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This video is crazy: Watch ace helicopter pilot Dan Clark demonstrating his incredible skills while harvesting Christmas trees at mad speeds. "Oregon helicopter pilot ruthlessly owning inertia," says Redditor coolmandan03. Indeed. It's absolutely insane.

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Combining the narratives from The Hunger Games and The Hangover, The Hungover Games follows four guys at a bachelor party who wake up on their way to a battle to the death.

The parody pokes fun at more than just the two films that help form its title, it also takes shots at Carrie, Ted, and Willy Wonka.

And the film doesn't lack familiar faces, Tara Reid becomes the film's take on Effie Trinket, Bruce Jenner is a commentator for the games, while comedian Jamie Kennedy is the Haymitch stand-in

While the trailer itself is painful enough to sit through, it is a real movie, set to release sometime in 2014. One wouldn't be wrong to assume this comes from the masterminds of films like Date Movie and Epic Movie — however, one would be incorrect, as they already came out with their own spoof in October, titled The Starving Games Read more...

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Chapped lips never feel good. While moisturizing them with lip balm will go a long way towards making them feel better, you also need to get rid of the dead skin. Using a toothbrush on your lips can remove it.

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At 97 years old, actor Kirk Douglas ranks the highest on the American Film Institute's greatest male screen legends in American film history — that is, of those who are still alive. (He's No. 17.)

His repertoire consists mostly of manipulative, unsympathetic characters from iconic films such as Spartacus, Tough Guys, Lust for Life and Out of the Past

Douglas has served as a goodwill ambassador for the U.S. State Department since 1963; he survived a helicopter crash and has overcome severe strokes. He's also the oldest celebrity blogger. Read more...

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BlindSide is a video game with an entirely aural environment—nothing to see, only sound cues to navigate through space. The story is framed as a horror fantasy: a player wakes up to find himself as Case, a professor suddenly blinded and in a now-destroyed city, with unidentifiable creatures devouring people everywhere. Wearing headphones, players attempt their escape by hearing spoken clues and subtler sounds, having to judge directional decisions based on cues coming from the left or right: traffic, for example, or a dripping faucet. The game is fully accessible for both blind and sighted users, with a story to appeal to all kinds of players.

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Student films are looking pretty good these days, full of polished visuals and high definition detail, and this CG short created by six students attending The Animation School in Cape Town, South Africa is a great example of what can be achieved while still in school.

The short is called Big Game, and despite the somewhat predictable hunters vs. prey theme it’s a very entertaining romp full of digital eye candy and a lot of heart. Big Game utilizes classic gags and a cartoony look with great success, and the main character is so adorably goofy they should make him the star of his own animated series.

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'Threshold' updates to restore beloved UI in 2015

Microsoft's forthcoming wave of Windows updates will streamline the OS and will even see the return of the much-missed Start menu, according to new reports.…

45 years ago today, an engineer named Douglas Engelbart unveiled to the world, for the first time, the very first computer mouse.

The unveiling came in the form of a 90 minute demo at the Fall Joint Computer Conference. Engelbart's presentation is regarded as being so epic and influential that it's now referred to as the "Mother of All Demos." It even has its own dedicated Wikipedia page.

Engelbart's first mouse prototype was a bulky wooden contraption with two wheels located on its underside. Engelbart spent about 4-5 years working on his mouse idea before showing it off to the world on December 9, 1968.

Engelbart applied for a patent for the device in 1967, though back then it referred to it as an "x-y position indicator."

The patent reads in part:

An X-Y position indicator control for movement by the hand over any surface to move a cursor over the display on a cathode ray tube, the indicator control generating signals indicating its position to cause a cursor to be displayed on the tube at the corresponding position.

The computer mouse, like many other technologies and innovations, may not have been invented by Apple but was nonetheless thrust into the mainstream via an Apple product. Though the first computer to ship with a mouse was a Xerox workstation from 1981, it wasn't until Apple rolled out the Mac in 1984 that the mouse became a mainstream input device for computing. The Lisa, released in early 1983, also had a mouse but was so expensive that it never became a popular computer.

While Apple helped the mouse became a household product, the company's mouse offerings haven't always been top notch. For instance, Apple has long clung to the notion of a one-button mouse, thought it eventually introduced right-click functionality when it released the Mighty Mouse in 2005.

Speaking of the Mighty Mouse, it featured a scroll wheel that would all too often "stick" on account of dust and/or dirt buildup. Still, it was eons better than the ill-fated and poorly received Hockey Puck mouse Apple introduced alongside the first iMac.

Remember this bad boy?

Today, iMacs ship with a wireless Magic Mouse that is as sleek as it is functional. I only wish Apple would add the ability to activate Exposé from the mouse itself, a feature that was once possible via the side buttons on the Mighty Mouse.

45 years ago today, the computer mouse was unveiled to the world originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For the past century, an obscure mathematical principle called Zipf's law has predicted the size of mega-cities all over the world. And nobody knows why.

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Did you design video game levels when you were a kid? Growing up in the era of the SNES and Genesis, I spent countless hours drawing pits of fire and dragon's lairs, dreaming of the day when I could lead a pixelated hero to victory over the villain who rules my levels. It was a nice dream, but it was out of reach when I was 10. While development has gotten easier in the time since, it still requires you too know something about coding. But Pixel Press is aiming to fix that.

Pixel Press is a mobile and web app that lets users design their own video game levels from their own drawings. The project recently finished its initial Kickstarter funding campaign, surpassing the original funding goal by US$8,950 dollars.

The app's level creator lets you design five floors of a video game level, much like the different stages found in Super Mario Bros., which saw you move across fields, then underground, then back through fields, until you finally ended up at the castle of the boss. Simply draw your level map on the free Sketch Kit paper provided by Pixel Press and draw your level. Using a simple system of shorthand, you can add platforms, spikes, traps and portals.

When you're done, snap a picture of your level with your iOS device and the app digitizes your drawing into a customizable world. With the aid of the app's design tools, you can color in your level as well as add textures, music, sound effects, different characters and fine details.

Once you finish, play your level and/or share it with others in the apps community as you try your hand at the work of other users.

Upgrades to the app, including new templates and level skins, will be available using in-game credits. When asked by Kickstarter supporters to explain if Pixel Press is going to be ruined dominated with in-app purchases, the developers explained their system accordingly:

A lot of users are wondering if Pixel Press will be like many of the other games out there, where in-app purchasing dominates the experience. Pixel Press will work something like this: Items like new level skin packs will be available periodically, you can buy these to use for your levels OR you can download them for free using the credits/points you earn for playing other peoples levels, submitting levels, etc.

Given how much potential this app has to allow me to fulfill the childhood dream of building my own video game, I'm inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt.

You can watch a trailer for Pixel Press below. While it's still months from release, its successful Kickstarter campaign makes this as good a time as any to put it on your radar. Let us know what you think in the comments below.

Pixel Press wants to turn your drawings into video game levels originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 09 Dec 2013 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Proving once again that Bitcoin is not just for illicit purchases (you can go to space with it too!), a man bought a Tesla Model S car with bitcoins. The purchase is reportedly the first Tesla, and possibly the first car ever, to be bought with the online currency.

Lamborghini Newport Beach in Southern California sold the car, the dealership announced on its blog last Wednesday, but the buyer is currently unknown.

"We just sold our very first vehicle with Bitcoin as payment," reads the blog post. "That's right, an electronic currency was used to purchase a fully electric vehicle." The dealership, which is not operated by Tesla, also announced that it would accept Bitcoin payments going forward Read more...

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It's pretty much common knowledge that upgrading to a solid state drive is one of the easiest ways to give an aging machine a shot in the arm, but not everybody considers drive size. The average SSD fits in your standard 2.5-inch drive bay, but ...

Bart Simpson is cute as a troublemaker, right? Maybe not if you work in law enforcement. He's actually committed serious crimes that could send him prison for a long, long time. Bart probably gets away with it due to an incompetent local police force and the lack of a significant federal presence in town. Counterfeiting? That's a paddlin'.

This is one of 8 criminal chalkboard gags from The Simpsons rounded up by Brendan Lopez. You can read the rest here.

And if you think that Mr. Lopez might be missing any, you’re welcome to search through the comprehensive archive of chalkboard gags.

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Jacqueline Patterson was born with cerebral palsy, a congenital disorder that affects her motor functions. As a result of her condition, she suffers from a severe stutter and major pain and weakness on her right side. This video showcases the amazing effect of cannabis on her condition.

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In October, the tech industry's biggest companies petitioned congress to reform the US Government's surveillance policies. Now, the firms are taking their pleas global. Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo and AOL (Engadget's parent ...