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.
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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.
Newsvine - Woman Steals $2.3 Million to Gamble
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.
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