links for 2010-06-12

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• Linkin Park Frontman Joins Stone Temple Pilots for New Song
  It's never too late for an aging rock outfit to reinvent itself, as Stone Temple Pilots set out to prove by inviting Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington to perform with the band in the studio and in concert. Bennington made a surprise performance with STP at KROQ's annual Weenie Roast concert Saturday night, according to Rolling Stone. He sang […]
  Chelsea Stark
• 15 Mind-Bending Panoramic Photo Fails
  Smartphones have made taking panoramic photos easy for even amateur iPhotographers (or photoids). Unfortunately, easy doesn't always mean stellar quality. Panoramic fails have resulted in disembodied heads, extra-long Corgis and funhouse mirror-style bodies. Ouch 1 Image courtesy of Reddit, mcphadenmike 2 Image courtesy of Imgur, ImOnlyMakingAnAccountCu […]
  Annie Colbert
• 17 GIFs That Express Your Graduation Day Feelings
  Congratulations, today is the day you graduate from student to real-world adult. It's terrifying and exciting, happy and sad, exhilarating and slightly mundane (the hours-long process of people receiving their diplomas can really be a drag) All in all, the process of graduation is bittersweet, age-old and marks the end of an era. To help you cope with t […]
  Neha Prakash
• Wooden Pinhole Cameras Make Old-School Techniques Cool Again
  Digital cameras are great, but like most electronics, they likely won't withstand the test of time in, say, a century from now. So Slovenian industrial designer and self-taught carpenter Elvis Halilović developed pinhole cameras that he and his brother make out of locally-harvested chestnut and maple wood. The ONDU Pinhole Cameras, as Halilović has bran […]
  Vignesh Ramachandran
• The 15 Best Free iPad Games
  Not all iPad games are created equal, especially when it comes to cost. You might download a great game only to fall into a trap of ugly graphics, bad controls and in-app purchases. Lucky for you, we've tested 15 games for their fun factors — and they're all free. You'll find complicated strategy games, creative titles and games you can play a […]
  Chelsea Stark
• Windows Phone: Time for Microsoft to Put the Pedal to the Metal
  Greg Sullivan, Microsoft's Windows Phone marketing lead, was grinning from ear to ear when we sat down for an interview earlier this week. Market research firm IDC had just anointed his phone platform a solid Number 3, beating the once-dominant Blackberry platform for the first time. "It’s very refreshing," Sullivan told me. Granted, Windows P […]
  Lance Ulanoff
• Epson Moverio Smart Glasses Display a 360-Degree Video Wall
  Google Glass may have stolen the show at Google I/O this year, but Glass wasn’t the only pair of smart glasses displayed at the event. Enter Epson Moverio Epson used used I/O as a place to showcase its Moverio BT-100 smart glasses, with an exhibit in the YouTube Developers Sandbox showing the high-tech glasses running a virtual YouTube wall. Unlike Google Gl […]
  Emily Price