When we first offered up a download of the song "No Waves," by SoCal garage rockers FIDLAR (whose name, incidentally, stands for "Fuck It Dog, Life's a Risk"), we praised its lo-fi production... full story ![]()

The VHS was first launched 57 years ago today - and to mark the occasion, Google has let selected videos use a 'VHS simulator'.
dailymail.co.uk (1 month and 2 days ago)
In honor of the 57th anniversary of the first commercial video cassette recorder, YouTube today is offering "VHS mode" on several of its videos.
pcmag.com (1 month and 2 days ago)

This week marks 57 years since the birth of commercial video recorders - and while most of the world has largely abandoned the technology, not everyone has forgotten about it. Including YouTube. The Google-owned video sharing site has today added a "tape mode" to certain videos in its archive, allowing you to recreate the feeling of watching a videotape - with all the fuzz,...
huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 3 days ago)

Good news for slackers: Evidence suggests that playing March Madness at work might actually improve productivity. And two new surveys show employer antipathy to office fun-and-games is mellowing.
abcnews.com (2 months and 1 day ago)
Lat Ware placed the NeuroSky headset on my 10-year-old son's head and then began making the adjustments. The device detects brain waves, and then digitizes them. Ware, 28, had to make sure the headset was picking up the right waves before the real fun could begin.
latimes.com (2 months and 13 days ago)
Cat waves at its reflection in mirror, but does it recognize itself? (VIDEO) by Karen Workman Digital First Media Published Apr 9, 2013 10:47AM MDT Science tells us that cats and dogs don’t recognize their own reflections in the mirror, but this cat may be out to prove science wrong. Cat waves at its reflection in mirror, but does it recognize itself? (VIDEO)Watch as a black...
sltrib.com (1 month and 8 days ago)

If you long for the days of speckled images and crackling sounds, head to YouTube because it's now letting users relive the era of cassette tapes with a "VHS mode."
latimes.com (1 month and 2 days ago)

He wears a red, white and blue tailcoat coupled with a spangled cowboy hat. He waves at cars and trucks. He waves at a kid on a skateboard. He waves at an ambulance, red lights flashing and sirens wailing. He even waves at a passing freight train. The temperature is ...
bangordailynews.com (3 months and 6 days ago)
Cat waves at its reflection in mirror, but does it recognize itself? (VIDEO)Watch as a black and white cat identified as "Sox" by its owner perches on the corner of a bathtub, peering curiously into a mirror. Keep watching - at about a minute in, the cat picks up its front paws and appears to wave at itself.Is the cat really seeing itself? Certain types of monkeys along with...
news-herald.com (1 month and 9 days ago)
The men behind Found Footage Festival and Found magazine went head-to-head in a contest to determine which format of cultural refuse—VHS or print—proved more entertaining.
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