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• Gel Electrophoresis cookies...
• Twitter Tuesday - Biz Stone's big week!
• Brewing beer on an oceanographic research vessel
• MediaRover syncs iTunes music and metadata on up to eight computers
• Watch This Kiteboarder Break a World Speed Record Between Sharp Rocks [Video]
• The Engadget Show returns this Saturday, October 23rd with Windows Phone 7, Aaron Woodman, Google TV devices, and our first Halloween costume contest!
• Classic Castle Dracula Lego vignette
• DownloadTube Is a One-Click YouTube Conversion and Download Site [YouTube]
• The NBA Banned This Shoe For Being Too Awesome [Overachievers]
• Barnes & Noble holding a 'very special event' next week

Gel Electrophoresis cookies... Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT ... and a full compliment of cookie labware! I saw this pop up on Twitter this morning, and knew I had to post it. Labware cookies Gel electrophoresis cookies All I can say is: WANT! Bio: MAKE guest citizen science author Tito Jankowski works on making biotech easier to do, including developing open source tools for gel electrophoresis and PCR. Got other citizen science or garage biotech projects you want to hear more about? Comment on this article below or email him at tito at pearlbiotech.com Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Science | Digg this!

Twitter Tuesday - Biz Stone's big week! Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:50 PM PDT Filed under: Web services, Social Software, Microblogging, Twitter It was a huge week for Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. He starred in a new ad for Stolichnaya vodka, and had a piece published in The Atlantic. The vodka commercial is below, but let's dig into Biz's Atlantic editorial a little bit. It's a response to Malcolm Gladwell's recent New Yorker attack on Twitter as a tool for activism. In response to Gladwell's assertion that the American civil rights movement would never have gotten off the ground if people had just tweeted instead of taking action, Biz points to Chinese campaigns for citizens' rights that coordinate over Twitter, and says that Twitter is the only place the Chinese activists are free to discuss certain topics. He also offers the pithy observation that Paul Revere's famous phrase, "The British are coming!" was a lot shorter than 140 characters, and it contributed to the success of the American revolution. Biz 's last sentence perfectly sums up his argument, so read this if you don't feel like reading the whole article: " Lowering the barrier to activism doesn't weaken humanity, it brings us together and it makes us stronger." Maybe revolutions will be tweeted after all. What do you think of Twitter-based activism? Biz's Stoli Ad Can Twitter Predict the Stock Market? Researchers at Indiana University analyzed Twitter data to determine people's moods, and compared that information to changes in the stock market. Using two different sentiment-analysis systems (The Google-Profile of Mood States and OpinionFinder) they measured " happiness, kindness, alertness, sureness, vitality and calmness" on Twitter, and found they could use the info to predict daily ups and downs in the stock market with 87% accuracy. Don't get too excited, though: MIT's Technology Review is a little bit skeptical of the methodology. (By the way, the mood that best mirrored market activity was "calmness.") Qwerly is a Better People Search For Twitter People's Twitter bios often don't tell you everything you need to know about them. Qwerly fills in the gaps by letting you search any Twitter username for that person's other public accounts across social networks. For example, putting in my username turned up my Wordpress blog, and it even found some more obscure accounts like Plancast. If you're not sure who someone on Twitter is, or how you know them, Qwerly is handy way to find out. Littlecosm Combines Twitter Client and MMORPG The latest buzzworthy Twitter client isn't as much a Twitter client as a creative new take on the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) concept. It's called Littlecosm, and it's a project by well-known developer Yongfook, who founded Open Source Food and created the lifestreaming service Sweetcron. Not much is known about Littlecosm at the moment, but Yongfook has said this: I'm taking the explorative / leveling concepts from MMORPGs and combining them with some high level themes such as good vs. evil, and the passage of time. Twitter data is particularly suitable for those latter themes. When we're angry, we tweet. When we're happy, we tweet. And it's all recorded on a timeline. I'm using this data to shape the game world. It'll be interesting to see how Littlecosm shapes up, and whether it catches on. It's not out yet, but you can sign up for a launch notification at littlecosm.com. Greater Manchester Police Tweet Every Report for 24 Hours Last Thursday, the police force in Greater Manchester, UK, decided to tweet every single call they responded to over a 24 hour period. It took two staff members to handle the project, and they hit Twitter's posting rate limit so often that they needed 4 accounts to keep things going in close to real time. The hashtag #GMP24 tied it all together. The project was a way of showing how much the police do in one day, to promote the department in the face of budget cuts. Sounds like they proved their point, too, if they respond to so many situations that even Twitter can't keep up. Twitter Tuesday - Biz Stone's big week! originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Brewing beer on an oceanographic research vessel Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:30 PM PDT Ever been stuck on a (presumably dry) research vehicle, and want to enjoy some sweet beer? Andrew of Southern Fried Science has some tips about how to make a passable beverage using only ingredients and tools you would find in such a situation, such as a coffee maker, cereal, and fruits and nuts for flavor. After years of using carefully selected ingredients to produce craft beer, I like the idea of grabbing some stuff that you happen to have on hand, to try and produce a reasonable brew... Beer brewing is the delicate and dedicated blending of art and science. Finding the perfect balance of grains, hops, malt, adding just the right flavoring agents, boiling for exactly enough time to release the tannins, starches, humic acids from you wort, activating enzymes to break down those starches, forging the perfect mash from the ether of sobriety to give birth to that most glorious pint, these are skills that take a lifetime to master. Perfect beer is meticulously planned and carefully crafted. Screw that. You're six days into a 2 month expedition, and if you were lucky enough to not be on a dry ship, it's de facto dry by now anyway. You're eying the ethanol stores, the crew is eying each other, and all hell will break loose if y'all don't get some sweet water soon. This is no time for artistry. [via neatorama] Above photo of the ingredients to a normal batch of blackberry ale. Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in hacks | Digg this!

MediaRover syncs iTunes music and metadata on up to eight computers Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:30 PM PDT Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Macintosh MediaRover is a free app that syncs iTunes libraries across up to eight Windows or Mac machines. That means songs you add to one machine's library will be available on your other machines, and any changes you make to iTunes playlists or metadata (like song names or track numbers) will be synced, too. If you've got a NAS or a streaming music device, like a Sonos, Squeezebox, or Blu-ray player, MediaRover will work with that, too. (Xbox 360 or PS3 owners, take note: your networked game system can also access your shared MediaRover library.) Setup requires you to download an app (for Windows or Mac), sign up for a (free) account, and then copy all of your music to a shared folder on the network. Other computers on your network can piggyback on the first computer's settings, too, saving you a bit of time. All in all, it's a pretty quick and simple solution for cloudifying your tunes. Minor MediaRover quibbles: it doesn't work with any dynamic playlists, like Smart or Genius playlists, and it doesn't recognize duplicates as well as iTunes does. If you've got duplicate tracks with different filenames, MediaRover treats them as different songs and syncs both. It's kind of annoying, unless you groom your library very carefully. [via Lifehacker] MediaRover syncs iTunes music and metadata on up to eight computers originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Watch This Kiteboarder Break a World Speed Record Between Sharp Rocks [Video] Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:20 PM PDT What was the gutsiest thing you did today? Probably not break the world wind-powered speed record by hitting 54 knots on a kite board, like Alex Caizergues did last week. And he did it between two jutting banks of rock. More »

The Engadget Show returns this Saturday, October 23rd with Windows Phone 7, Aaron Woodman, Google TV devices, and our first Halloween costume contest! Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:11 PM PDT Attention all humans and empathetic robots: The Engadget Show is back in a big way this Saturday, October 23rd at 6:30pm! To get things started, Josh and the gang will be taking a first-hand look at the myriad Windows Phone 7 devices with Microsoft's Aaron Woodman, then we'll be demoing Google TV, and Engadget's own Darren Murph will be joining Josh, Nilay, and Paul on stage, Guinness world record in hand. What's more, we're hosting our first ever Halloween costume contest! There will be giveaways at the show for the best costumes (as voted on by you, the audience), so get to work on your winning masterpiece now! We'll also have the usual random giveaways, but why leave it to chance when you could win stuff with a little creativity and a black turtleneck? There will also be music from Kris Keyser and visuals from noteNdo and plenty of other giveaways at the live show only, so make the trek and join us at The Times Center in person. We have a new ticketing policy, so if you're coming to the live show, be sure to read about it below. If you're geographically incapable of joining us in New York City, just tune into the stream right here on Engadget. The Engadget Show is sponsored by Sprint, and will take place at the Times Center, part of The New York Times Building in the heart of New York City at 41st St. between 7th and 8th Avenues (see map after the break). Tickets are -- as always -- free to anyone who would like to attend, but seating is limited, and tickets will be first come, first served... so get there early! Here's the updated info on our new ticketing policy that you need to know: There is no admission fee -- tickets are completely free The event is all ages Ticketing will begin at the Times Center at 2:00PM on Saturday, October 23rd, doors will open for seating at 5:45PM, and the show begins at 6:30PM We now have assigned seating, so the first people to get their tickets -- and the Sprint text-to-win winners (see below) -- will get priority seating. This also means that once you get a ticket, your seat is guaranteed -- you won't have to get back in line to get a good seat. We still had plenty of tickets left over at the last taping, so just because it's 5:00pm and you finally finished Halo: Reach doesn't mean you won't get a seat at the show -- so get your butt up to the Times Center! Ticketing will continue until all tickets are given away You cannot collect tickets for friends or family -- anyone who would like to come must be present to get a ticket Seating capacity in the Times Center is about 340, and once we're full, we're full The venue is located at 41st St. between 7th and 8th Avenues in New York City (map after the break) The show length is around an hour If you're a member of the media who wishes to attend, please contact us at: engadgetshowmedia [at] engadget [dot] com, and we'll try to accommodate you. All other non-media questions can be sent to: engadgetshow [at] engadget [dot] com. Subscribe to the Show: [iTunes] Subscribe to the Show directly in iTunes (M4V). [Zune] Subscribe to the Show directly in the Zune Marketplace (M4V). [RSS M4V] Add the Engadget Show feed (M4V) to your RSS aggregator and have it delivered automatically. The Engadget Show returns this Saturday, October 23rd with Windows Phone 7, Aaron Woodman, Google TV devices, and our first Halloween costume contest! originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

Classic Castle Dracula Lego vignette Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:02 PM PDT From Mark Kelso, aka Flickr user Amhakia, based on the classic set from the classic black and white films. [via The Brothers Brick] More: Lego that makes you want to cry Nightmare Lego How To: Build a 3D Lego Halloween Pumpkin Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in LEGO | Digg this!

DownloadTube Is a One-Click YouTube Conversion and Download Site [YouTube] Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:00 PM PDT If you're looking for a simple, one-click, solution for converting and downloading YouTube videos sans software, DownloadTube is a free tool for web-based YouTube file conversion. More »

The NBA Banned This Shoe For Being Too Awesome [Overachievers] Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:00 PM PDT For the first time ever, the NBA has banned a sneaker for creating an "unfair competitive advantage." So wait—does this mean Heelys are kosher? More »

Barnes & Noble holding a 'very special event' next week Posted: 19 Oct 2010 02:50 PM PDT Can you believe it's almost been a year since the Nook was announced? The reader was first shown to the public on October 20th last year, and started shipping to the public in limited quantities in December. We don't know if Barnes & Noble is planning a follow-up just yet, but this mysterious invite we just got in the ol' email inbox might hint at such an occasion. Last year's event in NY was at a much larger venue, while this year B&N is hoping to cram people into its Union Square store in the area it typically hosts authors for book readings -- that could be a hint at something less impressive, or maybe they just wanted to cut costs. Maybe Chairman Leonard Riggio is going to read a book to us! Hopefully it's a little more exciting than that, and we'll be sure to tell you all about it either way. Barnes & Noble holding a 'very special event' next week originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

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