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October 2007
- Toyota WoW?
- So, apparently, this is a real Toyota commercial that was aired this week during a college football game. Don't know about you, but I was cracking up!
September 2007
- Amazon MP3
- Yeah, I’m jumping on the bandwagon and talking about Amazon MP3, too. But, hey: it’s actually pretty big news. I real competitor to the iTunes Music Store (who, don’t get me wrong, certainly isn’t a “bad” store) that’s done by a company that—no one can... full entry
- Homeless World Cup
- Footballers (er, that'd be "soccer players") who happen to be homeless, playing in leagues and competing in the organized Homeless Wold Cup around the world. Definitely a good cause.
September 2005
- aachuett
- What, you say? That’s “Massachusetts” without the M and the S. Yep, in order to keep an open and accessible document structure, the Massachusetts government is going to drop Microsoft Office products for software that supports OpenDocument. Of course, Microsoft claims that they are foolish,... full entry
July 2005
- Grounded
- Just a followup to an old post: the judge handed down the maximum sentence to the pilot, and a stiff sentence to the co-pilot, calling the crime “outrageous and horrendous”.
- No Bloody A, B, C or D…
- James Doohan, the actor who played Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott of Star Trek, has passed away. He was one of the original series cast who loved attending cons and interacting with fans. Reading his obituary, I have to say that I was pretty amazed by... full entry
- George Bush: The Ten Year Difference
- I was in stunned silence by the end of the video.
June 2005
- Medical Research With A Twist
- The South African Medical Journal has published the work of Safura Abdool Karim from the UK for her research of ‘Playstation Thumb’, which is Repetitive Strain Injury from, as it name suggests, too much Playstation. What is exceptional about this is that Ms Abdool Karim... full entry
- First Extrasolar Non-Gas Giant Planet Found
- Space.com’s report of a planet with a probable �iron core and a silicon mantle� should be getting me excited more than I actually am. The fact that I blogged it here is somewhat of a proof that I did give the news a second thought,... full entry
April 2005
- Adobe & Macromedia in English
- There’s been a lot of talk recently about Adobe buying Macromedia, why it was done, what it means, etc. Daring Fireball now brings us a translation of the Abobe :FAQ: regarding the acquisition. John Gruber apparently has many of the same thoughts as I do,... full entry
- Famous TV Personality Gives Up Trademark Vice
- I’m not going to say who this TV personality is, or what the person does, or which incredibly famous TV show the person is in right now. All I can say about this are two things. One: Thirty years of legacy have seemed to be... full entry
March 2005
- Dinosaur’s Soft Tissue Discovered
- Wired posted an article today about the discovery of soft tissue in a Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil. But a Jurassic Park-like scenario, where cloned dinosaurs rampaging throughout the jungles, or at the very least someone’s backyard, is unlikely because this is fossilization at a molecular level.... full entry
- Google News, Customized!
- The braintrust over at Google has done it again. Google News (still in Beta after almost three years...) now allows you to customize the page so that you only see the type of news you want to see. I don’t particularly care too much for... full entry
- U.N. Landmine Commercial
- Apparently, several networks in the US, including CNN, are declining to air a Public Service Announcement made for the United Nations. The 60-second spot shows a youth soccer game being played when suddenly one of the players steps on and detonates a landmine. The ad... full entry
- This speaks for itself
- Freed Iraq hostage... (free registration required)
- Battlestar Galactica Podcast
- Wow, this is just way too cool. The SciFi channel (well, their website) is offering exclusive audio commentary by Ron Moore for the episodes. You can get it two ways: subscribe to the podcast feed or just download the MP3 directly. You can find information... full entry
February 2005
- Battlestar Galactica - Free, Legal
- Thanks to Boing Boing: SciFi.com is making the first episode of the very excellent new Battlestar Galactica series available online. In fact, the episode (titled “33” and one of my favorite of the series so far) is available completely uncut and commercial free. Plus, there... full entry
- Intelligent Design… or Not
- The, um, “theory” of Intelligent Design (the supposition that living creatures are just too complicated to have evolved naturally and thus must be the product of some <drumroll> “intelligent design") has been in the news recently, mostly due to a Pennsylvania school district’s decision to... full entry
- Battlestar Galactica Renewed
- Gracias, Boing Boing: yet again you provide some great info. In this case, the Sci-Fi network has announced that they’ve ordered a second season of the new Battlestar Galactica series. This is fantastic news since I’m seriously liking this reimagined series! I love how it’s... full entry
- Browser/Phishing Exploit
- Anyone who uses a modern, non-:IE: browser (Firefox, Mozilla, Safari, etc.) should go check out this post on Boing Boing about a new exploit. It is a hole opened by the browsers’ support of the International Domain Name (IDN) feature; it allows someone to spoof... full entry
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