This week, Scam School reveals a computer-generated stack of cards that will allow the dealer to cheat and always win at Texas Holdem! Thanks to programmer Ben Joffe, who wrote a computer simulation and designed special decks of cards that will *always* allow the dealer to win, no matter where the deck is cut.

All you need to do is arrange your deck in the 2-player, 3-player, or 4-player stack and find the right moment to switch your stack for the shuffled cards in a game of holdem. Once your “cooler” is in the game, the player to your right can cut the cards anywhere, and the dealer is always guaranteed to win!

Watch the video after the jump…

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While Paranormal Activity is making the big bucks, if you ever see this lo-fi British zombie flick then you’ve probably helped cover a significant percentage of the budget.

See, Colin was made for $70 — yep, you heard right — by writer-director Marc Price, who utilised friends and strangers as actors, did special effects on the fly, and filmed a “battle scene” on the streets of London without permission.

His point of difference?

The film shows life — or death — from the zombie’s point of view. This twist on the formula was enough to get the film to Cannes, into UK cinemas and a wide DVD release. All for $70.

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Twitter Tools is an awesome Twitter plugin for Wordpress. I am waiting to see what the weekly digest looks like when it posts.

From the plugin page:

Twitter Tools is a plugin that creates a complete integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account.

Details
Twitter Tools integrates with Twitter by giving you the following functionality:

* Archive your Twitter tweets (downloaded every 10 minutes)

* Create a blog post from each of your tweets

* Create a daily or weekly digest post of your tweets

* Create a tweet on Twitter whenever you post in your blog, with a link to the blog post

* Post a tweet from your sidebar

* Post a tweet from the WP Admin screens

* Pass your tweets along to another service (via API hook)