Tag: culture
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South Wales Farming Town of Monmouth Becomes First “Wikipedia Town”
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Wikipedia, the user submitted internet information source relied on by many of us on a daily basis, is welcoming its first “Wikipedia town”. The residents and businesses of Welsh border town Monmouth will be asked to submit details of their surroundings, history and day to day life to create the richest resource for a town…
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Late Apple Co-Founder & CEO Steve Jobs Honoured with Posthumous Grammy Award
Late Apple Founder and CEO, Steve Jobs has been honoured at this year’s Grammys, with the renowned music fan becoming the recipient of a posthumous Trustees Award at last night’s prestigious event. The tech maestro behind music innovations such as the iPod, iPod Touch and iTunes was honoured for his contributions to the industry and…
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Late Apple Co-Founder & CEO Steve Jobs Honoured with Posthumous Grammy Award
Late Apple Founder and CEO, Steve Jobs has been honoured at this year’s Grammys, with the renowned music fan becoming the recipient of a posthumous Trustees Award at last night’s prestigious event. The tech maestro behind music innovations such as the iPod, iPod Touch and iTunes was honoured for his contributions to the industry and…
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‘Steampunk’ Xbox – Fan converts modern console into vintage culture fad
An avid gamer and fan of the ‘Steampunk’ alternative genre has mod’ed his Xbox 360 into this pretty impressive vintage throwback, resembling the style which is currently a popular fad amongst sci-fi enthusiasts and alternative lifestylers. Robert LaMonte has converted the consoles casing using cogs and mechanical parts he has cleverly created additional venting…
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“Beyond the Game” trailer hits web – Amazing real-life look at video game culture
WarGames, Tron, The Wizard and more recently Scott Pilgrim vs The World. These are movies based around a central theme of video gaming. There have also been movies based on video games, most of which have been Epic Fails such as 1994’s Street Fighter. However, we don’t think we’ve ever seen a movie based within…
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Only in Japan! – Star Wars “Chicken Walker” from Japanese robotics firm
Ever stomped around a playground imagining you were in control of the power loader from Aliens? Or even an AT-ST “Chicken Walker” from Return of the Jedi? If like me you did – a man from Japan will make all your boyhood dreams come true! Sakakibara Kikai, creator of mostly industrial-based robotics, has reached out…