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Best of the Rest (5.11.09)

by Thomas Houston on May 11, 2009 at 08:10 PM


There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
  • If you're online as much as we are, sometimes YouTube just gets boring. Inject some life into your viewing with Yooouuutuuube! Create your own here (use any video on YouTube) or just watch this 'Alice in Wonderland' one and you may glimpse nirvana in this life. [DownloadSquad]
  • J.J. Abrams's 'Star Trek' is finally out and the blogosphere is flooded with opinions. One of the more interesting responses we've seen is from Bad Astronomy, written by Phil Plait. The former astronomer took a look at what 'Star Trek' got right and wrong. [Bad Astronomy]
  • Sure, Twitter tweets have been mapped onto Google Maps before, but Stweet is the first time we've seen 140-character posts added to Street View. [Mashable]
  • Need a bit of overly dramatic, vaguely Shakespearean acting with your daily viral video fix? Check out "Bad Spell Check Theater" -- a comedy bit that mixes 'Masterpiece Theater' with a script that's been, well, badly spell checked. [Cracked]
  • If you really like showing off your aptitude for organizing falling blocks, this Tetris bracelt's for you. [geeksugar]
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