An anonymous reader writes “I’ve managed to go my entire adult life without owning an actual camera. I’ve owned photosensors that were shoehorned into various other gadgets, but I’ve gotten to the point where the images produced by my smartphone aren’t cutting it. My question: what camera would you recommend for getting into basic photography? I don’t mean that in the sense of photography as a hobby or a profession, but simply as a method (more…)

Modern Republicans have a simple approach to politics when they are not in the White House: Make America as ungovernable as possible by using almost any means available.

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cylonlover writes “In an activity that for many of its participants is akin to a religion, the merging of surfing and technology might seem a bit like blasphemy. But while surfing is still about lifestyle for many of us, these days it’s also a competitive sport offering huge amounts of prize money, so it’s no surprise to see the emergence of boards packing more than just polyurethane within their fiberglass shells. With the aim of ‘turning feelings (more…)

The Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day have nothing on the Super Bowl. Without being an official holiday, the gonzo game has flags, food, friends and drink aplenty — and can claim the largest national TV audiences ever.

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Said Jaziri, a controversial Islamic cleric who had been deported to Tunisia from Canada, was caught east of San Diego after he was allegedly smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico earlier this month. Jaziri was a Montreal imam who led Canadian protests against against a Danish cartoonist who made light of the prophet Mohammad in 2006.

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An anonymous reader writes “Street lights are an important part of our urban infrastructure — they light our way home and make the roads safe at night. But what if we could create natural street lights that don’t need electricity to power them? A group of scientists in Taiwan recently discovered that placing gold nanoparticles within the leaves of trees causes them to give off a luminous reddish glow. The idea of using trees to replace street (more…)

In his defense, everything is reversed in a mirror, so this looked like a really good idea when he started.

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Sgt. Adam Sniffen from the 101st Airborne Division delivers the game ball via parachute before the Michigan vs. MSU game at Michigan Stadium on Oct. 9, 2010.

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Two goals from striker Luis Suarez book Uruguay’s passage to the World Cup quarter-finals after they beat South Korea 2-1.

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KingofGnG writes “Computer threats are continuously evolving, and some malicious codes are a problem difficult to tackle because of their inherent complexity and an intelligent design capable of constantly putting under pressure security companies. A remarkable ‘intelligent’ threat is for instance Sality, the ‘new generation’ file virus that according to Symantec has practically turned into an ‘all-in-one’ malware incorporating botnet-like functionalities (more…)