Friday, October 13, 2006
Mazu Kan Laser Martial Arts Game
Mazu Kan Laser Martial Arts GameHead-to-head, 2-person combat--but with NO actual contact!It's the ultimate test of reflexes, timing, cunning and agility! Strap on the special chest- and hand-gear and get ready for contact-free combat! Throw and block "air" punches as special sensors keep track of "hits" and "blocks." Players start contests with 10 life points each, then try to knock each other down to zero to claim victory. Cool sound-and-feel effects tell you what's going on. 2 combat levels.
Mazu Kan Laser Martial Arts Game - Spilsbury.com - We Deliver Fun
University joins Google library project
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Google plan to provide access to hundreds of thousands of public and historical materials from the UW-Madison libraries and the Wisconsin Historical Society Library, they said.Those books and documents represent one of the largest U.S. collections of historical and government documents. They will be selected from a combined 7.2 million library holdings.
University joins Google library project | CNET News.com
Working Steampunk Laptop
As steampunk-ish as this sculpture/project looks, it actually works. There's a working display, working keyboard, and working morse code input (wtf?). The creator was inspired by both the Apple Mac (he wanted to make something completely different) and Terry Gilliam. If you look at the back, there are working USB, serial, and a VGA port for the monitor.
Working Steampunk Laptop - Gizmodo
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Hokey Pokey Smokey Show
Featuring old time radio shows that are relevant to the season or holidays.I have decided to start a podcast of radio plays and shows themed to what time of year it is. So obviously the current theme is, Halloween. The first episode is "An Eye For An Eye" starring Vincent Price.
you can listen to the shows on the Odeo page and subscribe through Odeo if you are a member.
You can also subscribe from the RSS feed. Or listen to the stream on your favorite music player.
technorati tags:entertainment
Paper Pumpkin How-to
Why don't you try your hand at creating this fun and scary paper craft symbol of Halloween.
technorati tags:art, entertainment
Gross Anatomy
Here are some sites which offer the type of Halloween food which often jumps over cute and goes right to “I can’t eat that”.
ReadyMade Blog » Blog Archive » Gross Anatomy
Vampire Bats Help Battle Strokes
The study, which wraps up in a few months, is utilizing a compound derived from the saliva of vampire bats and testing its effectiveness in reducing the risk of brain damage after the onset of an acute stroke. If approved, the drug will triple the time period for initiating emergency stroke treatment and offer other important advantages over other medications currently in use, including the only Food and Drug Administration-approved stroke drug.
Have some punch
Have some punch (An Oldie But A Goodie) - Google Video
This makes me laugh everytime I see it.
Mich. Woman Tries to Sell Mummy on EBay
PORT HURON, MICH. — Officials are trying to track down the origins of a mummified human skeleton that a Michigan woman tried to sell on eBay.The St. Clair County medical examiner's office confiscated the mummified remains Tuesday from the home of Lynn Sterling.Sterling, 45, told police she got the remains from a friend who works in demolition and said he found them in a Detroit school he helped tear down nearly 30 years ago, police said. She said she had contacted an attorney before posting the remains for sale.
Newsvine - Mich. Woman Tries to Sell Mummy on EBay
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Music for your eyes
Google just announced major partnerships with two of the world's largest music companies -- Sony BMG and Warner Music Group -- to bring thousands of music videos to Google Video via free, ad-supported on-demand streams. And as per our recent announcement with MTV, in the coming months our AdSense partners can put all these great videos on their sites as well.
Official Google Blog: Music for your eyes
technorati tags:music, videos, current events
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Smurfing Sing Song
This actually came out in 1980 before the cartoon in the U.S. Of course the Smurfs were popular long before that due to the comic strip drawn by Pierre "Peyo" Culliford in Belgium in 1958. And whether you love the Smurfs or hate them, these songs are undeniably catchy.
Way Out Junk: Smurfing Sing Song
Robert Kopecky
In addition to all sorts of animation design, like the backgrounds for Sheep in the Big City, for the last 6 seasons of Codename: Kids Next Door, Robert has designed the technology, vehicles, and effects.
Carnivorous Plant Eats Mouse At French Garden
Botanists discovered a partially digested mouse inside the plant on Friday after several people complained of a horrible smell.The carnivorous plant, native to the Philippines, is the first to actually prove that plants can indeed eat small mammals.Previously, insects were the only things that were known to be in a carnivorous plant's diet.
WLWT.com - News - Carnivorous Plant Eats Mouse At French Garden
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Andy Warhol and Sonny Liston for Braniff Airlines
Andy Warhol and Sonny Liston for Braniff Airlines
Bedazzled!: Andy Warhol and Sonny Liston for Braniff Airlines [1968]
Bionic' skein rebuilt at NBC
HOLLYWOOD -- "Battlestar Galactica" exec producer David Eick is teaming with feature scribe Laeta Kalogridis to reinvent "The Bionic Woman" for NBC.
Variety.com - 'Bionic' skein rebuilt at NBC
technorati tags:television, pop-culture
The art of Todd Redner
Todd Redner: February 2006
technorati tags:art, entertainment
blinkx.tv
Search over 5,000,000 hours of TV and viral video content at the world's largest video search engine
4,000,000 hours of audio, video, podcast, viral and tv content.
technorati tags:internet, television
Monday, October 09, 2006
PingPongPixel
They developed a new kind of output device for your computer,
consisting out of 8100 tabletennis balls in 6 greytones.
It's 2 by 3 meters and comes with a pretty slow refresh rate, only 2-3 hours !
technorati tags:art, entertainment
Photo show
PhotoShow.com
Color Palette Generator
Enter the URL of an image to get a color palette that matches the image. This is useful for coming up with a website color palette that matches a key image a client wants to work with.
Sidewalk Drawings
These chalk sidewalk drawings are some true pieces of art and make walking down the street a whole lot more fun.
CompFused.com Photo Galleries - Sidewalk Drawings
technorati tags:art, entertainment
Friday, October 06, 2006
monster creature feature
Welcome to Raleigh's only horror host show transmitted weekly, Friday nights at 10 pm and Midnight, and Saturday afternoons at 3 pm.
technorati tags:pop-culture, television
Rear-View Camera Color LCD Display
Mitsubishi developed a special LCD display for rear-view cameras in trucks that can be placed instead of the rear-view mirror.
I4U News - Mitsubishi 7 inch Rear-View Camera Color LCD Display
technorati tags:technology
'Dark Crystal' Sequel
"The Dark Crystal" is preparing to rise up again. And this time it has technology on its side, along with one of the hottest action directors in all of geekdom. OUR NEWEST TRAILERSCheck out the new "Save the Last Dance 2" trailer premiere, "Bobby," "The Good Shepherd" and more, on Overdrive. "I did television shows like 'Dexter's Laboratory,' 'The Powerpuff Girls,' 'Samurai Jack' and 'Clone Wars,' and then I decided to go into features," said highly stylized Russian director Genndy Tartakovsky,
MTV Movies | News | 'Dark Crystal' Sequel Gives Jim Henson's Puppet Epic A Second Chance
technorati tags:entertainment
Google in talks to buy YouTube
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Internet search leader Google Inc. is in talks to acquire the popular online video site YouTube Inc. for about $1.6 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
Report: Google in talks to buy YouTube - Yahoo! News
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006
iPoems
designed as a streaming multi-media database for both broadband & standard access with special audio, audio-visual & interactive features -now hosting the new iPoems system & the 57 Video-Jukebox along with the original Poetry Jukebox - www.poetryjukebox.com - which remains FREE - please enjoy
technorati tags:art, entertainment
Nick Lets Youngsters Make Own Cartoons
Nick has just made available on its Web site technology that allows young fans to make cartoon mashups of different scenes from favorites like "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Avatar" and distribute them to their friends.The technology is a nod to Web favorites like Youtube.com and a recognition that many young Nickelodeon viewers have a knowledge of computers that surpasses their parents.
Newsvine - Nick Lets Youngsters Make Own Cartoons
technorati tags:current events, technology
Monday, October 02, 2006
Peanuts "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" (Charlie Brown Records, 2604, 1978)
Amazingly not available on CD (though throughout the '70's it was released on vinyl in a variety of formats; long playing 12", book & record 7", etc), this is the shortened-for-LP adaptation of the beloved Halloween special from 1966.
Scar Stuff: Peanuts "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" (Charlie Brown Records, 2604, 1978)
technorati tags:pop-culture
Costume Search Engine
Dying to find a unique costume idea? Costumzee will help you find great costume ideas! Browse through thousands of popular costume ideas, search by keyword (i.e., tag) or check out our most popular costume ideas by category
Costume ideas and community | Costumzee.com
technorati tags:pop-culture, internet
Showtime Debuts Originals on Yahoo!
Showtime will offer free episodes of some of its originals on Yahoo!, the first time a pay cable network has offered more than just one episode for free streaming on the Internet.From Oct. 6 to 13, Yahoo! will let users stream selected episodes of Weeds, Dexter, Sleeper Cell and The L Word, as well as a behind-the-scenes clip from new drama The Tudors, currently in production.
Showtime Debuts Originals on Yahoo! - 10/1/2006 11:33:00 PM - Broadcasting & Cable
technorati tags:current events, television
Revenge of the Nerds Remake to be filmed
Variety reports that Fox Atomic will begin filming in Altanta on October 9 for Revenge of the Nerds, a reimagining of the 1984 cult comedy being produced by McG and his Wonderland Sound & Vision partner David Manpearl. Kyle Newman directs.
New Nerds and Comebacks Casting - ComingSoon.net
technorati tags:current events
Friday, September 29, 2006
FoxyTunes 2.0.2
Web searches - find lyrics, artist images, videos, bios and more, while listening to music with FoxyTunes. [see demo movie]# FoxyTunes Mini - now you can enjoy your music with FoxyTunes even when you're not in Firefox. It's the only music desktop widget with its own tabbed browser! Wink [see demo movie]. Currently, only supported on Windows.# Info Box - your music "dashboard". Shows song info, album art, recent history and more... [see demo movie]# Podcasts and Web media - quickly preview any podcast, stream any or all episodes to your player, and, if you like what you hear, subscribe. Find music on the Web pages you visit, and stream it to your media player with a click.
technorati tags:technology, internet
Something looks... different.
So what's new? First, we've added some things you've been asking for, such as unread counts and "mark all as read." Folder-based navigation makes it easier to organize your subscriptions, and the new expanded view lets you quickly scan over several items at once. And we've made sharing much easier - with a single click of the "shared" icon, you can publish an interesting item on your public sharing page for your friends to see. So give the new Reader a try. We hope you like it!
Official Google Reader Blog: Something looks... different.
technorati tags:technology, internet
Tony Stark will be played by Robert Downey, Jr.
Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
"Aint It Cool News" is reporting that the lead role of Tony Stark in the upcoming Iron Man movie will be played by none other than Robert Downy, Jr. For those uninformed of the Iron Man mythos, Tony Stark is a rich and well-respected man who develops a substance abuse problem. Hmm...
And a word of advice for this film so it doesn't go down the path of all the other comic book films. DO NOT MAKE THE WHOLE MOVIE A FREAKIN' LOVE STORY!technorati tags:current events, entertainment
WOLVERINE CLAWS
The outfit was visualized, conceived, and conceptualized entirely by Nate, as were the claws. However, Nate did pick up quite a bit of help along the way as friends came forward to participate in the creation of what many said was "The most accurate costume I have ever seen..."
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