Category: Media
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Google Search Tricks
You may know some of these already, but Lifehacker has a handy guide for getting more than just your normal search results from Google. Since many of us have Google as our homepages (or use the Google toolbar), it’s a quick and easy way to find out when a movie is playing, check the weather,…
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100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year
The BBC News site has a list of 100 things we didn’t know last year. Here are some of my favorites: 5. Cloudy apple juice is healthier than clear, containing almost double the antioxidants which protect against heart disease and cancer. Hmm, exactly the opposite of urine. 17. Two cups of spearmint tea a day…
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A Post 9/11 Perfect Storm of Overused Words and Phrases
A yearly list out of Lake Superior State University’s PR department highlights words and phrases they consider overused. Included are the above mentioned ‘perfect storm’ and ‘post 9/11’, as well as ‘x is the new y’ and ‘surge’ (not the drink). I have to apologize, though, as I will continue to throw things under the…
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Battlestar Galactica: Razor Will Have Showings In Select Theaters
Mixed in with the news that the BSG Season 4 will not start until April (decidedly not cool) is news that the BSG movie Razor will be in theaters in select cities before it airs on TV. On November 12th, you can catch Razor at theaters in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas,…
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Lifehacker's Top 10 Video Rippers, Encoders and Converters
Lifehacker has posted a Top 10 list for Video ripping, encoding and converting. Mostly freeware and open source software, some of which work for Linux and Mac along with Windows. If you wanted some new software to convert your pr0n–er, instructional videos to a format that fits on your iPod or PSP, take a look.
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Halloween Cat
Creepy cat for Halloween
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GIMP 2.4 Released
Lots of neat new features from the sound of it, too. Hit up the GIMP web site for details, and to ooh and ahh at their new design. Downloads Page Release Notes
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Labatt Beer – Talking Deer
On par with the original ‘Talking Fish’ commercial Sabres fans know and love. F-bomb included.
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TasteBook – Make Your Own Cookbook
Cruising the usual blags today, and came across TasteBook. You can create a customized cookbook (professional looking, mind you) with a mix of your own recipes, and ones taken from epicurious.com. I am thinking that sort of thing would be a neat gift for the amateur chefs of the world.
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Where's a Pirate when you need 'em??
Female ninjas robbing gas stations. I guess real ultimate power requires less than $50 and some Slim Jims.
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Shirt.Woot Derby!
I felt good enough about something I drew in Inkscape to enter it in Woot’s current shirt derby. My entry is ‘Meat is Off the Menu’, a parody of The Punisher. :D
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First Babylon 5 – The Lost Tales DVD Released
Woohoo! Babylon 5 – The Lost Tales is out today! It’s already #6 on the DVD sales chart at Amazon, which has the best price I’ve found so far. I must have it!!