January 2010
52 posts
TWO THOUSAND AND HOOD →
Now that we’ve made it through the year in rejects, it’s time once again for the yearly wrap-up of our favorite tracks by US. STV SLV’s favorite ABX tracks of ‘09: 1. Dead Prez vs Grizzly…
December 2009
43 posts
The Tablet ... --"Just a Touch Away, the Elusive... →
John Gruber / Daring Fireball: The Tablet … —”Just a Touch Away, the Elusive Tablet PC”, The New York Times, 4 October 2009 — Here’s the thimbleful of information I have heard…
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Report Says 'Jeff Dunham Show' Is Canceled →
The Hollywood Reporter cited an unnamed Comedy Central spokesperson as saying that the cable channel had “no plans” to renew the show.
Listen up, little ladies! →
GirlTalk Radio is a podcast made by girls who love math and science. Hosted by 11-to-16 year olds, the program features interviews with diverse cadre of science-minded women—from stem cell…
The Digital Decade →
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Wow, this post says a lot.
One way to look at the decade from 2000-2009 is as the digital decade. In this decade the world has gone from having about 300 million to 1.6 billion…
Sport's First Gay Superstar →
Last week, one of rugby’s biggest stars came out of the closet - Gareth Thomas, the most capped Welshman of all time and the man who led Wales in 2005 to its first Grand Slam triumph in more than 25…
Robin Sloan's Annabel Scheme →
brilliant novella about quantum computing and the digital occult
VIDEO: Superhuman tape measure skills. →
Superhuman tape measure skills.
Nike Blazer Mid ND Black Sail →
Nike pushes forth a fresh new color up of the Blazer Mid ND. Black on black premium leather upper with hints of green and a clean white midsole. Out now at Proper who points out…
Christmas Cards by Disney Artists ca. 1940 →
Christmas Card by Bill Hurtz
Here’s a collage of holiday cards by Disney artists that I guarantee you haven’t seen before. They are either from 1939 or 1940. Click on the image below for the…
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Resolution 2010 →
Every year I make a new year’s resolution that sound nearly impossible. I enjoy the challenge of putting a goal in front of me that at the beginning of the year seems entirely ridiculous, but at…
Resolution 2010 →
Every year I make a new year’s resolution that sound nearly impossible. I enjoy the challenge of putting a goal in front of me that at the beginning of the year seems entirely ridiculous, but at…
Nike Terminator High Premium TZ “Rivals Pack” Ueno... →
Pending it’s release, mita sneakers drops a detailed series of photos documenting the Ueno sneaker from the Terminator High Premium Tier Zero “Rivals Pack”. As we previously…
4chan Founder “moot” to Speak at TED →
Christopher “moot” Poole, the young founder of the irascible online forum 4chan, will speak in February at the TED conference, the elite gathering of thought leaders whose video-taped…
Criterion Adds 35 Films to Netflix Watch Instantly... →
It’s a bit of a dichotomy—Criterion sharing their painstakingly restored classics with Netflix—but we aren’t complaining. 35 new Criterion titles are now streamable from Netflix, which are enough to…
Cherry Bomb →
Yes! Trailer to The Runaways is out. Stars Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning.
The Sunday Strip →
In a move which simultaneously riled newspaper editors and delighted fans, famously strong-minded cartoonist Bill Watterson returned from a nine month sabbatical in 1992 and demanded that the …
VideoVision's Gift Wrapping Educational Film →
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We aired this last night and I like it quite a bit. So hard to nail these kinds of videos but I think we came close.
Jimmy has a collection of old VHS tapes from the 80’s. (You…
Apple Working on 3D 'Hyper-Reality' Displays... →
Arn / MacRumors: Apple Working on 3D ‘Hyper-Reality’ Displays — Apple’s patent applications always provide an interesting peek into what Apple researchers have been working…
Selling Wants to buy Haves →
I love this project: a couple of NYC artists do paintings of items that they want and sell the art to buy the items. Each painting shows one thing we want, and sells for the price of the real…
The Worst Rapper Ever? →
He gives my fair hometown of Melbourne a bad rap (excuse the pun). [ Ed Note : World, meet R….A….E…2..THE MOTHER FUCKEN …D. He’s trying his best, and he has a fantastic name.] …
Fructose Alters Human Metabolism →
New research: Sweeteners like high-fructose corn syrup alter human metabolism, digestion
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How Adults Achieve Happiness - BusinessWeek →
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The End Of Hand Crafted Content →
Old media loves nothing quite so much as writing about their own impeding death. And we always enjoy adding our own two cents – the AP not knowing what YouTube is, the NYTimes guys reading…
Public Access Show That Birthed the Beastie Boys... →
In Dec ‘83, a couple of 20-something pop culture enthusiasts from Sheepshead Bay made low-budget TV history.
20 Best Science Fiction Books Of The Decade... →
After much mulling and culling, we’ve come up with our list of the twenty best books of the decade. The list is weighted towards science fiction, but does have healthy doses of fantasy and…
The 10 Most Bizarre "G.I. Joe: A Real America... →
My favorite part of this list is that the episode where the Cobras disguise themselves and toys and Shipwreck’s parrot Polly turns gigantic is only #6.
ZOMG The Google Phone Is “Like An iPhone On... →
We told you the Google phone was confirmed. And now some Googler’s seem to be confirming it, too. There is a lot of chatter on Twitter about Google employees with HTC-built unlocked Google…
$2/month for Unlimited Dora? A Potential New...
I’ve been thinking a lot about print media’s forthcoming attempt to use the app store as a way to deliver periodic content, namely issues of monthly or weekly magazines.
It’s a smart idea and I think it’ll work well on a tablet device - as long as it’s as cheap (or cheaper) than the discount magazine subscriptions you can buy online.
But since I work in TV (and I...
F*cked Up, Andrew W.K., David Cross, Ezra Koenig,... →
Fucked Up’s much anticipated cover of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” has been available on iTunes since yesterday, but we wanted to wait until we could stream it here before highlighting the…
Cowboys Stadium first to demo real time conversion... →
The Cowboys might not be doing so well on the field these days, but that’s not stopping Jerry Jones from constructing a gadget lover’s nirvana for them to call home. The world…
‘Hey Batman, What Are Your Parents Getting You For... →
[batman] ‘Hey Batman, What Are Your Parents Getting You For Christ-’ …
Fisherman Bloopers →
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This is maybe the funniest thing I’ve seen in years.
I’m not sure these are quite “the best bloopers ever” but they are amusing and stuff and it’s nice to hear…
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Twbe japanese iphone app →
Bijin Tokei, the best iphone app ever!, Think of it as a clock and each minute is a new beautiful girl from the streets of Japan. The basic premise is that they photographed a different…
[Tiger Woods] is busy, hasn't got a lot of time,... →
At least something good for someone has come out of the whole Tiger Woods brouhaha. Photos of Woods’ wrecked SUV reveal a copy of Get a Grip on Physics on the floor of the Escalade’s back seat. This has been enough to send the book, a 1999 overview of modern physics for the intelligent layman, now out of print, rocketing up Amazon’s sales charts. Author John Gribbin is a bit...
10 Web trends to watch in 2010 - CNN.com →
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Game On: Time Inc. Shows Off a Tabletized Sports... →
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo: Game On: Time Inc. Shows Off a Tabletized Sports Illustrated — Last month, Condé Nast played show-and-tell with its concept of a digitized magazine….
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