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Some of Apple's recently revealed patent applications may spoil the surprise over how we'll interact with the Apple tablet . According to Apple Insider's speculations, the patent applications imply that we'll have a multi-touch gadget with tactile feedback. Apparently this batch of patent applications is for a dynamic surface which can "create physical bumps or dots for the user to feel when it is in keyboard mode." In theory, such a surface would allow you to orient your fingers better on the touchscreen for typing, but never interfere with other actions. As usual, this is yet another neat tease about the lovely tablet which will fit into my handbag one day. Let's just hope it's soon though, because all the rumors, speculation, and gossip are starting to drive me nuts. [ Apple Insider ]

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Around age 23, most men realize they'll be stuck in normal—work a normal 9 to 5, buy a normal house and lift heavy objects with normal strength. But at least we can stay warm, dammit. [ HotTopic via Geekologie ]

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Around age 23, most men realize they'll be stuck in normal—work a normal 9 to 5, buy a normal house and lift heavy objects with normal strength. But at least we can stay warm, dammit. [ HotTopic via Geekologie ]

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My brother worships two things: God and Subwoofers. We were raised to be quiet, well-mannered Lutherans. But for Erik, there was nothing quiet about the gospel. In church, he sang as loud as he could. He didn't care what anyone else thought – he was reaching out to the Lord and it was our problem if it made our ears ring. One Sunday, the rumbling bass and baritone voices in the choir sang, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," and Erik felt God's presence. That rattle and boom was God's voice literally vibrating his heart. We were still young but it decided everything: he would do the Lord's work and it would be loud. He enrolled in seminary as soon as he could, spent some time in the Holy Land and discovered that a low-end 25 watt sub could not adequately convey the genius of either John Paul Jones bass work on Led Zeppelin IV or the sermons of that other John Paul. Both required an upgrade to a 125 watt Miller & Kreisel MK II sub. God understood. My brother must not have mentioned his acoustic theory of divinity when he was ordained because the Bishop assigned him to an elderly congregation in rural Washington State. The greeting committee could hear Pastor...

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With 9,000 LEDs, a little superglue and some holiday magic, Siemens and artist Michael Pendry teamed up to turn a wind turbine outside Munich into "the world's biggest revolving Christmas star." It uses as much energy as a hairdryer. The Siemens SuperStar , which will stay spinning outside Munich through January 6th, was conceived as a project to celebrate sustainable energy and green innovation. The SuperStar's 9000 OSRAM LEDs emit the equivalent of 22,000 candles, shining in a variety of colors and an array of spectacular patterns. Long exposure photography was used to capture the SuperStar as a vibrant spinning disk as seen above, not altogether unlike the one recently created by aliens over Norway. The video below details the process of constructing the SuperStar and shows some shots of the wheel in action. Munich's Mayor, Christian Ude, has been an enthusiastic proponent of the energy-efficient spectacle from the start and hopes his city will be the first of its size to meet all energy requirements from renewable sources. [ Siemens via Inhabitat ]

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Nothing is more Christmasy to me than the Nutcracker. OK, and Christmas pudding. Sooooo—nothing is more Christmasy than the Nutcracker and Christmas pudding—and probably eggnog. Maybe Christmas carols too. OK. Nutcracker, Christmas pudding, eggnog, carols, and Saturn's moons. In space, nobody can see you dancing classical ballet while eating Christmas pudding dunked in eggnog while singing Xmas carols. And with nobody I really mean the Cassini spacecraft.

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You just saw a cute girl. How do you approach her? Do you follow her on Twitter in hopes of catching her attention? Friend her on Facebook? Get her number and call? This chart will help you decide. You can click on the image for a closer look. Yeah, the message is something you probably already knew: Stick to the old-school stuff. Get her number, call her up, go out for some ice cream, and see what happens. Then again, you never know, you might get the same result through Twitter. I'm not really here to judge, the chart is. [ SF Weekly ]

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Is it any surprise that when I asked a bunch of Gizmodo readers to share their holiday horror stories , you guys sent in tales of frozen cameras, technophobic dads and—yes—porn-filled PS3s? Frosty the Frozen Nikon A fellow who goes by Skunkabilly sent his pictorial tale on Flickr , which documents a camping trip to Monument Valley and the miserable story of a D90 which froze up—literally. Apparently the poor camera was set up outside the tent in an attempt to capture one of those gorgeous swirling-star slow exposures of the sky. I've lived in Southern California my whole life, so I don't really understand how this whole cold and frost thing works. When he woke up, his precious DSLR was covered with frost. "What the crap is this?" he asked himself. "Ahhh, yes. All hail Frosty the Nikon!" He tried to thaw his camera on the engine block of his Subaru, but ultimately decided to take it inside the car. Sure, it fogged up on the inside for a bit, but it was fine eventually, and the rest of the trip was smooth. The part that caught our attention though? Skunkabilly ended the tale by saying, "Hopefully I won't rappel into a pool and drown...

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Tales of Holiday Techno-Horror [Holiday Horrors]

Some researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have managed to accidentally cause $3 million of damage as they blew up one of their own buildings using a large-bore powder gun, a weapon which acts like a Civil War cannon. According to Project on Government Oversight's Senior Investigator, Peter Stockton, this incident "is a new twist in the long history of screw-ups by Los Alamos." I can't really blame him for saying that when testing a gun results in several million dollars of structural damage, propels doors away from the building, and leaves pieces of the weapon spread out on the ground outside. Geez. Let's look at the positive side of this though. The gun was a mess, but they discovered a heck of a bomb here, no? [ Pogo via Wired ]

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