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Okay, it's going to be VERY hard for me to be productive today! Sent to you by tony via Google Reader: Google Debuts First Playable Doodle via G4 TV - TheFeed on 5/21/10 The arcade version of Pac-Man first launched in Tokyo, Japan on May 22, 1980. which makes today the 30th anniversary of the seminal video game! To celebrate, search engine Google has unveiled its first playable doodle. That's it above. But it's more than just a doodle. You can actually play Pac-Man on Google's page. Check out the video under the "Read More" tag. Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version Google's Pac-Man is equipped with many unique characteristics from the original game. From preserving the distinct personalities of the ghosts Inky (blue: fickle), Blinky (red: chaser), Pinky (pink: ambusher) and Clyde (orange: slow) to re-creating programming bugs from the original game like a "kill screen" on level 256, Sr. User Experience designer at Goog...

I've never really been a Mario fan, but this shit is funny!!! See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor .

Coolness!     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     Historical Thursday: SODIS Solution via There, I Fixed It - Epic Kludge Photos by Ms. Fix-It on 5/13/10 So, I'm a total nerd. Every year for Christmas the only gift I request of my husband is to renew my subscription to National Geographic. While finding clean water to support the population of Sub-Saharan Africa is an ongoing problem, in 2006 Ibelatha Mhelela, the principal at a primary school in Tanzania, implemented a simple solution. Turns out, even if people live nowhere near a clean source of water, as long as they have plastic bottles they can CREATE clean water. It's known as the SODIS program. Basically, you peel the label off any plastic water bottle and fill it with standing water, as long as the water isn't completely brown. Then place the bottle on top of a metal surface (for better heat conductivity) and leave it alone. Within six hours, the UVA radiation will kill parasites, bacteria...

Or this!     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     Barrier-breaking jazz star Lena Horne dies at 92 (AP) via Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on 5/10/10 AP - Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress known for her plaintive signature song "Stormy Weather" and for her triumph over the bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audiences but not socialize with them, has died. She was 92.     Things you can do from here: Subscribe to Yahoo! News: Entertainment News using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites    

Didn't need to see this.     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     Legendary artist Frank Frazetta dies at 82 via Forces of Geek by Maxo on 5/10/10 The sad news that has been buzzing around the Internet today has been confirmed — legendary fantasy artist Frank Frazetta has died at the age of 82 . The cause of death has been given as a stroke. Frazetta's iconic work is instantly recognizable to anyone who has read fantasy novels, browsed through yearly calendars or picked up a metal album. Known mostly for his commercial work, Frazetta essentially invented the look of modern fantasy art with his lush paintings of fantastic and fearsome beasts, rough-hewn men, and women seemingly coaxed from the smoothest and deadliest alabaster. Even you didn't know the name, you knew the work; Tarzan, John Carter from Mars, Conan the Barbarian and his own creation, the Death Dealer, were all given the Frazetta stamp, cementing the image of these and other characters fo...

Why God, why?     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     Torani Bacon Syrup via The Awesomer by The Awesomer on 5/10/10 They say everything tastes better with bacon. Sticky-sweet syrup maker Torani have gone and made a bacon-flavored goo you can drizzle in your drinks. Perfect for bacon martinis and pork lattes. Hat Tip: http://gizmodo.com/5532780/torani-bacon-flavoring-syrup-can-ruin-even-the-best-coffee Link: http://www.theawesomer.com/c/click.php?id=10638 Related posts: Pusher Gin Dispenser Absolut Vodka Ads DIY: BaR2D2     Things you can do from here: Subscribe to The Awesomer using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites    

Love it!!! Sent to you by tony via Google Reader: Darth Vader Gives Directions Only Slightly Better than He Takes Them via Topless Robot on 5/5/10 Specifically, car directions, as UK users of TomTom GPSes can now download Darth Vader's voice for them. Frankly, I'd think TomTom could just automatically send Vader's voice to all of their subscribers and charge them all the 13 pounds because fuck it, who doesn't want Darth Vader as their GPS? I can't even imagine. Speaking of can't even imagine, apparently Yoda's voice is due in June, C-3PO's voice will be available in July, and -- here's where it gets weird -- Han Solo's voice will be released in August. Um, the hell? I know Harrison Ford didn't sign up for this. Or did he? Does Lucasfilm have a new young Solo voice? Did Harrison Ford get so drunk on the set of the Crystal Skull that TomTom employees could secretly record his drunken ramblings, which they've been painstakin...

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