I say Trent Reznor is thanking is fans time and time again with his latest releases.  Ghosts, which I did not mention here due to being away, is a great ambient album that is 2 CDs long, sounds great, and was $10.  Or I could have downloaded half of the songs for free.  Outstanding.   I purchased the CDs though because I like having physical backups to my mp3s.

Now, Trent has done it again… but even more so.  His new album, The Slip.  Is totally free.  just go to the album’s website and download it in a variety of formats.   Then, enjoy.  I’ve listened to about half the songs, so I might be back later to do a short review… or I just may continue on with my day and forget, who knows.

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So, if you went to see Iron Man, you might have seen this…

If you haven’t seen Iron Man, you might have seen this on the web…

either way, you should watch the newest Batman, The Dark Knight trailer.

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Until you have your very own…   R2-D2 Projector!

So, throw down that $2,995 and be the biggest nerd on your block with this guy.

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Robots will kill us all…

 and this one will get you first!

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from South Park’s episode about “Canada” going on strike.  Very niceremix.

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Things you might forget before going to bed… especially if you’re a drunk Russian:

• brushing your teeth
• shower/bath
• pajamas
• a six-inch knife sticking out of your back

“Yuri Lyalin, 53, took a bus home, ate breakfast and apparently slept like a baby before his spouse noticed a handle sticking out of his back. “

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This internet thing has really brought out some creative ideas.  You may remember the One Red Paperclip site from a couple years ago where a guy started with a single red paperclip and traded his way all the way up to a house.

Now, an artistic couple from NYC are painting what they want and selling it for the actual price of the item they want.  The list includes food, electronics, charity stuff and rent to name just a few.  For example, they painted a picture of hot wings from a local hangout and sold it for $12.70.  Or, the painting of the iPhone they wanted sold for $432.42.  The site is called WantsForSale.com and it chronicles the needs that have been met and the new things they want (currently nothing).

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Those crazy cats over at Improv Everywhere have done it again. They descended upon an unsuspecting little league game in Hermosa Beach, CA. And by descended, I of course mean they brought a bunch of fans, a Jumbotron, some NBC play-by-play announcers and the Goodyear blimp.

The cool part is no one was in on it except the commissioner of the league. Watch the video below and click here to read the story.

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On April 9th, 2008 - hundreds of blogs & websites (including TubaPants) are “going naked” in honor of CSS Naked Day. We’re stripping out the stylesheet code so you see the content of our site in the raw for a day.

This is the third year of the annual CSS Naked Day which honors web design and designers around the world who help make our websites and blogs look “pretty” to the eye while still being totally functional under the hood. A fella by the name of Dustin Diaz created the concept, and this is his site.

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Old-School brew Schlitz is attempting a comeback.  Currently owned by another throwback brand, Pabst Brewing Co., they’re releasing a classic formula called “Classic 1960s Formula” in bottles in select markets.

According to an article in today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,

“…Pabst is selling bottled Schlitz as a sudsy comfort food for men in their 50s and early 60s. Those drinkers mostly came of age in the 1960s, when Schlitz was advertised as the beer with “gusto.”

Take a look at Schlitzgusto.com for more info on the brew.

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How retarded is this! Dean Babcock, a TARGET security guard in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin was fired recently for busting a 16 year old girl for shoplifting alcohol from the store. I would say alleged, but he caught her not once, but twice, and had video evidence on top of it. But because he was but an underling, they fired his ass. That makes perfect sense.

The complete Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article.

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Sometimes, April 1st brings some pretty cool stuff…  Like this:

Legend of Zelda Movie Trailer 

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Stumbled across my new favorite band… The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain, whilst browsing the Best Of News Blog.

“The Ukulele Orchestra is a group of all-singing, all-strumming Ukulele players, who use instruments bought with loose change, and who believe that all genres of music are available for reinterpretation, as long as they are played on the Ukulele.”

Clearly they don’t take themselves too seriously, though they’re some pretty talented singers & musicians to boot!

Here’s a more subdued clip

Here’s a more fun clip

Oh heck, just go watch all their clips. Good stuff I tells ya!

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Big news in the online world this week, as Photoshop launched their Photoshop Express online photo editing tool.  It’s free, and allows you to do basic photo editing and sharing all via pretty much any web browser on pretty much any computer.

Pros:

•  Works on variety of browsers (Safari, Firefox & IE)
• Cross-platform (Mac & Windows)
• Easy to use
• Tools include red-eye reduction, auto correct and touch-up
• Free

Cons:

•  Relatively limited tools (no resize)
• Only works with jpg format

A more powerful free online photo editing tool is the less famous, but more robust Splashup, which offers the ability to edit multiple images at the same time; various filters, layer effects and brushes; and text editing.

Another useful photo tool is the simple rsizr, which lets you resize and crop JPG, PNG, and GIF images in your browser. Great for quickly getting images shrunk for blog use.

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Denver’s major sports arena is the 19,000+ seat Pepsi Center.  Came across an interesting article from the Rocky Mountain News that points out that the tenant with the largest attendance at the center is not the Denver Nuggets of the NBA (17,099 avg. attendance), nor is it the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL (16,728)… but rather the Colorado Mammoth of the NLL (17,426).

The WHO? of the WHAT? you ask?  That’s the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League.  Yea, professional lacrosse is outdrawing basketball and hockey, at least in Denver.

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