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Apple is quite the nifty company. Possibly the “coolest” computer company ever to exist, as it successfully carved its way into the history books by merging MUSIC (hip) and HARDWARE (nerd) to create a little thing known as the iPod, which itself will be pop cultural hall-of-fame. Now apple is set to release a discography [...]

This is an upcoming World War II era animated action drama series which is being directed by two first-time Russian directors Misha Shprits and Aljosha Klimov, with production by acclaimed Studio 4°C, and funded by a Russian-Canadian company in Molot Entertainment. It is 1942. The Red Army is putting up a violent and effective resistance against the [...]

The Japanese have always had a thing about masks, from the elaborate theatrical kabuki masks to the traditional  oni masks that keep away bad spirits (and also seem to end up as common tattoo designs in the west). More recently though – it’s all about face masks that keep away nasty germs and viruses. You [...]

I came across these images when having a browse through the Guardian website. It was a nice sight for bleak morning eyes. Clark little is a hawaii based surf photographer. Being a long time surfer, Clark Little gained recognition for his photography with appearances on Good Morning America, Inside edition and many other local shows [...]

Broken skateboards are a byproduct of our culture usually destined for the landfill. The deckstool recycles this waste into a unique and interesting bits of furniture. It seems you can turn skateboards into pretty much anything these days. There is a funny little bit on their site explaining, how you use the deckstool: The deckstool [...]

No, not the space dudes, N.A.S.A. the Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon collab with a mind blowing multimedia project surrounding the debut album, The Spirit of Apollo.

Yep. They did it again. It’s smaller, better, faster stronger… oh wait. Blah blah blah, it’s latest little gimmick is that it uses VoiceOver technology, which enables the Shuffle to speak your song titles, artists and playlist names. Albeit in a Apple Robot voice. Screen? Who needs a screen? And seriously, they managed to make [...]

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Get your animated infographics on! Graphic artist Jonathan Jarvis has produced a great little short animated film explaining in plain english -the causes of the current economic crisis.  There’s been a whole load of cartoons and youtube vids attempting this – but this is definately one of the best. If you are feeling like a [...]

Khoda is a short film by Reza Dolatabadi. A graduation film that has so far won sixteen awards and is creating waves across the net. The film was produced over two years and 6000 paintings were painstakingly produced during to create this five minute animated piece. “Khoda is a psychological thriller; a student project which [...]

One Crazy Ride is a independent documentary film, chronicling a motorcycle expedition on uncharted roads across the Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh, situated in North-east India. A film on friendship, camaraderie and the “never say die” attitude of five motorcyclists in the face of unforgiving terrain. It’s a follow up to their award winning film [...]

Google earth is amazing. Honestly, why bother travelling anymore? Especially when you can find crazy weird stuff like this. Oh and it’s worth updgrading to the latest version of Google Earth – the 3D is pretty impressive. They’ve even mapped out some major cities in 3D. Go to GoogleSightSeeing for more fun stuff. More videos [...]

Okay so pretty much every geek on the internet is going mental about the imminent release of the Watchmen. Based on the critically acclaimed comic book of the same name – it’s one of the only comics that got into the prestigious Time Magazine ALL TIME 100 Novels. The film got into a big of [...]

At DEGOURGET we’re geeky and proud of it. That’s why I’m not afraid to stand up and say hell yes the idea of a G.I. Joe movie is damn appealing. Here’s the trailer that was shown during the Super Bowl. Haters be damned, 2009 is the year of the action figure. There’s Doctor Who, Sienna [...]

News report from 1981 – discussing a crazy new form of “electronic journalism”. This pre-internet technology is quite amusing. Still, I find it of poignant interest that this was already available to consumers in the year I was born. Apparently it took an entire two hours to download the electronic version of the newspaper over [...]