If you feel the need to rebel against the capitalism and global media dominance of Rupert Murdoch’s Newscorp, then this Chrome web app should save you the hassle of entering a list of Murdoch’s owned websites into your block list. To install the app, go to this page of Chrome Web App Store. There is a similar addon available for Firefox which can be found here: Firefox Addon – Murdochblock
For the comprehensive list of the websites that are blocked by the app, go to this wiki page. As rightly pointed out by commenter Alec on the app page, the websites of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph have been incorrectly blocked as well, even though these are not owned by Newscorp, but are owned by1Barclay Brothers. Probably, this is due to some confusion since Murdoch owns the Australian The Daily Telegraph (thedailytelegraph.com.au).
Now this is something absolutely brilliant. And we don’t get to say that very often. Production stuudio – Animatronic Ackbar brings to you another geek-niched documentary. And this one is about the 85 billion dollar industry, the Gaming industry. And by the looks of it, this is not about the corporations and the profit making life cycle behind the Ataris, Arcades, consoles etc. This looks more emphasized on the fandom and following of people in their 20′s and 30′s and above – who were brought up on these games. These are the gamers who assemble in annual conventions, compete against each other, and yet, are active and dedicated members of a strongly formed clan of game lovers. Check out the awesome trailer of this documentary below.
Animatronic Ackbar is “a Los Angeles based art collective specializing in all facets of digital media.” You can read more about them (but not really the movie, there’s not much out there about it) on their official site as well as their Facebook.
This is the new viral video of the season. T-Mobile have done it yet again. With help from creative geniuses from Saatchi and Saatchi, T-Mobile has recreated the widely appreciated Rovio smartphone game – Angry Birds, into a live event. Its better if I just keep my mouth shut and let the video do the talking.
There’s also an awesome video of the making of this awesome event. The sheer amount of work that has gone into this absolutely remarkable.
This brings me fresh memories of the time that I had to get a new keyboard every three months. Courtesy – Mortal Kombat, that was the time when we believed in the theory that the force of keyboard strike is directly proportional to Liu Kang’s kick. Enjoy!
And whilst we are in the Mortal Kombat zone of discussion, here’s one very awesome “Forever Alone – Tech Meme”.
