Doctor, your dinner’s in the oven. Mmmmm, mmmm!

First, there’s going to be a remake of \’Fright Night\’, an actually pretty good vampire flick from the 1980s. I’m generally opposed to most remakes, but I think that this isn’t such an awful idea, since the premise itself is a good one. However, the remake’s director is the same guy who did \’Lars and […]

Most Six-Sided Dice Biased by 75%

The myth is true: Warhammer six-sided dice roll 1s more often. That’s the conclusion of an American engineering professor who rolled dice 144,000 times and dissected them using a hydrogen-cooled diamond saw. The experiment tested Games Workshop dice, Chessex dice, and precision casino dice. (View the rest of the article at Most Six-Sided Dice Biased […]

UK Police To Allow Gun Users To Renew Licenses With iPhone App

Sussex police are creating a number of iPhone apps for the public, including one to renew your gun license. Unsurprisingly, the plan has some anti-gun groups upset. Lyn Costello, of Mothers Against Murder and Aggression (MAMAA), said, \’This isn\’t suitable, especially in light of what happened in Cumbria. We\’ve got to be extra careful giving […]

Sizing up the iPhone 4 for shutterbugs

The original iPhone launched with a fixed-focus lens and a paltry (even for 2007) 2 megapixel sensor. The camera didnt get any improvements with the iPhone 3G, but gained another million pixels, autofocus, and a \’tap-to-focus\’ system—which links the focus control and autoexposure system to a specific point in the image—with the iPhone 3GS. It […]