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Saturday, June 30, 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007
Wheelchair user taken on 50-mph ride
PAW PAW, Mich. - Ben Carpenter got the ride of a lifetime when his electric wheelchair became lodged in the grille of a semitrailer and was accidentally pushed down a highway for several miles at about 50 mph.His father, Donald Carpenter, was incredulous when police called to tell him his 21-year-old son was OK after the wild ride.
Wheelchair user taken on 50-mph ride - U.S. Life - MSNBC.com
technorati tags:current events
Thursday, June 28, 2007
John Cage Water Walk
YouTube - John Cage Water Walk
technorati tags:music, video, pop-culture
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
US Weekly Blacks Out Hilton Coverage
LOS ANGELES -- Paris Hilton gets out of jail on Tuesday and she won't be on the cover of US Weekly on Friday? How, short of the Apocalypse, is this possible?"When it came down to it, the staff and I felt what I believe a lot of people in America are feeling. Which is just enormous Paris fatigue," US Weekly Editor Janice Min told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
US Weekly Blacks Out Hilton Coverage - washingtonpost.com
technorati tags:current events
Fatone to Host NBC's `The Singing Bee'
NEW YORK — Joey Fatone's latest gig: hosting "The Singing Bee," a sing-along variety game show set to premiere July 10 on NBC.Fatone, one of the members of boy band 'N Sync, was a runner-up on the fourth season of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." The 30-year-old singer has appeared in several Broadway musicals, including "Little Shop of Horrors."Contestants on "The Singing Bee" will try to accurately sing the lyrics to the most popular songs of all time in a variety of karaoke-style competitions. If they mess up, they're out of the game.
Newsvine - Fatone to Host NBC's `The Singing Bee'
technorati tags:entertainment
Picasa Web Becomes Location Aware
Google's photo sharing site lets you see photo albums on a map. For each photo that has latitude and longitude, Picasa Web shows a small map in the sidebar.You can enter a single location for an entire album or place each photo from an album to a map using drag and drop. The desktop client can also geolocate photos using Google Earth.
I spent 20 min. messing with this. It's pretty cool.
Picasa Web Becomes Location Aware
technorati tags:technology
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
See who links to your site.
Google was giving out fortune cookies containing search tips at ALA. This cookie tasted like fruit punch and explained how to use the "link:" operator.
search for link:yoursite.com (your site of course replaced with your website.)
Google fortune cookie on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
technorati tags:technology
Monday, June 25, 2007
Is John Krasinski Fletch?
THE OFFICE star John Krasinski is reported to be being considered for the role of Fletch in the proposed new movie, FLETCH WON. The actor, who plays Jim Halpert in the popular NBC series, spoke to MTV where he said that producers had already contacted him about the role, and that he has read the script.
technorati tags:entertainment
Paris Hilton’s Home Gets Vandalized
Late last night someone tagged this message on the side of Paris Hilton's Hollywood house.
Meanwhile Paris plans to open a home for former female prisoners.
Hollywood Rag - Celebrity Ragazine | Paris Hilton’s Home Gets Vandalized
technorati tags:current events, entertainment
GrandCentral: The New Way to Use Your Phones
GrandCentral: The New Way to Use Your Phones
not your typical phone company. And these aren't your typical features.
- Check your messages by phone, email, or online
- Keep all your messages online for eternity
- Record and store your phone calls (just like voicemail)
- Quickly (and secretly) block an annoying caller
- Click-to-dial from your address book
- Surprise your callers with a custom voicemail greeting
- Turn your Mp3s into the ring tones your callers hear
- Forward, download, and add notes to your messages
technorati tags:technology
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
The Brady Bunch mistakes, goofs and bloopers
Revealing: When the Brady kids are practicing for the talent show, instead of saying, "Come on, Pete," Marcia says, "Come on Chris," which is the actor playing Peter's real name (Chris Knight).
The Brady Bunch mistakes, goofs and bloopers
technorati tags:pop-culture
Big Daddy (What Really Happened to the Band of '59?)
enjoy this great album from Big Daddy!Here's the track list:
1. I Write the Songs
2. Bette Davis Eyes
3. Super Freak
4. Star Wars
5. Whip It
6. Ebony and Ivory
7. You Don't Bring Me Flowers
8. Hit Me With Your Best Shot
9. The Rose
10. Just What I Needed
11. Hotel California
12. Eye of the Tiger
Go to the site below to download the album.
Way Out Junk: Big Daddy (What Really Happened to the Band of '59?)
technorati tags:music, pop-culture
True or False
1) Crocodiles must eat every day to survive.
2) The largest crocodiles live in saltwater.
3) Crocodiles eat plants and animals.
Click the link to find the answers.
Kid Cartoonists » Blog Archive » True or False
technorati tags:entertainment, comics
Dr. Feel-"Bad": Motley Crue Sues Manager for $20 Million
Claiming he manipulated drummer Tommy Lee and extorted the band, heavy metal icons Motley Crue this week in Los Angeles sued its manager Carl Stubner and his associates for more than $20 million for lost earnings and other damages. Ticketnews.com has obtained a copy of the lawsuit, which portrays Stubner as a virtual svengali who placed Lee in failing projects at the expense of Lee’s and the band’s reputation because Stubner profited from them.The band described a litany of lost tour and promotional opportunities it lost from 2005 to the present due to Stubner allegedly not making “Lee available on an exclusive basis” to the band for interviews, concert dates and recording sessions.
Dr. Feel-"Bad": Motley Crue Sues Manager for $20 Million | Ticket News
technorati tags:current events, music
'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' Singer Dies
NEW YORK — Hank Medress, whose vocals with the doo wop group the Tokens helped propel their irrepressible single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" to the top of the charts and who produced hits with other groups, has died of lung cancer. He was 68.Medress died Monday at his Manhattan home, relatives said.He was a teenager at Brooklyn's Lincoln High School when he launched his vocal quartet in 1955 with Neil Sedaka, performing as the Linc-Tones. When Sedaka departed for a successful solo career, lead singer Jay Siegel joined brothers Mitch and Phil Margo and Medress to become the Tokens.
Newsvine - `The Lion Sleeps Tonight' Singer Dies
technorati tags:current events, music
Amarok 1.4.6 Released
Your very own Amarok team announces the immediate availability of the latest 1.4 series release, 1.4.6.So, what's new?
* Funky new icon set, featuring KDE4 Oxygen colors by Landy DeField; for 2.0 he will be working to ensure that Amarok has a complete Oxygen icon set.
* Default database backend is a lot faster due to a new SQLite version.
* A gigantic load of bug fixes, the main focus of this release.
* Introducing rockbox support for iPod. * Performance tuning.
Amarok 1.4.6 Released | Amarok - Rediscover your music
technorati tags:technology, music
Friday, June 22, 2007
Disney cracking down on "ganglike presence"
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Walt Disney World is cracking down on rowdy teens and young adults at its Downtown Disney complex.Additional Orange County deputies have been assigned to patrol the area. Officials say they are trying to head off a "ganglike presence" at Downtown Disney.
Disney cracking down on "ganglike presence" | WINK-TV - Fort Myers, FL | Local & Florida
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Saturday, June 16, 2007
Friday, June 15, 2007
The Official Peanuts Website FAQ
Q. Who is the girl "with the naturally curly hair"?
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A. The girl "with the naturally curly hair" is known as Frieda.
Q. What about the Little Red-Haired Girl?
A. There are two different lines of thought about "the Little Red-Haired Girl."
1) If you purely follow the strip (which is the preferred interpretation of the story lines by most PEANUTS purists), the Little Red-Haired Girl is never given a name. Actually, she's never even seen in the strip.
2) The Little Red-Haired Girl did actually appear in one of the PEANUTS TV specials ("It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown," 1977), in which she was called "Heather." But in this instance, the creative decisions regarding her appearance were decided by the show's animators - not Mr. Schulz.
The Official Peanuts Website - Snoopy, Charlie Brown and Friends - Charles Schulz | FAQ/Contact Us
Whole lot of useless yet interesting facts found here.
technorati tags:pop-culture, comics
Blogged with Flock
Rock on chat symbol
I've decided that this -
lml
equals this
when chating with someone.
Rock on.
technorati tags:pop-culture
Blogged with Flock
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Blogger in Draft
Today we're announcing an exciting new feature, video upload, and an exciting new place to use it: Blogger in draft. We’re excited.You can think of draft as Blogger’s laboratory: it has features that we’re playing around with, trying out, and aren’t ready to “publish” to the main site.Our first drafted feature is video upload. We’ve added a new button to the post editor () that pops up a dialog you can use to upload a video right into your blog post.
technorati tags:technology
Squirrel goes on rampage, injures 3
BERLIN (Reuters) - An aggressive squirrel attacked and injured three people in a German town before a 72-year-old pensioner dispatched the rampaging animal with his crutch.The squirrel first ran into a house in the southern town of Passau, leapt from behind on a 70-year-old woman, and sank its teeth into her hand, a local police spokesman said Thursday.With the squirrel still hanging from her hand, the woman ran onto the street in panic, where she managed to shake it off.
Squirrel goes on rampage, injures 3 | Oddly Enough | Reuters
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Why do people yell "Free Bird!" at rock concerts?
It happens at nearly every rock show. During a lull, while the band's in between tunes, someone in the audience requests Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird." It's meant as a joke, but it's never really funny. So how did the unfortunate tradition begin?
Why do people yell "Free Bird!" at rock concerts?
technorati tags:pop-culture
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Knock to open
a James Bond-worthy concept: knock on the door in a certain fashion, and the door'll open automatically. The idea was perfect: no need to drill holes, sneaky enough so the landlord wouldn't accidentally trigger it, easy enough to remember.The implementation was a bit more difficult: We needed something mechanical to open the lock from the inside and something to detect the knocks themselves. The first of the two wasn't too hard: the lock has a 'knob' on the inside, so you can lock and unlock the room from the inside without having the key. The second probably could be solved with a microphone, a small amplifier and a microcontroller to detect the knocks and see if they're in the right order.
Sprites mods - Knock to open - Intro
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Halo's Todd McFarlane controllers and wireless headset
The controller art is done by Todd McFarlane (Spawn) and also comes with a Halo 3 figurine by McFarlane Toys. So, maybe, it will end up costing $60. We'll find out more closer to release and when these items become "official".
Halo's Todd McFarlane controllers and wireless headset - Joystiq
technorati tags:technology, comics
Boy-Band Mogul's Memorabilia Auctioned
Platinum and gold records, autographed posters and even a key to the city all went "Bye Bye Bye" at an auction as creditors liquidated the assets of boy-band impresario Lou Pearlman.Hundreds of bidders packed a downtown building Tuesday for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale. The auction was populated mostly by middle-aged men, not the screaming young girls who drove Pearlman's bands to multi-platinum success.
Newsvine - Boy-Band Mogul's Memorabilia Auctioned
technorati tags:current events
RealPlayer 11 Lets You Download Videos from the Web
The much-hated RealPlayer will get an upgrade that adds an easy way to download videos from the web, a slicker interface and a friendlier relationship with your computer. "The new RealPlayer gives consumers more control of Internet video than was ever possible before. By floating a download this video button next to video seen on thousands of Web sites, RealPlayer makes it one-click simple," said Rob Glaser, chairman and CEO of Real in a press release.
Google Operating System: RealPlayer 11 Lets You Download Videos from the Web
technorati tags:technology
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Toilet Water Cleaner Than Fountain
Middle School student Kyleray Katherman had a hunch something was amiss with the school's drinking fountain water. And right he was.For an English assignment, he tested the bacteria content at four water fountains and one toilet to challenge a ban on students from bringing bottled water to class. It seems some were using it to sneak in alcohol.Guess which was cleaner? It wasn't the water fountains.
technorati tags:current events
Monday, June 11, 2007
Safari 3 for windows
Apple Safari 3 will be available on not just Mac… Windows users will finally get another decent alternative to IE!!!!! Beta now available for both Mac and PC at http://www.apple.com/safari/ (Windows XP and Vista compatible)
technorati tags:technology
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Friday, June 08, 2007
flickr upload plugin for picasa
picasa2flickr: A simple "plugin" that allows picasa users to upload their photos to flickr.
picasa2flickr - flickr upload plugin for picasa
technorati tags:technology
Scientists create robot toddler
OSAKA - A group of scientists in Japan have developed a humanoid that acts like a toddler to better understand child development.ADVERTISEMENTClick Here!The Child-Robot with Biomimetic Body, or CB2, was developed by a team of researchers at Osaka University in western Japan and is designed to move just like a real child aged between one and three years old.
Scientists create robot toddler - Yahoo! News
technorati tags:technology, current events
Thursday, June 07, 2007
The First Email turns 34
The First Email: "first messages were sent in late 1971. The next release of TENEX went out in early 1972 and included the version of SNDMSG with network mail capabilities. The CPYNET protocol was soon replaced with a real file transfer protocol having specific mail handling features. Later, a number of more general mail protocols were developed."
Official Google Blog: Spice up your schedule with the Google Calendar gallery
Official Google Blog: Spice up your schedule with the Google Calendar gallery: "Don't you think that calendars should be more than lists of appointments and meetings? Well, we think an online calendar should be filled with what interests you most, which is why we just unveiled the Google Calendar gallery. Those of you with Google accounts and your friends (who might not have one) can create, share and save your favorite upcoming events directly in Google Calendar."
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Google Toolbar
Bookmark frequently visited pages and access them from anywhere
Search smarter with instant suggestionsas you type in the search box
Share web pages with friends via blog, email, or SMS.
I'm happy to see the google bookmarks addition, I just wish Flock would add this to it's browser. That and Picasa web albums.
technorati tags:technology
Blogged with Flock
Monday, June 04, 2007
Fingerjig Typing Game
Fingerjig is a 6 minute game that tests your typing prowess. Words are randomly chosen from a dictionary of over 70,000. You must try to type them as quickly and accurately as you can!
Jonathan Miles: Fingerjig Typing Game
technorati tags:technology
Chuck Norris Facts
Want to add your own chuck norris fact to a shirt?
Use the "Text" tab in the top right hand corner of the shirt designer
technorati tags:pop-culture
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Friday, June 01, 2007
Jim Smith Ren and Stimpy Layout Drawings For Sale
Jim Smith is one of the most talented artists I've ever had the pleasure of working with. Jim heard that the Archive was doing a fundraising drive, so he dug in his closet to find drawings for us to sell for him. A portion of the proceeds from these auctions will be going to support the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. The opening bid is low, so you've got no excuse but to bid. Here's your chance to own a great drawing from the original Ren & Stimpy Show and help the Archive at the same time! Thanks Jim!
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive: Auction: Jim Smith Ren and Stimpy Layout Drawings
technorati tags:art
Crapola Web Translator
a script to translate web pages into a particular vernacular you specify. The outcome is often funny.
here's a translation of this site if written by smurfs
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