“The Beatles considered a [Lord of the Rings] film project and approached Kubrick as a potential director; however, Kubrick turned down the offer… a major hindrance to the project’s progression was Tolkien’s opposition to the involvement of the Beatles .
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Stanley Kubrick’s unrealized projects
A Walking Dead -themed burger made to taste like human flesh is coming to London The creators even consulted real-life cannibals to make the recipe (which doesn’t actually include any human flesh)
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A noodle seller in China’s Shaanxi province was arrested for seasoning his soup with powdered opium poppy to “make it taste better and to improve his business, ” according to news reports. Read the rest
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iOS 8.0.1 fixes a handful of bugs with the new update. Andrew Cunningham Apple has just released iOS 8.0.1, the first update to the new operating system that reached the public last week . The update is available through iTunes or as an over-the-air update for any device that runs iOS 8—the iPhone 4S or newer, iPad 2 or newer, and the fifth-generation iPod Touch. Though it comes just a week after iOS 8’s release, the 8.0.1 update fixes a wide-ranging list of problems. Apple has fixed the bug that was keeping HealthKit-compatible apps from working, and it corrected a problem where third-party keyboards could be toggled off after entering a passcode. The company also addressed photo library access for third-party apps, “unexpected cellular data usage when receiving SMS/MMS messages,” the Ask To Buy feature of Family Sharing, something keeping ringtones from being restored from iCloud backups, and “a bug that prevented uploading photos and videos from Safari.” Those updates are available for all devices, but the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus get one specific fix that is meant to make the Reachability feature more consistent. Read 1 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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Emmanuel Goldstein from 2600 Magazine writes, “Volume 4 of The Hacker Digest has been put into PDF format, comprised of issues of 2600 Magazine from 1987.” This was the first year that 2600 adopted the digest format. Read the rest
ideonexus writes: After Emma Watson gave a speech on the need for feminism (video) to the United Nations, 4chan users threatened to release nude photos of the Harry Potter star in retaliation, setting up the emmayouarenext.com website with a countdown clock. Now it has been revealed that the site was an elaborate hoax intended publicize a movement to shut down 4chan. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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The 1996 classic now runs in high resolution on modern computers and includes extra character classes. As someone who put hundreds (thousands?) of hours into the evil thing and its sequels, I’m not going anywhere near this. [ via ]
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Diablo 1 receives HD update
The Complete Elfquest is a mammoth graphic novel collecting the entire original series, as self-published by Wendy and Richard Pini from 1978-1985. Rob Beschizza sums up what’s so great about it. Read the rest
ferrisoxide.com writes: South Australia has hit its target of 33% renewable energy by 2020, 6 years earlier than expected, delivering clean power to the state through investment in wind, solar and geothermal energy — mothballing one coal-fired power station in the process. Not content to rest on their laurels, the SA government has now announced a new “stretch” target of 50% by 2025. South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill declared that despite initial upfront costs to renewable energy generators such as wind farms, the 50 per cent target will not add one extra dollar to energy prices. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Though the new iPhone is called the iPhone 6, we’re actually on the 8th generation of iPhone that has existed. But who cares about that. Let’s just see how much the camera—maybe the most important feature on the iPhone after messaging— has improved over those 8 generations. Hint: a lot. Read more…
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Here’s the same picture taken with every iPhone that has existed