Friday, January 26, 2007

93-year-old blogger: "It Bothers Me That I Have To Go"

Donald Crowdis, the 93-year-old blogger of Don to Earth, has a brave and bittersweet entry about not wanting to die:
"I've floated on the remark "Been there, done that" for some time now, but the notion that the moment is approaching when I can no longer say this bothers me. The truth is, I don't want to go."

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Delorean Motors lists "Flux Capacitor" in online parts store

Someone over at Delorean has a sense of humor, it seems. Do a search for "flux" and the item will be shown in the results. Also, check out the item number.

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A killer Aeriel photo of the USS Iowa firing its big guns.

You've got to see this, it's pretty amazing. And I don't use that word lightly. Just check out the shockwave over that water, too cool.

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YouTube adds “Digg this” button!!!

YouTube has introduced a hefty amount of new features. Among them is the possibility to block certain users, improved search (plus YouTube videos being indexed on Google Video Search), fixed messaging, more options for customizing channels, and several others.

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Worst Website Ever? Why? Cause this is my WEB DESIGN TEACHERS site.

We have all had 'that teacher'. This guy didn't understand ANYTHING, and he is a DOCTOR. Now, personally, I am a really bad web designer. Why? Because this guy was my teacher! A favorite quote from this guy (in a South African accent): "Web designers work for peanut money." (What he meant: They work for peanuts)

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Rechargeable Battery for Nintendo Wii Wiimote Released

A 3rd Party company has released the first Rechargeable Battery for the Nintendo Wii Wiimote Controller, charges up via USB Cable,

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Speaker Pelosi: President Doesn't Know Why Troop Surge will Work

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said. 'Mr. President, why do you think this time it's going to work?' And he said, 'Because I told them it had to.' Asked if the president had elaborated, she added that he simply said, " 'I told them that they had to.' That was the end of it. That's the way it is."

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Thursday, January 25, 2007

Will the Muppets finally return to primetime?

A brand new pilot for a Muppet mini-series is being passed around Disney, a spoof on mockumentary series like The Office that has the Muppet gang getting back together to put on a new show after venturing off on their own to find new jobs.

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PICTURE: Best Condom Ad (SFW)

A very well-thought ad, brought to you by Durex.

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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

How Easy Zelda COULD Have Been.

A nice clip showing how easy the adventures of our favorite Hylan could have been...

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Hold your wee for a Wii' audio recording

Audio recordings are now available of the radio station sponsored water drinking contest for a Wii, which caused the death of a woman due to water intoxication. Jennifer Strange, 28, died after drinking over two gallons of water in Sacramento radio station 107.9 The End's "Hold your wee for a Wii" contest.

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The world doesn't trust the US - at all.

LONDON, Jan. 23 -- Global opinion of U.S. foreign policy has sharply deteriorated in the past two years, according to a BBC poll released on the eve of President Bush's annual State of the Union address.

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Bush Poll Ratings Before Speech Fall to Nixon's Level (Actual Headline)

"Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush's approval ratings are now the lowest for any president the day before a State of the Union speech since Richard Nixon in 1974, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll."

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Winds Blew in Reverse During Last Ice Age

Prevailing winds over North America blow from the West now, but they blew from the East a few thousand years ago.

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Why Do Racists Have Low IQs?

Studies going back over 50 years have repeatedly arrived at the same conclusion -- racists have lower IQs than non-racists. Interesting list of works cited.

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How to fake a Web 2.0 logo

Design Web 2.0 graphics the easy way.

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