Today we're launching a new version of Blogger in beta! You've been asking for ways to do more with your blog, and you can with this new release. With the beta you can: * Categorize your posts with labels * Control who can read your blog * Change the appearance and content of your blog with your mouse instead of HTML
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Zookeepers in the Netherlands are planning to hook up Dutch and Indonesian orangutans over the Internet and believe the link could at some stage be used as an online dating service where apes could get to know one another and keepers could work out whether they would be compatible mates.
Online dating is planned for orangutans - Yahoo! News
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Apple has been pretty generous doling out free videos on the iTunes Music Store (at least to those of us in the United States), but they made it a bit challenging to find all the sweet, sweet gratis content. Enter the new Free Downloads page (iTunes link), it is your one stop shop for all the free videos currently available for download from iTunes.
Apple creates iTunes free video page - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
This Fat Albert album from 1980 is different than the one I've seen offered elsewhere. It's still got some great songs from Fat Albert and his gang.
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Windows Live Writer is a desktop application that makes it easier to compose compelling blog posts using Windows Live Spaces or your current blog service.
Writer Zone: Introducing Windows Live Writer
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Joe had an amazing way of taking advantage of Firefox’s class and sex appeal: “I began a ‘Firefox for Prom Queen’ campaign at my school. Though well-received by voters, the prom queen election officials informed us that web browsers, no matter how awesome they are, are not eligible for prom queen. I’ll just have to try again next year.”
The Fox Tales » Blog Archive » Firefox for Prom Queen!
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The OTR.Network is a new online resource for Old Time Radio (OTR) enthusiasts. We have over 11,000 OTR shows available for instant listening, and we add at least 100 more every week. Oh yeah, did we mention it's free?
This is a lot of fun...
An mp3 of The Shell Show (January 16th, 1937) starring Joe Cook, with special guest Mae Questel (as the voice of Betty Boop). Betty (Questel) shows up about half way through and she joins Cook in a musical fairy tale skit. Betty sings the Gordon and Revel "Shirley Temple" hit, Oh My Goodness and it could easily be the track of a lost Fleischer cartoon. Hmmm... Perhaps someone will be inspired to make it.
(Thanks, Mark Mayerson)
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via Music Thing "Here is a great old TV ad (which also appeared in the 'Moog' movie) featuring Edd Kalehoff, the man who composed the theme tune for 'The Price is Right'"
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The comic section of Nickelodeon Magazine now has it's own blog
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The sky will be brightened throughout August by meteor showers.Those watching the sky on the night of August 12, when the meteor shower is most visible, will have the opportunity to see shooting stars with the naked eye.If weather permits, anyone wishing to will able to observe an average of 70-100 shooting stars.
ZAMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER (2006081135541)
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In June 1975, the name Epson was coined after the next generation of Sinshu Seiki's printer dubbed the EP-101 was released to the public ("Son of EP-101" became "Son of EP" which in turn became "Epson"). In April of the same year Epson America Inc. was established to sell printers for Sinshu Seiki Co.
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On November 1, 2001, artist Ahree Lee began taking daily digital snapshots of her own face; and she has continued this project every day since. In 2004, Lee compiled all of her daily images into a montage
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ZURICH, Switzerland - An 85-year-old woman was found in the vault of a Swiss bank when she set off motion detectors hours after the bank was already closed, according to a statement released Wednesday.ADVERTISEMENTEmployees at the Zuercher Kantonalbank apparently forgot about the woman.The director of the bank's safe allowed the woman into the vault on Monday before closing it punctually at 4:30 p.m. local time — with the woman still deep in study of her documents, ZKB said.
85-year-old woman is left in bank vault - Yahoo! News
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The plant emits a stench to attract decaying flesh-eating beetles, flies and sweat bees for pollination. Once it blooms, the odor lingers for about eight hours, then it takes several more years before the plant has enough energy to bloom again.
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Yesterday the state of Colorado announced that there will be a ballot on the November election which would make it legal for people over 21 years old to possess <1 oz of marijuana.
Newsvine - Marijuana on the Ballot in Colorado
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A prison artist in California who uses the dye from M&M’s for paint has been disciplined for what a prison official yesterday called “unauthorized business dealings” in the sale of his paintings. The prison has also barred the prisoner, Donny Johnson, from sending his paintings through the mail.
Prison Disciplines Inmate Who Paints With M&M’s - New York Times
Prime took his name from the leader of the Autobots Transformers, which were popular toys and a children's cartoon in the 1980s.He legally changed his name on his 30th birthday and now it's on everything from his driver's license, to his military ID, to his uniform.
National guardsman changed his name to a toy | wkyc.com
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Niple's personalized plates are NWTF, an abbreviation of Northwood Tree Farm -- a business she owned with her late husband. It also means something else, officials said."Apparently, the young people use it on the computer," she said.Niple went to a BMV office to get some answers. A clerk had to whisper what the acronym means to some people."Now what the –- and the last word begins with an f," Niple said. "I said, 'You got to be kidding me.'"
10News.com - Automotive - Woman's 10-Year-Old Plate Now Called Obscene
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"A police officer who captured the video said the light turned night into day," Local 6's Jacqueline London said.Astronomers said the light was either a meteor fireball or space junk entering the atmosphere, according to the report.
local6.com - Local News - Fireball Over Texas 'Turned Night Into Day'
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There really is no need to describe this restroom, because the picture shows it all: it's a real, functioning restroom completely surrounded by one-way mirrors. If I walked by it, I'd probably bang on the side and yell just to scare the--well, you know--out of whoever was using it.
Stand-Up or Sit-Down: The Best Excrement Disposal Accessories, Hands-Down | productdose.com
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Enter some text (use like Notepad) in the above text field (the big box) and then you may choose the image background color and the font color (defaults are white backing with black text). Once you have the previous sentence done, push the "Convert2TXT" button to create your desktop wallpaper graphic (image opens in a new window). Once you see your created desktop background wallpaper image, with your mouse, right click and select "Set as Background" (next time you view the desktop, you will see your text message).
Desktop Wallpaper Generator 2006
Note: It doesn't work in the firefox browser, use IE
daily dose of imagery is a simple view of my day to day visual experience, or my personal photoblog. I post one photo a day on this web site. for a brief technical detail of each photo, leave your mouse pointer on images.
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August 3, 2006 The world’s largest Etch A Sketch was unveiled at the 33rd SIGGRAPH International Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference and Exhibition in Boston yesterday.
gizmag Article: World's Record Etch A Sketch unveiled at SIGGRAPH 2006
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How common is your surname in America? Find out by entering your name into a searchable database of more than 50,000 surnames culled from the Social Security Index.
Fieger, 53, had two brain tumours removed during the operation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles, publicist Guy McCain said.There were no details about the tumours but Fieger is expected to make a full recovery.
Singer's brain operation | Herald Sun
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The Superfriends get mashed-up with audio from the cult movie "Office Space."
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The Upside-Down Me is a 62 page comic starring a little boy, Zip, his sister, Elizabeth ("we call her Li'l Bit"), a friend of theirs, Officer John, and the semi-mysterious Upside-Down Me.Originally envisioned as a full-length printed comic book, it has been adapted for the Web and is presented here as a twice-weekly comic strip, posting on Thursdays and Sundays.
Welcome to Zip and Li'L Bit in the Upside-Down Me
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The idea is the Gaze Detector would record everything you're looking at, so later on you could watch a movie of your day with an accompanying "attention marker" pointing out exactly what held your gaze.
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The Rollbar bookmarklet gives you access to all of your Searchrolls wherever you are.
* Search any site you visit, from the same spot on your browser, without having to dig around for every site's search page
Rollyo: Roll Your Own Search Engine
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A guard dog has ripped apart a collection of rare teddy bears, including one once owned by Elvis Presley, during a rampage at a London children's museum."He just went berserk," said Daniel Medley, general manager of the Wookey Hole Caves near Wells, England, where hundreds of bears were chewed up Tuesday night by the 6-year-old Doberman pinscher named Barney.
LA Daily News - Heartbreak hotel for teddy
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