Your Daily... for Sept. 29, 2006
Friday, September 29, 2006
FoxyTunes 2.0.2
Web searches - find lyrics, artist images, videos, bios and more, while listening to music with FoxyTunes. [see demo movie]# FoxyTunes Mini - now you can enjoy your music with FoxyTunes even when you're not in Firefox. It's the only music desktop widget with its own tabbed browser! Wink [see demo movie]. Currently, only supported on Windows.# Info Box - your music "dashboard". Shows song info, album art, recent history and more... [see demo movie]# Podcasts and Web media - quickly preview any podcast, stream any or all episodes to your player, and, if you like what you hear, subscribe. Find music on the Web pages you visit, and stream it to your media player with a click.
technorati tags:technology, internet
Something looks... different.
So what's new? First, we've added some things you've been asking for, such as unread counts and "mark all as read." Folder-based navigation makes it easier to organize your subscriptions, and the new expanded view lets you quickly scan over several items at once. And we've made sharing much easier - with a single click of the "shared" icon, you can publish an interesting item on your public sharing page for your friends to see. So give the new Reader a try. We hope you like it!
Official Google Reader Blog: Something looks... different.
technorati tags:technology, internet
Tony Stark will be played by Robert Downey, Jr.
Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
"Aint It Cool News" is reporting that the lead role of Tony Stark in the upcoming Iron Man movie will be played by none other than Robert Downy, Jr. For those uninformed of the Iron Man mythos, Tony Stark is a rich and well-respected man who develops a substance abuse problem. Hmm...
And a word of advice for this film so it doesn't go down the path of all the other comic book films. DO NOT MAKE THE WHOLE MOVIE A FREAKIN' LOVE STORY!technorati tags:current events, entertainment
WOLVERINE CLAWS
The outfit was visualized, conceived, and conceptualized entirely by Nate, as were the claws. However, Nate did pick up quite a bit of help along the way as friends came forward to participate in the creation of what many said was "The most accurate costume I have ever seen..."
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Ass in the Box
assinthebox.com
Enjoy sending a completely original spring loaded surprise to those on your A-Hole list...They will receive their specially gift wrapped glossy white box, cut the fancy bow and KA-BOINNNGGG! A custom made Spring Loaded Ass in their face will shock and surprise them!
Enjoy sending a completely original spring loaded surprise to those on your A-Hole list...They will receive their specially gift wrapped glossy white box, cut the fancy bow and KA-BOINNNGGG! A custom made Spring Loaded Ass in their face will shock and surprise them!
technorati tags:entertainment
Liquid Sculpture
Martin's creative uses of high-speed photography make it possible to capture the smooth and effortless curves of liquid, eliciting a childlike sense of fun and whimsy.
About the Artist - Liquid Sculpture
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Atari Music
In 1982, the record label Kid Stuff started putting out records based on the most popular video games. The first three albums were for Atari's flagship games: Asteroids, Missile Command, and Yars Revenge. Each included an incredibly catchy theme song followed by a usually rather nonsensical adventure story.
WFMU's Beware of the Blog: Atari Music
technorati tags:pop-culture, music
Songbird 0.2 “Test Flight”
A Songbird “test flight” is a public test version, like what “beta” used to mean. The official 0.2 release is still weeks away.
Songbird 0.2 “Test Flight” | Songbirdnest.com
LOST WINONA
WINONA Ryder is just as loopy as she's always been. The pixiesh actress, who's been palling around with her new best friend Kate Moss lately, wandered into the SoHo shop Lounge on Sunday looking "very spooked out," an eyewitness said. "She entered through the back door and seemed lost and confused, and after looking through the entire store approached a sales rep." Ryder then shrieked, "Where am I?" before "wandering back out on the street. It was so weird." A rep for the star, who was once busted for shoplifting in Beverly Hills
LOST WINONA - New York Post Online Edition: Gossip
NBC clicks YouTube duo
Joe Bereta and Luke Barats, whose YouTube "channel" is one of the viral video site's most popular, are making the jump into television, inking an overall deal with NBC Universal Television Studio.
Variety.com - NBC clicks YouTube duo
Monday, September 25, 2006
The Department of Beer, Photo ID and Sheetrock (video)
It's a good thing that the police take really drunk people off the streets, cause, you know, they might actually hurt themselves:
WFMU's Beware of the Blog: The Department of Beer, Photo ID and Sheetrock (video)
"Dinner with Drac".
Dr. Terror's BLOODCURDLING House of Horrors: Dinner is served.
The original 45rpm version of "Dinner with Drac".
The original 45rpm version of "Dinner with Drac".
technorati tags:pop-culture
John Hodgman - The I'm a PC guy
John Hodgman is a very intelligent man.He is also a very strange man. His book, The Areas of My Expertise (which has just been released in paperback by Riverhead), is an omnibus compendium of probable falsehoods. According to the dust jacket, the arenas of his know-how are centered primarily on “matters historical; matters literary; matters cryptozoological; hobo matters; food, drink, and cheese (a kind of food); squirrels and lobsters and eels; haircuts; utopia; what will happen in the future; and most other subjects.”
Sweet information! - Arts - The Phoenix
He's even got a blog. http://areasofmyexpertise.blogspot.com/
technorati tags:pop-culture
Woman caught growing grass for cow
A POLISH woman who grew marijuana to calm the nerves of her cow has been charged with cultivating a narcotic by police in the western town of Lobez.The cow had been "skittish and unruly" – once breaking a person's arm – until someone suggested mixing cannabis in with its feed, the woman told police."The cow became as calm as a lamb," the 55-year-old woman said, according to the PAP news agency.
Woman caught growing grass for cow | The Daily Telegraph
technorati tags:current events
Beware the killer teddy bear
A stuffed Paddington Bear turned killer this month at a Fish and Game hatchery in Milford. The bear was dropped into a circular pool by a "person or persons unknown" and clogged the flow of water, killing 2,500 rainbow trout, according to a statement from hatchery supervisor Robert Fawcett."RELEASE OF ANY TEDDY BEARS into the fish hatchery water IS NOT PERMITTED,"Fawcett said in a written statement. He urged anyone who drops a teddy bear in the water to find a fish culturist to remove it. "They might save your teddy bear, and keep it from becoming a killer," he said.
Concord Monitor Online Article - Beware the killer teddy bear - Your News Source - 03301
technorati tags:current events
Friday, September 22, 2006
Tom Waits - Bottom Of The World
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards is a wide-ranging collection of 54 songs - including 30 new recordings – equaling over three hours of rare and never-before heard music. The set comes complete with a 94-page booklet.
To be released Nov. 21st 2006.
Pee Wee Herman - PSA 1992
Pee Wee Herman (Paul Reubens) wants you to know that crack is whack. He shot the 30-second spot as part of a plea deal stemming from his infamous indecent exposure arrest in 1992.
Pee Wee Herman on Crack -- "It Isn't Kids Stuff" - TMZ.com
technorati tags:entertainment, video
Pee Wee's New Adventures
Paul Ruebens has been riding high since the re-airing of his acclaimed children's show "Pee Wee's Playhouse" on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.So high, in fact, that in a recent Time magazine interview Ruebens says he is about to make two more Pee Wee movies and the first one going into production early next year!
Pee Wee's New Adventures - TMZ.com
technorati tags:current events, entertainment
Viacom's MTV to buy Harmonix for $175 mln
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks said on Friday it will buy Harmonix Music Systems Inc., a maker of music-related video games, for $175 million.Shareholders in Harmonix, developer of the PlayStation 2 game Guitar Hero, may also be eligible for incremental earn-out payments through 2008, MTV said in a statement.
Viacom's MTV to buy Harmonix for $175 mln | Mergers & Acquisitions | Reuters.com
Does this mean the game formats will now consist of reallity shows.
technorati tags:current events
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
The Best of The Harveyville Fun Times!
A sampling of the best material from the long-running "Harveyville Fun Times!" fanzine featuring articles about various Harvey Comics characters such as Casper, Richie Rich, Hot Stuff and Sad Sack. Edited by Mark Arnold.
The Best of The Harveyville Fun Times! by Mark Arnold (Book) in
Earth - View from Saturn
Not since NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft saw our home as a pale blue dot from beyond the orbit of Neptune has Earth been imaged in color from the outer solar system. Now, Cassini casts powerful eyes on our home planet, and captures Earth, a pale blue orb -- and a faint suggestion of our moon -- among the glories of the Saturn system.Earth is captured here in a natural color portrait made possible by the passing of Saturn directly in front of the sun from Cassini's point of view. At the distance of Saturn's orbit, Earth is too narrowly separated from the sun for the spacecraft to safely point its cameras and other instruments toward its birthplace without protection from the sun's glare.
Scientists Find 'Lucy' Species Skeleton
NEW YORK — Scientists have discovered a remarkably complete skeleton of a 3-year-old female from the ape-man species represented by "Lucy."The discovery should fuel a contentious debate about whether this species, which walked upright, also climbed and moved through trees easily like an ape.The remains are 3.3 million years old, making them the oldest known skeleton of such a youthful human ancestor.
Newsvine - Scientists Find 'Lucy' Species Skeleton
technorati tags:current events
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Dr. Suess Unorthodox Taxidermy
Seuss embarked on an ingenious project in the early 1930s as he evolved from two-dimensional artworks to three-dimensional sculptures. What was most unusual for these mixed-media sculptures was the use of real animal parts including beaks, antlers and horns from deceased Forest Park Zoo animals where Seuss’s father was superintendent. Unorthodox Collection of Taxidermy was born in a cramped New York apartment and included a menagerie of inventive creatures with names like the “Two Horned Drouberhannis,” “Andulovian Grackler,” and “Semi-Normal Green-Lidded Fawn.”
T.M.X. Elmo
Fisher-Price, a unit of Mattel Inc., on Tuesday took the wraps off T.M.X. Elmo, ending months of unprecedented secrecy that's had the toy industry abuzz. Until the unveiling, only about 50 people had seen it. He's still red, fuzzy and really ticklish, but now Elmo's laughing fits have him slapping his knee, falling to the floor, rolling over and pounding his arm.
Newsvine - Fisher-Price Unveils T.M.X. Elmo
Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics-The DC Indexes
a searchable source for DC title, story, character, and creator information.
Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics-The DC Indexes
technorati tags:comics, pop-culture, entertainment
Finger Forks
No more sticky fingers! Feel like Edward Scissorhands as you stab at your party food delights. These stainless steel finger forks are ideal for buffets and parties. Good fun and great to use!
technorati tags:technology
Monday, September 18, 2006
Telezonia
Telezonia (1974) - Google Video
A strange instructional video that teaches you, to use the phone all you have to do is travel to an alternate dimension.
Shark that walks on fins is discovered
BANGKOK, Thailand - Scientists combing through undersea fauna off Indonesia's Papua province said Monday they had discovered dozens of new species, including a shark that walks on its fins and a shrimp that looks like a praying mantis.
Shark that walks on fins is discovered - Yahoo! News
Brad Pitt in the next installment of "Mission Impossible." ?
Rumor has it that Parmount Pictures is looking to replace Tom Cruise with Brad Pitt for it's next installment of "Mission Impossible." In turn it would also make Brad Pitt the highest-paid actor in history. Brad Pitt's production company Plan B is based out of Paramount, so this does make some sense.
technorati tags:entertainment
Saturday, September 16, 2006
How Was "Starbucks" Named?
According to Howard Schultz's book Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time, the name of the company was derived from Moby-Dick, although not in as direct a fashion as many assume. Gordon Bowker liked the name "Pequod" (the ship in the novel), but his creative partner Terry Heckler objected: "No one's going to drink a cup of Pee-quod!" Heckler suggested "Starbo," the name of a mining camp on Mount Rainier. Combining the Moby-Dick idea with "Starbo" resulted in the company being named for the Pequod's first mate, Starbuck.
How Products Were Named: How Was "Starbucks" Named?
technorati tags:pop-culture
Friday, September 15, 2006
Flickr tag browser
Flickr Related Tag Browser from AirTight Interactive: An engaging visual way to explore tagged photos.
technorati tags:internet, technology
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