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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>  hi i’m kevin and let me give you a warm welcome to the new kiddie porn version of my z-list ultra celebrity blog, theory.isthereason. Confused? Aren’t we all. I mean, no one truly knows what we’re doing here on earth, but hey, don’t fret, we’ll find out soon enough.</description><title>.:: brainopera ::.</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @brainopera)</generator><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/</link><item><title> The Periodic Table of the Social Media Elements</title><description>&lt;img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksni26k2OD1qzqhkeo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rickliebling.com/2009/02/23/the-periodic-table-of-the-social-media-elements/"&gt; The Periodic Table of the Social Media Elements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/234148931</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/234148931</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:27:41 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Did You Know 4.0 - The Fall 2009 version of ”Shift...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6ILQrUrEWe8&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6ILQrUrEWe8&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Did You Know 4.0&lt;/b&gt; - The Fall 2009 version of ”Shift Happens” video includes facts and stats focusing on the changing media landscape.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Developed in partnership with The Economist. For details, see &lt;a title="http://mediaconvergence.economist.com" target="_blank" href="http://mediaconvergence.economist.com/"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mediaconvergence.economist.com"&gt;http://mediaconvergence.economist.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com." target="_blank" href="http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com./"&gt;&lt;a href="http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com"&gt;http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://youtube.com/user/xplanevisualthinking"&gt;xplanevisualthinking&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/233601114</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/233601114</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:09:32 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>The Chinese Social Media Landscape (via @ganglu)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksjjw6AlaU1qzqhkeo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mobinode.com/2009/11/03/the-chinese-social-media-landscape/"&gt;The Chinese Social Media Landscape&lt;/a&gt; (via &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ganglu/status/5390414979"&gt;@ganglu&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/231953417</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/231953417</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:16:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>DIY steady cam rig for iPhone 3GS as seen in behind the scenes...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2_NsyvY62k4&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2_NsyvY62k4&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;DIY steady cam rig for iPhone 3GS as seen in behind the scenes of “Play” by BJSR (via &lt;a href="http://youtube.com/user/BJSRmusic"&gt;BJSRmusic&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/223935954</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/223935954</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:27:24 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>How To Talk To Your Cat (Video via Howcast.com)</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="330" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=3120&amp;theme=black" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="flashVars" value="&amp;fs=true" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=3120&amp;theme=black" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="330" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="&amp;fs=true"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.howcast.com/videos/3120-How-To-Talk-To-Your-Cat?ref=htd"&gt;How To Talk To Your Cat&lt;/a&gt; (Video via Howcast.com)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/204228828</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/204228828</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:55:30 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>30 Years of Mouse Evolution (via AppleInsider)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqwd0jETZh1qzqhkeo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/02/apple_plans_mighty_mouse_makeover.html"&gt;30 Years of Mouse Evolution (via AppleInsider)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/202701205</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/202701205</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:09:55 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Business Reply Mail pamphlet encourages office workers to revolt...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqw1yvVXEv1qzqhkeo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://centennialsociety.com/business_reply/businessreply.htm"&gt;Business Reply Mail pamphlet encourages office workers to revolt&lt;/a&gt; (via &lt;a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/02/business-reply-mail.html"&gt;BoingBoing&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“This small, sixteen-page pamphlet is produced to put inside the postage-paid, business-reply envelopes that come with junk mail offers. Every envelope collected is stuffed with the pamphlet and mailed back to its original company.”&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/202561408</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/202561408</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:11:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharpen photographs by capturing multiple low-quality images...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqslcsCZBm1qzqhkeo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sharpen photographs by capturing multiple low-quality images instead of a single higher-quality image (via &lt;a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/cameras-0930.html"&gt;MITnews: Stay focused&lt;/a&gt;). Would love an iPhone App for that!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/201014687</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/201014687</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:19:40 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>POSER! - The history and evolution of the “Peace...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0GLJRzuodKo&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0GLJRzuodKo&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;POSER! - The history and evolution of the “Peace Sign” (via &lt;a&gt;WongFuProductions&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a&gt;@skinnylatte&lt;/a&gt;). If you enjoyed this, check out the &lt;i&gt;wikipedia of asian poses&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;a href="http://asianposes.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://asianposes.com"&gt;http://asianposes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/200613973</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/200613973</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:13:04 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>M65 Recoiless “Nuclear” Rifle - The Problem: With a...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/khyZI3RK2lE&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/khyZI3RK2lE&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtube.com/user/Mobius08"&gt;M65 Recoiless “Nuclear” Rifle&lt;/a&gt; - The Problem: With a range of 3 miles, the fire team would be exposed to the fallout. It’s a last ditch weapon.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/200468731</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/200468731</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:44:56 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>What if Halo had launched on a Mac? - The Globe and Mail
A...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/y2obYHzJ3n8&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y2obYHzJ3n8&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a&gt;What if Halo had launched on a Mac? - The Globe and Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A decade ago, Master Chief was to make his début on an Apple machine. Instead, his defection to PC ushered in a 10-year gaming drought. Today, Mac gaming looks poised for a comeback.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/200122466</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/200122466</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:29:41 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Bizarro Japanese Sesame Street (via DannyChoo)</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ulHWeJaJArQ&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ulHWeJaJArQ&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulHWeJaJArQ"&gt;Bizarro Japanese Sesame Street&lt;/a&gt; (via &lt;a href="http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/25110/Japanese+Festivals.html"&gt;DannyChoo&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/199785467</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/199785467</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:31 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy - Incredible fan-made movie based...</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="220" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6784359&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6784359&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6784359&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="220"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy - Incredible fan-made movie based on Hideo Kojima’s game (via &lt;a href="http://www.mgs-philanthropy.net/eng/"&gt;HIVE DIVISION | Official Movie Site&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/199418522</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/199418522</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:56:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>$250 DIY version of Homeland Security’s...</title><description>&lt;embed src="http://blip.tv/play/g4FggaOTdwI%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="302" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;$250 DIY version of Homeland Security’s “Dazzler”, a non-leathal green LED flashlight which induces sea-sickness (via &lt;a href="http://www.ladyada.net/make/bedazzler/index.html"&gt;Ladyada&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/199356076</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/199356076</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:24:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Yudu Personal Screen Printer ($299 via  YUDU Products)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqp130LPIE1qzqhkeo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yudu Personal Screen Printer ($299 via &lt;a href="http://www.whatdoyudu.com/products/detail.aspx?id=625000"&gt; YUDU Products&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/199346360</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/199346360</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:09:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Ridiculous state of mobile device connectors - This is an actual...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqox0iV2Vc1qzqhkeo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ridiculous state of mobile device connectors&lt;/b&gt; - This is an actual 6-in-1 USB charging data sync cable for Apple iPhone, iPod, Sony PSP, Nintendo Gameboy, DS Lite, and Mini USB devices ($6.99 via &lt;a href="http://www.meritline.com/usb-charging-data-sync-cable---p-37816.aspx?source=dealnews"&gt;Meritline.com&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/199286514</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/199286514</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:41:05 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Glow in the Dark Keyboard Stickers ($9.95)For your...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqovxnn8Zh1qzqhkeo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://baronbob.com/glowingkeyboardstickers.htm"&gt;Glow in the Dark Keyboard Stickers&lt;/a&gt; ($9.95)&lt;br/&gt;For your non-illuminating keyboards.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/199270950</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/199270950</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:17:46 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Honda U3-X, the Japanese subtle answer to the Segway (via...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I6gz3_ez2lk&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I6gz3_ez2lk&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/25113/Honda+U3-X.html"&gt;Honda U3-X&lt;/a&gt;, the Japanese subtle answer to the Segway (via DannyChoo).&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/199267602</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/199267602</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:13:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>First public deployment of Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) at...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QSMyY3_dmrM&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QSMyY3_dmrM&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;First public deployment of Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) at last week’s G20 protests (via &lt;a href="http://gizmodo.com/5369190/lrad-sound-canon-used-on-pittsburgh-g20-protesters?autoplay=true"&gt;Gizmodo&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/199110342</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/199110342</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:05:27 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Brilliant Open Letter Song On Piracy To Lily Allen (via...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HL9-esIM2CY&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HL9-esIM2CY&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brilliant Open Letter Song On Piracy To Lily Allen (&lt;a href="http://torrentfreak.com/a-brilliant-open-letter-song-to-lily-allen-on-piracy-090926/"&gt;via TorrentFreak&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/197777382</link><guid>http://brainopera.tumblr.com/post/197777382</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:46:40 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
