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Wednesday, September 8, 2010 -

Quote to Live By:

“I know you’re scared; we’re all scared, but that doesn’t mean were cowards. We can take these skeletons, we can take them, with science.” – Ash from Army of Darkness

Up Front:

A Class To Die For: Course at University of Baltimore is a Real Thriller, Call it Zombies 101 [Baltimore Sun]

Gadgets:

Femtocells Can Help You Get A Better Cell Phone Reception At Home [Switched]
Facebook Usage Causes 20 Per Cent Drop in Exam Results Says Research [Fark]
Nintendo’s Next Console Will Leave You With Your Mouth Open [Kotaku]
YouTube Time Machine [GeekoSystem

Gaming:

Silent Hill 8 Announced for 2011 Release [Pop Culture Shock]
PAX 2010 – Preview Roundup” Epic Mickey, Dragon Age 2, More [Newsarama]
Portal 2 Puts the Operation in Cooperation [Topless Robot]

Culture:

The Drew Struzan ‘Hellboy’ Poster That Never Made It To Theaters [MTV Splash Page]
What if RoboCop, the Hobbit and James Bond were all one movie [io9]
13 Take-Charge, Kick-Ass Sci-Fi Princesses That Aren’t Named Leia [Blastr]
Fictional Biology of the Day: Toy Story Alien [Daily What]
The Best LEGO Star Wars Creations From This Year’s Building Contest [Asylum]

News:

Oracle to Pay Mark Hurd $950,000 a Year [Wall Street Journal]
Even Hit Like ‘Kick-Ass’ Can Seem Like Miss at Debut [NY Times]
White Hot: First Glimpse of January Jones as Ice Queen Emma Frost in New X-Men Movie [Daily Mail]

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