Archive for October, 2006

Treehouse Of Horrors Top 10

Posted by Matt on October 31st, 2006

IGN has put together their list of the Top 10 “Simpsons” Treehouse of Horrors segments.  In the past 16 seasons there have been 48 segments, and I find it interesting that 8 of their top ten take place in the first 5 Treehouse episodes.  In fact, the most recent segment, taking 10th place, is from […]

Somehow I Don’t Feel Safer

Posted by Matt on October 30th, 2006

Some luggage handlers hate their job. Some love it. And then there’s this guy. Charged with 110 counts of theft and stalking after taking both head and pubic hair from lost pieces of luggage that he was in charge of returning. When the police busted him they found baggies labeled with […]

Nosferatu: The original scary movie

Posted by Gary on October 28th, 2006

Hey, it’s almost Halloween. Scary movie time. The nice folks at YesButNoButYes have provided links to view the Nosferatu on your computer… either Google Video or download it right to your mo-chine.
Oh, and take their advise, watch it with the lights off.1922 classic
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Halloween display to end all displays

Posted by Gary on October 28th, 2006

Now, some would argue that the whole Haloween yard display thing has gotten out of hand and should be left to Christmas only. But ya gotta give this guy props for taking it to the next level.
Yea, he’s an aircraft mechanic who staged a plane crash on his front lawn using actual hunks of plane. […]

Free, Unlimited Size File Sharing

Posted by Gary on October 26th, 2006

Stumbled across this new free service called MediaFire that allows free file hosting… unlimited size, unlimited files. Did I mention it was free? Haven’t tested it out yet, but it sounds promising.

Couple are moving… wherever you tell them to

Posted by Gary on October 24th, 2006

Danny & Nina are looking to move somewhere in the US, and you get to help them decide. Well, not just you. But everyone who visits their site. Whichever place gets the most votes is where the will up and move to for at least a year.

Run Like The Wind

Posted by Matt on October 23rd, 2006

Nothing like winning the Chicago Marathon.  Nope, nothing like running faster than anybody else in the race.  Here comes the finish line.  Hey Bob, do you think we should have squeeged that carpet?  Nah, what’s the worse that can- OOOOHHH!!
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWheGgqmq0A

It’s a Paint-splosion!

Posted by Gary on October 20th, 2006

If only TubaPants had the seemingly unlimited marketing budget that Sony does. You may remember the crazy colorful bouncy balls commercial done in one take.
Well, here’s another one for the Sony Bravia featuring couple gazillion gallons of colorful paint shot around, down and through a skyscraper. Make sure you check out the “making of” and […]

Weed goes high tech

Posted by Gary on October 19th, 2006

Police officers in Racine, WI arrested a man for possession of 18 pounds of [tag]marijuana/[tag] last week after a traffic stop, but the investigation then went high tech. Read on…
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We’ve seen all different kinds of robots, but this is the first that’s specifically designed for the voyeur inside us all. Bandai’s NetTansor is controlled via a Wi-Fi connection. You tell it where to go, it goes. Its got a webcam mounted up front along with three sensors that’ll keep the little fella from walking […]

Be afraid… Be very afaid

Posted by Gary on October 18th, 2006

At the risk of getting overly political, I need to post about the law that President Bush passeded yesterday - The Military Commissions Act of 2006.
This goes well beyond Clinton slept around or Bush is stupid. This is scary scary stuff. Essentially, this law gives Bush and Rumsfeld the power to declare anyone (US citizen […]

Samsung’s ultra-thin 17-inch AMOLED display

Posted by Brian on October 18th, 2006

These days it seems if it’s not thin, Samsung ain’t in it. They even brought their skinny ethic to desktop PCs and computer mice yesterday, so it’s only natural that they’d follow those up with an incredibly skinny AMOLED desktop display to complete the setup. The active matrix / organic light emitting diode hybrid AMOLED […]

Linux announced for PS3

Posted by Brian on October 18th, 2006

Sony’s new PlayStation 3 will come ready to run Linux, and now a company has announced that it’ll actually ship a Linux for the PS3:
Terra Soft today announced that it will bring its Yellow Dog Linux v5.0 to Sony’s forthcoming PlayStation 3. This news makes Sony’s announcement of Linux support via the console 100% official […]

Vorpal Sword of Priercing +2… and taxes?

Posted by Joe on October 18th, 2006

Oh no… online games are being targeted by the US government. Yep, if you haven’t heard yet, the government is considering taxing in-game currency and items. Since games like Second Life are becoming more popular, its more evident that real money is being transferred for items and such. Now, it is technically […]

Too good to be true?

Posted by Joe on October 17th, 2006

You might ask yourself that question after watching this video about an animation program of sorts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7eGypGOlOc

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