Thursday, August 31, 2006
Chimp Paintings
This ad is from the 1963 Sunset House gift catalog and it's for real. This is possibly the greatest product and/or service ever offered in the history of mail order.
A robot for your iPod
A new, $930 robot from Japan's ZMP Inc. called Miuro is designed around the Apple iPod. Built in partnership with audio giant Kenwood, it basically transforms an iPod -- which clips into the top of the robot -- into a remote-controlled BOOMBOX ON WHEELS, rolling around and blasting music.
THE RAW FEED: gadgets, games and geeks
technorati tags:technology, gadgets
'Apprentice' figure Carolyn Kepcher axed
"Mr. Trump wishes her the best," said Trump spokesman Jim Dowd, who confirmed she is no longer with the company. She had been chief operating officer of two of Trump's golf courses.Her leave-taking will have no impact on the upcoming sixth season of "The Apprentice," originating for the first time from Los Angeles, NBC said. Though production is completed, Kepcher was not part of the cast, which includes Trump children Ivanka and Donald Jr. It begins airing in January.
`Apprentice' figure Carolyn Kepcher axed - Yahoo! News
technorati tags:entertainment, television
"Simpsons" movie update
they expect the schedule to get more challenging as they go along, since the July release date is set in concrete while the amount of work is piled high.
What's a Booger?
Mucus is the sticky, slimy stuff that's made inside your nose. If you're like lot of kids, you have another name for nose mucus: snot. Your nose makes about a cupful (about 237 milliliters) of snot every day.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Cart Sculpture
Dumped supermarket trolleys litter our rivers and canals. Now one artist is rescuing them... to create these incredible wire sculptures that celebrate our water wildlife...
Off-Topic: Trolley good show - metallic art.
technorati tags:art, entertainment
man selling Gilligan's original S.S. Minnow
If you want to own an icon of television history, George Schultz of Parksville, B.C. has a deal for you: the S.S. Minnow from the 1960s television series Gilligan's Island."There have been a couple of modifications, so it doesn't look exactly like the original," said Shultz, a boat broker who's selling the 36-foot Wheeler Express Cruiser for fellow Parksdale resident Scotty Taylor. "But it's still the original boat."There were four Minnows used on the sitcom, Shultz said, but three others were props. This is the one they used for taking shots out on the water, he said.
CTV.ca | B.C. man selling Gilligan's original S.S. Minnow
CNN `Live From...' the Ladies Room
NEW YORK — Kyra Phillips, anchor of CNN's "Live From...," unwittingly upstaged President Bush's speech in New Orleans with on-the-air analysis of her husband and the marriage of her brother — all live from a CNN ladies room.Unaware that her wireless microphone was "live" during her break, Phillips could be heard overriding Bush's prepared address Tuesday as he was seen marking the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
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technorati tags:current events
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Dabble
Search, collect and organizeyour favorite web videos.
You don't need to join Dabble to find videos using the search service, but once you have a membership in Dabble, you can start collecting and organizing your favorite videos.
technorati tags:internet, technology, video
Saturday Morning TV Schedules of the 80s
Saturday Morning TV Schedules of the 80s
These are taken straight from his collection of TV Guides...
In The 80s - Saturday Morning TV Schedules of the 80s
If you're interested in viewing some of the intros here's a list of them at youTube
technorati tags:pop-culture, cartoons
The Art of Bill Robinson
Bill's Sketchblog
Bill just won the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2006 contest
Bill just won the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2006 contest
technorati tags:art, entertainment
Spiral Frog
SpiralFrog will be a secure environment where music lovers can satisfy their unyielding passion and thirst for music, entertainment, and information. Our site will be as multifaceted, smart, and current as the audience we hope to attract. An audience that we believe is the driving force behind the way music is created, discovered, and consumed today.Headquartered in New York City, the SpiralFrog website will debut in December 2006.
Pee! Diddy
I thought he got rid of the "P" because he said it was coming between him and his fans. Apparently now he wants us to be one with the pee.
technorati tags:video
Monday, August 28, 2006
Texan Foils Burglary In Britain Via Beatles Webcam
The man from Dallas was using a live camera link to look at Mathew Street, an area of Liverpool synonymous with the Beatles and home to the Cavern Club where the band regularly played.He saw intruders apparently breaking into a sports store and alerted local police.
Personal Tech Pipeline | Texan Foils Burglary In Britain Via Beatles Webcam
technorati tags:current events
tongue-in-cheek
A Polish man has a new tongue - made out of his buttocks.Jarislav Ernst, who underwent surgery at the Gliwice General Hospital, is delighted with his new fully functioning tongue.Doctor Stanislaw Poltorek said: "The new tongue is alive and well-supplied with blood, and the patient is doing well." Mr Ernst's original tongue was removed after it was found to be cancerous.Dr Poltorek added: "We removed the tumour-filled tongue and then collected skin, fat and nerve tissue from the man's buttocks and modelled that into a new tongue, which we sewed into his mouth."
Google Discloses Plans For Long-Awaited Office Suite
Google this week will launch Google Apps for Your Domain, a software bundle aimed at small and midsize companies. The free, ad-supported package combines Google's E-mail, calendar, and instant messaging with Web site creation software. It will be hosted in Google's data center, branded with customers' domain names, and packaged with management tools for IT pros.
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Micky's pre-Monkee single, "Don't Do It."
Micky's pre-Monkee single, "Don't Do It." over at dartman's blog.
technorati tags:pop-culture, music
Napoleon Dynamite Map of Preston Idaho
Napoleon Dynamite's Sweet Map of Preston Idaho
Napoleon Dynamite Map of Preston Idaho
technorati tags:entertainment, map
Easy, Cheap, Animated Cartoon in 10 Minutes
introEasy, Cheap, Animated Cartoon in 10 Minutes
This is a brilliant idea. Never even considered using the webcam as an animation camera in this way and the use of a dry erase board, genius!
Elton John Wants to Make Hip-Hop Album
Elton John tells Rolling Stone magazine that he wants to record a hip-hop album with Grammy-winning producer Dr. Dre."I want to work with Pharrell, Timbaland, Snoop, Kanye, Eminem and just see what happens," John says in the Sept. 7 issue. "It may be a disaster, it could be fantastic, but you don't know until you try."
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Beatboxen Bush
So, you wanna learn how to beatbox? GWB is back with another amazing performance. Surprisingly he is actually very good.
Friday, August 25, 2006
Soap pointing device
Soap is a pointing device based on hardware found in a mouse, yet works in mid-air. Soap consists of an optical sensor device moving freely inside a hull made of fabric. As the user applies pressure from the outside, the optical sensor moves independent from the hull.
FairUse4WM strips Windows Media DRM!
Windows Media DRM can now be easily and quickly stripped from PlaysForSure media services. Now watch as Microsoft shuts down the forums and runs damage control in order to prevent an digital media entire platform from collapsing.
FairUse4WM strips Windows Media DRM! - Engadget
Pop idol spills beans with J-Lo baby news
In an otherwise innocuous interview, McCartney disclosed that he is dating actress Katie Cassidy, daughter of baby boomer teen idol David Cassidy. He then spilled that his gal pal has been cast as Lucy Ewing in the big-screen adaptation of the 1970/1980s TV soap "Dallas."Then Locke inquired, "Oh, so I bet your girlfriend can give us the scoop on why Jennifer Lopez was fired from the movie?" Without thinking, McCartney replied, "She didn't get fired. She's pregnant."Oops. J-Lo and hubby Marc Anthony haven't exactly made that news public yet.Locke reports that McCartney then looked nervously over at his female handler and quickly changed the subject.
Pop idol spills beans with J-Lo baby news | AccessAtlanta
Macy Knocks Costar Lohan's Lateness
"I worry about these young kids – 15, 18, 20 years old – who in the span of one year become millionaires and powerhouses. It's too much power for a kid that age to handle."
Macy Knocks Costar Lohan's Lateness | William H. Macy, Lindsay Lohan : People.com
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Online reading: Joy Buzzards three-page story
Online reading: Joy Buzzards three-page story
Mark Smith and Dan Hipp have posted a three-page, color Amazing Joy Buzzards story on their MySpace and IGN.com blogs. Titled “The Fearless Vampire Hunters,” the short was created for Lo-Fi magazine, and is included in The Amazing Joy Buzzards Vol. 2 trade paperback.
technorati tags:comics
Woman Steals $2.3 Million to Gamble
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A former bookkeeper for a doctor's office pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing more than $2.3 million from her employer to buy lottery tickets.Annie Donnelly, 38, of Farmingville spent as much as $6,000 a day playing lotto and scratch-off lottery games, prosecutors said. She faces four to 12 years in prison for stealing the money from her employers, Great South Bay Surgical Associates.
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technorati tags:current events
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Vintage "PARTY GAGS" kit
It was produced in 1959 by a Chicago outfit called Fishlove, which was a respectable novelty maker that offered favorites like Yakity-Yak chattering teeth, and a line of "giant" products such as sunglasses, combs, and toothbrushes. (A company called Fun Inc. bought them out and still offers some of their line.) This set was "coincidentally" released the same year that S.S. Adams put out a similar boxed assortment called the "Life of the Party" set.
technorati tags:pop-culture
Astronaut Reveals Name of New Moonship
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. — The name of the new vehicle that NASA hopes will take astronauts back to the moon was supposed to be hush-hush until next week.But apparently U.S. astronaut Jeff Williams, floating 220 miles above Earth at the international space station, didn't get the memo.Williams let it slip Tuesday that the new vehicle's name is Orion.
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technorati tags:current events
Monday, August 21, 2006
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