, without investing in new hardware — even though installing Leopard on an PC may be counter to Apple’s terms and conditions. The forum is offering full instructions on how to install the system, including screenshots of the installation process. Not all the features of Leopard function with the patch — Wi-Fi support, for example, is reportedly inoperable. Historically, Apple’s likely next move will be to track down and act against those behind the hack.”

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Sears Black Friday ad reveals two new DS Lites:

The annual pre-”Black Friday” bargain hunting has started among predatory shoppers, and we’re already reaping the benefits of shoppers’ insane vigilance. This detail from a Sears ad has revealed two new DS hardware configurations. We already knew of the gold Phantom Hourglass box, but this is the firmest confirmation we’ve seen from an actual. . .

Zombie Survival Guide (Entertainment):

Five scientific reasons a zombie apocalypse could actually happen.

Nintendo ceases hardware support for Famicom, other aging platforms:

Filed under: Culture, Retro

The next time your ‘Fami’ freezes up, blow as you might, it could be all over. Then again, it’s nearly 2008; maybe it’s time for an upgrade. Indeed, Nintendo of Japan is encouraging just that by ceasing hardware support for Famicom, Super Famicom, Nintendo 64, Gameboy and Gameboy Pocket due to a scarcity of repair parts.

It’s remarkable that Nintendo’s been able to service its pioneering platform for 24 long years. But, alas, nothing lasts forever. So long, Famicom. (Psst, this is when you bow your head for a moment of silence…)

[Via Arcade Renaissance]

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More Pumpkins: Space Invaders Immortalized In Pumpkin:

By artist Jonathan H. Liu, this Space Invaders pumpkin has a protip built right in. He scraped away at the outside shell as opposed to cutting directly through it. This allowed him to keep the floating eyes on all four of the invaders, while subsequently making us fear ever setting knife to a pumpkin again. Hit the jump for not one, but two bonus shots of Liu’s work.

Space Invaders [rainybayart]

How bloggers blog in Cuba:

Michael Orbach says: Here’s an International Tribune article about blogging in Cuba, which I believe is somewhat illegal. Bloggers dress up as tourists, speak foreign languages and secretly use hotel Internet lines (natives Cubans aren’t allowed).

Once inside the hotel, [Yoani] Sánchez [Google translated version of Sánchez’ blog here] has to write fast. Not because she fears getting caught, but because online access is prohibitively expensive. An hour online costs about $6, the equivalent of a fortnight’s pay for the average Cuban.

Independent bloggers like Sanchez have to build their sites on servers outside Cuba, and they have more readers outside Cuba than inside.

That is not surprising, since only 200,000 Cubans of the 11 million on the island have access to the World Wide Web, the lowest rate in Latin America, according to the International Telecommunication Union.

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Men should ejaculate more, say scientists:

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From ‘9/11, 9/11, 9/11′ To ‘9/11, 9/11, Fiscal Discipline’:

“‘Fiscal. Discipline.’

When Rudy Giuliani wants to make a point, he frequently opens his eyes very wide, eyebrows arched. The effect is eerily like Norma Desmond announcing that she’s ready for her close-up. He was in full Desmond mode this week in New Hampshire, explaining why he should be the next president of the United States.

People who live in New York tend to be a little stunned by the fact that their former mayor is the front-runner for the Republican nomination. Honestly, people, we thought you would have gotten over it by now. That the pictures of him in drag as Rudy/Rudina would have been enough all by themselves. Yet here he is, the leader of the pack. Obviously, the fishnet stockings went over better in South Carolina than we had anticipated.

To his credit, sort of, Giuliani has finally figured out that he cannot simply keep muttering ‘9/11 … 9/11 … 9/11′ until February. The trick is finding something else Republicans are interested in, something that he has agreed with them about for more than six months. Which brings us back to: Fiscal. Discipline.

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Before They Spoiled the Software; 13 Apps that Should have Been Left Alone:

“Sometimes a program’s new version is actually worse than the previous one. Here are 13 apps we liked better before they were ‘improved’–plus tips on finding the earlier editions.”

Adobe Confirms Unpatched PDF Backdoor:

“50Mat writes ‘Adobe has fessed up to a dangerous code execution vulnerability affecting software programs installed on millions of Windows machines. The flaw, publicly disclosed more than three weeks ago, could allow hackers to use rigged PDF files to take control of Window XP computers with Internet Explorer 7 installed. It affects Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat Standard, Professional and Elements and Adobe Acrobat 3D.’

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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When Zombies Attack!:

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Backyard FX came over to the Make: Labs check out my zombie proximity device and I lost a leg. Learn how to rip anyone’s leg off (or at least appear to do so) in this video! - Link

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Wake up a MacBook that likes to sleep in:

“Just now my MacBook refused to wake up from sleep. All I got when I lifted the lid was a black screen and the spinning color wheel (usually the password prompt appears).

Panicking that I might have lost data, especially considering I have FileVault enabled, I closed the notebook, let the computer go to sleep again, and lifted the lid for a second time. Hey presto — the MacBook woke up this time around and I was able to enter my password.

So one possible solution to a slumbering MacBook (or other laptop) that refuses to wake is to hit the virtual snooze button and wake it up again a few seconds later.

[robg adds: I thought we had this potentially-frozen-laptop fix elsewhere in the database, but a few searches this morning came up blank. I’ve used the same technique myself on a G4 PowerBook a few times, though my MBP has been (thankfully) free of the same issue.]

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Fashion: Wi-Fi Detector Shirt, Self-Detects Geeks:

“The Wi-Fi Detector shirt does everything you’d dream it could do: detect Wi-Fi signals and share them, via your chest, with the entire world. Spotting both 802.11b and 802.11g networks, signal strength is displayed in real time (big animated gif post-jump). After you are done broadcasting your (super ability?) to the world, just slip the AAA batteries out of the built-in pouch and unhook the decal, and you can wash the sweat away of a hard day’s work of bandwidth theft.

The Wi-Fi Detector shirt is a Think Geek exclusive and will be available this October for $29.99. We’d like to see support from the mod community on this one. Just imagine the potential hacks if there was some tailor collaboration. Yeah, that’s right. We’re talking no sleeves. We’re talking avatar iron-ons. And we’re not even thinking about the potential of puff paints at the moment. [product via gadgetvenue]

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Mac Mini to be replaced by Mac Nano?:

“Rumor about Mac Mini replacement”

Four reasons why the RIAA won a jury verdict of $220,000:

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The Army is denying GI Bill education benefits to the 1,000+ soldiers who have just returned from the longest tour served by any ground combat unit in Iraq. Their orders were specifically written for 729 days, one short of the 730 needed to qualify.:

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The World’s Languages Are Fast Becoming Extinct:

“Ant sends news of a report, released a couple of weeks back by the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages in Oregon, on the alarming rate of extinction of the world’s languages. While half of all languages have gone extinct in the last 500 years, the half-life is dropping: half of the 7,000 languages spoken today won’t exist by the year 2100. The NY Times adds this perspective: ‘83 languages with ‘global’ influence are spoken and written by 80 percent of the world population. Most of the others face extinction at a rate, the researchers said, that exceeds that of birds, mammals, fish and plants.’

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Collapsible nifty dish-rack — Boing Boing Gadgets:

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Joel on Boing Boing Gadgets just spotted this Splat dish-rack concept designed by Jill Davis: ‘Two pieces of plastic clip together to create a place to dry your pots and pans, then pack flat for easy storage when finished.’ Smart — I don’t have room for a dishrack in my tiny place in London, and something like this would be a treat.

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Brief: Researchers warn over AIM flaw:

“Researchers warn over AIM flaw”