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Some things are just worth saving.

The Visual 6502 is a chip simulator, but not in the normal sense; it’s a way to truly keep this early microprocessor alive. Instead of simulating the running code, this simulator simulates the actual connections, gates, etc and has them activate just like the real chip (which, of course, means it runs the code correctly too).

And it’s very cool to watch!

 
This is a view of the entire chip - all 20,000 components, including an incredible 3510 transistors!.

To the right of the running chip is the code that it is executing…
but you’ll have to translate between binary and ML yourself…

The simulator has lots of options for viewing it in action - pause, step, zoom in and out, pan around during zoom, etc.

- The Visual 6502 -

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POTRTP: Picture Of The Random Time Period

Enjoy!

Original version was titled "The "Big Four" at the Yalta conference, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and Darth Vader"

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The best games are the ones that really bring you into the game world.

And are free.

Heroes in the Sky is, by definition, an MMO. There are lots of people playing at the same time as you. You can play alone or team up with them to take on the bad guys as your wing men, etc.

The game does a REALLY good job of bringing you into its world.

And it’s free.

 
Right from the title screen (and all the way through) the game has the right feel, and is 100% professional.

Early on (during the requisite tutorial missions), the view is a little limited…

But… Once you start picking your missions, the opportunities open up - and this is pretty mild compared to some of the scenes you might see!.

- Heroes of the Sky -

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POTRTP: Picture Of The Random Time Period

Enjoy!

Will the competitiveness never end?!

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I tend to consider myself pretty much the creative type, but sometimes I forget how far a little creativity can go!

Fortunately for the world at large, some people keep it in mind. Here’s one example of taking a very, very cheap commodity and turning it into actual art.

I present to you - Toilet Paper Rolls

 
Though these are (obviously) different pieces, they show how stark a difference the backlighting can make!

After the jump, each of the sets shows a close-up with normal front lighting, followed by a series of six rotation pics, and finally a backlit (awesome) version. Obviously, I’m not showing them quite that way here!

I’m not sure quite why, but, even though this is one of the simpler examples, it’s one of my favorites.

- Original Images (and many more!) -

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I first saw Doodle God on the iPhone (where it’s humongously popular), and then my son showed it to me online - SWEET!

I don’t know what makes this game so engaging, but once you start, you want to keep trying combinations to see what cool thing you make next!

Some combinations don’t really make sense, but others are logically quite clever.

Doodle God requires Flash, so keep that in mind.

 
The intro sequence alone is cool enough to be worth the price of admission…

You start out with the four, basic categories (Earth, Air, Fire, Water), with one element each, but over time you add new categories and LOTS of new elements!

Successfully creating a new element is a celebratory moment, and you’re rewarded with a cool proverb, quote, or other catch-phrase each time.

- Try It Now on PlayedOnline.com -

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Recently we did a post on the "Awesome Scratch Built Plasma Rifle from Fallout 3 (with Build Photos!). While Fallout 3 is among my favorite games, here’s a replica weapon from Mass Effect - I’m not as familiar with the game, but the look of the weapon absolutely, stone cold rocks!

Note: This one also has build photos, only they’re much more detailed!

 
I think part of the reason I like this weapon so much is that I can imagine this being real in the not too distant future.

Here’s the very beginning of the project - a sketch of the rough pieces on uncut wood.

The article provides A LOT of step-by-step build pictures -  enough that, if you have the tools and the skill, you could duplicate the project!

- Original Article on VolpinProps -

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notiFINDER.com is a new service (still in beta) that helps you conquer the chaos that is CraigsList. You specify yoru search, the city to watch (you can have any number of searches running), and then an email address to notify.

When something(s) are found matching your search, you get an email! How cool is that?!?

 
I search for "apple" in Cleveland. Notice that there’s a new listing matching that search about every hour…

Maybe that’s too generic, so I change it to "apple laptop". The results now are only every 19 hours! That’s ruling out TOO much, so I think I’ll leave it as "apple". I enter my email addres and click [Add]…

Here’s the email I get from them the next day. There’re a few extra things, but close enough! I’ll keep getting these every day until I cancel that search. Cool, huh?

- notiFinder.com -

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