Book Reading 2.0

I have started reading books via email. I heard about this through Kevin Rose on Diggnation. If you're like me, you have a challenge making time to sit down and read books, however you read a billion emails a day. That's the beauty of what DailyLit does. You sign up for the book of your choosing and every day you receive a 5 minute chunk of said book to read right in your inbox. This is especially handy for those of us carrying Blackberry or some other type of converged phone/email device.

Check it out. www.dailylit.com

Nokia Communicator, Please come to America!

This new Communicator from Nokia is sweet!!! I hope is gonna be released here. I want one.

The future is here albeit a bit ugly.

New Phone Has Rollaway 5-Inch Screen

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Thank God We Have the EFF.

Techdirt: Singapore WiFi Thieving Teen Sentenced To Eighteen-Month Probation

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Cool New "Watch Now" feature on Netflix makes it harder for me to jump to Blockbuster.

Hacking NetFlix : Breaking: Netflix Launches "Watch Now" Downloads

I've been with Netflix for several years and it's one of the only service type companies that I have worked with and had no major issues.  I think they are great.  However, since Blockbuster allows you to walk your sent movies into a local store and swap them for others while waiting for your next qued movies to arrive, you get twice as many movies for the same amount of money.  I live two blocks away from a blockbuster and even though we have a good cable tv package with on demand and the netflix, there are still times when I want to get another movie and I end up walking to Blockbuster.  I have been considering switching services.  This new Watch Now feature could change that.  Only time will tell, since I don't have access to the feature yet.

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Pregnancy Test

Paul and Anne are about to find out if they are expecting.

Swing Blade

"You're Money Baby", "Mmmm Hmmm."

Happy New Year!

Brokeback to the Future

RockinGeek how bout DJGeek?

Boing Boing has an article about MC Router and an upcoming Nerdcore show in Vegas January 8 and 9.

Boing Boing: Nerdcore shows in Vegas, January 8-9

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Three great songs from the Delays second record.
LINK

I recognize that voice

My friend and sometimes ASU guitarist is the voice of the big cheese.
Can you guess which guitarist this is?

IT Crowd DVD subtitles in leet



The IT Crowd DVDs have just shipped -- with subtitles in leet! The IT Crowd is a convulsively funny British TV show about sysadmins, created by Graham Linehan, who is best known for writing the classic show Father Ted.

The IT Crowd's first six episodes ran last year on Channel 4, and was widely shared online, resulting in major commercial success, critical acclaim, and a renewed contract for another season of the show.

I was privileged to consult a little on the show, and I was able to connect Graham with uber-geek Yoz Grahame, who suggested that the disc carry subtitles in leet (or 1337), the letter/number substitution code used by gamers, hackers and other net-dwellers.

The disc is region-locked to Europe, but I hear that a US version is coming shortly. Link (Thanks, Damien!)

See also The IT Crowd -- the geek comedy I've been waiting for all my life

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Sprint Winning Wireless Broadband War

"Faster EVDO revision A deployment, fewer restrictions"

Great article on the differences between the Sprint and Verizon Wireless Broadband products. I have known for quite some time that we are providing a better offering, and I am delighted that some else is seeing the same thing.

broadband help » News » Sprint Winning Wireless Broadband War - Faster EVDO Revision A deployment, fewer restrictions

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Create Your Own Zoo

Nabble - Bored at home....create your own zoo.....

I've been bored before but never this bored.

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SlingPlayer for Mac is out!

Sling Media - SlingPlayer

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creep

http://www.lowmorale.co.uk/creep/flash/lm_creep_(FLASH).swf

this is so great!  watch.

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Cool rotating house always faces the sun.

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How Borat hoaxed America

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | How Borat hoaxed America

Sounds like most of the folks interviewed for this article are still fans of Sacha even after finding out they were fooled.

A friend of mine is at the Hollywood premier tonight.  I wish I was there as well.

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I hope this is true!

Touchscreen iPod in December, Zune Slam-Dunked? - Gizmodo

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GOB's IT on Ebay, IT can be yours

Own GOB's Segway - Gizmodo

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PhantomPark Parks Your Ride Underground

sweet!

The New Airbus 380

the cool hunter - home

Gotta fly in this someday.

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The Future is Now!... or at least very soon.

gizmag Article: Fogscreen: projecting images in the air

March 21, 2005 Finnish company FogScreen has begun volume production ofits unique walk-through projection screen. The FogScreen Inia screenprojects high-quality images onto a thin laminar air flow of watervapour. The FogScreen feels dry and cool to the touch and accordinglycreates an effect of the computer generated images floating in thin airand can hence be used in the development of special effects displaysand airborne advertising media, walk-through or drive-through postersand is expected to be used as a high impact advertising medium inmalls, airports and mass audience events. There have already beenenquiries from Hollywood production companies and "we expect thecreative possibilities will inspire those in entertainment," said NancyGretzinger of Fogscreen's US distributor Imagex. "Beyond that, we arealso looking at point-of-sale advertising, corporate lobbies, and otherareas that could benefit from the innovative communication," she said.

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I love this song.

Unlimited?

Verizon offers an "unlimited" wireless data download service. It is, apparently, not all that unlimited. Specifically, it's limited to five gig per month. After that, you get fined $175 and your account is cancelled.

newswireless.net .:. Gossip .:. When "unlimited" wireless broadband ...

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This is a sample Blog to show my dad how it is done.

Imagine this is something inspirational that my father wanted to share with the world.
blah blah blah,

Ours has twice the memory!

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Tired of dressing up for the video conference, check out the solution.

http://www.businessbibs.com/

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Christopher Walken in 2008?

Walken 2008 - Official Website

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Come on, Nextel has had this for two years.

Engadget

Good Marketing, but we have had this for sometime.

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Dogbert Giving a Blackberry Clinic

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Sprint 8703e October First!

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Yeah, we are releasing the EvDO Qwerty Blackberry sooner than I expected.

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Scissors for Lefty

YouTube - Ghetto Ways

technorati tags:music

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New Season of Extras

BBC - BBC TWO - Extras

you can watch the latest episode of Extras online

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This kid puts me to shame!

Check out this 4 year old kid playing drums.

The O'Neals are there.

Check out DJ Paul V.’s latest Smash Mix for the Austin City Limits Festival. If you’re lucky enough to be in Austin this weekend, this Smash Mix will be the perfect preview of who you’re going to see and hear.Listen: Austin City Limits Smash Mix (mp3)Tracklisting here.Edit to add: Those of us not in Austin can watch the live webcast at AT&T’s Blue Room. Woo.

bigstereo

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If Crocketts good maybe he'll get some after the surgery.

NEUTICLES.com

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I couldn't even say it slowly.

Say this tongue twister, or else...

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I'm underwhelmed

Apple - iPod

I was expecting more from Apple.

Oh well.....

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Shoulda had this for the tour in Europe!

Sling Media :: Sling What?

This weekend I finally got the Slingbox.  This thing is fantastic. I really wish I had had this while I was in Europe.

I have hooked this up to my laptop, the computer connected to the TV in the bedroom and my PPC6700.  I can switch from the Moxi to the built in cable tuner.  I just wish the IR codes for the Moxi worked properly.  I will be excited when they get it working right.  In the meantime, this is still the coolest device to come out in quite sometime. 

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And Even the MOTOKRZR K1m

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We're Getting Some Cool New Phones

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Very Cool!

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amazing video

OK Go! - Here It Goes Again

<a href="http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=2115">OK Go! - Here It Goes Again on Transbuddha</a>

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I know how they feel.

British air travelers kick brown "terrorists" off their planes

By noemail@noemail.org (Cory Doctorow)

Cory Doctorow: Two brown men were forced off a plane by a bunch of non-brown British passengers who became convinced that they were behaving suspiciously and were therefore terrorists. Shocking -- who'd have thought that putting signs everywhere telling you that you were in danger of terrorists and that terrorists were everywhere and that you should look out for suspicious terrorism behavior would turn normal people into witch-hunting racist mobs?

The extraordinary scenes happened after some of the 150 passengers on a Malaga-Manchester flight overheard two men of Asian appearance apparently talking Arabic. Passengers told cabin crew they feared for their safety and demanded police action. Some stormed off the Monarch Airlines Airbus A320 minutes before it was due to leave the Costa del Sol at 3am. Others waiting for Flight ZB 613 in the departure lounge refused to board it...

Passengers noticed that, despite the heat, the pair were wearing leather jackets and thick jumpers and were regularly checking their watches...

Half an hour later, police returned and escorted the two Asian passengers off the jet...

Websites used by pilots and cabin crew were yesterday reporting further incidents. In one, two British women with young children on another flight from Spain complained about flying with a bearded Muslim even though he had been security-checked twice before boarding.

Link (Thanks, Amit and Andrew!)

British air travelers kick brown "terrorists" off their planes

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Can't wait for the Borat movie!

The Unofficial Borat Homepage Borat Movie Coming Soon!

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Good Times!

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Super Cool OSX Application

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I like this one too.

Worth1000.com | Photoshop Contests | Are you Worthy™ | contest

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Great Photoshop Contest!

Worth1000.com | Photoshop Contests | Are you Worthy™ | contest

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Finally - Skype for Mac with Video (Preview)

Download Skype for Mac

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Belkin Wifi Skype Phone

Good News!  This new WiFi phone ships next month and is cheaper than originally expected.  I believe this will be the device that replaces our landline in our condo.  Well, we don't actually have a landline, but this replaces our need to get one.  Cellphone service is less than stellar inside our place so we are relegated to the patio for calls.  Since we have WiFi throughout the whole building (or will soon ) this phone would give us coverage from the kitchen to the pool.

We are starting to use Skype more and more, in fact this August when I go to Europe for a two week tour we'll be using Skype to call each other. I'll be using the Sprint PPC6700 in any hotspot I can find while I'm there.

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Now You Can Read While Rockin!

Blog Music Player - myblogtunes by Radio Tornadostream

As you can see I've added a new radio station feature to the blogs.  I've hand picked some cool tunes for you to Rock Out to while reading.

Enjoy!

Christian

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How did they do that?

Check out the link.

shakeibabe - The Window Shaker

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I May Just Love Puppies Too Much!

MilkandCookies - Dog on Escalator

This is adorable! 

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Some People Have Too Much Time On Their Hands

MilkandCookies - Instructional Music Video Mashup

Actually, this is really cool!  It's quite amazing how good this worked out.

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Media Central 2.0 is Bigger and Better, but now it's $29.95!

equinux - Website

I love this application so much.  You can see my write up about it on my site www.christiancrowe.com under the GOTG heading on the Home Media page.

The programmer who made it got hired by Equinox and now it has been repackaged and cost $29.95.

I'll probably go ahead and purchase it.  It really is quite cool.

If you have a MAC, check it out.  If not, go get a MAC and then check it out!

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Muse - Black Holes and Revelations

Granted, I just bought this new Muse album, but I'm really enjoying it so far. I'm only on the fourth track at the time of this posting. I really really liked the last record so my expectations are high.

Soldier's Poem has some real cool "Queen" influences.

Check out their website, it's Uber Rad! www.muse.mu

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No Way!!! Rocky 6.

Rocky Balboa on Yahoo! Movies

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Cool Views of Famous Homes

Zillow.com - Bird's Eye View of Famous Homes

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Another Geeky T-shirt

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Wildest Mac Mini Set-up Ever

TechEBlog » Top 10 Strangest Computer Setups

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new time waster

blufr.com: The Statue of Liberty’s head originally stood in Manhattan itself...

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Chimp Playing Pac Man

YouTube - chimp playing pacman

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The Magic Castle

Last night we went to Hollywood and visited the Magic Castle with our good friends Renee, Ugo, Josh and Judy.

It's a private club that only allows visitors with an invitation.  Renee is a Massage Therapist and was invited by a client, so that is how we all got the opportunity to  attend.

It was interesting to say the least.  We had dinner and drinks and went to three different shows.  The showrooms are all quite small and intimate so everyone has a good view of the performers doing their tricks. Of course there were card tircks galore, vanishing doves, and amazing slight-of-hand magicians donning their talent of 30 some years. 

I don't think Chelle and I are going to try to become members anytime soon, but it was fun to visit and people watch for sure, and now we can scratch that off of our list of things to do before leaving Cali.

Thanks again to Sweet Renee for her cool event planning skills and the chance to do out of the ordinary things with fun friends!

The World Famous Hollywood Magic Castle