Ideum's 100-inch MT-50 multitouch table supports 50 simultaneous touch points (video)
Surface? What Surface? Ideum, which popped out a rather gigantic MT2 multitouch table earlier this year, is now introducing another model that makes that fellow look like child's play. The 100-inch MT-50 is an outright beast, boasting 86 viewable
Parents must face sober facts on bingeing
I thought I was being smarter than my parents in being open with my kids about booze.
We
even converted our garage into a pool hall when our children were 17,
15 and 11 ? a safe house, of sorts ? figuring that, in time, the
inevitable experimenting
DWI chair on engine block
What do I hear for the world's slowest customized hot rod? The answer is more than $3,000, thanks to dozens of eBay bidders fighting for a souped-up La-Z-Boy chair that became famous when its drunken owner was busted for DWI. Dennis Leroy Anderson, 62,
NYU recruiting for Web show
New York University's popular Web version of "The City" is casting a wide net to expand its cast. Sean Patrick Murray, the young creator of Internet series "Under the Arch," which follows the lives of nine NYU students and their friends, will be
A Day of the Dead to remember
Eternal flame ... An all-night vigil marks the Day of the Dead at the cemetery in San Gregorio Atlapulco, Mexico City. Photograph: Alamy
A melancholy man lovingly decorates the grave of his dead wife with marigold petals and prepares for an all-night
The Monster Mash / Costume Thread
When I was a freshman in college I played this in my room before Halloween and my roommate hated it. Of course I played it again. And again. It still haunts him to this day.
What?s that? You?re still stuck at work? Let?s talk costumes.
What are you
Sexy Friday is Back and Dressed Up for Halloween
So here we are. Back to pictures of sexy people on Friday afternoons. Why? Because for the most part, the commenting was superb this week. We had one dumbass on Tuesday or Wednesday, and there was a case of failed sabotage this morning, but all in all
Robert Allenby vs. Anthony Kim: How to REALLY Settle This
We all know about the hullabaloo following the Presidents Cup match between crybaby Robert Allenby and purported 20-something drunkard Anthony Kim. After a very staged apology press release from the PGA Tour, it seemed like everything had been
The Informed Drinker: In the Beginning, There Was Vodka
The Informed Drinker is Austinist's new cocktail column. Each week, the city's bartenders tell us what to drink when. This week, a local vodka expert weighs in.
In the spirit realm?and here, delicate readers, we are referring to alcoholic spirits?vodka
Drunk hedgehog rescued in Devon
A hedgehog has been treated in an animal hospital after getting drunk on fermenting apples in an orchard.
The creature was discovered lying on its back and squealing last Wednesday and was helped by local wildlife rescue expert Ann McCormack at The
