Thursday, August 31, 2006
Chimp Paintings
This ad is from the 1963 Sunset House gift catalog and it's for real. This is possibly the greatest product and/or service ever offered in the history of mail order.
A robot for your iPod
A new, $930 robot from Japan's ZMP Inc. called Miuro is designed around the Apple iPod. Built in partnership with audio giant Kenwood, it basically transforms an iPod -- which clips into the top of the robot -- into a remote-controlled BOOMBOX ON WHEELS, rolling around and blasting music.
THE RAW FEED: gadgets, games and geeks
technorati tags:technology, gadgets
'Apprentice' figure Carolyn Kepcher axed
"Mr. Trump wishes her the best," said Trump spokesman Jim Dowd, who confirmed she is no longer with the company. She had been chief operating officer of two of Trump's golf courses.Her leave-taking will have no impact on the upcoming sixth season of "The Apprentice," originating for the first time from Los Angeles, NBC said. Though production is completed, Kepcher was not part of the cast, which includes Trump children Ivanka and Donald Jr. It begins airing in January.
`Apprentice' figure Carolyn Kepcher axed - Yahoo! News
technorati tags:entertainment, television
"Simpsons" movie update
they expect the schedule to get more challenging as they go along, since the July release date is set in concrete while the amount of work is piled high.
What's a Booger?
Mucus is the sticky, slimy stuff that's made inside your nose. If you're like lot of kids, you have another name for nose mucus: snot. Your nose makes about a cupful (about 237 milliliters) of snot every day.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Cart Sculpture
Dumped supermarket trolleys litter our rivers and canals. Now one artist is rescuing them... to create these incredible wire sculptures that celebrate our water wildlife...
Off-Topic: Trolley good show - metallic art.
technorati tags:art, entertainment
man selling Gilligan's original S.S. Minnow
If you want to own an icon of television history, George Schultz of Parksville, B.C. has a deal for you: the S.S. Minnow from the 1960s television series Gilligan's Island."There have been a couple of modifications, so it doesn't look exactly like the original," said Shultz, a boat broker who's selling the 36-foot Wheeler Express Cruiser for fellow Parksdale resident Scotty Taylor. "But it's still the original boat."There were four Minnows used on the sitcom, Shultz said, but three others were props. This is the one they used for taking shots out on the water, he said.
CTV.ca | B.C. man selling Gilligan's original S.S. Minnow
CNN `Live From...' the Ladies Room
NEW YORK — Kyra Phillips, anchor of CNN's "Live From...," unwittingly upstaged President Bush's speech in New Orleans with on-the-air analysis of her husband and the marriage of her brother — all live from a CNN ladies room.Unaware that her wireless microphone was "live" during her break, Phillips could be heard overriding Bush's prepared address Tuesday as he was seen marking the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Newsvine - CNN `Live From...' the Ladies Room
technorati tags:current events
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
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