Category: Media
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Famous Robots
The Chop Shop has a geeky t-shirt that also acts as a test of your geekitude, the weRobot shirt. They are all there… 51 different robots from film, television, books, toys and one even from a famous classic rock album. Can you figure out all 51? I just saw this at Gizmodo, very cool (if…
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Basic Instructions – Middle Names
I’ve had the webcomic Basic Instructions on my blogroll for a while, but I have to point out this comic, which is just perfectly awesome.
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Dr. Seuss: Stop Making Movies About My Books!
The Onion is spot on once again. It’s icky, it’s tacky, it’s awkward, it’s wrong. The Whos look like ferrets, it’s an hour too long. What a rotten idea to spend millions destroying This masterful tale kids spent decades enjoying! He should’ve risen up after The Cat in the Hat.
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Lifehacker Photo Roundup
We just got a new (inexpensive) digital camera, the Kodak EasyShare C613. Er, except ours is pink. Hey, it was the only one in stock and we wanted it before we went to the hospital. :P As I was already searching Lifehacker for half-remembered photo editing/managing links I thought I would share them with you.…
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Save Hiatus!
There’s a new webcomic in town, Save Hiatus! It chronicles the life of a superfan of Hiatus, the best TV show you’ve never heard of. It’s only 8 strips in, so you can get in on the ground floor. Check it out!
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You'll never roam alone…NEVER
Little Person Dressed as Gnome Caught on Video ‘Stalking’ Streets of Argentina Town Or, when good Gnomish Illusionists go bad: The little person €” who wears a pointy hat and has a distinctive sideways walk €” was caught on video last week by a terrified group of youngsters. The gnome was hunting them down for…
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iPhone SDK Doesn't Suck
Gizmodo has a roundup of their iPhone SDK coverage here, but the thing that jumped out at me (being a huge fan of Will Wright) is that the iPhone will have the full-blown version of Spore available for it. Other highlights include VOIP via WiFi and an AIM client, still no Flash though. iPod Touch…
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The Cougar Ace
I may be late to the party here, but you MUST read the amazingly cool story of Titan Salvage from Wired. The story is about the Cougar Ace, bound for the US with nearly 5000 Mazdas on board (at a value of more than $100 million) started listing to port while attempting to purge the…
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InterGalactic Medicine Show
If you are a fan of science fiction, you should check out Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, which is an anthology of stories from OSC’s web magazine. Two friends of mine have been published there (Ty Franck and Scott Roberts) and would make the compilation well worth it.
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Google Search Tricks
You may know some of these already, but Lifehacker has a handy guide for getting more than just your normal search results from Google. Since many of us have Google as our homepages (or use the Google toolbar), it’s a quick and easy way to find out when a movie is playing, check the weather,…
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100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year
The BBC News site has a list of 100 things we didn’t know last year. Here are some of my favorites: 5. Cloudy apple juice is healthier than clear, containing almost double the antioxidants which protect against heart disease and cancer. Hmm, exactly the opposite of urine. 17. Two cups of spearmint tea a day…
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A Post 9/11 Perfect Storm of Overused Words and Phrases
A yearly list out of Lake Superior State University’s PR department highlights words and phrases they consider overused. Included are the above mentioned ‘perfect storm’ and ‘post 9/11’, as well as ‘x is the new y’ and ‘surge’ (not the drink). I have to apologize, though, as I will continue to throw things under the…