Top 10 Moments in Sweeps Lesbianism:
“Among all the silly, titillating, unrealistic, contrived and often downright offensive lesbian sweeps moments, there are actually a few that are worth remembering.”
(Via AfterEllen.com: Lesbian and Bisexual Women in Entertainment.)
Seen On The Streets of Kaunas Lithuania:
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From the artist, Morfai:
‘This is near the ‘Kaukas’ staircase, where FLASHER comes real. So its for him.’
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(Via Wooster Collective / A Celebration of Street Art.)
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A nifty little Flash app called Flicker Time grabs photos of the ‘momment’ and generates a dynamic digital clock with them.
Enter the tags you’d like the images based on (or none for totally random choices), and Flicker Time assembles the clock: digital numbers made of images, with an analog ticker in the background. Mouse over any image to see a larger version, and be sure to hang in there for at most a minute to see the neat-o transition, where images fly in to create the new digit. This sucker requires a fast connection, and it’s more of a time waster than a time saver, but it’s could be a fun alternative to your screensaver.
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(Via Lifehacker.)
“Filed under: iPod Family
New Yorkers love their iPods, and they travel around in a hole in the ground. Sure, others have mashed together subway maps and the iPod, but ZSubway is the newest entrant into this market and that deserves a post, right? Plus these maps (which are in color and tell you lots of pertinent info like which trains run express, and where the connections are) work on any iPod you might have.
How much would you pay for this? Well, whatever you said is too much, ZSubway is free.
[via Download Squad]
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(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).)
5 Apple products that never made it:
“Filed under: Hardware, Odds and ends, Apple
The AppleGazette has compiled a list of 5 Apple products that were prototyped but never made it into mass production. I’m sure the basement at Cupertino is just filled to the gills with prototype iPhones and Mac Tablets that were never meant to be.
The five prototypes highlighted are the Apple PowerBop, Apple Paladin, W.A.L.T, Apple Videophone PDA, and Apple PenLite (pictured to the right). More info about all of these prototypes, and more, can be found at the Apple Museum.
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(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).)
Power drill pencil sharpening…:
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It will be hard resisting the temptation to do this next time you’re in the shop… - Link.
(Via MAKE: Blog.)
Spray-On Condom: From Liquid Rubber To Sweet Love in Mere Seconds:
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A German firm has developed a spray-on condom for all your lifestyle needs. The liquid condom comes in an aerosol can that you spray onto the organ in question. A few seconds later, the liquid solidifies into the familiar latex and forms a tight seal. The company says it’s a great time saver and is easier to use than traditional condoms. It’s still in the testing phase (in fact, they’re looking for volunteers right now) so it might be a while before it hits the neighborhood drug store. Now there’s no ‘but I hate putting it on’ excuses. And anything that promotes safety and responsibility is A-OK in our books (usually).
Product Page (in German) [Vinico]
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(Via Gizmodo.)
World’s Worst Superhero Names:
“Amazing powers mean nothing when you’re wearing a cape and your archenemy can’t stop snickering about your silly name. Commentary by Lore Sjöberg.”
(Via Wired News: Top Stories.)
Delhi boy eaten by herd of pigs:
“A three-year-old boy is eaten alive by pigs on the outskirts of the Indian capital, Delhi, police say.”
(Via BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition.)
Indie MMO Developer Conference Announced:
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Organizers for the upcoming Indie MMO Game Developers Conference 2007 (IMGDC) have announced that early registration has opened for the upcoming event, which will be held in Minneapolis, MN on April 14th and 15th, 2007. Officials note that reservations will be on a first come, first serve basis, as space is limited. The two day event (which is not affiliated with Game Developers Conference creator and Gamasutra owner CMP) will be an informative and educational …
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(Via Gamasutra News.)
Best Sitting Posture Is Not Straight Up:
“An anonymous reader writes, ‘Researchers at Woodend Hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland used a new form of magnetic resonance imaging to collect images from 22 healthy volunteers, who assumed three different sitting positions: slouching posture in which the body is hunched forward, an upright 90-degree sitting position, and a relaxed position where the subject reclined backward 135 degrees. They concluded that the reclined position is the best, and the forward slouch the worst.’ From the article: ‘’We were not created to sit down for long hours, but somehow modern life requires the vast majority of the global population to work in a seated position,’ Dr. Bashir said. ‘This made our search for the optimal sitting position all the more important.'’
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(Via Slashdot.)
“harajukboy writes ‘Businessweek.com shows us how the famous LEGO bricks are made. Among the new facts I picked up was that LEGO is the largest tire manufacturer in the world, and that the process is so air tight that only 18 of 1 million pieces are considered defective.’ I knew I was getting old when I first realized that these kids today with their modern legos have it too easy, what with all those crazy custom pieces. Why, when I was a kid, we had to use our imagination to build stuff.
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(Via Slashdot.)
Russia Agrees To Shut Down AllOfMP3.com:
“Pro-SEO writes, ‘An official document (PDF), dated November 19, summarizes an agreement between the U.S. and Russia in which Russia has agreed to close down AllofMP3.com, and any sites that ‘permit illegal distribution of music and other copyright works.’ The agreement is posted to the Web site for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. It summarizes the joint efforts of the two countries to fight content piracy, an issue in which Russia and Eastern Europe figure prominently.’ From the document: ‘This agreement sets the stage for further progress on IPR issues in Russia through the next phase of multilateral negotiations, during which the United States and other WTO members will examine Russia’s IPR regime.’
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(Via Slashdot.)
The Library of America, which releases hardcover editions of Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne and other literary masters, will publish four of Dick’s futuristic novels next summer, including “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” — the basis for the classic film, “Blade Runner.”
Custom portrait of you as a zombie:
“Cory Doctorow:
Canadian illustrator Rob Sacchetto has opened a business selling zombified portraits of his customers. Email him a picture of yourself and he’ll mail you back a hand-drawn cartoon of you as a horrible zombie. He got the idea after doing a couple friends’ zombie portraits for Hallowe’en — now he’s charging US$85, including shipping.
(via Neatorama)
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(Via Boing Boing.)
Download of the Day: Wikipedia CD (All platforms):
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All platforms: Download a CD containing 2,500 hand-picked educational articles from Wikipedia.
The CD was compiled by volunteers for ‘the world’s largest orphan charity,’ SOS Children. The articles, all of which are from the English language portal, cover common educational topics such as geography, science, dinosaurs, plants and animals, to name a few.
You’ll need BitTorrent to retrieve the ‘Wikipedia CD,’ which can be accessed from any browser. Looks like a great tool for kids and schools! The CD is free and should work on any platform.
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(Via Lifehacker.)
Joe Ledbetter - 8″ ‘Pirate’ Qee:
“Toy2R unveiled protos of some new unreleased Qees at this past weekend’s Toyexpo in HK. There are a ton of pics coming through but this one caught our eye — a new 8 Joe Ledbetter Qee which will call ‘Pirate’ as we don’t have an official name for it yet….”
(Via Vinyl Pulse.)
Download of the Day: Undelete Plus (Windows):
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Windows only: Freeware program Undelete Plus lets you recover your deleted files on your Windows box.
Undelete Plus scans your hard drive for all those files that have been deleted in Windows but haven’t been overwritten on your hard drive. We’ve covered this territory before, but Undelete Plus has a better interface and tools than previously mentioned Restoration, making it easy to sort your results by filetype and set up filters to help narrow things down significantly. Alternatively, Undelete Plus also lets you wipe out files that are still available but that you want to be gone forever, kind of like the Windows File Shredder. Share your favorite file recovery method in the comments.
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(Via Lifehacker.)
[Silly] TV Land cable network has compiled a list of the 100 greatest catchphrases in TV history:
“Mercury News“
(Via Fark.)
Striker II: USB Laser Guided Missile Launcher:
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We’ve preached the merits of USB missile launchers before, which is why this new product is such important news. The $50 Striker II is the ‘next generation’ USB missile launcher, featuring a class 3 ‘laser guidance system’ for better aiming.
You control the launcher through fully mod-ready PC software. But why no Mac support? We’re not all pacifist, granola-eating, black mock turtle-wearing hippies. Oh wait.
Thanks GP!
Product Page [ninjagizmos]
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(Via Gizmodo.)
Fine art ads photoshopping contest - kick ass!:
“Cory Doctorow:
Today on the Worth1000 photoshopping contest — fine art reimagined as contemporary advertising. This is hands-down the best W1K contest I’ve seen this year — some favorites (besides McDavid, pictured here): Hey Eve!, Advil, Spain Is Different, Reach, Last Supper, Escher Raid, I Wish I Had…, Shout, Coffee, Picasso Crayola, Anbesol.
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(Via Boing Boing.)
Generate your own warning label:
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Generate your very own printable warning label for home or work with the Warning Label Generator.
You can customize your warning label with all sorts of dire admonishments, in addition to a wide selection of cautionary stick figures. I don’t know about you, but I plan on slapping a few of these up around the house just for kicks; if you decide to fire up the generator, please feel free to share in the comments below what your own particular warning message might be.
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(Via Lifehacker.)
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