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    Vulture Bytes: iPad Coffee-Table Books, AutoTune Your Own News, and GIFs Made RealMash-ups with a Monty Python feel, and more.
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    Vulture Bytes: Ménage à Trois Headphones and Augmented RealityMiddle-school nostalgia by way of splitter headphones and 100-disc CD changers.
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    Vulture Bytes: D.J., Beat Box, Air Guitar EditionThis week, opportunities to be a digital D.J., a digital beat boxer, a frugal yet obsessive moviegoer, an obnoxious teenager, and an Air Guitar maestro.
  4. nuclear power
    Natural Disasters Affect Nuclear Plants in America, TooBecause Nebraska wasn’t busy enough dealing with flood waters.
  5. transformers
    Michael Bay Wants You to See Transformers in the Most Expensive Way Possible“3D was a forethought, not an afterthought.”
  6. beliebers
    Justin Bieber Proves Daily Intel WrongSomeday we’ll learn never to say never.
  7. weekend box office
    Cars 2 Wins the Box OfficeWho needs critics when you have kids?
  8. arab spring
    Yemen’s President Is Going to Come HomeHe hasn’t been heard from since flying to Saudi Arabia to treat his wounds.
  9. tracy morgan
    Tracy Morgan Appears Not to Have Offended Anyone in New York Last NightIt was his first appearance since this month’s flap.
  10. tv
    Your DVR and Cable Box Use More Energy Than Your RefrigeratorSet-top boxes cost Americans $3 billion per year.
  11. election 2012
    Mitt Romney Has a Point on Michele BachmannHighlights from a very early Iowa poll.
  12. coen brothers
    The Coen Brothers’ Next Movie Is About the Greenwich Village Folk SceneSpecifically the “Mayor of MacDougal Street,” Dave van Ronk.
  13. hack to the future
    LulzSec Says It’s DoneFifty days after the hacker collective started.
  14. laying off the layoffs
    Remember Those 4,100 Teachers Who Were Going to Be Laid Off?As expected, they won’t be.
  15. whitey bulger
    Whitey Bulger’s Still Got ItHe cracked a joke at his hearing.
  16. ryan murphy
    Ryan Murphy’s New Show Sounding Vaguely Like Glee“It’s a genre piece and it has creatures in it.”
  17. hulu
    The Coming Commercialization of HuluThere won’t be a DVR to save you.
  18. equal rites
    You Can Thank a Few Rich Libertarians for Gay MarriageThe momentary return of liberaltarianism.
  19. taxi!
    Hailing a Livery Cab About to Be As Legal As You Always Thought It WasWhat Albany was doing when it wasn’t passing gay marriage.
  20. transformers
    Russia Sees ‘Nothing American’ in TransformersAnd so ‘Dark of the Moon’ opens the Moscow International Film Festival.
  21. equal rites
    New York Gets In Bed With Gay Marriage, Celebrates AccordinglyThere were Champagne flutes.
  22. the muppets
    Weezer, Andrew Bird, My Morning Jacket Record Muppets Tribute AlbumPresenting ‘The Green Album.’
  23. south of the border
    The Pus in Hugo Chavez’s Pelvis Isn’t Stopping Him From TweetingBut it is stopping him from going home to Venezuela.
  24. vulture bytes
    Vulture Bytes: Studying, Vegging, and Being James BondBetter ways to study, watch TV, and be James Bond.
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    Vulture Bytes: Video Apps for Psychedelic NostalgiaA psychedelic videocam, a Broadway tracker, a nostalgic video generator, a lyrical Rock Band, and mature ringtones.
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    Vulture Bytes: Karaoke and JackasseryA trove of free audiobooks, a karaoke-anywhere app, an artistic statement for your phone, Johnny Knoxville on the iPad, and more.
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    Vulture Bytes: Piano and Guitar HacksInstapaper for video, a gadget that adjusts your guitar knobs, the easiest way to learn piano, and the new Nook.
  28. game theory
    From the Mixed-up Files of Jane E. McGonigalAn all-night scavenger hunt in the New York Public Library.
  29. vulture bytes
    Vulture Bytes: A Three-Camera Sitcom App, and Beating Your iPad With SticksPlus a LEGO Super-8 project for the true nerds among us.
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    Vulture Bytes: Cinema New and Old, With a Side of Super-CutenessYouTube goes to Blockbuster, a return to stop-motion cinema, and Photoshop on the iPad.
  31. never forget
    Obama Visits World Trade Center SiteThere, he silently laid a wreath in memory of victims.
  32. vulture bytes
    Vulture Bytes: Obsolete-Media Furniture and a Pinocchio StylusA chair made out of cassettes, Chap Stick for your iPhone, and a hands-free stylus you won’t want to wear in public.
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    Vulture Bytes: A Black Market Steve Jobs–in-Carbonite iPod Case, and How to Make Your MP3s Feel Like LPsGeorge Lucas meets Steve Jobs: Oh, the crossed geekstreams!
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    Vulture Bytes: How to Bring Bad 3-D Back to 2-DSpecial glasses that get rid of all that 3-D retrofitting, as well s the online video service you’ll want to ditch Netflix for.
  35. Franzenian DemocracyObama’s Freedom-y new definition of freedom.
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    Vulture Bytes: Listening in on Random StrangersPanoramic camera gear, moody covers of indie-folk songs, and a cheaper Kindle.
  37. 77 Minutes With Ken BurnsThe very busy documentarian plumbs the origins of his workaholism over a nice, tall nonalcoholic beverage at McSorley’s.
  38. vulture bytes
    Vulture Bytes: For the Young LoversAn app that lets two people listen to one song, a better way to manage podcasts, and more.
  39. vulture bytes
    Vulture Bytes: The Skeuomorph EditionA vocab lesson in the form of a cassette, a randomized movie clip app, and more.
  40. vulture bytes
    Vulture Bytes: How to Use Your iPad in BedYet another way to make Steve Jobs angry, a reminder that Google and Apple are at least on speaking terms, a bendable iPad stand, an Instagram for music, and a radio powered by your shower.
  41. vulture bytes
    Vulture Bytes: D.J. Apps, Sheen Blockers, and Beating Steve JobsPlus: Speakers that aren’t speakers!
  42. vulture bytes
    Vulture Bytes: Online Consumption (Plus SpongeBob)A phone, a watch, and three ways to feast on video and music.
  43. vulture bytes
    Vulture Bytes: Oh, the Places You’ll Go!Dr. Seuss, a USB turntable, second-monitor apps, and DIY green screens.
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    Vulture Bytes: iPad Paintbrushes and Party-Starting Charging StationsAn iPad paintbrush, a party-starting charging station, and a way to avoid hotel pay-per-view.
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    Vulture Bytes: iPhone Lenses, Netflix on Boxee, and Auto-Tune ToysiPhone camera lenses, Netflix on Boxee, and Auto-Tune toys.
  46. vulture bytes
    Vulture Bytes: Projecting Camcorders and an iPad Case That Deserves Its Own InfomercialA camcorder with a built-in projector, a better way to use iTunes, and a way to get a free iPhone at Target.
  47. wal-mart
    A Day of Wal-Mart Bashing, With a Side of Ground Zero Mosque Protests (Remember Those?)Before a City Council hearing, revisiting the last building that was supposedly going to disgrace the skyline.
  48. vulture bytes
    Vulture Bytes: Egypt Updates, Shazam-ing TV Shows, and Muppet iPad CasesPlus: a piece of plastic to make your life more cluttered, a table that plays music, and more.
  49. vulture bytes
    Vulture Bytes: Spy Kit, CorkPads, and Kindle SinglesA USB spy kit, an iPad case that looks like a bulletin board, and other fun things.
  50. vulture bytes
    Vulture Bytes: USB Outlets and Time-Traveling Hard DrivesPlus: a way to make your winter gloves iPhone-compatible, and more.
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