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Apple's retail plans for the Apple Watch, a bigger M9 may be coming soon, and one chill guy at SXSW. This is all the news and rumors you've missed in the last 24 hours on BitStream.

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When some people get bored while traveling, rather than stewing in a silent rage or sawing off the head of a fellow passenger, they create art. Like the guy who made the loneliest Celine Dion music video ever, or YouTube user YouBee, who earlier this week created a song by sampling the various annoying noises on his flight.

What could have sounded like an atonal John Cage experiment (which still would have been pretty cool!) is actually a surprisingly good EDM song (to the extent that EDM can sound good). It’s way more productive than, say, watching a censored version of “You, Me and Dupree.”

[h/t Happy Place | YouBee | Reddit]

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I peer through my night vision goggles. The hall ahead seems clear. "Evan, you good?" Standing to my left, my partner indicates he is. "Let's move up."

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Richard MacFarlane's Vancouver-based label 1080p is releasing new and interesting electronic music at a considerable clip, and they show no signs of slowing down. It's a little mind-boggling, given the sheer volume of garbage-tier electronic music that currently exists on the internet. Somehow, 1080p manages to consistently unearth dozens of obscure and undervalued artists from the annals of the internet—musicians working within the genre to produce tunes that are both danceable and interesting.

This time around, we have have Saffron's Petra II. It's a smooth run of tracks with some bizarrely wonderful samples and synth sounds, at times veering into chaos but always returning back to the beat. Give it a listen.

Earlier today, Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm Studios introduced the "Quitality," a new finishing move or sorts that will be reserved for players who rage quit in the middle of online matches. The punishment, as it were, is pretty straightforward: Bail on a match and your character's head will explode, giving your opponent an instant win.

NetherRealm's Derek Kirtzic said that the new Quitality is "really more [about] making the winner look better." The non-quitter, he said, gets to bask in the glory of watching their opponent instantly die. Kirtzic said that NetherRealm didn't want to overly punish players who might quit in the midst of an online match, but they "wanted to glorify the winner."

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Bit of dancing skull action on a Friday afternoon! Don’t mind if I do! Great piece by Jennybird Alcantara

They really took this joke all the way. Well done, CNN.

Confused? Then you need our "Too Many Cooks" explainer. Or if you just want to experience it fresh, here's the original video:

metaphorformetaphor:

That night I lost you, I lost something inside me. Or perhaps several things. Something central to my existence, the very support for who I am as a person.

— Haruki Murakami, 1Q84. Knopf, 2011

The Digital Lizards Of Doom Show Live At Meltdown!
Ever wondered how a record label works? Us too until Matt Alcobia came in and gave us the skinny.
We start the show with Dan complaining about having a broken knee-cap.
In honor of the new Avengers movie being right around the corner, today we picked all “team-ups” themed comics for our Dizzy Doom’s Comic Boom segment.
We close the show out with Matt Alcobia, one of the owners/directors of an independent record label – Noize Cartel Records. He talks about his unique approach to running a label and tells us all the stuff you want to know about one but were afraid to ask..

For more info on Noize Cartel Records, hit up this url:
http://www.noizecartelrecords.com/

For more info on what Gabe and Dan do when they’re not making this show, check out:
http://www.dlodband.com/
http://www.facebook.com/battlecastshow
http://meltcomics.com/

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Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto uses salt to create awesomely intricate and captivating interactive art installations. Most of us think of salt as a kitchen staple, but in Japan it’s also one of five elements in Shintoism that symbolizes purification and is used as a ritual offering. Yamamoto began working with salt a as a way to honor his sister after she passed away from cancer.

“And for the last several years Yamamoto has traveled the world creating sprawling installations of poured salt that resemble mazes, tree roots, whirlpools or the universe. Figuratively and literally one can easily get lost in the intricate installations that are the result of hours of meticulous pouring.”

Yamamoto created his latest installation, entitled Return To The Origin, back in January at the Pola Museum Annex in Tokyo. As is the case with all of his salt creations, at the end of the exhibition visitors are invited to help carry away the salt and return it to the sea, its place of origin.

Photos by Cédric Riveau

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Sometimes it feels like the internet is 90 percent inspirational quotes. Albert Einstein, Gandhi, and Walt Disney are all popular sources for bite-sized nuggets of inspiration. But sometimes the quotes attributed to these people are just wrong. Like these quotes from Disney — a man who didn't actually say, "If you can dream it, you can do it."

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So far as awful ways to die go, being attacked by a rabid animal then dying a slow, painful death must rank near the top. And exactly that happens to 55,000 people every year. Here's how you (or your dog) can get rabies, what it does to your body as it kills you and what you can do to ensure neither of you gets it.

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Spooky Selfies is a very silly little game that sees you controlling a skeleton, taking selfies of itself on it’s mobile phone in a spooky graveyard.

The premise itself is enough to raise a smile, but wait until you come across the singing and dancing skeletons, they’ll crack you up.  spectacularly silly stuff.

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Nick Cave attends the EE British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Opera House.

kytri:

I know this sign is supposed to be anti-equal rights but I can’t help but read it as pro-Satan.

CNTRL: Individuality & Creativity In Technology-Based Music, is making it's way into Los Angeles next month! After making a stop at UCLA for an hour-long workshop earlier in the day; Victor Calderone, Ean Golden, Richie Hawtin, Lee K, and Chris...

#tbt to 2007, when I was a cabaret-dancin’ showgirl.

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My record deal is imminent!

There’s one track on the CD and it’s just various goats screaming over a hip hop beat. [listen to it here]

There’s been a special delivery at the Tower ahead of tonight’s Game Of Thrones Season 5 World Premiere #GoTAtlantic pic.twitter.com/nBiI2KT18t

— Sky Atlantic (@skyatlantic) March 18, 2015

We’ve seen a TARDIS flying over the Tower of London, we’ve seen the Queen interacting with the Iron Throne, but here’s a new one for the memory banks. No, I’m not jealous of those who got to go to the Season 5 premiere of Game of Thrones at the Tower, why do you ask?

(via io9)

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Konami has removed mention of Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions branding from its Metal Gear Solid website, and renamed Kojima Productions Los Angeles to Konami Los Angeles Studio. The removal of Kojima's name and an announcement of new executive positions at the company have led to speculation about Kojima's employment at Konami.

Kojima's exact level of involvement is still unknown; we've reached out to Konami for comment and will update accordingly. In a statement issued to VideoGamer.com, a spokesperson said, "Konami Digital Entertainment, including Mr. Kojima, will continue to develop and support Metal Gear products. Please look forward to future announcements."

The Kojima Productions website now redirects to Konami's Metal Gear...

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The tempescope is an ambient physical display that visualizes various weather conditions like rain, clouds, and lightning.  By receiving weather forecasts from the internet, it can reproduce tomorrow’s sky in your living room.

Now that the collective eye roll around Apple's $10,000 watch has turned into a blank stare, it's time for a little bit of nostalgia. Apple is not new to this game of selling seemingly everyday gadgets for ridiculous dollar amounts. The Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (TAM) wrote the rules nearly 20 years ago.

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