Deadmau5 (also known as Joel Zimmerman) is one of the largest names in the electronic and house music scene — and he also happens to be a major tech head. Recently, the Canadian producer added some impressive new gear to his productions, in the form of a massive LED-covered cube and signature mau5head (that’s pronounced “mouse-head” in case you couldn’t guess). Read along after the break for an exclusive look at exactly what’s going on inside the mind of Deadmau5 — both literally and figuratively.

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This is a 40,000 megapixel, 280,000 x 140,000, 360 degree picture of the 868-year-old Strahov Monastery Library in Prague, Czech Republic. A lot of numbers, right? Here’s more: the gigantic picture is actually made up of 2,947 different images that added up to 283GB and took over 111 hours to stich together. More

You might have known it inherently: arriving at a messy desk Monday morning, you don’t feel like charging into work. A scientific study, however, explains what clutter does to your brain: it competes for attention, and crowds out the actual thoughts you want to move through. More

Feeling a twinge of guilt as you chug down the highway in your SUV? Now you can now ease your mind with green car tune-ups — no Prius necessary.

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Amazon’s taken a leap into the cloud, and they’re taking your music with them. But what exactly is Amazon Cloud Drive? And more importantly: how do you use it? More

As this 1998 PSA on internet safety reminds us, the web can be a scary place. Remember not to trust strangers on the net – especially if you happen to be talking to them on what looks like Microsoft Word. More

Acer’s had its fair share of Iconia’s land in the past few months, but none are as breathtaking (and potentially world-changing) as the Iconia-6120. Said machine was priced at €1,499 earlier in the year, but that doesn’t mean an awful lot to folks situated in America and the Great White North. As of today, consumers in both of those nations have a price and release date to ponder, with $1,199.99 (both US and CAD) netting you a touchbook with two 14-inch Gorilla Glass touchpanels, a Core i5 CPU, 4GB of memory, integrated Intel HD graphics and a 64-bit copy of Windows 7 Home Premium. You’ll also get USB 3.0 support, a 640GB hard drive, a 1.3 megapixel camera, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, an HDMI output, gigabit Ethernet, a chassis that weighs in at 5.95 pounds and a battery that’ll probably sputter along for nine or ten minutes (on a good day). Lookin’ to dive right in? Amazon, as well as “other” fine e-tailers, should be taking orders momentarily.

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It's taken them a good while, but Vimeo finally has an app—enabling you to upload quickly to your video channel, as well as do simple edits and naturally, watch others' videos. It's free. [iTunes] More

As we’ve speculated it might, Amazon has announced its own cloud-based media streaming service. It’s called the Amazon Cloud Player and you can start using it right now. More

There’s fewer than 800 Mountain Gorillas left in the entire world, and their survival depends in part on people willing to pay money to go see them. But all this human interaction is bringing gorillas into contact with dangerous diseases. More