Archive for August 20th, 2006
Borat: Cultural Learning of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Sacha Baron Cohen, famous for his satirical style of comedy, is releasing a movie, Borat: Cultural Learning of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
The basic premise: Cohen is Borat, a Kazakhi journalist sent to America to study its people and cultures.
No Americans were harmed in the filming of this movie–but many were embarrassed. [...]
Microsoft Zune: Details and Predictions
A number of new details have come to light about Microsoft’s upcoming Zune MP3 player, such as the fact that its bundled earbuds have magnets which make them stick together, the “scrollwheel” is actually a four-way rocker button, the device itself has a magnet on its back (possibly for earbud stickage?), there’s a grip on [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Transformers: The Movie
Dueling alien races, the Autobots and the Decepticons, bring their battle to Earth, leaving the future of humankind hanging in the balance.
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Monster House
Looking over the horizon, there are countless computer generated animated features, all pale imitations of the masters of the craft, Pixar (who brought us Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and the disappointing Cars) and DreamWorks Animation SKG (creators of Shrek and Madagascar). It takes a special kind of film to fight its way through [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Track popular videos with the Internet TV Charts
You can keep track of the Internet’s most viral videos with the Internet TV Charts.
Right now, the service is following Google Video, YouTube, Digg, and VideoSift, and I’m hoping that the creator plans to add in some more (Yahoo Video, SingingFish, maybe even some news sites?). It’s an easy and convenient way to see just [...]
The network is offline
If you work as a network technician this place would probably be your worst nightmare. I guess it’s quite hard to keep a the cables in order, but this is just hilarious.
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Learn the perfect golf swing
Brand new instructional video web site VideoJug has a detailed video tutorial teaching the “perfect golf swing.”
I’ve been wanting to direct our readers to VideoJug for a couple of days now (I like their focus on how-to videos), but I had trouble finding a video that really stood out. That said, with the weekend almost [...]
Four things to remember when preparing a speech
Learning guru Jay Cross has four short and sweet tips to keep in mind when preparing a talk (see above!).
Personally, I’ve never done the commonly suggested “imagine everyone naked” thing, mostly because it kind of squicks me out. However, I do like the “Action Steps” tip – this is a great way to really keep [...]
Razer Pro Type
Razer call their Pro Type the world’s most intelligent keyboard, and it sure looks quite interesting. Besides the usual ‘ergonomic’ chit chat, it features an integrated iPod dock, audio line-out, USB ports, media center keys and 10 programmable hot keys. Interesting.
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Switching from PC to MAC
No, it’s not me switching from PC to Mac, but the tech editor at The age. I’ve been thinking about it a lot though, and that’s why I found this short article interesting. Basically he describes all pros and cons and shares his experiences with the transition from PC to Mac.
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CAPSoff – remove Caps lock
CAPSoff is a campaign from a guy called Pieter Hintjens. His goal with the campaign is to get rid of the Caps lock key on all keyboards.
“I’ve launched a campaign to rid the world of the caps lock key. Sure, there are more serious problems to solve but please, think of the children! How am [...]
Keyboard with 127 tiny displays
What would you say if somebody presented a keyboard where every key was a little display? This ultra cool keyboard from Optimus has that – 127 tiny little OLED displays. Too bad it’s just a prototype, and it most probably will be very expensive! But it’s a brilliant idea, even though I’m one of those [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Top 10 most beautiful cellphones
fosfor gadgets have been working on this top 10 for a while and have truly found some beaut’s.
I a fan of decent mobiles and recently purchased the Sony Ericsson k800i, which has been a huge flop, so this was an interesting read. I can’t imagine why there are no Sony’s in the list… hmmm.
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Ashley Cole’s new book reviews
I found this page and was in hysterics, check out his Amazon reviews here.
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