Fixed That For You of the day: NSA's Ugly Slideshow Gets a Makeover

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Fixed That For You of the day: NSA's Ugly Slideshow Gets a Makeover
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You'd think the National Security Agency could afford a decent designer with their vast resources and classified budget, but as you may have already noticed, the recently leaked slideshow on the PRISM program suggests quite the contrary. So freelance designer Emiland De Cubber took it upon himself to help out the clandestine agency with their horrible design choices by redoing the entire presentation, which is available for public viewing on the presentation site SlideShare. After learning it the hard way that they can't always keep their top secrets remain top-secret, perhaps the NSA won't skimp on that part of the budget next time around.

Controversy of the Day: Killer Instinct Was a Little Too Killer

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Controversy of the Day: Killer Instinct Was a Little Too Killer
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Microsoft just can't seem to catch a break this year. Already up against a tough crowd following the lukewarm reception of the XBox One unveiling, the latest strike against the company comes from yesterday's demo match of Killer Instinct, an upcoming reboot of the 1994 fighting arcade game, during which the male presenter (and the producer of the game) told his struggling female colleague and co-host to "just let it happen, it'll be all over soon." For more deets, check out Know Your Meme's coverage of E3 2013.

Troll Science of the Day: George Orwell's Eco-Friendly Power Generator

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Troll Science of the Day: George Orwell's Eco-Friendly Power Generator
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At this pace of Orwellian dystopia becoming a reality, we might as well replace the fossil fuels with his self-perpetuating outrage six feet under the ground.

DIY Craftsmanship of the Day: Driving Around in a La-Z-Boy Like a Boss

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Look at this man driving his La-Z-Boy like a boss down a street in China! According to a tipster in the comments section, some cities in the southern region of China now allow people to drive unregistered electric vehicles on the roads in an effort to promote the use of green cars.

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Hashtag of the Day: #NSAKidsBooks

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Hashtag of the Day: #NSAKidsBooks
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On Saturday, Twitter user @Darth asked his followers to submit parody titles of children's books incorporating the NSA's domestic surveillance scandal with the hashtag #NSAKidsBooks. After more than 2,800 mentions of the hashtag over the weekend, @Darth used the best submissions as his inspiration for a series of children's book cover illustrations (shown left).

Prank Artist of the Day: Adobe's Photoshop Live Retouches Photos of Pedestrians in Real-Time

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As part of Adobe's latest promotional event "Adobe Creative Day," Swedish digital artist Erik Johansson collaborated with the software company to startle a few Finnish pedestrians by photoshopping them into banner ads placed directly next to them at a bus stop. To execute this prank in real-time, Johansson quickly edited photographs of the pedestrians and pushed the images to the digital ad monitor while lurking in a surveillance van parked across the street. In just 72 hours of upload, the video has been viewed over 10 million times on YouTube.