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Hands down the Wii interface is better than the PS3's, thanks to
the
remote. I really enjoyed lounging on my couch with one arm
flicking
around pages. None of this mouse or joystick business. And finally
when
compared to using the PS3's controller the Wii is a breeze to type
with.
Granted it's no keyboard, but a welcome improvement.
But while flash videos played fine on nintendo.com, YouTube vids got
no
love. That's a sad thing, as its the number one website we'd like
to
watch away from the PC. And the PS3 excels at this. And more.
*/Edit/* I tried YouTube later today and for whatever reason
it's
working for me now. So there you go, YouTube+Wii=3
Now I know one of the more anticipated features was flash support.
I
found mixed results with this. At wii.com I found the flash videos
there
worked perfectly. However when I went over to Youtube it said
my
software was either incompatible or too old. So they have some work
to
do there. Again, this is beta.
Now onto what went wrong. First off, the Wii's lower res can't
handle
small text on web pages nearly as nicely as the PS3 running in 1080.
And
there is a thick black bar that goes around the top and sides of
the
screen, seemingly for no reason. Two, there isn't a permanent
address
bar. To type in a new website you have to go back to the start
page.
That is completely unnecessary, especially with this useless black
bar
taking up space.
Now I don't want you to get the idea in your head that the browser
was
poorly conceived, it wasn't. There are just a few things in the way
of
it going from good to great. Hopefully by March when the final
candidate
is released it will feel a little more polished.
When that happens, we'll drop our final verdict. For now, we pose
the
question. WTF are you doing browsing the web on a console? – Ben
Longo
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Xmas%20Tips.jpg Just cause you suck at photography doesn't mean
your
photos have to show it. The folks at Digital Photography School
have
listed 16 of their best tips to help you improve your snaps for
the
holidays. Best of all, you don't have to be a camera-head to
understand
the lingo. Feel free to add your own photo tips in the comments. –
Louis
Ramirez
http://www.gizmodo.com
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Rating: 4 Version tested: 2.19c Description: Little Fighter 2 is
a
freeware beat-em-up game that can be loosely described as a
miniature
Street Fighter or Mortal Combat. It features one-to-one fights or
all
out battles with dozens of participants, with up to four human
players.
Here’s what you need to know about this game: The different modes
of
play are [...]
Dec 22, 2006 (17 hours ago)
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upluspen02.jpguPlusPen is the latest input device straight out of
Korea.
It is similar to a Wacom-style tablet, but there is no actual
tablet.
The pen can write on any surface and be transferred to the
computer.
This could be perfect for those on-the-go graphic designers who
don't
want to lug a tablet everywhere, or for someone who doesn't have
the
office-space for a giant tablet. No word on availability or
pricing.
/Image via Aving/ – Travis Hudson
Dec 22, 2006 (21 hours ago)
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1980s-style
shredding faces problematic paradox: "Very often, profoundly
exceptional
guitar playing is boring to listen to." YouTube, however,
changes those
stakes, because it offers us a new way to see the craft
at
hand.
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Dec 22, 2006 (21 hours ago)
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"The US is
insolvent. There is simply no way for our national bills to
be paid under
current levels of taxation and promised benefits. Our
federal deficits alone
now total more than 400% of GDP." "The future
will be defined by lowered
standards of living." Thanks, government.
Thanks a whole
bunch.
Dec 22, 2006 (22 hours ago)
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A great site
with what looks like around 300 of the best freeware games
I've ever seen. I
found a lot of great first person shooters, RPGs and
even a cool 3d pool
game.
Dec 22, 2006 (22 hours ago)
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"A source close
to the Wii Opera project", has given yours truly a
little bit of info on what
you'll be able to expect from the trial
version of the Opera browser that's
being made available Friday. Several
key features are expected to be nerfed
from the trial build. Most
notably, Javascript support. Flash may not work
correctly in all cases.
Dec 22, 2006 (23 hours ago)
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Industry rag
Gamasutra has published its Quantum Leap awards for 2006,
citing five video
games from the past year that excelled in "innovation
and advancing the state
of the art of the industry." You already know
number one. It's Wii Sports.
Gama editor Frank Cifaldi sums up nicely
why the tech demo pack-in nabbed the
top spot.
Dec 22, 2006 (23 hours ago)
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Now THIS would
be freakin' awesome!
Dec 22, 2006 (23 hours ago)
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A Chilean
engineering has created a new Windows GNU app today called the
"GOD/WOD
unscrambler" which allegedly reads raw data from the Wii disks
and dumps ISO
files to your PC for later mischevious use.
Dec 22, 2006 (23 hours ago)
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Create your
very own personalized and unattended Windows installation
CD, integrate your
favorite software and make it install automatically
during Windows setup. The
best 200 freeware programs are available so
that you can enjoy Firefox,
CCleaner, Skype, WMP11, Java 6, etc. since
the first boot of your operation
system. Video tutorials!
Dec 22, 2006 (23 hours ago)
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Most companies
employ proxy servers to filter unwanted sites so
employees won't waste
precious company resources surfing sites that the
companies deem
unproductive. If you are in such an environment, what can
you do about it?
One way is to use an anonymous proxy server. A much
more foolproof way is to
use Google (yes, you read right).
Dec 22, 2006 (23 hours ago)
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I say let's
break this down. We'll pit South American animals against
their nearest
African counterparts. South America will appear first in
each match so you
can tell which side they're representing.
Dec 22, 2006 (23 hours ago)
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“They’re always
after ‘me Open Source Secrets!” A favorite for more
geeks than sheiks,
delicious Linux Charms cereal features frosted oats
and colored marshmallows.
Flippin hilarious!
Dec 22, 2006 (23 hours ago)
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DAVID is a
freeware software for laser range scanning. All you need is a
PC, a camera
(e.g. a webcam), a background corner, and a laser which
projects a line onto
the object you want to scan. So everyone can use it
to scan objects without
high costs; this is the big advantage over
commercial solutions which are
rather expensive.
Dec 22, 2006 (yesterday)
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by
Graeme McMillan
Dec 22, 2006 (yesterday)
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by
Graeme McMillan
I’ve created this page as a resource for other beginning
and
up-and-coming comic creators because I always wish
there had been a
site like this for me when I was getting
started. The most etensive
feature is the directory of
submission guidelines. It’s intended as
a constant work in
progress, so if there’s something you’d like to
see or a
page you know about that I don’t, or if you discover a
broken link, then please let me know. I’m a writer, so my
categorization of these sites might be biased toward helping
the
writer, but most of the sites themselves are equally
useful for both
writers and artists.
It’s apparently been around for awhile, but you know this internet
-
it’s big and sometimes finding good things like this takes time. Go
and
visit.
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Zonk
VE3OGG writes "The RIAA, in an expected motion, has recently
dismissed
the case against Patti Santangelo, one of the most famous targets
of the
RIAA lawsuits. The Mother of five was described by the judge
presiding
as an 'internet-illiterate parent, who does not know Kazaa from
kazoo.'
While this is good news, the RIAA is still pursuing its case against
two
of Mrs. Santangelo's children. To make matters worse, the RIAA has
also
dismissed the case 'without prejudice', meaning that they could,
in
theory, take action against her again later on. The RIAA alleges
that
Santangelo's children downloaded and subsequently distributed more
than
1,000 songs. The damages they seek are presently unknown"
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Dec 21, 2006 (2 days ago)
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desktop-ac_large.jpgSince you never leave your desk anyways, there's
no
real point in air conditioning your entire house. I mean, why
waste
money on keeping all those rooms cool when you just need to keep
your
palmsweat from making you miss a frag in /Counter-Strike/?
Well, this Desktop Air Conditioner looks to be a solution, if kind of
a
half-assed one. It's tiny, and the fact that it doesn't connect to
the
outside air makes me question how much conditioning it's actually
doing
(it uses ice water, natch). But hey, for $24 maybe it'll at least
keep
you from ruining your favorite shirt with sweat stains. –Adam
Frucci
Dec 21, 2006 (2 days ago)
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by
Kevin Melrose
If you’re a follower of independent comics, you might
have noticed
some familiar names on the list of artists
who are doing books for
Minx: Andi Watson (lotsa stuff for
SLG and Oni), Jim Rugg (/Street
Angel/), Aaron Alexovich
(/Serenity Rose/). There are other indie
comics folks, too
— Ross Campbell (/Wet Moon/), Derek Kirk Kim
(/Same
Difference and Other Stories/) and Josh Howard
(
/Dead@17/).
This is because, as Aaron put it at
the bulletin board The Engine,
“when [Minx editor] Shelly
[Bond] was building the line, she
specifically sought out
people who were doing work that ALREADY
appealed to
girls.” The result of this savvy head-hunting is sort of
a
mini-migration of promising young artists out of independent comics.
[snip]
This produces an unsettling feeling — in me, in any
case.
Independent publishers have taken the risks and done
the work
associated with introducing new talent, and in
the end that work has
amounted, in some cases, to us being
a feeder for the “Big Two.” The
consolation prize in all
of this is something I’ve heard a few times
already: If
the Minx line does well, it can only mean better sales
for
these artists’ other work, right? Well, we certainly hope
so,
but we’re not counting on it. Independent artists
working on DC or
Marvel’s superhero comics, in my
experience, almost never translates
into sales for their
indie work. There’s just no crossover audience
there.
However, the Minx line is targeted at teenage girls and in
that market there /is/ crossover appeal, just not with an
audience
particularly known for seeking out graphic novels
that aren’t
already stocked in the manga sections of big
bookstores. So even if
there are thousands of teenage
girls who would love /Serenity Rose/
or /Wet Moon/ or
/Street Angel /(and I’m sure there are), there is
still
the matter of reaching them.
More from de Guzman at the link. (She scores extra points for
The
Smiths-inspired column title.)
Dec 21, 2006 (2 days ago)
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ReplaceIT looks through multiple ASCII files for a string and replace
it
with another string. It has features like recursive subdirectory
search,
case-sensitive/insensitive searches and the ability to log
the
operations carried out to a file.
Dec 21, 2006 (2 days ago)
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Mouse-Only Keyboard (MOK) enables you to enter small pieces of
secret
text using only the mouse to defeat any hidden keyloggers. When you
run
it, it disables all clipboard viewers within the system. Use the
mouse
to enter the secret text, then hit "Copy" to send it to the
clipboard
before pasting it into the target application. Finally, shut down
MOK
and the clipboard will be automatically cleared. For the really
paranoid.
Dec 21, 2006 (2 days ago)
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by
Meg
*Bear:* "...97, 98, 99, 100! Here I come! Ready or noooooot!"*
Hamster:*
[Paws up] giggles*
*
Kristen H. 3 3 3
Dec 21, 2006 (2 days ago)
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by Lisa
Fortuner
If Comics are a reflection of the time they are created,
what would
the mode be for a dark skinned /Kryptonian/
crash-landed on the
third rock from the sun? Would he
still stand for */truth, justice/*
and the */American
Way/*? Would he fight for the rights of others
while
striving to integrate himself into the human race? Would
the
challenges faced by Blacks during that era force his
strengths and
will down another path? */What would
Superman do?/*
Dec 21, 2006 (2 days ago)
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Rating: 5 Version tested: Unknown (beta?) Description: Ballistic
is an
action-packed 3D puzzle game viewed sideways from a 2D perspective.
Your
objective is to negotiate the laws of physics in your quest to
navigate
a ball inside a maze-like virtual world and arrive at your target
before
the clock winds down. Imagine a solid, curvy world of slippery
mazes
that keeps [...]
Dec 20, 2006 (3 days ago)
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A great site
that archives older version of software. Maybe you're
looking for a
pre-bloatware favorite application, or maybe you having
been able to get AIM
to work right on granny's Pentium II. This is the
place for
you.
Dec 20, 2006 (3 days ago)
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How has the
geography of Religion evolved over the centuries? See 5,000
years of history
in 90 seconds...
Dec 20, 2006 (3 days ago)
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I discovered a
URI called "data:" today which allows you to encode any
amount of file data
into a URL. This data could be an image, ascii text,
xml data, you name it.
You'll have to read the details, but you use it
like
this:data:image/jpeg;base64,base_64_encoded_jpeg_goes_here
Dec 20, 2006 (3 days ago)
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In a letter to
constituents, Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) warns "American
citizens" to "wake up"
or "there will likely be many more Muslims
elected to
office."
Dec 20, 2006 (3 days ago)
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Dec 20, 2006 (3 days ago)
Often referred to as the "artist’s artist," Brian
Bolland has spent
the last quarter century producing some
of the most memorable and
inspiring illustrations the
comic industry has ever seen. This
handsome volume is a
retrospective of this astonishing artist’s
career and a
look at the man himself.
Dec 20, 2006 (3 days ago)
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editoonc
Wally\'s World: The Brillant Life and Tragic Death of Wally
Wood, the
World\'s 2nd Best Comic Book Artist
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ASIN=188759180X&tag=sandboxtheent-20&lcode=xm2&cID=2025&ccmID=165953&location=/o/ASIN/188759180X%3FSubscriptionId=1A7BR3B1QFHMF4643E02*Wally’s
World* opens Halloween night, 1981, in a seedy world of
pornographers and
addicts, with a death by .44 magnum gunshot… This is
no mystery club thriller
but the true, dramatic illustrated biography of
legendary cartoonist Wallace
Wood. But his death, in semi-squalid
surroundings and the wretched state of
his body belie the glory that
came before. Within the world of pop-art, Wood
was revered as a rebel
genius who inspired a generation, including
"underground" artists Robert
Crumb, Robert Williams and Pulitzer Prize winner
Art Spiegelman. Wood
rose to the pinnacle of pop-culture stardom as one of
America’s top
humorists at /MAD/ magazine. Surviving McCarthy-era politics,
Wood
excelled as a cutting-edge science-fiction illustrator and
mainstream
regular of daring superhero deeds. The award-winning artist was
sought
out to collaborate with pop-art maestro Peter Max; noted filmmaker
Ralph
Bakshi; Harry Harrison, the Nebula Award winning author of the
Charlton
Heston sci-fi thriller, /Soylent Green/; Marvel comics creators Stan
Lee
and Jack Kirby; and Pulitzer Prize winner Jules Feiffer. But the star
of
the illustrated page was haunted by demons that tore him from
his
creative peaks to die an early death on the outskirts of
Hollywood.
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Loop, Chicago.
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Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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cheapandeasy.jpgThe penny-pinching cheapoids at The Simple dollar
came
up with twenty five gadgets that actually save you money when you use
them.
Some may take longer to reach the break-even point than others—like
the
Toyota Prius and a residential windmill, for example—but a couple
of
them should see returns in a few weeks.
Some notable examples are the battery charger, the electricity
usage
monitor, an espresso machine, a coin sorter, and even a laptop.
Laptop?
Yes, if you're cheap enough that you take your laptop to the library
or
the book store to siphon off their electricity, you can indeed
save
money with a laptop. – Jason Chen
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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virtual.jpg
allgizwantsim.jpg As much as I love surround sound, I don't
have the
space in my living room to wire a 5.1 or 6.1 speaker set. So instead
I
rely on my Denon S301
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/style-over-substance-denon-s301-145227.php,
a
2.1 system that emulates a 5.1 setup. But as much as I love it, the
S301 (and
most virtual surround sound systems I've heard) still have a
few flaws. I
realize virtual surround sound (VSS) will never replace a
real surround sound
system, but there are a few improvements I'd like to
see...
1) A virtual surround sound system that does a good job at
emulating
rear speakers. Most of the systems I've heard do an outstanding
job
emulating front and side speakers, but none of them trick me
into
thinking I have a pair of satellites sitting behind me.
2) A system that doesn't limit me to sitting in a "sweet spot,"
which
usually ends up being directly in the middle or in front of the
speakers.
4) Many of the VSS systems I've seen have been demoed in majestic
hotel
rooms. If I lived in such a room, I'd just buy a proper surround
sound
set up to begin with. So I'd like to see a VSS system that works
with
any size/shape room (including my funky L-shaped living room). –
Louis
Ramirez
http://www.gizmodo.com
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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Child standing in front of a christmas tree. Outside the
Hancock
Building, Chicago
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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smartclose.jpgWho says we're all Mac users here? We happy,
virus-free
and content PC users revel in the fact that there are tons more
software
applications for our platform, and here's another case in
point:
SmartClose, freeware that lets you exit all running applications
with
one button click. When it does the big shutdown, it takes a snapshot
of
all those apps so you can later open them all exactly as they were.
Neat
stuff. – Charlie White
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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by
Graeme McMillan
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
Hey folks,
here's a clip from a Christmas cartoon starring George Liquor, Sody
Pop
and Jimmy the Retarded Boy.
You can download the whole interactive cartoon here for a mere
buck!
Here is a clip from one of the first Flash cartoons we did. In
the
spirit of capitalist Christianity and giving, feel free to give me
some
cash and download the whole Christmas cartoon here!: I had
the
wonderfully talented Kristen McCormick update the animation to make
it
snazzier, slipperier and more MODERN!
It was originally drawn by me, inked by Shane Glines. Flashed by
Robyn
Byrd, Annmarie Ashkar, Tony Mora, Gabe?... voiced by Mike Pataki and
me
and Wendy Balomben.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah and try not to kill anyone or give
too
many notes for the next couple weeks. We've had enough of that.
Sing lots of carols and roast a nice yuletide log for me!
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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Mark Frauenfelder
*Mark Frauenfelder*: Georgeliquor Xmas 2
This
terrific two-minute QuickTime cartoon by John Kricfalusi (creator
of Ren
& Stimpy), stars George Liquor, Jimmy the Idiot Boy, and an elf
girl on
Christmas morn. It's a Boing Boing Digital Emporium exclusive.
Buy for $1
http://payloadz.com/go/sip?id=262486
(Shop for other goods
http://bbemporium.blogspot.com/ at
the Boing Boing Digital Emporium)
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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*Mark Frauenfelder*: Iowahawk scanned the April 3,
1959 issue of "Night
Life in Chicago," a convetioneers' guide to burlesque
joints. His
page-by-page commentary is excellent.
138 325265293 09E31Cf422Inside cover... wowie wow wow!
The L&L Cafe
on West Madison trumpets air conditioning
and the "WORLD'S MOST
GORGEOUS SHOWGIRLS," including a
lineup of enticing names like
'Xonia,' 'Roszika,' 'Deidre'
and 'Jackie Joy.' A little Googling
reveals that the
L&L was originally a swank,
wife/sweetheart-friendly
nightclub during WWII, but it is unclear
when it
transformed into a girl-ogling joint. More research shows
that one of the L's in 'L&L' was Chicago restaurateur Danny
Lardas,
which might explain the need for abbreviation; I
suppose "Lardas
Showgirls" might have been a difficult
sale. It's also unclear
whether the old L&L has any
relation to the current L&L Tavern on
North Clark - a
purported onetime hangout of John Wayne Gacy,
Jeffery
Daumer, and yours truly.
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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*Mark Frauenfelder*: The December 1950 issue of
/Modern Mechanix/
featured an amazing fully-automated house.
Picture 1-38 Step into the bedroom and Mathias flips a
wall switch.
The draperies close automatically over the
two windows. A surplus
bombsight motor in the basement
does the work. He throws another
switch and the windows
close. The radio in the living room can be
turned on and
off from the bedroom (and from the kitchen and
basement as
well). Extension speakers bring the sound to you
wherever
you are.
Clocks in the closet shut the radio off at 10 o’clock
each night and
turn it on at 6 a.m. On Saturdays and
Sundays, the radio stays on
until 11 and resumes at 8 in
the morning. A special switch cuts out
the shut-off clock,
if Mathias wants to listen to programs after the
usual
sign-off hour.
When Mrs. Mathias sits down at her dressing table she
doesn’t have
to fumble with the twin lamps to turn them
on. She merely pulls out
the center drawer a fraction of
an inch and the lights go on. A
microswitch in the drawer
does the trick.
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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"Relationship
experts report that too many couples fail to ask each
other critical
questions before marrying. Here are a few key ones that
couples should
consider asking"
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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site where
people can post pictures of people parking like assholes.
Check out the
asshole SUV taking up 3 spots!
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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IFILM posts
their top 10 worst movie trailers of 2006. Debate and
discuss!
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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(Jon Westfall)
It's sleek, it's Connected (with WiFi & 3G) and has a 2.0
Megapixel
camera. Now all it needs are Pocket PC Lovers in France to take
an
interest in it. Anyone else think it's amazing how many Pocket PC
Phones
there are out there now compared to two years ago??
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
*In the spirit of all-ages, globe-trotting adventure
comics like
TinTin and classic, serial newspaper strips,
Jonny Crossbones: Dead
Man at Devil’s Cove is a good,
old-fashioned, rip-roarin’ adventure
story, brought to us
by Eisner-nominated artist Les McClaine (The
Middleman,
Highway 13). Jonny is a young auto mechanic drifting
through a quiet life in his hometown of Rocky Hill, USA, until
a
chance meeting with his childhood hero, Doc Fiveash,
draws him into
a race against unscrupulous foes in search
of a long-lost pirate
treasure! Jonny teams up with the
Doc’s fetching niece, Gretchen
Fiveash, and they travel
across the world to find clues to the
treasure’s location.
Our two brave heroes are shot at, kidnapped and
entangled
in a dark plot as this engaging story brings the
craftsmanship and thrills of yesteryear’s cartoons to a
modern
audience. *
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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I always found the hare a sympathetically tragic character. He had
all
the talent, but just couldn't put it all together.
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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Dusk in Lincoln Square, Chicago
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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Tree in the 4th Presbyterian Church courtyard. Chicago
Dec 19, 2006 (4 days ago)
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From the Signature Lounge on the 95th floor of the Hancock Building.
Dec 18, 2006 (5 days ago)
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cassette.jpgWe may be two formats removed from the cassette era with
CDs
and now MP3s, but some of those treasured cassettes are just too good
to
throw out (Journey, anyone?). Rick Broida of Lifehacker has a
nice,
simple write-up about how to digitize those cassettes. Why would
anyone
want to digitize a cassette? Well, cassettes have a lot of
sentimental
value (re: mix tapes from significant others) and if the tapes
are in
reasonable condition they will sound fine—no need to re-purchase
music
you already own. – Travis Hudson
Dec 18, 2006 (5 days ago)
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by Harry
As in armchair quarterback, criticizing from the sidelines. The
Armchair
Designer is a new occasional post with observations on object design
in
general but also with an eye to the future. I’m not a trained
designer,
but I have...
Dec 18, 2006 (5 days ago)
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brandoshaver.jpgA bit like the other USB Shaver
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/signs-of-the-apocalypse-usb-shaver-222600.php,
this
second horseman improves on the first in both price and
functionality.
Instead of being tethered to a USB port, this shaver is
battery powered and
rechargeable, which means you don't have to get
shavings all inside your
laptop because your USB cable is only 3 feet
long. Good news for the poor
Dell repairman who has to refurbish your
machine.
Other improvements: $22 instead of $30, straight-foil instead
of
dual-heads, and a light-up USB port so you know when it's plugged
in.
Not bad for a razor you're not afraid to accidentally leave behind
in
your hotel room. – Jason Chen
Dec 18, 2006 (5 days ago)
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Kevin Melrose
from Batman/The Spirit #1 javascript:void(0);
from
Batman/The Spirit #1 javascript:void(0);
I don’t often link to reviews, but I’m not sure this is so much
a
“review” as a “blustery rant” in the vein of “You kids and your
rock
and/or roll.” In any case, the Portland Oregonian
http://steveduin.blogs.oregonlive.com/default.asp?item=392499’s
Steve
Duin doesn’t like /Batman/The Spirit /#1, and he’s not about to
suffer
in silence. Some highlights:
* “It’s a comic book, you remind yourself. It’s not
putting on airs.
It doesn’t aspire to poetry
or permanence. It feels no obligation
to honor
the icons that have allowed the art form to survive
for
more than 70 years.”
* “The credits for this loopy disaster include a ’special thanks
to
Denis Kitchen,’ presumably for the
proverbial sink.”
* “The storyline is asinine, the artwork
pedestrian, the page
layouts uninspired and
the dialogue juvenile. The mystery is why
I’m
surprised and disappointed. It’s a comic book. It
doesn’t
aspire to greatness. Isn’t that what
all the snobs and critics say?”
Dec 18, 2006 (5 days ago)
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The Beat
Found on YouTube via The Comics Journal Message board
http://www.tcj.com/messboard/viewtopic.php?t=948,
two cartoons from
Michael Kupperman which aired on Saturday Night Live as
part of the TV
Funhouse series. First up…the amazing Pablo Picasso!
Next…CAPTAIN MARGINAL, a dead on Shazam parody.
Dec 18, 2006 (5 days ago)
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Believe it or
not by turning your camera upside down impacts how the
light from the flash
illuminates your subject. Most people have circles
under their eyes and when
you turn your camera upside down the flash
hits the skin at a different angle
and helps diminish the circles and
makes them look
younger.
Dec 18, 2006 (5 days ago)
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What's the most
popular podcast in the Higher Education section of
iTunes? Ahead of all the
podcasts from Princeton, and all of those from
Yale, and ahead of the
Understanding Computers course from Harvard, and
even the pyschology course
from UC Berkeley, is an unexpected podcast
called Twelve Byzantine Rulers:
The History of the Byzantine Empire.
Dec 18, 2006 (5 days ago)
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From the makers
of Tickle Me Elmo and Tickle Me Elmo Extreme comes this
season's hottest must
have toy! It's Tickle me Emo! Very funny video.
Dec 17, 2006 (6 days ago)
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Gritty, vibrant, loud, lovely.
Love this city.
Dec 17, 2006 (6 days ago)
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VGSD-Front-Right.jpg22Moo has updated their VR glasses product line
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/ipod/22moo-ipod-video-glasses-183615.phpwith
the VG-SD (also going by ZuneVG). Simulating a 35" 2M away, the
VG-SD
supports direct input from your video iPod or Zune, as well as SD
A/V inputs
from all of the latest gen videogame systems (well, really
anything with an
RCA output).
The 320x240 model runs $250. The glasses feature a
USB-rechargeable
lithium ion with an undisclosed runtime. I fully believe in
the
technology VR glasses, especially with the popularity of PMPs with
tiny
screens. If only they didn't make you look like a complete
tool,
blinding you to the peanut-throwing bullies on planes everywhere. –
Mark
Wilson
Dec 17, 2006 (6 days ago)
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Jeff
Today I picked up three of the four new TMNT movie figures at a
local
Meijer. (sadly no Raphael) I had seen pics posted online and wasn't
too
sure about them. The new designs look more like lizards than turtles
to
me. But standing there in the toy aisle, the figures were starting
to
look good. So I bought them. Here's the front and back of the
packaging:
Out of the package the figures are articulated very well. Knees,
elbows,
shoulders, etc. Much more so than their current predecessors of the
80's
revamp- now TMNT-Flash Forward. The figures are in perfect scale
with
Marvel Legends, albeit a little taller than usual.
I can get over the whole 'lizard look'. Back then, it was nice to get
an
updated version of the Turles from my youth, but they were only
slightly
better. Better sculpts yes, but still stiff and unposable. For
posting
funny toy comics to a blog- the more articulation a figure has the
better.
I dug up my old TMNT trades and found these sketches to justify
the
'lizard look'. See, it could have been much worse.
..and here they are all three (sigh) of them together:
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/417/3716/1600/tmnt%20group.jpgMichaelangelo
is my least favorite (for head sculpts) The original toys
never had pupils.
It makes them look way too cartoony (yeah, I know-
they're NINJA TURTLES for
pete's sake) But, the figure looks either
stoned or psychotic. Oh well, at
least he came with a skateboard.
and now, the real reason I couldn't find Raph:
Dec 17, 2006 (6 days ago)
For the record, Mr. O'Brien is super 1337. He flies planes (the
ones
made of atoms), knows everything there is to know about space, pwns
in
games I suck at (there are many), and cruises through VPNs with
the
greatest of ease. Seriously, he is one of the
smartest
science/technology reporters I've ever met. I'm a huge fan, and so
not
worthy
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wayne's_World.
The show airs a bunch of times, here's the schedule (I think, but
check
local listings):
Saturday, December 16th: 6am, 3pm
Saturday, December 23rd: 7pm, 11pm
Sunday, December 24th: 2am, 6am, 2pm, 7pm, 11pm,
2am
Bruce is missing a key point in fingerprint reader
security: yes,
one can steal your fingerprint, but the
question is which one of the
10 fingers you are using? 9
of them can still give you access to the
database/open
doors / start your car / etc., but at the same time
could
trigger a silent alarm to the security center / 911 / etc
that
either someone has stolen your finger prints, or
they've cut your
fingers, or they are forcing you against
your will. So, in other
words, there's always more than
one way to approach a problem ;)
Dec 16, 2006 9:45 AM
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*Xeni Jardin*: BB pal Bonnie
http://www.grrl.com of Lucasfilm says,
The work of several Star Wars veterans (including VFX
supervisor
John Knoll) is being showcased in a special
website just launched to
explore the mind-blowing visual
effects of this past summer's
"Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man's Chest." Interactive clips at
this new site
allow you to peel back layers of animation to see what
ILM
had to start with before transforming actors wearing
tracking
markers into astonishingly real characters.
Dec 16, 2006 9:39 AM
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Long before
CGI, there was Ray Harryhausen: Watch a compilation of every
creature he had
made using stop-motion animation....all in
Chronological
Order
Dec 16, 2006 1:20 AM
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Dec 15, 2006 5:11 PM
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Yugma is a free
web conferencing service that enables people to
instantly connect over the
Internet and to collaborate using any
application or software, using both
Windows and Mac. Online
collaboration is great solution for businesses that
need to share
information with their employees and clients, regardless where
they are
located..
Dec 15, 2006 5:11 PM
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2006 was
another wild and wacky year in software and web development.
Here it is
December and you know what that means: time for a
best-of-the-year list.
Check out my picks for best new software and web
applications that rocked our
world in 2006.
Dec 15, 2006 5:08 PM
Dec 15, 2006 5:04 PM
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netflixpreviews.jpgCould this be a hint of Netflix's plans for a
movie
download service
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/all-giz-wants-the-netflix-settop-box-221288.php?
This
week Netflix launched Netflix Previews, a service on the site that
allows
users to watch previews of movies Netflix thinks you'd like with
a nice easy
"add to queue" button underneath. On the surface it's a nice
if unexciting
new feature, but could Netflix be ramping up to start
allowing full movies to
be downloaded?
Just do it away from the computer, Netflix. I'm begging you. –Adam
Frucci
Dec 15, 2006 1:33 PM
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flybywire.jpgJust look at that picture! Fly By Wire has to be the
new
winner in the "most fun you can have with your clothes on"
department.
Imagine strapping yourself into a streamlined hyper-fan rocket
that's
suspended from high-tension wire strung between two mountain peaks
in
New Zealand.
Check out this octet of astonishing action pics in our gallery:
flybywire_gallery.jpg
http://www.gizmodo.com/photogallery/fly-by-wire/You
control the throttle and steer the vehicle, but we can't imagine
there's a
whole lot of guidance involved. It's $96 for a 25-minute ride,
and then,
well, there's that plane ticket to New Zealand. – Charlie White
Dec 15, 2006 1:33 PM
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mvase1.jpgHere's a nice little piece of concept art that's
both
functional and pleasing to the eye, which is a bit of a rarity.
Dubbed
the Microwave Vase by designer Woo Seokmoon, it's a
combination
microwave and vase that's supposedly going to be all the rage
with those
young urban professionals out there. In its default setting,
the
Microwave Vase looks like nothing more than a regular vase; once food
is
placed inside and the top knob is adjusted for time, then it becomes
an
actual microwave, cooking your food in a heartbeat. When the food
is
finished, the little green leaf on top lights up to let you know
that
your meal is ready. Wasn't this an accessory in the The Sims?
(Hint:
Check inside to see what it looks like as just an everyday
vase.)
mvase2.jpg
I like it. My apartment is so tiny that it's difficult to
simultaneously
fit three fully grown adults inside it. Now I can save a
precious extra
six inches of space. Rock on, Woo, rock on. Now whether or not
it'll
actually see the light of day is another matter entirely. – Nicholas
Deleon
Dec 15, 2006 1:09 PM
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Img413 1541
Lots of car posts today... John writes -
/"Here are instructions (and pre-compiled PDF) for making an
automotive
message book. It fits in the glove box and has 14 standard
large-font
messages printed forward and reverse (for reading in mirrors) like
"Your
tire is flat", "Your high beams are on" or even, simply, "Sorry."
I've
wanted an in-car LCD for this purpose for years, but there's
something
appealing about a simple DIY analog solution to the problem./
Driv-E-Mocion
*Related:*
Dec 15, 2006 1:08 PM
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Numberandom writes -
Dec 15, 2006 1:08 PM
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Coke
Adam Savage (MythBuster) who did an awesome mold making article in
MAKE
08 chimed in on an Ask Mefi coke cooling question, here's how to
cool
down that soda, fast - he writes -
/"That would be about 20-25 minutes in a freezer. If you put it in
a
bucket of ice, that would halve that time.
