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30 Years of the Super Mario Brothers

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Mario, of Nintendo fame, is celebrating his 30th birthday. Wait, since I played Super Mario Brothers as I kid this would mean I’m–let’s forget about the age thing. But Nintendo has released a fun website celebrating Mario’s birthday milestone. If you go to the history tab, there are cute highlights …

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Could Cities Become Powered by Tourists?

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No, this isn’t some real-life Matrix meets Soylent Green dystopian match up. Pavegen–a company with a Soylent Green-esque name–has developed a type of flooring that generates electricity from people walking on top of it. They have received a lot of press lately because they are crowd sourcing funding to develop …

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Hot Topic to Purchase ThinkGeek

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Here’s where my “rebellious” years of high school meet my present geeky self.  Hot Topic is purchasing ThinkGeek. I’ve gone from using Manic Panic to Manically Panicking over this acquisition.   According to the Verve: ThinkGeek is pretty well known for its wide variety of kitschy, pop-culture focused offerings — …

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