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Friday, February 17, 2012

Geekosystem Newsletter - Copies of Mass Effect 3 Launched Into The Stratosphere, Space Sphere Must Be Jealous

	Copies of Mass Effect 3 Launched Into The Stratosphere, Space Sphere Must Be Jealous In order to drum up some excitement for Mass Effect 3 -- as if there weren't quite enough already -- Electronic Arts has engaged in an interesting little publicity stunt: They're launching a few copies of Mass Effect 3 into space. Well, near space; the kind of space you can get to with a weather balloon. Space travel aside, the important thing to note is that these copies will come to Earth before the official launch, and if you can find one, you'll be able to play it. Read More »
	The Amazing Moving Parts of the Keck Observatory, in Time-Lapse Glory [Video] High atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea mountain is the W.M. Keck observatory. Like most telescopes trained towards the sky, most of us are familiar with what these institutions produce during the night -- gorgeous pictures of stars, greater insight into the nature of the universe, etc. However, it takes a lot of daytime work to keep these incredibly complex and massive telescopes in working order. This video, shot by Andrew Cooper, highlights the men and women that keep telescopes running and make the science happen. Also, there are lasers. Read More »
	Arrange Your Food on These Shipping Transportation Plates From Boguslaw Sliwinski, these plates feature various modes of shipping transportation on which one can arrange food to look as though they are being transported. Each plate is ceramic, and seem to be available for purchase, though it looks as though one has to email the artist himself in order to make said purchase. Check out Sliwinki's website, there are also some plates where the food can be arranged to look like heads of hair. Read More »
	Is it Cold Where You Are? Because Here's a Corgi Buried in Sand at the Beach Another possible title for this post: Shai-Hulud is way less intimidating in person. Read More »
	You Can Now Sign Up for Netflix DVD Rental Only, If You Want Remember back in the dark ol' days of 2011, when Netflix was preparing to tear itself asunder and spin off their DVD rental service into a horrifically named service called Qwikster? Well, now you can have the same experience without the terrible name, as Netflix has announced that you can now sign up directly for a DVD-only plan. It's a thing you can do. Read More »
	Guess What Academics Voted to be German's Best English Loanword? If you weren't aware that academics convene and vote on words, they do. A group of German academics, led by Anatol Stefanowitsch, did just this, and voted on what German's best English loanword is -- something of a niche category of word-voting. A loanword is a word borrowed from another language that is incorporated into a different language. "Kiosk," for instance, is a Turkish loanword the English language took and now helps us describe makeup stands in the middle of the mall. As for what academics voted to be German's best 2011 English loanword, it's "shitstorm." The English language should be proud. Read More »
	Dubstep Hipster Cat is 35 Crazy Seconds of Pure, Distilled Internet [Video] Haven't been online for a while? Here is a concise, effective summary of the Internet at large by xgabberx. Enjoy. Read More »
	MMO RIFT Successfully Set That Guinness World Record for In-Game Marriages MMO RIFT announced that they were attempting to set a Guinness World Record for the most in-game marriages in a 24 hour period. Those wondering where one could go to find a virtual spouse will be happy to know RIFT did indeed set that record. Between 9 am PST on February 14 to 9am PST on February 15, 21,879 virtual marriages were confirmed. Read More »
	LED Suit Snowboarder Looks Like He's Straight Out of Tron When it comes to the long, long list of things one can do, snowboarding at night while wearing a full-body LED suit probably isn't that close to the top, but that doesn't keep it from being incredibly awesome. In the freezing -13 degree (Fahrenheit) darkness of the French Alps, Jacob Sutton decided to do just that. Well, not exactly; he had a snowboarder by the name of William Huges actually do it. Sutton filmed it. The suit was made by John Spatcher and the talents of all three men come together stunningly in this lovely little film featured at Nowness and embedded below. Check it out. Read More »
	Minecraft LEGO Pre-Orders Now Open Minecraft and LEGO were meant to be together pretty much from the start. After all, how could you have one without the other?That being the case, it was great news when official Minecraft LEGO were announced to be on the way through LEGO's CUUSOO system. They're not here quite yet, but pre-orders have opened, and you can pick up a 480 piece chunk (4 chunklets) complete with Steve and a creeper for $34.99. Read More »
	Geekolinks: 2/16 7 Instagram accounts to follow (GeekSugar) The evolution of breakfast cereal (Bit Rebels) The computer setup most Google computer engineers use (Business Insider) LEGO Blade Runner minifigs (TDW: Geeks) How the first plant came to be (Scientific American) Successful human tests for first wirelessly controlled drug delivery chip (ScienceDaily) Hands-on with iMessage beta (Ars Technica) (title pic via Keara Kittyy) Read More »
	What Will Probably be the Best PSN Game Ever, Journey, Finally Gets Release Date, Price After a very long, excruciating wait, thatgamecompany's Journey has finally been dated and priced. The game will release on the PSN, soon-to-be dubbed SEN, on March 13, 2012 in the U.S., and will cost you a most likely very well spent $14.99. All signs point to this game being one of the best game releases in a long while, regardless of its cheap price tag and digital download only status, so you probably want to mark that date on your calendar, and hide an emergency $14.99 somewhere just in case. Read More »
	Texting Woman Falls Down Stairs On Live TV, Doesn't Get Up [Video] As you should be aware, there are all kinds of laws being put in place to prevent texting and driving, something that is often argued to be as dangerous as driving intoxicated. What it's always important to remember is that walking and texting can be just as dangerous --and worse-- really, really hilariously embarassing. Watch as this texting woman fails to handle a small set of stairs on live TV. After the spill, she stays down, but I can't tell if that's out of injury of crushing embarassment. Stay safe kids, that witty pun can probably wait until you stop moving. Read More »
	Man Orders Most Expensive Starbucks Drink Possible, $23.60 You've probably never walked into a Starbucks and thought to yourself "How can I order the most expensive coffee possible?" Logan A. Warren, on the other hand, has. On top of that, he actually ordered it. It doesn't seem like it would be that hard; you just scan the options and pick the priciest one, right? Not so, you can purchase all sorts of upgrades for your coffee, each at extra cost. That's how Warren wound up paying $23.60 for a single coffee, and one that was practically undrinkable at that. Read More »