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Trailer Park: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Trailer up for the Planet of the Apes prequel. Meh.

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14th Apr 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet

There's An App For That: Yurekuru

BC and I are in the field over in Tokyo this week ....and have been rocked by the frequent aftershocks from last months big quake (a magnitude 7.1 and a 7.4 being the biggest). A frequent sound prior to the tremor is the ding ding of the Yurekuru App, which gives locals a quick heads-up. You can even set a minimum intensity over which you want warning, as most people here don't get out of bed for less than a 7.

Japan doesn't use the same magnitude system as the West, preferring the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale which records quakes in actual relative intensity - rating the quake bigger the closer you are to the epicentre. The ratings are also accompanied by a written description, ranging from "Hanging objects such as lamps swing slightly" through "Hanging objects swing violently. Most unstable ornaments fall. Occasionally, dishes in a cupboard and books on a bookshelf fall and furniture moves" to "Most furniture moves to a large extent and some jumps up".

Update: The USGS has data streams accessible by the "Quakes" app - in English.

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12th Apr 2011 - 2 comments - Add Comment - Tweet

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Trailer Park: Super

Now this is what I expected Kick-Ass to be like.

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5th Apr 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet

iPod At 10

2011 marks the tenth anniversary of the iPod and amid the possibility that the original style is on the way out in favour of the touch models, Mac Rumors has a pretty amusing link to their forum - dating back to the day of the original announcement. It's an iLol.

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1st Apr 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet

PJ20

More Pearl Jam 20th Anniversary reissues out yesterday. Possibly their two finest albums, VS and Vitalogy are remastered with bonus tracks and come boxed with an era-concert. It's not to late to repent and jump on board.

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30th Mar 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet

Netflix Vs HBO

Netflix seems to be fancying itself as the next HBO, commisioning a remake of 1990 British TV show House of Cards under the guiding hand of David Fincher - and starring Kevin Spacey. The show will initially run exclusively via Netflix's own streaming services late next year. In a show of confidence, they have commisioned two full series up front - 26 episodes. Quite a stretch, considering the original was only four parts.

Netflix already has 20m subscribers, compared to HBO's 28m. If only Love Film was as ambitious.

Via WSJ

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29th Mar 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet