Google Notebook has a new UI that uses AJAX a lot (here's the old one, for reference). "After a long slog, our sexy new version of Google Notebook is out. There are still bugs and things missing, but I think this version is a lot more fun than the old one," says Kushal Dave on his blog.
Google Operating System: Stylish New Design in Google Notebook
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BEIJING - Environmental officials in central China may stop the construction of a 21-kilometer (13-mile) -long dragon planned as a tourist attraction because of the environmental impact, state media reported Wednesday.The dragon is to snake its way along the top of a ridge of Shizhu Mountain, which was designated a national forest park in 2005, and environmentalists fear the 300 million yuan project could damage the local ecological system, Xinhua News Agency said.
China plans 13-mile dragon to fire up tourism - Asia Travel - MSNBC.com
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# Self-publishing software for creating custom scrapbooks or comic books# Take screenshots of video games; drag-and-drop into comic book templates# Choose fonts, colors, and effects with intuitive editors; add text and balloons# Save comic book as PDF file and share online with friends
Amazon.com: Comic Book Creator: Software
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Make Music Videos with fliptrackYour Pictures + Music from our library = Music Videos you can legally share anywhere on the internet!
fliptrack: put your life to music
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ToonDoo is a wacky way to get creative with comics. You can now create your own comic strips, share them or insert them in your blogs with just a few clicks and drag-n-drops!So what are you waiting for? Let’s get started!
ToonDoo - The Cartoon Strip Creator - Create, Publish, Share, Discuss!
Saturday Night Live's producers, especially Lorne Michaels, have famously and dramatically banned for life several celebrities from ever appearing on the television show. Reasons for these bans vary, as sometimes they can be seen as a rational response to a star's grossly innappropriate on-stage behavior, while at other times the reasons are harder to understand as they stem from far more mild, or even superficial transgressions.
People banned from SNL - Infamous moments in Saturday Night Live history - Zimbio
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Michael Jackson has plans for a 50-foot robotic replica of himself to be sited in the Nevada desert just outside Las Vegas.The plans are a part of a promotional assault on the city should the singer land a semi-permanent show there, according to the New York Daily News.Mike Luckman, of media consultants Luckman Van Pier, said: "It would be in the desert sands. Laser beams would shoot out of it so it would be the first thing people flying in would see. Neon is wonderful, but it's old school."
Michael Jackson to build robot replica in Las Vegas? | News | NME.COM
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Juicing up your cell phone or iPod may take on a whole new meaning in the future. Researchers at Saint Louis University in Missouri have developed a fuel cell battery that runs on virtually any sugar source — from soft drinks to tree sap — and has the potential to operate three to four times longer on a single charge than conventional lithium ion batteries, they say.
'Juiced-up' Sugar-Fueled Battery Could Power Portable Electronics
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The Pulp Fiction director feels he was born to write--because it's in his soul, and though he'd never seriously suggest he's prolific Shakespeare reincarnated, Tarantino can't rule the possibility out.He tells GQ magazine, "I've always had a thought maybe that I might have been Shakespeare in another life."I don't really believe that 100 percent, and I don't really care about Shakespeare, I've never been into Shakespeare, but then people are constantly bringing up all of these qualities in my work that mirror Shakespearean tragedies and moments and themes.
Quentin Tarantino: 'I May Have Been Shakespeare in a Past Life' at Hollywood.com
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"I Flew in a Flying Saucer" Parts 1 & 2 from Ray Palmer's OTHER WORLDS SF magazine.
datajunkie: Flying Saucer Au-Go Go!
When you install Firedoodle, you add a whiteboard to every web page you visit using the Firefox Browser. This is great for reviews, jotting ideas, or just goofing off. You can also mark your place on looooong pages so if you need to leave and come back, you can easily pick up where you left off. It's easy to use and you can even save your highlights or placemarks
Firedoodle - Turn the web into a whiteboard
There's an easter egg related to the new themes added in Google Personalized Homepage. If you chose any theme other than Bus Stop and Classic, visit the homepage at 3:14 AM (your local time)*.
Google Operating System: Easter Egg in Google Personalized Homepage
foldschool is a collection of free cardboard furniture for kids, handmade by you. The downloadable patterns can be printed out with any printer. Follow the instructions and assemble a stable piece of furniture.
foldschool - cardboard furniture
mooncalfe is starting a Draw Power Girl meme, taking i took a cue from [info]dryponder's impressive Draw Supergirl meme. i reposted the Power Girl i posted last entry, but with some edits and slightly altered colors. anyway, when you draw her, send me the link and i'll put it on the master list. so draw Power Girl and make her awesome!
Beer Pc, la macchina dei sogni
Plan 9 From Outer Space, Edward D. Wood, Jr., 1959
film_stills: Plan 9 From Outer Space, Edward D. Wood, Jr., 1959
Every wonder what happens to the 10 people a year who die mid-flight? Well, if you're flying British Airways you get the final upgrade. Corpses fly first class.
From Times Online: Paul Trinder, who awoke to see the body at the end of his row, last week described the journey as "deeply disturbing", and complained that the airline dismissed his concerns by telling him to "get over it".
Corpse On A Plane: Dead Woman Moved To First Class - Consumerist
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MONTPELIER, VT. — Thirteen-year-old Katharine Tuck's sneakers smell as bad as they look.Now, at least, the Utah seventh-grader can afford some new ones.On Tuesday, she out-ranked six other children to win $2,500 in the 32nd annual National Odor-Eaters Rotten Sneaker Contest, stinking up the joint with a pair of well-worn 1 1/2-year-old Nikes so noxious they had the judges wincing."I'm so proud of the little stinker," said her mother, Paula Tuck.
Newsvine - Utah Girl Boasts Stinkiest Sneakers
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As one aspiring weatherman learns the hard way, broadcast journalism is not as easy as it looks. And neither is talking. Or even just standing there.
Current TV // Google Current - Venetian * // Bad News
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Frets on Fire is a game of musical skill and fast fingers. The aim of the game is to play guitar with the keyboard as accurately as possible.
SourceForge.net: Frets on Fire
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David Byrne, former lead singer of the Talking Heads and pretty much the coolest geek on the face of the planet, spoke out against DRM and big record labels this week at South by Southwest. He predicted that online sales would surpass CD sales by 2012, forcing labels to choose between accepting music sales as a loss leader for tours and merch, focusing more on marketing for many artists, or only shooting for mega-stars like Britney Spears.
David Byrne: Labels Should Ditch DRM, Accept Music Sales as a Loss Leader - Gizmodo
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50 Pulp covers - count 'em 50!
datajunkie: The Amazing Fantastic Other Worlds of Astounding Imagination!
Created by Question Mark Entertainment, this nifty TIE Fighter speaker system
TechEBlog » Star Wars TIE Fighter Speakers
For just $19.99, you get a LED faucet light that streams blue water normally, but turns red as soon as it hits 89 degrees. Gimmicky, sure, but at that price how could you say no?
Color Changing Faucet Actually Available for $19 - Gizmodo
I present you with this T-shirt which mounts an animated (but unplayable) game of Pong on the bony forefront of your chest, using some unspecified display tech and two AAA batteries.
Animated Atari Pong T-Shirt - Gizmodo
Here is an alternative to the E-Book readers, instead of glaring at the LCD you read the actual book but instead of manually flipping the pages it is automatically done. The gizmo I am referring to is the Book Time 5000 from Nishizawa Japan. It is the size of a 21 inch television which allows you to place almost any book, once placed just relax and the pages are flipped with the press of a button.
Book Time 5000 - Automatic Manga reader - Newlaunches.com
Here's a cool remix by Hyperlexic of Buk reading three poems (NSFW) while accompanied by some ambient beats moderne.
WFMU's Beware of the Blog: Pouring Some Beer on the Curb for Charles Bukowski
EZTV has been the leading TV-torrent distribution group for over a year
now. They collect and distribute the TV-torrents, that find their way
to millions of people every week.
First of all, there’s nothing worse than an alarm clock on Monday mornings! So imagine now an alarm clock that won’t stop ringing every morning until you give it some money! Your worst nightmare has arrived with the BANCLOCK, which is, as you have guessed, an alarm clock that needs a coin every day to shut up.
Akihabaranews.com : BANCLOCK, the first racketeering alarm clock!
this excellent mouse cover shaped like a Japanese Omuraice (a rice omelette). This is a typical Japanese dish in which an omelette covers (more or less) a rice dish, with a little bit of ketchup on top, or curry, depending on your taste. And let’s not forget to add plenty of cheese. This is the perfect dish for kids and salarymen. Personally, I like this dish but always have a hard time being productive after wolfing it down. Also, this mouse cover is compatible with PCs and Macs, and even the WOW OS Home, Business and Ultimate.
Akihabaranews.com : The SolidAlliance Omuraice (Rice Omelette) mouse cover
some megazoom fun with the lunar eclipse...
March 3rd/4th witnessed a total lunar eclipse, the moon being engulfed
in the earth
’s shadow. The eclipse continued for six hours with the best views in
Europe, Middle East, and Africa. It was not so visible in other
continents. This photo, taken in South Shields, United Kingdom, vividly
shows the sequence of the moon’s appearance...
The potential series, one of 14 pilots that will be produced by Touchstone Television this spring, features the cavemen as they "struggle with prejudice on a daily basis as they strive to live the lives of normal thirty-somethings in 2007 Atlanta."
Geico cavemen could star in TV series - CNN.com
March 6th is Michelangelo's birthday! To celebrate the birthday of one of the world's most inspiring artists, I invite you to participate in this project.
What you do:
Do something creative this Tuesday, March 6th. It can be something you love to do, something you've forgotten how to do, something you've never done and always secretly wanted to try. Here's your excuse!
Some ideas are:
- paint/draw/collage- sculpt (like the master)
- write a poem, a short story
- take a photo- visit a museum or art gallery
- sew
- cook something exciting you've never made before
- see an art film, foreign film, or movie about an artist
"The A-Team": Will Hollywood soon pity the fool? Top Cow's Silvestri — who holds claim to the TV show's movie rights — tells us that the underground mercenaries are still in the running for a potential big-screen franchise. "It's one of those situations where we've had more than a couple scripts written that just haven't nailed it yet," he said, promising "when the script comes in that everyone is happy with, then it'll be made."
MTV Movie News | Big-Screen News From NYC Comic-Con: Kevin Smith, 'Spirit' And More
After a night at the pub, Buster Martin began to head home. On his way home Buster Martin showed that, even at 100, he still knew how to handle himself when he was confronted by the teenagers after a night at the pub.Whether it was the alcohol or nerves of steel, the World War II veteran scared his three attackers so much they fled empty-handed.
DailyCognition.com - 100 Year Old Man Kicks Teenage Gang's Ass with 'Kung Fu'
Pilots and other military types say “roger” to acknowledge receipt of a message or instructions. “Roger” at one time was the phonetic designation for the letter R, which in turn stood for “received.” Why not just say "received"? From a safety perspective, it makes sense to use standardized language, particularly when dealing with international operations. An American pilot may not understand German, but they both understand aviation terminology. The International Civil Aviation Organization oversees this standardization and disseminates it accordingly.
WORLD NEWS: Why do pilots say "roger" on the radio?
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