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Technology can enhance our lives, as long as it doesn’t take over control. A scary thought.

I am not an active gamer. In fact, the only two games I have been really into are StarCraft and WarCraft. Nevertheless, Mirror’s Edge really garbed my attention.

What I’ve found really interesting is the way the game designers solved various problems around concerns that players can get simulation/motion sickness. If you don’t know what simulation/motion sickness is, here is an excerpt from a Wikipedia article:

Pretty bad! [...]

This song has been stuck in my mind for a while. Mario Basanov & Vidis feat. Jazzu - I’ll be gone.

I’ve found a site with an interesting community. It is called Soup. Check out my soup page over here. Since I am planning to stick around, I will post my soup digest in Hakiri on a regular basis. Here comes the first one:

Another interesting TED talk. Paul Rothemund discusses how genetic engineers can fold proteins by writing the sequence of the DNA and compiling it with a DNA compiler. The result? Well, you can come up with whatever you want - from simple figures to actual living organisms.

This topic was introduced to me by Ramsesoriginal on a discussion within the House of Hackers network. [...]

You’ve got to love TED. In this video Joshua Klein discuss his findings around the interesting intelligence crows exhibit. There are a lot of stories about crows and how intelligent they really are but it is my first time I learn more about this subject in an very interesting and entertaining way.

One of the ideas that I like the most is connected to what Joshua mentions at the end of his talk. [...]

Everything that causes WOW-kind of exclamation should be considered a hack. Here is that kind of a thing:

The video is just brilliant.

There is a lot of conspiracy about GNUCITIZEN. Who are they? Where they come from? And what they are trying to do? Well, these videos shall give you all the answers.

The full-size videos can be found at GNUCITIZEN’s YouTube channel: here and here (courtesy of Medifront).

Meet Johnny Bunko… well you have to watch the trailer first.But Johnny Bunko is the main character of a manga-style career guide which hit the streets not that long time ago.

I quite like the approach the author took, not to mention that the trailer is awesome. Check the presentation too, it is fun.

No More Stars, Bushes, Markus Nikolai (Norman Cook Remix), Director: Mark Kirkby, United Kingdom.

If you are looking for creative and weired things, come to UK - one of the best scenes in the world.