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by Keith Shaw

Keith Shaw writes the Cool Tools column for Network World, and is the Multimedia Content Editor for IDG Enterprise, responsible for editorial video and audio content creation. Follow him on Twitter @shawkeith.

Trying to make Episode I better

Posted Feb 24, 2012 - 11:38 am

[chunklet]
Darth Maul, Episode I
Time Machine: This 1950 film features bad phone behavior

Posted Aug 31, 2012 - 12:27 pm

AT&T released another of its archived films today - this one from 1950 called "Telephone Courtesy".
1950s, archive footage
The 10 most-popular ITworld.TV blog posts in 2012

Posted Dec 26, 2012 - 08:01 am

Rounding up the year's biggest blog posts from this crazy blog.
2012, geek culture
Mash-up gold: Hobbits, Legos and Smaug the dragon

Posted Aug 22, 2013 - 11:38 am

This Lego animation of the second Hobbit movie trailer will get you pumped for the movie, or for playing with your Lego sets.
animation, Lego animation
How NASA beamed the Mona Lisa to the Moon

Posted Jan 17, 2013 - 03:03 pm

Demonstration uses lasers for two-way communication with satellites. Painting still safe at the Louvre.
emerging technology, moon
Hobbit mash-up, part 2: Minecraft meets Smaug

Posted Aug 22, 2013 - 01:10 pm

Watch a Minecraft-inspired animation of the Hobbit teaser trailer.
animation, Minecraft
Geekend: Demon-battling teens, Simon Pegg and Epic Journeys

Posted Aug 23, 2013 - 10:18 am

Time once again to forget about your work week and focus in on what you're going to be doing this weekend: It's Geekend time!
Geekend, Keith Shaw
Light Shooter lets you channel your inner Legolas, Hawkeye

Posted Aug 27, 2013 - 10:46 am

No arrow? No problem! Fire arrows virtually with this research project.
Japanese technology, video games
The top 10 viral ad videos of 2012

Posted Dec 13, 2012 - 02:29 pm

Next week we'll find out what were the most popular videos on YouTube during 2012 (I'm guessing that one of them is PSY's "Gangnam Style"), but the company has already listed the top viral ad videos for the year.
2012, advertising
Watch 40 lines of Tetris clear in under 20 seconds

Posted Aug 27, 2013 - 11:36 am

I guarantee you've never heard of this before now.
geek culture, Tetris

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