December 2008
41 posts
Musician Finds a Following Online (Wall Street... →
Wall Street Journal: Musician Finds a Following Online — Word-of-Mouth on Blogs and Other Sites Attracts Fans — and a Record Deal — In late 2006, Justin Vernon, a…
is playing Settlers of Catan online with friends
What Carriers Don't Want You To Know About... →
An anonymous reader writes “Randall Stross has just published a sobering article in The New York Times about how the four major US wireless carriers don’t want anyone to know the actual cost…
Play Your Favorite Old-School Games in Emulation... →
Reward yourself for surviving another holiday with some old-school game playing. Skyler over at SimpleHelp has put together a guide on emulating every Nintendo game system on a Windows based…
Capture.NET Is a Windows Swiss Army Knife... →
Windows only: Free application Capture.NET calls itself “the Swiss Army knife of PC tools,” and while it does offer a wide array of functionality, calling it a kitchen-sink style tool may be more…
Organic Farms Say "WWOOF" →
More and more people who want to get away, get their hands dirty and get smarter about organic lifestyles are arranging their vacations through World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms…
20+ Great Greasemonkey Scripts for Improving Your... →
Bookmark this on Delicious - Saved by blogfesores to facebook greasemonkey script scripts socialmedia tools social internet apps - More…
New T-Mobile Dash spotted in the wild, nothing... →
Remember that wild, all-black Dash we peeped a couple days ago? We have no intention of scuttling your hopes and dreams, but aside from a few cosmetic differences (they removed the…
Fall Out Boy, 'Dead On Arrival': Free MP3 of the... →
FREE MP3 FROM THE ARCHIVE. Forget their influences—people now want to know what bands Fall Out Boy have inspired. Their latest efforts have scored them prime cover shots on all the top…
Palin pelted in PETA online game →
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is still taking shots from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA officials said Wednesday. The animal rights group and the Republican vice presidential candidate…
Crazy HP offers $400 off on tx2500z tablet, throws... →
Are you looking for a full-featured tablet but, thanks to current economic conditions, find yourself stuck with a netbook budget? Check out HP’s tx2500z 12.1-inch portable, available now…
Manipulate Vector Images with Open Source Inkscape... →
All platforms: Inkscape is an open source vector editing program. If you are looking for a free alternative to the Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape has a host of features that make it worth…
Rick Warren Pulls The "Gay Friend" Defense [Rants] →
Rick Warren wants you to know that his invitation to Barack Obama’s Inauguration isn’t the slap in the face to the gay community that it may appear to be. And what, exactly, is Warren’s…
Cats Keep Lost Boy Warm →
Argentine police say a destitute 1-year-old boy was kept alive by a colony of stray cats who shared food scraps and kept him warm in the city of Misiones. The boy, who had been missing for several…
LiveDrive Offers Unlimited Online Storage [Online... →
LiveDrive, not to be confused with Windows Live Skydrive, is a free and unlimited online storage service. LiveDrive users can upload an unlimited number of files, and while the size limit…
CA Attorney General Urges Court To Void Gay... →
SAN FRANCISCO – The California attorney general has changed his position on the state’s new same-sex marriage ban and is now urging the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8.
Norm Coleman tries to get Franken ballot tossed... →
Moe sez, “In Minnesota’s Senate race, the candidates are now just 5 votes apart. The courts, sorting through ballot challenges, finds the leader (by 5 votes) had tried to have a ballot rejected…
The First Lady Of Star Trek Passes Away [Star... →
Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the most ubiquitous actor in Star Trek, died today at age 76. The wife of Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, she also provided the computer voices on every version of Trek….
Researchers Test Whether Sharks Enjoy Christmas... →
Scientists plan to test whether sharks enjoy listening to Christmas pop songs, after US research showed fish could recognize melody. Chris Brown, senior marine biologist at the Loch Lomond aquarium,…
Dean Martin, "Jingle Bells (Dan The Automator... →
Rock River Music Records had the genius idea to take a bunch of old Christmas records and let modern DJs, such as Dan The Automator, remix them. Amazingly, it works. This album offers the…
Most Popular Free Windows Downloads of 2008 [Best... →
In the past year we’ve highlighted hundreds of Windows apps aimed at making your life easier, boosting your computer productivity, and powering up your PC. For those of you who weren’t able to…
researching Sydney’s CPU Fan
Your Shoes Are A Fetishistic Tool Of The... →
Germaine Greer — not exactly known for her sartorial choices — has never been a fan of heels or women who wear them. So I guess her Times of London piece isn’t rife with hypocrisy. …
Windows XP: The OS That Won't Quit →
Microsoft is ready to move on, but Windows XP — and its fans — just won’t slink away quietly.
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R.I.P. Bettie Page →
As Eric Reynold of Fantagraphics says: “First Dave Stevens, then Forrest J. Ackerman, and now Bettie Page. 2008 has been a brutal year for some of the icons of my Southern California…
Awesome Google Street View Prank →
Artists Robin Hewlett and Ben Kinsley invited the Google Inc. Street View team and residents of Pittsburgh to collaborate on a series of tableaux along Sampsonia Way. Neighbors from around the city,…
Microsoft Live Labs Thumbtack →
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A Starbucks barista's letter to customers →
A Starbucks barista writes: “Starbucks is in
trouble, and its not just the economy. I think they are making the
wrong decisions, they are burning out their best people while letting
them…
Why Won't Sexist Advertising Go Away?... →
In an essay on The Huffington Post, writer Alex Leo notes that while this was a big year for women — the first serious female presidential candidate, the first predominately female state…
Indiana Bans Driver's License Smiles, For... →
Smelly Jeffrey writes “According to a recent article, Indiana BMV Communications Director Dennis Rosebrough states that applicants for a new or renewed operator’s license or state identification card…
Star Wars drawing by Slade, age 6 →
This wonderful illustration was done by Slade Oakes, age 6. His parents found it in his art pad shortly after Slade’s dad brought home the Star Wars Trilogy on DVD.
Starbucks customer often has to argue for a... →
After many times of paying $3.90 plus tax for a Skinny Cinnamon Dolce Latte, Giselle Matsui finally figured out that she could order the same drink off the make-your-own latte list,…
Wow, Seattle Gets Even More Retarded for Coffee →
As a marketing strategy, “cupping” is straight from the wine-industry playbook. As a means of enjoying coffee, it’s mostly hot air.
Joe Satriani Sues Coldplay For Ownership of Year's... →
Grammy Hell mascots Coldplay have pissed off yet another music listener with their anthem “Viva La Vida,” but Joe Satriani won’t settle for just turning off the noise. In a copyright…
trying on posty!
T-Mobile USA proves idiocy →
T-Mobile Europe never was a great carrier: we have had multiple horror stories in the past, and I furthermore have ex-insiders claiming that there is more rotting than what meets the eye. T-Mobile…
Google Contacts Syncs Your Google Address Book... →
Thunderbird only: Thunderbird extension Google Contacts automatically syncs contacts between your Google and Thunderbird address books. The sync is bi-directional, and the extension is smart…
Just How Stupid And Poor Are MySpace Users,... →
If you thought Randall Stross’ attack on Tesla yesterday was in poor taste, wait until you read what Michael Wolff has to say about MySpace. In a dinner interview with BusinessWeek columnist…
Dec. 1, 1952: 'Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty' →
1952: It’s front-page news when George Jorgensen Jr. is reborn as Christine Jorgensen, gaining international celebrity and notoriety as the first widely known person to undergo a successful…