Bryan Berg - CardStacker

Bryan Berg broke the Guinness World Record for card structures in 1992 at the age of seventeen with a tower fourteen feet, six inches tall. His latest record-holding structure is more than twenty-five feet tall.

The year according to eBay

For the second year in a row, USA TODAY asked eBay to slice and dice its database of transactions, looking for trends and oddities that helped define 2004.

Hot to fix Mom's computer

For future reference, here's a laundry list of steps I took to get Mom's computer working and secured from evil software.

Apple.com Home Page Change

Apple replaced its home page with a message to Tsunami victims.

http://www.Apple.com/

Ikea builds on furnishings success

In the next 10 years, Ikea will open five stores annually in the USA, the company's second-biggest market behind Germany.

Digital Camera Tips for New Owners

This is a collection of digital camera tips that should get new digital camera owners off to a good start with their new toys. via BlogCritics.

Top Global Consumer Trends

"Men are becoming more like women, children want to be teenagers, and we are all spending more time in our homes - these are three of the ten 'mega-trends' that are shaping the future of our consumer society."

New Battery Lasts Nearly Twice As Long

AA and AAA Oxyride batteries will cost about 10 percent more than regular, alkaline batteries, Matsushita officials said.

Rhapsody cache of 1Gb size

Was looking to free up some drive space and found a radfile.rcf of over 1Gb in size. Link reveals HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Listen\Rhapsody\General\CacheSize as a means to reduce it.

The Best-ever 46 Freeware Utilities

From Tech Support Alert. Some of these are new to me, but I'll be trying them soon.

Will Google buy Flickr?

Musings on Google's imaging future. Picking up Flickr, with fun attitude, small and smart team, open API, "not-evil" history, and considerably large user base (150,000 users and 1.8 million images, according to Fast Company) would be a great asset to Google, and repair the fact that none of its community products (Blogger, Groups, Orkut) work very well.

Back to "The Apprentice" Drawing Board

In the upcoming season, Trump said, viewers will find "we chose candidates who are more relatable--along the lines of Sam, Troy and Amy."

Watch the sky!

NORAD's 50th season tracking Santa.

Positive eBay ratings prove useful

I may be bankrupt, divorced and outcast... but I'm somebody!

Cash for Kiddies

Somewhere in China, frantic factory workers cannot make enough toy automatic teller machines for clamoring American children.

Remembering Martha

When one is incarcerated with 1,200 other inmates, it is hard to be selfish at Christmas.

E-Mail Doesn't Take a Holiday

However tough it is to return from vacation, it's tougher still to return to an e-mail in-box filled with hundreds, or even thousands, of messages that have piled up in your absence.

Broadband Use Surpasses Dial-Up in U.S.

When Mark Suhre built his five-bedroom, three-story home in Maryland near the Chesapeake Bay, Suhre made sure each room had its own high-speed network jack. Wireless access points extended the Internet's reach to the swimming pool.

King William's College General Knowledge Paper

King William's College Quiz 2004-2005 (PDF) has the reputation for being the hardest quiz in the world. It's also the hundredth edition, and they've made it extra hard this year! For what it's worth, here's last years Questions and Answers. via Mefi.

Imitation States Chicken

Like Kentucky Fried Chicken, but not. via kottke.org

Lego Thriller

Michael Jackson's Thriller...in Lego form!

Stille Nacht

Apparently, Alfred Anderson is the last man still living who spent 25 December 1914 serving in a conflict that left 31 million people dead, wounded or missing. via MeFi.

Customized M&M

Now you can print your very own messages on M&M's® Milk Chocolate Candies and package them in creative ways! via BlogCritics.

Kids just love St. Nick

The nightmare of the kid's photo with Santa.

ASIMO runs

The Honda Research Model ASIMO has numerous improvements, one of them being the ability to run.

Camels & Rubber Duckies

Excellent read on pricing theory. From the perspective of the software industry, but much of it applies universally.

Some days it seems like it would be easier to be a taxi driver, with prices set by law. Or to be selling sugar. Plain ol' sugar. Yep. That would be sweet.

Cuban on party hosting

Or how to make a quick $20K.

Great beer, and geology

The refreshing bitterness of an English pale ale, the clean light taste of a Pilsener, the dark, almost burnt graininess of Irish stout. To Dr. Alex Maltman, these are prime illustrations of the power of geology.

Changes to the eBay Header

eBay is personalizing the header, showing your sign-in information.
To see a preview of the new header, please click here.

MSN Toolbar Suite

Includes the new MSN Desktop Search.

Enhancements to Competed Items search

Different font colors for items dependent on whether they sold.
A “Reserve Not Met” indicator.
A new Action column.

eBay is on fire!

Notice how the rest of the market has languished in that time, but eBay just keeps going higher.

The Alpha Bloggers

The lesson is that there's a new force —spearheaded by people who work for no bosses and whose prose never sees an editor's pencil— that provides the water-cooler fodder for the larger high-tech community. Its power extends not only to high-tech cool-hunting but also to what's politically correct, geek style.

His Master's Voice

Dog listening to podcasts...

LV vs. D&B - The It Bag

Suburban ''purse parties'' -- Tupperware-like gatherings but with knockoff handbags instead of cookware -- have caught the attention of law enforcement.

Worlds Smallest Web Site

Only 18 x 18 pixels, yet includes news, blog, Flash games, art, Haiku, web cam, links, Google search and guest book. Now I've got a headache...

Google Suggest

As you type your search, Google offers keyword suggestions in real time.

The 100 Oldest Registered Dot Com Domains

Create Date Domain Name
----------- -----------
03/15/1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
04/24/1985 BBN.COM
05/24/1985 THINK.COM
07/11/1985 MCC.COM
...

SFO "Near Live" Flight Tracks

This is a slick Java application. It tracks flights in the San Francisco area. The purpose is monitoring noise abatement, so no detail on the aircraft, but they are colored for arrival/departing, helicopters and transiting. If you hover your cursor on them, you get altitude. Don't miss the menu option for altering the map background to Streets, Satellite, Terminal, etc.

Odin & Eric Snowdeal update

Remember Odin the micropreemie? Here's an update with plenty of Flickr photographs.

Top 100 Overlooked Films of the 1990s

The writers of the Online Film Critics Society recalls the half- and completely-forgotten treasures of the past decade cinematic canon with its list of the Top 100 Overlooked Films of the 1990s. Join us for a trip back into the not-so-distant past and see if you recall the titles celebrated here by the OFCS writers.

Satin vs. Twill Weaves

In a warp face satin the filling yarns cross over one and under 4 (minimum) warp yarns, thus mainly the warp yarns are visible on the face. Now you know.

Elite Designers Against Ikea

Remember, design takes time...

VeRO: eBay's version of the DMCA

In other words, eBay just gave a select group of business owners carte blanche control over who can sell on eBay and what they can sell. This special class of eBayers can shoot first and ask questions later.

The Hit we almost missed

The sales and marketing people had made Columbia a winner by selling mainstream American music - pop, jazz, country, gospel, the best of Broadway and Hollywood. But rock? No way. It was this thinking that had led the label to turn down Elvis Presley in 1955 and the first American album by the Beatles in 1963.

eBay's WantItNow format

WantItNow: Free to list, free to browse. Once a connection is made, the seller must pay to list. Here's what's in Bedding.

Laundry Rug

It's a rug, bag and laundry basket in one!

Flickr review at FastCompany

Flickr has grown from 0 to 150,000 users while still in beta and with zero dollars ($0.00) in marketing investment. This growth has been entirely organic, based on word of mouth, blog postings and positive press.

Citroen C4 - Brilliant commercial

It may not haul much, but it can get down.

Cereality - Now open in Philly

Wow, this is my kind of fast food. At Cereality, customers choose from their favorite brands and toppings. Pajama-clad Cereologists™ fill the orders. And customers choose and add their own milk, just the way they like it. And they even support my brother's favorite pastime.

GuitarBot

"In designing GuitarBot, our goal was to create an electrified slide guitar that was versatile, responsive, capable of fast and slow playing, easy to control, with high-quality sound, modular and portable. We also wanted to extend, not simply duplicate, the capabilities of a human guitarist." With support from The Rockefeller Foundation. Don't miss the video [16 meg Quicktime]. via MetaFilter.

Microsoft's new blogging tool

I got SubEWL registered. Haven't played with it yet. Video demonstration here.

PayPal returns

No reason given. I've had at least one declined charge after this message. Doesn't instill much confidence.

PayPal down again

Website down and PayPal credit cards being denied.

eBay - My Messages

Although the announcement made no mention of phishing emails, it appears to be a spoof-free way to communicate with members. via AuctionBytes.

New York Changing

New York Changing is a fascinating then-and-now series of photographs showing how Manhattan has changed over the last century. via Anil Dash.

How "Iris Chang" became a verb

A eulogy to the author of "The Rape Of Nanking". You'll need to take the "Day Pass" to read.

Be a Rock & Roll drummer

In one easy video lesson. (.wmv) via MetaFilter.

CSM review of Flickr

'Flickr' is in an online photo class by itself.

Pensacola Beach,FL - Sandshaker Lounge

The US Marshalls are auctioning on Bid4Assets.com, the famous property located at 731 Pensacola Beach Boulevard, Pensacola Beach, Florida. Any undamaged unopened liquor will convey with the sale of the property.

Lockheed writes more code than Micosoft

"It's impossible to tell where the government ends and Lockheed begins..."

Malicious-Bidding Rampage Saturday

A newly registered eBay user (newtonfred200) went on a bidding rampage on Saturday, putting $10,000 bids on auctions for Jeeps, Fords, Hondas and other vehicles. via AuctionBytes.

Nordstrom - She reads customer's minds

Alissa Kozuh of Nordstrom.com tries to understand what customers are looking for by analyzing the words they type into the site's search engine -- all 45,000 of them.

Brass Plum?

ComeClean

It will make your soul tingle...

Google Suite

"Install them all." 5 downloads with one click.

PayPal notifications missing shipping info.

I thought this was some sort of security modification, but I guess it was just a problem, that is now fixed.

Implementation - A Flickr Novel

Another very cool project on Flickr: Implementation, a novel by Nick Montfort and Scott Rettberg that you can read as a slideshow. It is a novel told in stickers that have been posted from New Jersey to Norway. via FlickrBlog.

Flickr Screensaver

You can configure it to display photos from a particular person, from a particular group, photos with a certain tag, and more. via FlickrBlog.

SoldPoint! - Flat fee eBay drop-off

SoldPoint is changing the face of the eBay drop-off landscape by charging a simple, reasonable flat rate of $34.95, rather than the usual 25-45% commission currently associated with these stores. Press release.

Supercrema Pasta Gianduja

Now known simply as "Nutella". I'd never heard of the stuff until my Sister-In-Law forced some on me a couple weeks ago. It is simply delightful on bread, washed down with my fresh French Pressed coffee. And to think, "Worldwide, it outsells all peanut butter brands combined."

USPS Flat Rate ($7.70) Priority Boxes Available

Two sizes: 11-7/8 x 3-3/8 x 13-5/8 11 x 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 Available now at http://shop.usps.com/

PA says NO to Philly WiFi

...MAY NOT PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC FOR COMPENSATION ANY TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INCLUDING ADVANCED AND BROADBAND SERVICES, WITHIN THE SERVICE TERRITORY OF A LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY...

The Hand Up Project

Man made Hermit crab shells.

GapingVoid on "The New Realities"

So tell me something interesting about yourself. Lie if you have to.

The Tech-Support Generation

Millions of young Americans will head home next week to give thanks, eat turkey … and fix their parents’ computers.

Industrial Machine Gun Sculpture Coffee Table Eames era

This is an incredible sculpture coffee table circa 1965. This piece is comprised of sheet metal and welded steel. The "box" is welded and riveted together to form a frame around a GIANT hand sculpted and hand welded machine gun.

How NOT to pull a car from the water

A photo essay...

Bill Gates' Inbox

"Bill literally receives 4 million pieces of e-mail per day, most of it spam," Ballmer said Thursday... In addition, several Microsoft employees are dedicated to ensuring that nothing unwanted gets into his inbox. "Literally there's a whole department almost that takes care of it," he said.

FedEx logo

I can't believe I never saw it, and I'm sort of in the business, and see their logo everyday. Maybe this is a good test of one's creative perceptiveness?

iBend - The First Circuit Bent iPod

This is an Audio Art piece, and may function in unexpected ways, or it may even cease to function. Due to these limitations, each art piece is sold AS-IS.

The Apologevent

Thanks FCC. You are a wonderful marketing partner.

Former MTV veejay takes technology to podheads

Informative article on podcasting.

China eats mobile phones for breakfast

Amazing statistics on cell phone use in China.

T-6's over Vancouver

"Remembrance Day Fly-Past" via AvWeb.

U. of Iowa's Jumbotron

A nice game room accessory.

Virgin Mary in a grilled cheese sandwich

I made this sandwich 10 years ago, when I took a bite out of it, I saw a face looking up at me, It was Virgin Mary starring back at me, I was in total shock... AP article.

Band Aid 20

You might have hated it at the time. But over the past 20 years, Do They Know It's Christmas? has attained a mythical glow... The track settles down by the final chorus, led by Keane's Tom Chaplin and Chris Martin - who, along with Joss Stone, are the real stars of this version.

Treo 600 vs. 650 photo comparison

Both cameras are VGA (640x480), but the 650 has much better low light sensitivity.

Gmail multiple image viewer add-on

Instead of having to click on each attachment, this add-on will allow you to view them all inline.

Best investment ever?

Is the slightly under $200,000 1998 investment by Ram Shriram, now worth over a billion dollars, the greatest investment ever? via InsideGoogle.

The Children's Blizzard

On Friday, January 13, 1888, just as school was letting out on a bright, sunny day, disaster struck the Dakota Territory. Reviewed at BlogCritics, and another article here.

USMC '96 HMMWV with less than 5K miles

Now wouldn't this be fun?

Scoble notes an attention getting resume

Hint: try something original and do it on your blog.

USB "Thumb" Drive

This is truly a 1 of a kind item.. It can be found no where else but here on ebay.. Each "REALTHUMBDRIVE" is manufactured in our state of the art prosthetics laboratory.

Ronald McDonald

Hmm... something lost in translation?

Pipeline - Happy Veteran's Day

Great writing on Vet's Day:

This one’s for my dad. And yet, I don’t know that I want him to read it. He never reads this site, so the only danger of it happening is that my mom will read it and tell him about it. Your choice, mom.

NuMarkets - eBay drop off at every USPS location

NuMarkets, the pioneer of eBay consignment selling and shipping centers for the public and businesses, announced today it has teamed with United States Postal Service connecting 40,000 USPS locations and 700,000 postal workers with NuMarkets to take eBay selling services into every house and business across America.

Oprah's Closet on eBay

Nov. 10-17 This is no ordinary closet cleaning! Each item has a signed certificate of authenticity from Oprah.

How 3 Entrepreneurs Triumphed on eBay

Not all eBay entrepreneurs are alike. Meet 3 business owners who took very different paths to achieve their business dreams.

One Day - 50% off Fixed Price listings

eBay is holding a 1-day, 50%-off Fixed Price insertion fee sale on Wednesday, November 10, 2004

eBay Pulse

eBay launched a new service for users to view popular searches, Stores and products on the auction site. eBay Pulse is updated daily and also lists the highest-priced items and most watched items across eBay.

In addition to its top lists and other item listing details, eBay said the eBay Pulse feature offers pop culture information, overall buying trends, fun facts about eBay, and other eBay-related news.

New eBay TV spot debuts

Our newest television commercial debuts tomorrow. The new Power of All of Us ad demonstrates how eBay helps to connect people with their passions. It’s called Toy Boat, and can be seen on the following prime time programming:

• LOST (ABC) on Wednesday
• King of Queens (CBS) on Wednesday
• Joan of Arcadia (CBS) on Friday

Should be on the web site soon.

Reminder: No USPS tomorrow 10/11

Thursday, November 11 - Veterans Day Thursday, November 25 - Thanksgiving Day Saturday, December 25 - Christmas Day Saturday, January 1, 2005 - New Year's Day

Churchill's parrot still alive

SHE WAS at Winston Churchill's side during Britain's darkest hour. And now Charlie the parrot is 104 years old...and still cursing the Nazis.

Babe contract reaches $1 million

The contract that sent superstar Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees has surpassed $1 million on ebay. via Inside Collecting

Looks like some bid cancellations have taken it back down to half that.

Search for Singular and Plural Spellings

Over the next week, we will be expanding this enhancement to include many of the keywords commonly used in Search.

Turkey & Gravy Soda

The Jones Soda Company is back with their Holiday Pack. "Just like Mom used to make."

Scot Wingo finds SubEWL

Scot Wingo of ChannelAdvisor found my blog and E-mailed me. He thanked me for being a CAPro user and I told him I was happy with the product. In our back and forth, he offered to look into a problem I'd had with CAPro not respecting inventory on the relist of mulitple item ads.

Scot also offered to send a copy of his latest book "eBay Strategies". It just arrived with some other CA promotional goodies. Thanks again Scot.

10x10

100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time.

Faces of the NYC marathon

But beyond the pride and relief of accomplishment, each person’s face now seemed to hold a new secret, as if they had each just learned something about themselves they didn’t know before. It was a quality that could only have been witnessed after their races had been won.

IMSmarter launches

Use your existing IM client to:
Search your IM chat history...at work or at home!
Discover when your friends update their blogs
Blog as easily as sending an IM
Remember the laundry you just put in the wash
Recall web sites, phone numbers, and email addresses mentioned on IM
...and much, much, more!

This looks interesting. Works by proxy to be a sort of secretary to your IM. via Boing Boing

NBA fines Cuban for blog entry

"I won’t say what I really think about the genius that started the season on election day since it’s probably the same person that started the season on Halloween in previous years."

eBay changes auctioner's UserID

Some eBay users have moved to auctions.overstock.com. Some have even made it known with their eBay ID's.

The Decline of Brands

The truth is, we've always overestimated the power of branding while underestimating consumers' ability to recognize quality.

Breakup lines from various philosophical schools

The Behaviorist: I just can’t keep going through the motions anymore.
The Relativist: It’s no one’s fault.
The Empiricist: I think we should see other people.
The Functionalist: I don’t care about accommodating your feelings.
(and plenty more...)

A time-lapse Lunar eclipse

Multiple exposures, and digital enhancements are used to create a time-lapse effect that dramatizes how the Moon looked as it faded out and re-appeared during the three hour lunar eclipse.

Walmart's $19 Vivitar digital camera

Picked up one of these today. Was curious to see the capabilities of the lowest priced camera possible. I imagine this is what the low end cameraphones are capable of.

No flash, fixed memory, no means of picture review, and if the AAA batteries die, you lose your pictures. Took some shots on the way home, and couple indoors.

Changed the "Daily Zeitgeist" over on the right, so it displays just my pictures, and those of my contacts (as if I had any friends that knew how to shoot & post digital pictures). I'll be playing with this more in the days to come.

Douglas DC-3 Plane Auction

This beauty it ready to fly...

Google Desktop Graduates

Google Desktop is now a "graduate" of Google Labs.

Germany says eBay has to take returns

EBay Inc., the world's largest Internet auctioneer, isn't exempt from consumer protection rules that allow customers to return goods without a reason, Germany's highest civil court ruled. via eBay Strategies

No more 500 display

This week we are removing the ability to display 500 items under Seller’s Other Items. The maximum number of listings that can be displayed at one time will be 200.

Someone keeps stealing my letters

This is like the old SlapStick game...

Vulcan Bomber

Vulcan Bomber XL391 (Complete with Engines)

Lord of the jungle

Yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of the Rumble in the Jungle...

Phishing IQ Test

Will you take the bait? Think you can't get caught in the "phishing" net of online fraud?

Gmail broke, now fixed

"Google was recently alerted to a potential security vulnerability affecting the Gmail service. We have since fixed this vulnerability, and all current and future Gmail users are protected..."

Dremel for the serious punkineer

For those looking to carve more advanced pumpkins than the traditional jack o'lantern this Halloween, the Dremel Pumpkin Carving Kit allows fast, easy carving of spectacularly sculpted pumpkins.

Google buys Keyhole

Search giant Google said Wednesday that it has acquired Keyhole, a company specializing in Web-based software that allows people to view satellite images from around the globe. "Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Keyhole's technology and products are an excellent addition to our efforts to do that. We do not have any announced plans regarding how this technology will integrate with our current products and services."

eBay worm (virus) spreads - "Myfip"

Difficulty to detect. Steals file, breaks security. Write-up on Symantec's site. Arrives as an E-mail from eBay.

Free PayPal day Oct. 28th

Recently, the PayPal site had technology issues that may have hindered your ability to conduct business using PayPal.

To show our appreciation for your continued business, we're going to credit you for PayPal transaction fees incurred on October 28, 2004, between 12:00:00 AM PDT and 11:59:59 PM PDT.

Google Cheat Sheet

Don't forget, Google's a calculator.

SEO your blog

Explainations on how to add keywords to pages, and how to make the post title link to the post page.

iPod Photo

Why should your ears have all the fun?

Fashion Fixes for LDS (Mormon) Teens

Can't find jeans that cover your stomach? Shirt too short, sheer or low cut? Pants too low? Jeans too low?

Caseless PC - Skyputer

Look ma! No case! This is what happens with a bored tech support guy and old parts.
I'm sure the FCC loves it.

GlucoBoy

My son Luke was diagnosed at age three with Type 1. At about age six Luke began losing his glucose meter way too often. But he knew exactly where his GAMEBOY was, even if it was under the sofa. So I thought - Why not combine the two devices into one.

"jayandmarie" breaks (200,000)

eBay sellers Jay and Marie Senese have reached a new milestone by being the first sellers to acquire 200,000 feedback points from eBay customers. The couple trades under the name JayAndMarie (formerly onecentcds@aol.com) and are celebrities in the online-auction world, starting every auction at one penny, no reserve. They were also the first to reach 100,000 feedback in 2002, an achievement only reached by 14 other sellers to this day.

NYT article on eBay Merchants

In the online auction world, they are called power sellers, and they have succeeded by researching consumer trends, finding reliable sources for goods and not sparing the bubble wrap.

eBay feedback ranking lists

Nortica
x-titles.com
Harry Glinos - both top and bottom

Survey of online shopping habits

BURST! Media, an Internet ad services company, in a survey on web shopping habits, has found that as household income increases so does the likelihood of making holiday purchases online.

Survey results on Return Policies

Interestingly, nearly 1 out of 4 respondents to the AuctionBytes survey did not have a return policy, and over 18% of those who did have a return policy did not publish it.

Ornithopter Zone

Fly with flapping wings...

Lace 'em up

Feel like a kid again...

Interactive Mona Lisa

A different look at the world...

Getting Mark's attention

If you are looking for money for any of the millions of wonderful or painful reasons someone might ask for money, DO NOT send it to me in a fed-ex or overnight delivery package. My first thought is always… if they need money so badly , why are the spending so much to send me this package.

ChannelAdvisor signs Rock Bottom Golf

ChannelAdvisor Corporation, the leading provider of channel management solutions, announced today that Rock Bottom Golf, the top discount golf retailer and one of eBay's top sellers, has chosen ChannelAdvisor's software and solutions as its infrastructure to help scale its business on eBay.

Introducing: eBay Sales Reports

We are pleased to introduce eBay Sales Reports, a new subscription-based product that will provide sellers with key sales information about their eBay businesses.
Free to Store subscribers.

FREE Microsoft Partner Pack for Windows XP

Play, explore, share, protect, do more... Later today.

Grandaddy Sports Mascots video

I wanna try to be nice to everyone...

Real version here.

Overstock Auctions attracting attention

Bidding for Barry Bonds' 700th home run ball has been feverish with the top bid exceeding $700,000 Wednesday night with a week still remaining in the online auction. 200+ bids.

eBay Q3 results

$805.9 million net revenues
$648.8 million gross profit (81%)
$8.3 billion gross merchandise volume
51.7 million active user accounts
348.0 million listings
56.7 million total PayPal accounts

Stuck Up Cat

Cat experiment. I don't have a cat to try this on.

2 invitations to a wedding I don't want to go to

Now it's 5 tickets...

NetFlix Tracker on Listology

This is exactly the application I was thinking would be interesting to create. It automatically reads in my NetFlix data, then asks me to mark when I receive a DVD, and when I place it in the mail. The author is going to aggregate the data and create some "mean" reports.

Journalist's Life Saved By Google

National Nine News reports that an Australian journalist in Iraq who was captured had militants check his articles out on Google to save his life. (via InsideGoogle)

1955 Chrysler Highway Hi-Fi Press Release

Using a new principle of design worked out by CBS Laboratories, the player and position of the stylus on a record are not affected by the angle of a car, its highway speed, or even severe cornering. Tests demonstrate it is extremely difficult to jar the arm off the record or even make the stylus jump a groove.

Firefox users to place full page NYT ad

Let’s mark the launch of Firefox 1.0 with a community marketing campaign that will take the buzz around Firefox to the next level: the first-ever, full-page advertisement in a major daily newspaper created and paid for by the open source community.

FREE Reach Access Daily Flosser

Introducing the REACH® ACCESS™ Daily Flosser, the latest breakthrough in daily dental care. Click pic. for form. Reviewed at Cool Tools via Boing Boing.

Cuban's in the movies

Vertical integration and the ability to control the supply chain. Thats the vision for the entertainment properties that Todd Wagner and I have put together.

TV B-Gone

Leaving, he passed 48-year-old Mitch Altman, who was twiddling a matte-black plastic fob on his key chain. Altman's blue and purple hair reflected the pizza shop's neon, and he was smiling excitedly.

USAToday on the new eBay ads

EBay hangs up the song-and-dance act from its "Do It eBay" ad campaign with new work starting Monday that celebrates the worldwide community of 115 million eBay shoppers.

New eBay Ad Campaign - The Power Of All Of US

Today we are launching a new advertising campaign. As you, the eBay Community, are at the heart of this new campaign, we’ve made the advertisements that will be running on television available for viewing online as well. The campaign, which is centered on The Power of All of Us, helps to express our core belief that people are good.

Watch http://www.ebay.com/thepowerofallofus

My Heart vs. The Real World

"My Heart vs. the Real World" is a photo-documentary project on children with heart disease by Max S. Gerber.

Sushi USB

Light up chunks of plastic sushi with USB memory.

ROFL-3000 Keyboard

The way keyboards *should* be.

Wired Moose

It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's a bull moose hanging by its antlers from an electrical power line in the middle of the Alaska wilderness.

The Enduring Magic Of Software

My optimism for the future of computing has never been greater. By Bill Gates.

747-200 nails 50' runway

The plane was being delivered to a museum at the Rand Airport in South Africa (elevation 5568 feet with 4898 long x 50 feet wide runway). The 747-200 outer-to-outer main gear tire width is 41.33 ft. Empty aircraft Vref (landing speed) was 115 kts. (via AvWeb)

PayPal Welcome Screen

This is the face of "trust"?

Click Fraud

If there is any single axiom of the digital age, it must be this: for every advance, there is a scourge.

Understanding Marketing

A party pick-up analogy. via Small Business Trends

Editor & Publisher endorsement tally

Kerry has a 3 to 1 lead in circulation numbers.

Houston, It's Worth It

If Houston were a dog, she'd be a mutt with 3 legs, one bad eye, fleas the size of Corn Nuts, and buck teeth. Despite all that, she'd be the best dog you'd ever know.

Italian Woman's Veil Controversy

Sabrina Varroni, an Italian mother of four and Muslim convert, has been fined $100 for wearing a veil that covers her face in Drezzo, Italy, a small town on the Swiss border. The case has created a dispute involving politicians, civil rights groups and a fashion designer.

Sony bullies RetroPod off the net

Cory Doctorow: Sony sent a bullying shut-down notice to Retropod, a website selling hand-made iPod cases made out of recycled Sport Walkman housings. From defending consumer rights in the Supreme Court in the 1984 Betamax case to this in 20 years: what a pack of sellout assholes. Hey, fuck you too, Sony.

Moreover, they will be misled into thinking that Sony is backward in its design of products and is going away from miniaturization, as the size of the tape player housing is quite large by today's standards.

A Cunning Stunt

"Check this out..."

Blockbuster to $17.49 undercutting NetFlix

"We were growing our business at a very nice clip, but would not have elected to lower our prices. Having said that, we are determined that we are not going to be beaten from a price/value perspective," Antioco said.

Special Offers for eBay members from Fidelity

You buy & sell on eBay. Now you can invest with Fidelity.

“Ten Years, Ten Trends”

Ten years after electronic portals to the Worldwide Web were first opened to millions of computer users, ten significant trends have emerged that vividly illustrate how the Internet affects America, according to findings from the comprehensive year-to-year study of the impact of online technology by the USC Annenberg School Center for the Digital Future.

No pause in DVD rental wars

Seven years ago, Reed Hastings returned a copy of Apollo 13 to his local Blockbuster six weeks late and got slapped with a $40 fee. A former computer scientist, Hastings responded by launching Netflix, a DVD rental-by-mail service where "overdue" doesn't exist.

Bling Bling medallion

“Imagine the money you can save on brand clothes by wearing jut this item.”

NetFlix Q3 - Dropping price to $17.99

For $17.99 a month (effective November 1, 2004), Netflix subscribers rent as many DVDs as they want, and keep them as long as they want, with three movies out at a time. There are no due dates, no late fees and no shipping fees.

Meg speaks on PayPal

Providing outstanding service is our top priority at PayPal. Although we didn’t meet your expectations -- or our own -- in the past few days, we look forward to the opportunity to regain your faith in our service.

FCC Clears Broadband Over Powerlines (BPL)

The Federal Communications Commission adopted rules on Thursday that would enable the utility companies to offer an alternative to the broadband communications services now provided by cable and phone companies.

Google Desktop Search

Use Google Desktop Search to find: Web pages you've previously seen in Internet Explorer Email you've sent or received via Outlook IM chats you've had using AOL Instant Messenger Files in Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint A direct hit at Microsoft.

Google Instant Messaging

The Picasa team let me in on a little known secret: Google actually has an instant messenger. It's in Hello, a part of Picasa, and it's pretty powerful, as well as, in their words, "more secure than AOL's".

New eBay feature: Seller's Digest

Sign up to receive a summary of the most recent new listings from your favorite sellers so that you know firsthand the latest and greatest items for sale.

You're Hired

You knew it was coming. When Chicago entrepreneur Bill Rancic won a job with Donald Trump on the first season of NBC's The Apprentice, a tell-all book was more or less inevitable, and here it is.

America, at 10 miles per hour

Josh Caldwell is riding a Segway HT from Seattle to Boston. After we're all done, the stories we discover and the experiences we have will culminate in a feature-length documentary.

ABC cuts back Cuban's 'The Benefactor'

On the finale, Mr. Cuban will give one of two remaining contestants $1 million after they have 60 seconds to "explain why he should pick them," ABC said in a statement scheduled to be released nationally today.

Last Comic, now Benefactor... after Apprentice, I've got nothing left to watch.

DEA Microgram Bulletins

Drug smuggler's digest. Lollipops, fire extinguishers, nail polish, a hollowed out Princes Di biography, and these capacitors in Philly.

$100 Philly Cheese Steak

Barclay Prime owner Stephen Starr admits the haute cheese steak is a marketing ploy for his steakhouse, which opened last week on south 18th Street. And he thinks it'll sell.

Nick Nolte blog

This morning they duct taped the storm door shut in a way that not only made me walk right into it, but to also rip the thing off it's aluminum hinges.

Dynamite Clock

$125 a pop, but there's a mini for $70. via Gizmodo

Jux2 - A "Comparison" Search Engine

The leading search engines are much more different than people think, and typically have fewer than 3.5 of their top 10 results in common. By using only one search engine, you are likely missing very relevant results.

Here's SubEWL. And here's SubEWL on Yahoo! and Jeeves, but NOT Google.

To Philly, from Alaska, w/love

My first year teaching in the Alaska Bush after four years teaching in Philadelphia.

Another difference between here and Philly: you can take your class out of the building without worrying about permission slips, and more importantly, without worrying about anyone getting lost (or going AWOL).

Wireless Purple Pill

Core body temperatures are obtained from ingestible and, of course, disposable, JonahTM core temperature sensors, which are contained in a capsule about the size of a multi-vitamin. Jonah only weighs 1.6 grams.) Once activated and swallowed, transmission begins immediately.

What happened at PayPal?

These PayPal issues are the result of unforeseen problems that resulted when a new code base to upgrade the site architecture was introduced to the PayPal platform on Friday morning. The code worked well when tested and during the first hours of launch. Unfortunately, problems handling peak levels of traffic developed later in the day that created intermittent availability and errors for members.

B(E) -- read as "B to the E power"

B(E) infuses beer with caffeine, guarana and ginseng, along with berry aromas for a sweeter, yet more tart taste at 6.6 percent alcohol by volume, said company brewmaster Nathaniel Davis.

Anheuser-Busch

PayPal problem update

Slowly they admit to this being a more significant problem.

Interview your grandmother for $10

WNYC has an interesting project underway -- this booth in New York's Grand Central Station is a "StoryBooth."

Hot-Air Balloon Collides With Radio Tower

Bill Chapel was piloting the balloon — shaped like the face of Smokey Bear — when it blew into the radio tower near a park where the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta was being held.

DynAdvance Gmail Notifier

Does multiple Gmail accounts, as well as HotMail, Yahoo!Mail as well as POP3.

I've already got Trillian doing HotMail & Yahoo!, all my POP3 is going to Gmail, and I believe Google is adding multiple access to their notifier; so I believe I'll just wait.

NOW! BUY SOME WOOD ON THE INTERNETS! CHEAP!

We've just been informed that this is such good quality wood that it will actually PROTECT you from the terrorists and various other enemies of the United States! This is truly an excellent buy!

Top 10 Oscar Failures

The Shawshank Redemption has been voted the best film never to have won an Oscar in a poll conducted for the Radio Times Guide To Films.

"Regular Guy" Sean Hannity

First-class ticket and private jet not good enough...

Police raid Susan Herndon's home

Alexandra reports:
Just received this email from Detective Trent Johnson of the Park City Kansas Police Department:
On October 7, 2004 the Park City Police Department issued and performed a search warrant on the residence of Susan Herndon of 2026 E. Ventnor. Approximately 275 items were seized.

My previous entry.

G.W. & Crew Catalog

Flip-flops only. Very creative.

the eric update - day 96: welcome home, odin!

he's home! he's home! he's home! he's home! he's home! he's home! he's home! he's home! If you don't remember...

The lost art of Diagramming

Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog Diagramming sentences is one of those lost skills, like darning socks or playing the sackbut, that no one seems to miss.

Carved human skull on eBay

This antique real human skull from private collections is estimated at least 500 years old. It is HEAVILY carved with mysterious buddhism objects, symbols and Tibetan letters.

Good to be in D.C.

Jib Jab does it again. Top right, click to watch.

Cuban on Dallas Benefactor reviews

Thats a self inflicted wound that could have been avoided.

eBay PowerSeller won't ship to Canada

Due to the fact that Canada harbors draft dodgers we DO NOT ship to Canada. Canadian buyer IS NOT WELCOME until they send the draft dodgers back to the USA to be prosecuted!

Interesting feedback. He states there that Canadian shipping policy was a customs issue.

HELLO, my name is Scott

You know, that guy with the nametag.

Cute Japanese Flash Game

A dog on a baloon. You've got the fan.

This was before Colson got religion

E. Howard Hunt talks about Guatemala, the Bay of Pigs, and what really happened to Che.

John Lennon would have been 64 on Saturday

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm sixty-four?

Auto Exposure Control

Great example of the problem of shooting extremely light or dark scenes, and how the camera tries to compensate.

Sheep Shearers

...and the third year??? We sold the damn beasts.

This bike took my kidney

I am selling this due to taking a spill and loosing my right kidney in the process.

50mph Shopping Cart

IT’S the ultimate trolley dash. Wacky Andy Tyler sits in a 50mph shopping cart after fitting a JET ENGINE.

My Two Years with NetFlix

Last month was my second anniversary of being a Netflix subscriber.

It's Murder on eBay

Author Biff Mitchell is looking for someone to kill – and the victim has to bid at eBay for the honor of being done in.

T-34 Lima Lima Flight Team

"Top Cover for Chicago". The photo, was taken by Scott Sayre "from the back seat of the lead T-34 on the Lima Lima Flight Team just before the start of our act."

23,000 Swarovski Crystals

$8,000 dollar Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head. Good money for 40 hours work.

Largest Video Game Lot

Almost 3/4 of a ton of video games!

Gmail Skinning

Somebody's doing some neat work on Gmail's appearance.

Google Print

Google Print puts the content of books where you can find it most easily; right in Google search results.

The man who made $3,000,000,000 off Google

"Wealth makes a few things a lot easier, but it does not have that much of an effect on your life. It means you don't have to worry about spending 100 bucks in a bookstore or jumping on an aeroplane. But you can only eat so much in a day."

Scarfidoos

Interesting use of Ralph Lauren fabrics.

A Zoo of Fallacies

The fallacist, like the zoo-keeper, develops an affectionate relationship with his specimens. He keeps them correctly labelled in their separate enclosures, and looks them over from time to time pausing to stroke a petitió principii, or allowing an ignoratio elenchi to nuzzle against his hand. Most of all, he hopes the public will enjoy the exhibits as much as he does.

Great branding is a spiritual exercise

The primary job of an advertiser is not to communicate benefit, but to communicate conviction.
Benefit is secondary. Benefit is a product of conviction, not vice versa.

4x4 Ford Quigley Van behind the pet

When you're that big, you stand pretty much wherever you want to... (2nd & 3rd photos)...

Norwegian Sunglasses

You've probably wondered why there's never been a Google domain in Norway...

Overstock Auctions continue to make noise

11 Million visitors in August. Comment by Scott Wingo of ChannelAdvisor.

Nice Kitty

Please adopt this cute fun-loving furball... (1.9MB WMV file)

Policy Change: Ending Listings Early

Beginning next week, if a listing has 12 or fewer hours remaining and has, or had, a winning bid during the final 12 hours of the listing, the seller will no longer be able to end the listing, except to sell to the current high bidder on eBay.

New $50 bill begins circulating

A new $50 bill with touches of red, blue and yellow hit the streets Tuesday and a new $10 bill is in the works. It would be the third greenback to get colorized to cut back on counterfeiting. -MSNBC

Yak-55 & Airplane Rainbow

Ford Tri-Motor Crash at Airshow

FULLERTON – A sightseeing plane that operated out of the municipal airport here slammed into the ground seconds after an erratic takeoff Saturday, injuring four people and narrowly missing dozens more. Note: BugMeNot.com to enter site.

How to cost Microsoft money

Back, Refresh, Retry...

Dinner with Crate & Barrel Photographer

In an effort to get another full-fledged national dinner tour off the ground, I have carefully placed my name and cell phone number on a piece of furniture in the Fall 2004 Crate & Barrel catalog...

Overstock.com Auctions

There are several advantages Overstock has that the many failed eBay alternatives did not have. Brand recognition is a huge advantage... Overstock.com receives more daily website traffic than most new eBay alternatives receive in one month.

Close Call

Dear subewl,

Hi. I see that ebay user "tristanhendo" won an auction of yours recently. I am one of many ebay sellers (possibly as many as 1,000) who have been victimized by Susan Herndon, who writes checks on a closed account, and is a repeat offender on ebay...

Link to website and Yahoo Group. I'm embarrassed to say that I'd have probably missed it, if she'd tried to pay. As it is, I filed FVF credit, granted immediately due to her being NARU.

MyFoodPhone

Personal food coaching for busy lives...

Original Apple-1 on eBay

This computer, as is documented, was bought from Steve Job's parents garage. The checks for the purchase and the original manual are included. The checks are in fact made out to and endorsed by Apple Computer Company. They were not yet incorporated.

High and Dry

The west end of the Bloomsburg Airport runway became an island...

Economics 101 by Philly IT Director

"The reason we won't just let the market do this is that there are societal needs that aren't inherently part of the capitalist system."

Aircraft Cargo Loader

Just think of all the fun you could have with this baby! And it's C-5A & C-141 transportable.

Recipe for Lemon Pie

Look at this creative use of Flickr...

Cleaning Pennies with Taco Sauce

When I was in high school back in the 80s, I worked at Taco Bell. Work was not really tough at Taco Bell, so I had lots of time to goof off.

Seven Deadly E-mail Sins

A poll of 750 office workers across Europe, commissioned by palmOne, has identified seven deadly sins of e-mail, including blitzing, tactlessness, sloppiness, ignoring e-mails and lying about them.

One Bag

The Art & Science of Travelling Light.

Half.com to remain open

eBay reverses...

A Biographical Behemoth Is Ready to Bend Shelves

• 11 feet of shelf space
• 280 pounds
• 60 volumes
• 60,000 pages
• 60 million words
• 10,000 contributors
• 54,922 essays

Hurricane Ivan?

AFTER CONSIDERABLE AND SOMETIMES ANIMATED IN-HOUSE DISCUSSION OF THE DEMISE OF IVAN...IN THE MIDST OF A LOW-PRESSURE AND SURFACE FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES...THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HAS DECIDED TO CALL THE TROPICAL CYCLONE NOW OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN. WHILE DEBATE WILL SURELY CONTINUE HERE AND ELSEWHERE...

Campaigning at the Post Office - Video

"USPS does not acknowledge the authority of the Bush administration."

Snowbird's Big Diamond from Snowbird #5

Mark Wuennenberg of Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada) sent AvWeb this terrific perspective shot, taken from Snowbird #5 as the glorious Snowbirds approach center stage in the "Big Diamond" formation at Andrews Air Force Base.

The Bowie High School Marching Band

Baldy rejecting traditional funding sources -- bake sales, car washes, and parental checkbooks -- the James Bowie High School Marching Band is selling performances through an eBay broker.

Another life for sale

Or, how to use all these keywords in a listing and it NOT be spamming:
Sony, Jeep, Xbox, Ikea, Pottery Barn, Martha Stewart, Guiness, Eddie Bauer, Trane, Ralph Lauren, Jimmy Buffett and Budweiser.

The Voice over IP Insurrection

It remains uncertain whether telecom's incumbent carriers and equipment makers will continue to dominate or even survive as the information technology industry absorbs voice as a simple application of the Internet.

Trooper pens 205 mph ticket in Minnesota

WABASHA, Minn. (AP) - With a State Patrol airplane overhead, a motorcyclist hit the throttle and possibly set the informal record for the fastest speeding ticket in Minnesota history: 205 mph.

13136 Bottles of Beer

For Sale! Largest collection of beer-bottles world-wide: 13 136 originally bottled items from 158 countries and 2 511 different breweries. Mentioned in the Guinness book of records for 18 consecutive years.

311 - Craziest

Scrabble is a religion.

Outstanding!

MSNBC Article on eBay, Vero & Trademarks

I appreciate eBay's stance on this one. If the "rights owners" are given free hand, they'd shutdown even legal auctions using their trademark.

Hurricane Ivan - Before & After

On Friday September 17, 2004, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted an aerial photographic survey of the barrier islands in Alabama and Florida that were impacted by Hurricane Ivan. The photographs have been compared to pre-storm photographs to illustrate extreme coastal change.

The Eye of HAL9000

HAL 9000 from the movie "2001 A Space Odyssey" is available. HAL 9000 is the Cinerama 160 degree Fairchild-Curtis lens used to film the actual scenes from HAL's point of view for "2001". It also doubled as the prop, the eye of HAL 9000.

A Blogger's Creed

"Bloggers have no checks and balances. It's a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas."
~~JONATHAN KLEIN, former senior executive of 60 Minutes, on Fox News
Well, last week, the insurrectionary pajama people—dubbed "pajamahadeen" by some Web nuts—successfully scaled one more citadel of the mainstream media, CBS News.

Mapping Sites

Found these new sites this morning:

• MapPoint - Microsoft's
• Map24 - A Java application with slick scrolling

Both feature larger map displays.

Orders of Magnitude

View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons.

Reverse CaseMod Bookshelf

Watch out Ikea!

"A Regular Old Standard Typewriter..."

"One of the interesting things about a changing economy is that our workers are more productive than ever before. That means instead of using a hoe, you use a backhoe. Or instead of using, you know, a regular old standard typewriter, you use a computer. In other words, that's an example of becoming more productive."
~~ President George Bush speaking to a campaign rally in Charlotte, NC on Friday.

It's a Vuck

It's started life as an E350 one ton extended van but has since been turned into a V350, as we call it. It's a VUCK. Not quite a van, not quite a truck, it's a Vuck.

Rick Browne's Beer Butt Chicken

Host of public television's Barbecue America, Rick Browne, the "Godfather of Beer-Butt Chicken", guarantees that the odd-sounding, but incredibly easy-to-prepare recipe will not only wow party-goers with its unique appearance, but with its lip-smacking, incredibly moist, and virtually unmatched flavor and texture.

Eddie Adams Dead at 71

Eddie Adams has died at 71. Just last week the NPPA sent out a poignant message warning of his looming death from Lou Gehrig's disease. Who is he, you ask? The photographer who took the iconic image of an on-street execution in Vietnam and who set up the Eddie Adams Workshop. Top video here.

Google, Nooglers & a Browser?

This is all about putting smart kids in a Google sandbox.

Wikipedia Breaks 10^6 Articles

The Wikimedia Foundation announced today the creation of the one millionth article in Wikipedia, its project to create a free, open-content, online encyclopedia. Started in January 2001, Wikipedia is currently both the world's largest encyclopedia and its fastest-growing, with articles under active development in over 100 languages. Nearly 2,500 new articles are added to Wikipedia each day, along with ten times that number of updates to existing articles.

New Record In Atomic Resolution Imaging

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers, using a state- of-the-art microscope and new computerized imaging technology, have pushed back the barrier of how small we can see--to a record, atom-scale 0.6 angstrom.

Preparation Is The Key To Cutting Risk

Q: You’ve been compared with Trump. Are you a clone?

A: You won’t catch me in a suit, you won’t catch him out of one. His businesses are built on other people’s money and doing deals. My businesses are built on sweat equity and building businesses. He dismisses his casino partners’ problems as not his; I can’t sleep at night if my partners aren’t successful. I play basketball, he plays golf. I go to sports bars, he goes to black-tie dinners.

Outsource University Administration

Within our lifetimes it is likely that the cost of a college degree will exceed the cost of a twin-engine business jet airplane (in the 1950s four years of tuition cost about the same as a new Chevrolet).

eBayer Buyer Goes on Malicious Bidding Spree

An eBay buyer using the ID "Bleastwood" went on a bidding spree on Thursday, purchasing 16,000 items, and apparently paying for none. Bleastwood used eBay's Buy It Now option to end the auctions. Items ranged from a one-cent "War of the Worlds CD" to a $798,886.86 airplane.

Funny Blog cartoon

This is funny on a couple different levels.

Nasty car wreck caught on live TV

Of course, the reporter and satellite truck had nothing to do with it...

Sherpa Autonomous Parafoil Delivery System

With conventional airdrops, the Marines have to fly low, around 2000 feet, to make sure the goods are delivered accurately. And they have to do it fast, to make sure they don't get hit with enemy fire. Sherpa's satellite-enabled accuracy lets the Marines cargo plane fly slower and higher -- up to 25,000 feet, avoiding shots from below.

Benefactor - Behind The Scenes

The Benefactor is not about who I like the most. I know exactly what I am looking for from each test. These are tests for success, not who I want to have a drink with. This is a single elimination event. Who ever is standing at the end gets 1mm dollars.

The Benefactor Premier

…and I will give one thing away here. I was rooting for Grayson too.

What's outside your window today?

What if only your imagination limited what you could see outside your windows?

Possibly Too Much Truck. Like That’s A Problem.

"We can see it as a vehicle for business people who want to make a distinct impression. For personal use, it's for people who want to make a statement." What a real PowerSeller would drive.

100 Photographs that changed the World

Having been in the business of presenting stirring, revelatory photography since 1936, LIFE has a vested interest in claiming for photojournalism a place of high importance.

Online shoppers to 'feel' clothes

Software using a series of interactive virtual reality animations has been developed by a fashion student at Nottingham Trent University. Nicola Davison designed the programme, called Click 2 Touch, "to make shopping online fun and rewarding," she said.

1992 Dodge Custom Mini Cargo VAN

This is a Very fun van a must have for a Collage Student or anyone who like things a little different.

You think he's referring to an Art major?

The Shot Heard Round the World

The idea that the intellectual resources of a major news agency are always superior to the blogosphere is given by lie by citing these two separate lines of analysis which, though proceeding from different starting points, both led to the conclusion that the documents which Dan Rather relied on to question the Bush National Guard record were faked.

The Face of Tomorrow

The large metropolises of the world are magnets for migrants from all parts of the planet resulting in new mixtures of peoples – many never seen before. What might a typical inhabitant of this new metropolis look like in one or two hundred years if this diversity settled down into something more uniform? The Face of Tomorrow attempts to find this face by taking photographs of the current inhabitants and compositing their faces to create a typical face.

Typewriter Art

Paul was born in Philadelphia on September 21, 1921. Although severe cerebral palsy kept him out of school, it hasn't kept him from having a remarkable life!

eBay Bans Book

The controversial new book "Why Is America So FAT?", which criticizes the pharmaceutical industry for causing the obesity epidemic, has been banned by online auction company eBay. Auctions listed for the book by Internet retailer InterNutrition.com were repeatedly cancelled by eBay with the only explanation being that the auctions violated eBay's guidelines.

Probably some low level clerk mishandling policy, but eBay better wake up. Monopoly litigation is just around the corner.

My War Continues...

I am officially no longer writing about any of my personal experiences here in Iraq on this website. For two reasons...

How to Make Fried Oreo Cookies!

10 Easy Steps to Make 19 Fried Oreo Cookies

Just One Question...

"How many times have you been arrested, Mr. President?"

Hotel del Lago

Photographs of the Hotel del Lago in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Many moons ago, I ran a business out of that building.

The Data Fountain

This fountain is connected to money currency rates on the internet. It is realtime! Refreshed every five seconds. This mobile fountain measures 5x4x3 meters. The relation between money and water is evident. On our datafountain we display the Yen, Euro and Dollar (¥€$).

NASA's Genesis Capsule Crashes

NASA's Genesis return capsule crashed into the desert Wednesday morning due to an apparent malfunction in its parachutes.

1500 sq.mi. WiFi HotSpot

Covering parts of Walla Walla, Columbia, Franklin, Benton and Umatilla counties, Columbia Energy's 1,500-square-mile Wi-Fi hot spot is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.

"Wow," said Dianah Neff, chief information officer at the city of Philadelphia when told of Columbia Energy's Wi-Fi system. "Certainly, 1,500 square miles is very large."

2002 Chevrolet 3500 Express Dual Rear Wheels 4x4

Just gorgeous... maybe a diesel, and extended body, but why quibble?

Cuban on Apprentice vs. Benefactor

The Benefactor ’s success will depend on how the audience responds to a 2nd grade teacher with satanic like tatoos , a black gay bartender who carries around a picture of Oprah and asks it what Oprah would do , a womens professional football player who wants to kick everyone’s ass, a super hot beauty queen, who is far from as innocent as she tries to come across….. and 12 others, who are incredibly competitive and realize that for a million dollars, the game is always on.

Pre-Paid Cellular Comparison

I've never seen this detailed a comparison. I'm on AT&T's Free2Go, which turns out to be the least expensive.

NetFlix / TiVo Off?

Spokespersons for Netflix and TiVo dismissed a Newsweek report Tuesday that the two companies were planning a joint venture...

Fanwing Aircraft

It may look like a combine-harvester but a plane designed in a Tuscan farmhouse is being hailed as one of the great breakthroughs in aeronautical history.

LSD Blotter Acid Art

"Pair of Snakes"

eBay's best, and worst

Found this quick script that returns the top and bottom 10 feedbacks.

eBay'ing Vehicle

Hmm... with the addition of WiFi, this could be a nice setup.

The emerging two cultures of the internet

There are two cultures growing - those who can filter, and those who can’t - and it may well be up to us who can to help those who can’t to join the modern world, lest they drag everyone back with them.

NetFlix / TiVo

Later this month, NEWSWEEK has learned, the companies plan to unveil a simple but significant partnership that could shake up the media world.

Skype VoIP

Skype's distinction is that, for now at least, it is the easiest, fastest and cheapest way for individual customers to begin using VoIP. It works this way...

Terminal Man

He always ate a MacDonald's egg and bacon croissant for breakfast and a McDonald's fish sandwich for dinner. (Perhaps one day McDonald's will have the wit to sign Alfred up for a celebrity endorsement.) He always left a tip. Alfred was not, to put it bluntly, a bum.

Stuffed Nose

Normally I tell people that Chinese isn’t really as hard as they think, and that characters are actually pretty easy to remember once you get the hang of it. And then something like this comes along and kicks me in the ass.

Rhapsody Radish

This looks like THE place for Rhapsody playlists. I'm listening to Essential Movie Soundtracks.

Gates response to Apple's critique

In an interview this week with BusinessWeek magazine, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates rejected the notion promoted by Apple CEO Steve Jobs that portable video isn't important.

"Ask kids in the back of a car on a two-hour trip, 'Hey, would you like to have your videos there?' My kids would," Gates said. "I guess Steve's kids just listen to Bach and Mozart. But mine, they want to watch 'Finding Nemo.' I don't know who made that, but it's really a neat movie."

Shania Twain Stinks

Shania Twain uses music as a means of personal expression. Scentstories by Febreze enables her to use scents in a similar way, creating the multiple scent experience of a real environment at home or on the road.

Big Foot Rollerblade

... or just great fun for a Skater's bedroom...

Barenaked Ladies Bus II

Remember this one? Now she's lowered the price and added a BIN.

53 Million American Adults are IM Users

A new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that fifty-three (53) million American adults are Instant Message users. Some 42% of online Americans use instant messaging, and 24% of instant messengers say they use IM more frequently than email.

Echo Company - 'Magnificent Bastards'

An emotionally trying account of an ambush in Iraq this past April that took the lives of twelve Americans and who knows how many Iraqis, from two journalists who were there. Included is a timeline, audio & video, photogalleries, and reactions from the friends and family they left behind. You can read a USMC account of the memorial service here.

Panoramic Protest

In front of Madison Square Garden on Seventh Avenue, site of the Republican National Convention, United for Peace and Justice marshals keep a buffer zone between protest marchers and the news media.

Kennedy Space Center is a Ghost Town

We are securing the facility and the Shuttle Orbiters for the storm. For everything up to a catagory IV hurricane we have a "ride out" crew on the base during the storm to do what they can safely do to protect the Flight hardware. However for catagory IV and V the hardware is on it's own. No one will be on the KSC property for this storm which is expected to remain a stron Cat. IV.

Kill Bill Vol.1 in ASCII

I want you to know, that this is me at my most masochistic...

Saudis Kill To Go Swede

Hundreds of shoppers crammed into a brand-new Ikea store as it opened in Saudi Arabia, crushing three or more people to death.

Microsoft Music

Microsoft opens the store early. Go to:
http://beta.music.msn.com/
$0.99 songs, Radio, no subscriptions. I think Real's Rhapsody is a better deal.

Rooms for Rent: Maid Service, Hot Meals, No Men

NEW YORK -- When 22-year-old Brigette Abercrombie moved to Manhattan two weeks ago from her rural hometown of Dahlonega, Ga., her father was allowed just a fleeting glimpse of her new third-floor apartment. He saw his daughter and her six suitcases to the room and then, accompanied by a building employee, was escorted back to the lobby.

Logitetch Laser Mouse

If you thought smooth tracking optical sensors were an advancement over mechanical ball-based mice, let us introduce you to the mouse that takes precision and performance to a whole new level: the Logitech® MX™1000 Laser Cordless Mouse, the world's first laser mouse.

Philly Considers Wireless Internet for All

PHILADELPHIA - For about $10 million, city officials believe they can turn all 135 square miles of Philadelphia into the world's largest wireless Internet hot spot.

The ambitious plan, now in the works, would involve placing hundreds, or maybe thousands of small transmitters around the city — probably atop lampposts. Each would be capable of communicating with the wireless networking cards that now come standard with many computers.

How To Beat The Big Guys

Just answer your E-mail.

Among key cross-industry findings:

• A shocking 41% of the companies did not respond
• Only 39% of the overall sample sent an answer within 24 hours
• Only 15% of companies sent any form of acknowledgement, a very simple tool used to set customer expectations and maintain interest
• Only 17% of the companies in the overall sample responded with an accurate and complete answer
• 6% did not offer any form of email contact

The Listology

It all started with two observations:

1. Most folks like to create and share "best" and "worst" lists relating to movies, books, and music, and,
2. Comparing lists and finding people of similar tastes is a great way to find new things to watch, read, or listen to.

Where Did The Computer Go?

The all new iMac G5.

Stolen Vehicles Rating

1. Daimler Chrysler Neon
2. Daimler Chrysler Dodge Intrepid
3. Daimler Chrysler Dodge Stratus
4. Suzuki Esteem
5. Daimler Chrysler Sebring
6. Daimler Chrysler Dodge Neon
7. Honda Acura Nsx
8. Mitsubishi Montero
9. Mitsubishi Galant
10. Mitsubishi Mirage
11. Mitsubishi Montero Sport
12. Ford Motor Co. Ford F150 Pickup

Audio Blogging

"Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end... We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate."

I demand four minutes and twenty seconds of your life...
Audio and Text

The Eyes Have It

Eye's gonna getcha...

eBay: Sold on Grid

The next vision for this thing is to give the 450,000 people who make their living in whole or in part on eBay information from the data warehouse to help them understand what products are selling the best and what they should put more of on the site.

1999 Ford : E-Series Van E-350

The Next Person that stiffs me like this idiot did, I am going to...

HipTop 2

The T-Mobile Sidekick II went through a low-carb diet and is 25 percent slimmer than the popular original model. At the same time, it added muscle with a fully integrated camera, and flash, to capture those you-had-to-be there moments; enhanced phone sound quality and functionality such as a speakerphone; and enhanced battery life to give customers approximately 4.5 hours of talk time.

Can Microsoft Beat iTunes

With the opening on Thursday, Microsoft will land itself in a market that Apple Computer pioneered more than a year ago with its iTunes online music store, in much the same way that it took on Netscape in the Web browser business and Sony in the market for console game machines.

Outlook, Gmail & Yahoo! Calendaring

After completing my switchover from Outlook to Gmail this weekend, I'm left figuring out how move the other Outlook functions over to a web service. just found Yahoo! Calendar. This is a LOT more than I expected.

• Reminders go to IM or E-mail
• Imports from Outlook
• Recurring appointments/events
• Sharing / Sync'ing
• Add your favorite Sports team
• Weather

All that's left now is my Outlook "Notes". This is mostly accounts and passwords, and I'm still mulling the security aspect. I've just started using RoboForm, and I think combining this with a removeable device may be it.

Help A Friend In Need, Go To Jail

Anthony Howell flew to Florida last week to help out a friend whose home was badly damaged by Hurricane Charley. Now, he may face a $5,000 fine and a felony charge.

Shots of 59 Pebble Beach

Some quick shots today, even though we couldn't get inside.

How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions

The software giant has seen its products banned in some of the biggest markets on earth--and it's all because of eight wrongly colored pixels, a dodgy choice of music and a bad English-to-Spanish dictionary.

Katie Says "Rescue Me"

I’ve come to the conclusion that these heroines for hounds are just fad whores. After adopting Chinese babies became passé, something had to replace it...

Cellular - the movie

The movie's producers tried to get a cellular operator to sponsor the movie, but there were too many negatives aspects. Cingular, Sprint and Nextel confirmed they turned down a sponsorship. But Nokia jumped in. Their new 6600 camera phone takes a pre-eminent role.

Quigley Van

Wow! $70K new. Check out the trailer he has listed.

Man Pillows

Women of all ages have reportedly been rushing to buy their very own Boyfriend Arm Pillow - a snuggly alternative to the real thing.

How to list your house for sale

Third picture down.

A detailed analysis of the Swift Boat affair

I know you clicked through to this story expecting an analysis of the Swift Boat controversy. I'm sorry we had to deceive you.

Diamond auction with a "Gem" of a TOS

STUPID PEOPLE:
for those that are reading this it is most likely not for you. I personally don't deal well with stupid people. I define stupid people in some of the following ways:
1. Those that place bids and complain later on because they were neglegent in reading a description.
2. Those that send there hard earned money and never tell me what the item is that they have purchased.
3. Those that send me there hard earned money and give me no address to ship.
4. those that send there hard earned money with no item, no name, no return address, no clue whatsoever they are paying for.
5. Those that blatently disreguard the terms and conditions outlined in the description.

And the list goes on and on...

Barenaked Ladies Bus Auction

This van has a story to tell. Its own site with complete photo gallery.

Great Moments In Public Education

Atlanta's WSB-AM reports that "a student at Grayson High School, in Gwinnett County, was stopped by a school administrator when he was spotted wearing the shirt that read 'Hempstead, NY 516,' a reference to the Long Island town, and its area code. But, the administrator only saw the first four letters of the town's name, and believed it to be a drug reference":

After being questioned by school officials, Terrell finally convinced them to do a search on the internet and see that there really is, in fact, a Hempstead. After determining the existance [sic] of the town, the boy was allowed to return to class.

At least he didn't come from Pottstown, Pa. (610), or Weed, Calif. (530).

via WSJ's OpinionJournal

Schwarzenegger's "CA Garage Sale" on eBay

The item(s) included in this sale are offered from the California Surplus Property Program .. to "YOU"!

QOTD - The downfall of civilized states

The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war.
~~ Sir Basil H. Liddel-Hart

The Earth At Night - 22 August

The first thing I noticed was how much the Nile sticks out.

U.S. Army Chief Of Staff’s Reading List

The Professional Reading List is a way for leaders at all levels to increase their understanding of our Army’s history, the global strategic context, and the enduring lessons of war.

Trick of the trade

For every occupation, there is a catalog of secrets only its employees are aware of...

Delicious Library 3.0

Dad, here's your killer application:

Delicious Library offers several ways to enter information about your books, CDs and DVDs into your library, but the slickest method is iSight barcode scanning. Just pick up a book and scan its UPC barcode label with your iSight camera; Library uses image recognition to decode the video at a full 30 fps and then grabs the item's title, picture, and lots of additional detailed information from Amazon.com. The book then appears on your shelf.

The new "shelf view" is one of the most obvious changes to the interface, which emulates the experience of browsing through your bookshelf, allowing you to view the covers of all your books, movies, video games and music on realistic-looking wood shelves just as you would at a movie or book store. In addition, the "Incoming" shelf, where you add media to your library, is patterned after a warehouse with metal shelving units and cardboard boxes.

Last photos from a doomed camera

A SanDisk CompactFlash memory card survives to tell the tale.

ID, I Don't

Reason covers America's Quixote of air travel: John Gilmore

"Let Freedom Ring"

Just a week after launching RealPlayer 10.5 with Harmony Technology and unleashing a 49-cent song download promotion on its RealPlayer Music Store, RealNetworks announced that the service has sold 1 million songs.

Olympic Timing

1932 — Track events are timed with manual stopwatches. Twenty five people eyeball the finish line and average their stopwatch results to find the winner.

Bodies of WWI Soldiers Found in Glacier

The soldiers' uniforms were mostly intact including leather belts, a gas mask and a cap with a star on it. Historians are already studying Vicenzi's find and believe the men died during a battle on Sept. 3, 1918, probably killed by a grenade. Italian and Austrian troops clashed in the mountains on that date in what has been called "the great battle." The Austrians won but 11 soldiers were killed.

Computer Gaming Nov. 1982

The games have their critics, of course. Physicians claim that maneuvering a joystick too many hours can lead to "video elbow" and "arcade arthritis." The mental side effects can be equally serious, according to U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. "There's nothing constructive in the games," says Koop. "Everything is kill, destroy, zap the enemy." Retorts TEMPEST virtuoso Leo Daniels, "I think Koop is a quack."

T-Shirt with storage

Keep your iPod® and cell phone accessible and secure. The BlackCoat-T is designed to allow one to discretely transport mobile necessities whether wearing a suit or a flannel shirt. This Patent Pending t-shirt contains 2 specially designed compartments that are all interconnected by a single passageway.

Price Gouging: It's Not About Economics

My point is this: they don't believe the economic arguments are wrong, they believe they're irrelevant. And that's why no amount of economic instruction will win them over.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin author robbed

The author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin has offered a reward for the return of a stolen laptop containing the first 50 pages of his next novel.

Keyword Searches

I need to update my eBay store description. Here's some tools on selecting keywords:

Google Adwords Keyword Tool: This one is my favorite one. Just type in your product and you'll be provided a list of associated keywords.

Mastering Google Adwords: This tool is a spinoff of the Google Adwords keyword suggestion tool.

Good Keywords: The name speaks for itself. This tool is available as a free download.

Free Keyword Suggestion Tool: This is a handy little tool will show you the results of your query from both Wordtracker and Overture for determining which phrases are searched most often.

Metacrawler: Ever wonder what the world is searching for? Search the search engines.

A Day In The Life Of A Spammer

When kids dream of what they want to be when they grow up, bulk e-mail marketer probably doesn't rank as high as fireman or astronaut. So how does one become one of the great Scourges of the Internet?

Colorstrology

Color is a reflection of the sun's light in all its glory,

And you are a shimmering facet in that light.

Cuban on Flicks

A billionaire rips DVDs.

Baby, you smell like Hummer...

The creators of the SUV are lending their name to an "eau de toilette" that melds the smell of thyme, fir, cardamom and sandalwood to create the Hummer Fragrance for Men.

AWoL (Alcohol Without Liquid)

Called Alcohol Without Liquid (AWoL), the machine is billed as creating a low-calorie, hangover-free buzz.

Alice slams anti-Bush rockers

"If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we're morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal."

Americana Music

KCUV in Denver is streaming live. Interesting explanation of nighttime problems.

eBay Mompreneurs: New Trend

I bought 10 wedding gowns for $250,” she says, “And I can obviously sell them on eBay at a really nice profit.”

Entrepreneurial Success via the Internet

While Rational Fashion began in earnest last summer, Mr. Mohrer has devoted most of his time to it only since graduation. He has become an eBay gold power seller, a prestigious rank among merchants who do high-volume business and get overwhelmingly positive feedback from customers.

RealRhapsody Free Trial

They've got a free trial during the Olympics. I'm listening to Eddie James "Son" House.

FatFingers

Othe people's typos save you money...

InkJet Refills

Just found them at Coventry Mall today. From the employment ad on the mall site, it says they opened 28 June. Kiosk is near the main entrance. Refill while you shop.

Prison Pete

Found this on Blogger's site.

Wingo's Book

Finally arrived today. Looking forward to studying it.

Peter's Outsource Proof Your Career

Notes gleaned from this interesting seminar:

"If there is nothing very special about your work, no matter how hard you apply yourself, you won't get noticed, and than increasingly means you won't get paid much either." ~Michael Goldhaber - Wired

"Nobody gives you power, you just take it." ~Roseanne

"India will be the largest English-speaking country in the world by the year 2010." ~WSJ 05/03/04

"Software is a forklift for the mind" ~Tom Peters

Epson's Micro-Flying Robot

They just keep getting smaller. 40 sec. video here.

Boxing and the Cool Halls of Academe

For a decade, I have been teaching both boxing and philosophy.

Gmail Notifier

Now Google's released one. It displays an icon in your system tray to let you know if you have unread Gmail messages, and shows you their subjects, senders and snippets, all without your having to open a web browser.

Celebrities bored her

Jill Greenberg was born in July of 1967 in Montreal, Canada, and grew up in a suburb of Detroit. Graduated in 1989 from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Photography and moved to NYC to pursue a career in photography. Jill was based in NYC till 2001 and now resides in Los Angeles.