56ft. tall Gundam robot that lights up at night? I think so!

A new washing machine developed in Britain uses only one cup of water:

It uses less than 10 per cent of the water of conventional machines and 30 per cent less energy by replacing most of the water with thousands of tiny reusable plastic beads to attract and absorb dirt under humid conditions

Very interesting video of tiny liquid iron particles reacting to a magnet. You wouldn’t think it would create that weird spiked circular design.

For 7 months the New York Times has been able to keep every major news organization from reporting on the kidnapping of one of their reporters by the Taliban. Fearing his value would rise and therefore make his rescue more difficult they even kept it off Wikipedia, a feat in itself.

Two teams have joined forces and won the Netflix prize submitting an algorithm 10.05% better than the current one.

Wasn’t a huge fan the first time I heard it, but it’s definitely growing on me

Yes I do consider ties basically the modern day noose, but this style is pretty sweet.

It’s a top 10 kind of day – Wired has the top 10 prison breaks of all time.

Hoop Doctors has the 10 greatest in game dunks of all time.

Bruno on Conan, both literally and figuratively

New movie about a guy who invents lying, looks pretty good, and I love Ricky Gervais

Why have I not seen a trailer for this movie yet? The movie is called Hurt Locker and it’s about the squads that defuse bombs in Iraq. I think the it looks pretty awesome, and by the way, it is certified fresh, running at 96% over at Rottentomatoes.

Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack Black – ROCKIN

John Hodgman at the radio and tv correspondance dinner

CNN has a great calculator giving you a value of how far your salary will go towards cost of living in other cities. Interesting to play with for people considering moving.

How come my computer won’t do this?

Years ahead of its time Hitler had created a “stealth fighter” similar to the B-2 bomber. The folks over at National Geographic have recreated it to see whether it was feasbile and the impact it might have had.