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TITLE: SHOCKING NEWS: Nobody reads poetry anymore!...<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE: Monday, January 30, 2006 1/30/2006 11:58:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>Found here: <a href="http://www.bookslut.com/blog/archives/2006_01.php#007710">SHOCKING NEWS: Nobody reads poetry anymore!...</a>:
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<p>SHOCKING NEWS: <a href="http://books.guardian.co.uk/poetry/features/0,,1697443,00.html">Nobody reads poetry anymore!</a> For the love of god, SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING!</p>
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TITLE: Chuck Norris responds to chucknorrisfacts.com<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 1/10/2006 10:35:00 PM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>Found here: <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/10/chuck_norris_respond.html">Chuck Norris responds to chucknorrisfacts.com</a>:
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<strong>Xeni Jardin</strong>:

<img alt="" src="http://www.boingboing.net/images/chucknorrisfacts.jpg" align="left" border="0" />The action star known for high-style facial hair, high-flyin' kicks, and high-caliber weaponry replied today to spoof&nbsp;site <a href="http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/">chucknorrisfacts.com</a>,&nbsp;which lists such "facts" as 

<p><em>"Crop circles are Chuck Norris' way of telling the world that sometimes corn needs to lie the fuck down</EM>." 

<p>Responding on his vanity site, Norris plugs his autobiography and shrugs off the prank domain. "I do know that boys will be boys," he says of the internet. And those of us without facial hair know the internet is not comprised entirely of boys. <a href="http://www.chucknorris.com/html/events.aspx">Link </a>(<em>Thanks, Naimul</em>)</p><p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/boingboing/iBag?a=io7ZyG"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/boingboing/iBag?i=io7ZyG" border="0"></img></a></p>
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TITLE: Levi's launches first iPod compatible jeans<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE:  1/10/2006 05:05:00 PM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/macmerc?m=1348">Levi's launches first iPod compatible jeans</a>:
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Levi's is launching their own wearable technology revolution with the introduction of new Levi's RedWire DLX Jeans, available worldwide in fall 2006. Designed for both men and women, the jeans...<br/><br/>

[[ This is just a taste, visit MacMerc.com for the full story! ]]
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TITLE: News: MWSF: Intel-powered MacBook Pro laptop unveiled<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE:  1/10/2006 05:05:00 PM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/01/10/macbookpro/index.php?lsrc=mwrss">News: MWSF: Intel-powered MacBook Pro laptop unveiled</a>:
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The MacBook Pro, the first Mac laptop to ship with an Intel-built processor inside, was unveiled Tuesday at Macworld Expo. The machine will be available in two configurations -- 1.67GHz model and a 1.83GHz model -- in February.
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TITLE: Apple updates iLife, iWork, .Mac and OSX<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE:  1/10/2006 05:05:00 PM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://engadget.com/2006/01/10/apple-updates-ilife-iwork-mac-and-osx/">Apple updates iLife, iWork, .Mac and OSX</a>:
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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://engadget.com/category/desktops/" rel="tag">Desktops</a>, <a href="http://engadget.com/category/laptops/" rel="tag">Laptops</a></p><div id="pc579831"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="absbottom" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/01/software.jpg"
/><br />Along with all of the <a href="http://engadget.com/2006/01/10/apple-announces-dual-core-intel-imac/">company's
new hardware</a>, Apple managed to release a raft of software upgrades as well, including updated versions of the OSX
operating system, productivity suite iWork, and the iLife media bundle. ILife '06 includes upgrades to iPhoto, iMovie
and GarageBand, along with a new app, iWeb, which provides tools for web site creation, podcasting and blogging, along
with one-click publishing to Apple's .Mac service. Unlike the default mode of most other blogging tools, such as
Typepad, Wordpress and Blogger, iWeb is designed to be used offline, with posts uploaded to .Mac after they're created
in the desktop application. Other updates to iLife include podcast-editing tools in Garage Band and the ability to
create RSS feeds for iPhoto libraries. ILife '06 comes bundled with all new Macs, or is available from Apple for $79.
As usual, there's no upgrade discount for owners of previous versions of the software. Improvements to iWork include
new 3D charting modes and new image editing tools. IWork '06 is also available for $79. OSX 10.4.4 is an incremental
upgrade, and includes several new Dashboard Widgets, including a Google widget and an improved calendar widget. Oh, and
this one's free for users of OSX 10.4. Woo hoo.</div><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.apple.com/ilife/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://engadget.com/2006/01/10/apple-updates-ilife-iwork-mac-and-osx/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://engadget.com/forward/579831/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://engadget.com/2006/01/10/apple-updates-ilife-iwork-mac-and-osx/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://engadget.com/2006/01/10/apple-updates-ilife-iwork-mac-and-osx/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_21-579831"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/21-579831?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_21-579831" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&amp;channel=22&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=21-579831&amp;url=http://engadget.com/2006/01/10/apple-updates-ilife-iwork-mac-and-osx/" /></p>
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TITLE: Scientists Figure Out How Bees Fly<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE:  1/10/2006 05:05:00 PM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/10/1950222&from=rss">Scientists Figure Out How Bees Fly</a>:
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corbettw writes "Researchers at CalTech have discovered how bees fly, putting one more nail in the coffin of Intelligent Design. From the article: 'People in the ID community have said that we don't even know how bees fly ... We were finally able to put this one to rest. We do have the tools to understand bee flight and we can use science to understand the world around us.'"

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TITLE: AMD Releases Dual-Core FX-60 Processor<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE:  1/10/2006 05:04:00 PM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/10/0620218&from=rss">AMD Releases Dual-Core FX-60 Processor</a>:
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mikemuch writes "AMD just released their new Dual-Core FX-60 processor which is basically two FX-55s strapped together. Unfortunately, the FX-60 doesn't blow away Intel's recently announced Pentium 955 Extreme Edition, and it's actually slightly more pricey. It gets a slight edge in games and runs cooler, as Loyd Case found when he put the FX-60 through ExtremeTech's battery of benchmarks. From the review: 'AMD now ships a dual-core CPU that's essentially the equal of Presler, while generating far less heat. In terms of performance, however, this means that AMD no longer commands the same type of lead it once did when Intel only had the somewhat anemic 840 Extreme Edition. In fact, AMD is now more expensive, at $1,031 (quantity 1,000), versus the 955 Extreme Edition at $999 (quantity 1000).'"<img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot?g=2982"/>
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TITLE: Caspian To Follow Narnia<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE:  1/10/2006 04:23:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=34073">Caspian To Follow Narnia</a>:
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The success of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is spurring plans for a sequel based on the next title in C.S. Lewis' epic book series, Variety reported.
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TITLE: Raimi To Helm Wee Free Men<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE:  1/10/2006 04:22:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=34071">Raimi To Helm Wee Free Men</a>:
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Sam Raimi (Spider-Man 3) will direct The Wee Free Men, an adaptation of Terry Pratchett's best-selling young-adult fantasy novel, Variety reported.
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TITLE: London bombs cost just hundreds<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 1/03/2006 01:10:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/4576346.stm">London bombs cost just hundreds</a>:
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The 7 July London bombings cost no more than several hundred pounds, a BBC investigation reveals.
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TITLE: Narnia storms out of WTO talks, blames EU and US "bullying"<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE: Sunday, January 01, 2006 1/01/2006 11:38:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/01/narnia_storms_out_of.html">Narnia storms out of WTO talks, blames EU and US "bullying"</a>:
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<strong>Cory Doctorow</strong>:

A hoax press-release describing Narnia's ambassador's dissatisfaction with the current round of World Trade Organization talks was picked up and run as news by many outlets including Forbes.



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A story issued by financial news agency AFX on Sunday, picked up by several other outlets, has left a series of red faces by faithfully reporting a press release from "the independent state of Narnia". The story claimed Narnia had walked out of the World Trade Organisation talks in Hong Kong because it was fed up with being bullied by the US and Europe. It claimed the major powers were attempting to enforce liberalisation of its clothing sector.

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It quoted Narnia spokeswoman Susan Aslan (Aslan is the name of the Christ-like lion featured in the film, and book, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe). Narnia's delegates "were tired of bullying by EU and US delegations and would be returning immediately to their state capital at Cair Parvel," Ms Aslan was reported as saying. "If this brings the Hong Kong talks to the knees we will be delighted," it went on. The story was picked up by top business websites, including Forbes.com.





</blockquote><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-world-trade-talks/2005/12/22/1135032135777.html">Link</a>



(<i>via <a href="http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/">Making Light</a></i>)

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TITLE: X-Men 3 Introduces Psylocke<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE: Friday, December 30, 2005 12/30/2005 01:28:00 PM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=33921">X-Men 3 Introduces Psylocke</a>:
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Mei Melancon has joined the cast of the upcoming third X-Men film in the role of the villainous mutant Psylocke, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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TITLE: Freeloader<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE: Sunday, December 18, 2005 12/18/2005 10:22:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://www.londonist.com/archives/2005/12/freeloader.php">Freeloader</a>:
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<div class="imgright"><img alt="kristin.jpg" src="http://www.londonist.com/attachments/sizemore/kristin.jpg" width="272" height="274" /></div><p>It's a difficult time to be law abiding. If you be a good little consumer and hand over a wad of money to see a film at the cinema instead of downloading it then <em>you</em> get to sit through a warning telling you to BEHAVE. Same if you rent a DVD and end up with a lecture on why <em>you</em> shouldn't be watching pirated copies that can't be skipped even though you're one of a dying breed who are still obeying the law. And then there's music - if you bought something from Sony last month they were so worried that you were going to try and do something insidious (like copy it from one device to another) with what was now YOUR music that they <A href="http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/03/sony_rootkit_roundup.html" target="blank">completely fucked your PC</A>. Meanwhile everyone riding the torrenty waves of piracy seems to get a much better deal (as long as they don't get caught of course)...</p><p>So isn't it a good thing that so many artists are getting tired of their fans being messed around and go to the trouble of doing something a little different. We mentioned Steven Soderbergh's <A href="http://www.londonist.com/archives/2005/10/lff_preview_bub.php" target="blank"><i>Bubble</i></A> a while back which is the first film to try and circumnavigate the normal release mantra of studios and now we'd like to point you in the direction of 50FootWave. Everyone loves Throwing Muses right? Kristin Hersh is a goddess - no arguments. So quit reading this and go <A href="http://www.throwingmusic.com/freemusic/" target="blank">download the new 50FootWave EP for free</A>. No catches, no interweb police following you along the broadband with dum dums, no crippling malware. Just the music - fresh and free.</p><p>Ladies and gentlemen, Ms Kristin Hersh:</p><blockquote>Money has so polluted the music world that my overwhelming urge right now is to divorce money from recorded music. Over the last 2 years we've been relying on standard 'industry' channels to help us educate listeners about 50 Foot Wave and we've met resistance every step of the way -- caused by little other than money -- and to an extent I've never seen before. So we're sending free recordings off into the world to do their work. If people enjoy these songs and are excited by them, we ask that they share them with others. The music business is about fame and huge profits -- egos and greed -- music itself, is not.</blockquote><p>Enjoy.</p><p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Londonist?a=Zxs0ms"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Londonist?i=Zxs0ms" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Londonist?g=543"/>
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TITLE: Samorost 2: Myst meets Terry Gilliam<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE:  12/18/2005 10:22:00 AM <br>
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<strong>Cory Doctorow</strong>:

<img src="http://craphound.com/images/samorost2.jpg" width="263" height="186" align="left">



Samorost 2 is a free, Flash-based Myst-style puzzle-game with gorgeous, lush Terry Gilliam cut and paste-style graphics. Watching this is almost as much fun as playing it.



<a href="http://www.samorost2.com/">Link</a>



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TITLE: Mario bath bombs for stinky gamers<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE:  12/18/2005 10:22:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/11/mario_bath_bombs_for.html">Mario bath bombs for stinky gamers</a>:
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<strong>Cory Doctorow</strong>:

<img src="http://craphound.com/images/mariobathbomb.jpg" width="186" height="186" align="left">



An eBay seller will send you an official Mario Bros bath bomb, for the malordorous gamer in your life.



<a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OFFICIAL-JAPANESE-NINTENDO-MARIO-PARTY-BATH-BOMB-NEW_W0QQitemZ5643344120QQcategoryZ72759QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">Link</a>



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TITLE: Coca-Cola's Coffee Soda<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE:  12/18/2005 10:22:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/11/178209&from=rss">Coca-Cola's Coffee Soda</a>:
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Boost writes "According to a new press release Coca-Cola is about to launch a new beverage called Coca-Cola Blak that adds real coffee to the blend. Carbonated coffee?" I imagine this will be quite different than the cans of hot coffee that makes walking around in Tokyo so delicious. But hey, cans of coffee! I'm in for one at least.

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TITLE: Superman 'Too Big' for the Big Screen<br>
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DATE:  12/18/2005 10:21:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/18/1625238&from=rss">Superman 'Too Big' for the Big Screen</a>:
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Evilelf writes "The new Superman is giving movie bosses a headache - because of the size of his bulge. They fear Brandon Routh's profile in the superhero's skintight costume could be distracting, reports the Sun. Hollywood executives have ordered the makers of Superman Returns to cover it up with digital effects."

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TITLE: Bush and Hume discuss the iPod<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE:  12/18/2005 10:19:00 AM <br>
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<strong>David Pescovitz</strong>:

On Fox News Wednesday night, Brit Hume interviewed George Bush about his iPod. Today's Washington Post has the transcript. It's really an insightful conversation that reveals the true brilliance of these men. From the article:

<blockquote><em>Unidentified male:</em> . . . which ones do you play?<br><br><em>Bush:</em> All of these. I put it on shuffle. Dwight Yoakam. I've got the Shuffle, the, what is it called? The little.

<br><br><em>Hume:</em> Shuffle.

<br><br><em>Bush:</em> It looks like.

<br><br><em>Hume:</em> The Shuffle. That is the name of one of the models.

<br><br><em>Bush:</em> Yes, the Shuffle.

<br><br><em>Hume:</em> Called the Shuffle.

<br><br><em>Bush:</em> Lightweight, and crank it on, and you shuffle the Shuffle.

</blockquote><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/15/AR2005121502378.html">Link</a><em>(Thanks, David "<a href="http://www.swapdrive.com/">Swapdrive</a>" Steinberg!)</em><p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/boingboing/iBag?a=D5sYjH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/boingboing/iBag?i=D5sYjH" border="0"></img></a></p>
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TITLE: Prince questioned on Diana death<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE: Friday, December 16, 2005 12/16/2005 10:21:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>Curious -

<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/4517818.stm">Prince questioned on Diana death</a>:
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Prince Charles has been questioned by a former head of the Metropolitan Police over the death of  Princess Diana
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TITLE: USATODAY.com - Disney lets girl into Winnie's world<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE: Friday, December 09, 2005 12/09/2005 04:34:00 PM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>FUCKERS FUCKERS FUCKERS: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-12-06-winnie-the-pooh_x.htm">USATODAY.com - Disney lets girl into Winnie's world</a>

fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck.
I hope they all die of the crippling evil genital disease for this.
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TITLE: Apophis Brings Blessed Doom To Musical-Sandwich-Making Civilisation<br>
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DATE:  12/09/2005 07:55:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>Asteroid death: <a href="http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=1620">Apophis Brings Blessed Doom To Musical-Sandwich-Making Civilisation</a>:
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<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5349916-113162,00.html">Scientists are monitoring the progress of a 390-metre wide asteroid discovered last year that is potentially on a collision course with the planet, and are imploring governments to decide on a strategy for dealing with it.</a></p>
	<p>Nasa has estimated that an impact from Apophis, which has an outside chance of hitting the Earth in 2036, would release more than 100,000 times the energy released in the nuclear blast over Hiroshima. Thousands of square kilometres would be directly affected by the blast but the whole of the Earth would see the effects of the dust released into the atmosphere.</p>
	<p>And, scientists insist, there is actually very little time left to decide&#8230;
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TITLE: Remote-controlled Mario coming to a desktop near you<br>
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DATE: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 12/07/2005 09:41:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>I need me one of these:
<a href="http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000607070767/">Remote-controlled Mario coming to a desktop near you</a>:
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<p><img alt="mario" src="http://img.engadget.com/common/images/3060000000056527.JPG?0.40028289650376925" align="right"

border="1" height="192" hspace="4" vspace="16" width="240" />If you&#8217;re any kind of old-school Nintendo fanboy (and,

admit it, we know you are), you&#8217;ll want to run out and grab one of Banpresto&#8217;s remote-controlled Marios, as soon as

they become available. Sure, with its wired Famicom-style remote, it&#8217;s incredibly cheesy. But no more so than the

<a href="http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000617048580/">Mario mouse</a>, also available from Banpresto. What you

don&#8217;t have a Mario mouse? What are you waiting for? (Oh, and, yes, there are Goomba versions of both the mouse and the

remote-controlled toy.)</p>





<p>[Via <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000863070722/">Joystiq</a>]</p>





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TITLE: Porn company for sale on eBay<br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>All I want for Christmas:
<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/06/porn_company_for_sal.html">Porn company for sale on eBay</a>:
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<strong>David Pescovitz</strong>:
An entire porn video company is being auctioned on eBay. Starting bid is $100k, instructions included! As BB pal <a href="http://www.paladesigns.com/resumex.html">Vann Hall</a> says, it's the perfect "xxxmas (sorry!) gift for the perv who has everything." From the auction listing for the unnamed company:
<blockquote>1. This company is in the Green.  100% Debt Free<br><br>
2. You will own the rights to all our intellectual property which includes the masters to all our movies, archive footage, photo shoots and a remaining inventory of 12,000 DVD pieces.  All paid for.  All yours.  The intellectual property along with the remaining inventory is worth over $350,000.  Remaining inventory of DVDs are all current, all shot and produced in 2005.<br><br>
3. A complete set of movie making equipment.  Including two Panasonic DVX-100As, Ariflex lighting system, Sennheiser sound recording system, boom, portable lighting system for cameras, complete soft-light kit, steady-cam, C-stands, sandbags, custom made cases for both yours cameras and much more.<br><br>
4. An industry editing system.  State-of-the-art system which you will need to edit either your archive footage for compilation re-release, or for your future projects.<br><br>
5. Our entire fleet of corporate office equipment delivered to where ever you please.  Including premium custom made computers, printers, etc&#8230;<br><br>
6. An invaluable list of nearly all Distributors-Wholesalers/Adult Bookstores, and International customer network.  This network of distribution is used by other Adult companies such as Red Light, Vivid, Wicked, Adam & Eve, etc..<br><br>
7. A pre-paid credit with an Adult Entertainment Lawyer with over 25 years experience.<br><br>
8. An established real estate network which allows you to use upscale locations for your future shoots.  These locations can be seen in television shows and movies.  One such location can be seen in MTV&rsquo;s &ldquo;Kill Reality.&rdquo;  Other houses are used by rappers like Ludicris as party houses and much more.<br><br>
9. A pre-paid marketing network aimed at maximizing distribution sales.  All paid for. Just hop on the bandwagon.<br><br>
10. Residual royalties from established VOD and rental companies like Hotmovies.com and XrentDVD. Paying you to use the rights to your movies.<br><br>
11. An established relationship with all your favorite and current Adult Stars.  Company records include there real names, addresses, phone numbers and other personal information.  These records are kept because of Federal laws.<br><br>
12. An established relationship with Playboy XM satellite radio.  A relationship which will also be passed onto the new owners for future marketing needs.<br><br>
13. An instructional course in Adult Entertainment from a professional Adult Entertainment Director.  You will learn everything you need to know to direct and produce the very best in Adult Entertainment.</blockquote>
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7567775239&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1">Link</a>
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TITLE: Rushkoff's Thought Virus #5: The Ben & Jerry's Syndrome<br>
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DATE:  12/07/2005 09:40:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>Only interesting because I dig the B&J.
<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/06/rushkoffs_thought_vi.html">Rushkoff's Thought Virus #5: The Ben & Jerry's Syndrome</a>:
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<strong>David Pescovitz</strong>:
Our friend Douglas Rushkoff has posted the fifth excerpt from his new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060758694/douglasrushkoffA/102-9496415-0352157">"Get Back In The Box: Innovation from the Inside Out</a>," that will hit shelves in just a couple of weeks. In this bit, Doug takes a hard look at Ben and Jerry's approach to doing well by doing good. From the excerpt:


<blockquote>Questioning the ethical commitment of a company such as Ben and Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream may be as outlandish as questioning the long-term profitability of a Wal-Mart. But just as grounded. The company was started with end-to-end social responsibility foremost in mind. It is committed to using organic ingredients, grown in a sustainable manner, from local farmers wherever possible, and with continuous monitoring of environmental impact. The company's "social mission coordinator" oversees an employee-led grant-making program, and the human resources department is one of the most caring and lauded in any industry.<br><br>

But when push comes to shove, we have to acknowledge that Ben and Jerry's makes ice cream in a nation where 64.5 percent of the population 20 or older is overweight, 30.5 percent are obese, and type II diabetes is at an all-time high. According to the World Health Organization, obesity-related illnesses claim more than 500,000 lives each year. Ben and Jerry's chocolate-dipped waffle cones each pack 320 calories and 10 grams of fat before any ice cream is added. Its homespun ads showing cows on clean pastures make ice cream look positively healthy. Does encouraging charitable giving, environmental responsibility, and fair labor standards compensate for the obesity encouraged by its products and marketing campaigns?<br><br>

The contradiction just doesn't stand; and neither could Ben and Jerry's. With a sagging stock price and exhausted executives, the company agreed to be acquired by Unilever in 2000. Voicing a widespread sentiment, Governor Howard Dean told Reuters, "It would be a shame if it were sucked into the corporate homogenization that's taking over the planet." Ben and Jerry attempted to reassure their remaining fans, explaining that theirs would remain a separate company with its own governing board. Of course, the truly radical move would have been to infect Unilever with a bit of Ben and Jerry's ethos from the inside out. By agreeing to be sectioned off, behemoth Unilever's standard operating procedures could remain unchallenged. Meanwhile, Ben and Jerry's adds yet another layer of contradiction to its already ambiguous mission: a socially conscious company selling sugar and fat to Americans, in the service of a Big Food conglomerate whose own practices Ben and Jerry's was originally born to contest.</blockquote>

<a href="http://www.rushkoff.com/2005/12/get-back-in-boxthought-virus-5-ben.php">Link</a>
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TITLE: Wordsmiths hail podcast success<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE:  12/07/2005 09:40:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>Since everyone else is reporting it: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/4504256.stm">Wordsmiths hail podcast success</a>:
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The term 'podcast' has been declared as Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary.
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TITLE: Gamers decry Amazon Xbox shortage<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 12/06/2005 02:37:00 AM <br>
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Online retailer Amazon UK is facing criticism from customers over its handling of Xbox 360 deliveries.
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BUT NOT ME! HAHAHAHAHAHA! FUCKERS! I WIN!
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TITLE: Boing Boing: USB powered, mouse-aimed airdart launcher<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE: Sunday, December 04, 2005 12/04/2005 06:39:00 PM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>I want that one: <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/02/usb_powered_mouseaim.html">Boing Boing: USB powered, mouse-aimed airdart launcher</a>:

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TITLE: The Wicker Goat<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE:  12/04/2005 01:16:00 PM <br>
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<a href="http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=1598">The Wicker Goat</a>:
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<p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4497408.stm">A giant straw goat erected every year in a Swedish town to mark the festive season has been burned down - again. </a></p>
	<p>Police in the town of Gavle said the 13-metre (43 ft) high billy goat has been set on fire so often it has almost become a Christmas ritual.  It was the 22nd time it has gone up in smoke since the town, north of Stockholm, began the tradition in 1966. </p>
	<p>Two men were seen running from the blaze, one of whom was disguised as Father Christmas&#8230;</p>
	<p><center><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top:0px;">somewhere inside: Edward Woodward</span><br /><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41087000/jpg/_41087354_goat203b.jpg"/></center>
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TITLE: Outpost Gallifrey: Doctor Who News Page<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>Doctor Who Trailer shorts, much like those for <em>the parting of the ways are apparently about to appear:</em><a href="http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EEFFVEpVkApZdYktpa&amp;tmpl=newsrss">Outpost Gallifrey: Doctor Who News Page</a>:
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The BBC website states that they will have an exclusive regarding the new series on Friday; what this is, is currently unknown. Check back on that site on Friday for full details.
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TITLE: New Trailer Reveals X3 Secrets<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE:  12/04/2005 12:51:00 PM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>JOY!

<a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?id=33520">New Trailer Reveals X3 Secrets</a>:
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Fox announced that the teaser trailer for its upcoming third X-Men movie, nicknamed X3, will go live on the Internet at Apple.com on Dec. 5, a week before originally planned, and that the trailer will hit theaters on Dec. 14, attached to prints of King Kong.
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TITLE: Candid Dalek shares thesp titbits<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE: Thursday, December 01, 2005 12/01/2005 08:46:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>Harsh, but fair: <a href="http://go.theregister.com/feed/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/01/dalek_thespian/">Candid Dalek shares thesp titbits</a>:
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<h4>Isn't 'Davros' in Switzerland?</h4><p><strong class="Label">Stob</strong> Do you remember, earlier in the year, there was an episode of <em>Doctor Who</em> where the Dalek stuck its sink plunger through a computer screen and downloaded the <em>entire internet?</em> And then went on to commit suicide?&#8230;</p><div><br /><strong>Advertisement</strong><br /><strong><a href="http://sel.as-eu.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&amp;kid=195412&amp;bid=722698&amp;dat=176491&amp;opt=0&amp;rdm=20050909" target="_blank"><img align="left" src="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/09/windows-server-wss-rss.gif" width="130" height="130" alt="" title="" style="padding: 0 10px;" border="0" /></a>Why did Nissan upgrade to Windows Server System?</strong><br />

As Nissan can testify, Windows Server System's interoperability means you can do more with less.<br /><a href="http://sel.as-eu.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&amp;kid=195412&amp;bid=722698&amp;dat=176491&amp;opt=0&amp;rdm=20050909" target="_blank">Click here</a><img src="http://sel.as-eu.falkag.net/sel?cmd=ban&amp;kid=195412&amp;bid=722698&amp;dat=176491&amp;opt=0&amp;rdm=20050920" width="1" height="1" alt="" title="" /></div>
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TITLE: Londonist: Tintin's Adventures In Brixton Hill<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE:  12/01/2005 07:48:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://www.londonist.com/archives/2005/11/post_8.php">Londonist: Tintin's Adventures In Brixton Hill</a>:
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Tintin's Adventures In Brixton Hill<br />tintin.jpg<br /><br />There was a great story in one of the local papers yesterday about young chap called Ollie.<br /><br />Ollie is a resident of Brixton Hill who was out for a walk in Kennington Park when he was spotted by a employee of the Barbican theatre. Now Ollie is taking centre stage as part of the Young Vic's production of Hergé’s Adventures of Tintin...as Snowy the dog.<br /><br />Yes, (and we're sure you guessed this three sentences ago) Ollie is actually a West Highland terrier who happens to resemble the faithful companion of the plucky, boy reporter.<br /><br />According to Ollie's owner, Lizzie Ironside, Ollie had to audition for the part and proved his lovey abilities when "The producer called out 'Snowy' and although Ollie isn't called Snowy he came when he was called. He understood he was called for the role."<br /><br />Even more amazingly Ollie "has a very big dressing room apparently."<br /><br />As you know Londonist can't resist this kind of 'fairytale story', especially when it happens to a dog. But we just hope that stardom doesn't go to little Ollie's head. Let's hope Lizzie keeps all four of his little paws firmly on the ground so come January we're not writing stories about how Ollie's been seen at Stringfellows snorting coke and beating up tabloid journalists.<br /><br />(What we've just realised while writing this up is that we have no idea who's playing Tintin himself. We've checked the Barbican website and there's no mention of the starring role. Can anyone enlighten us?)<br />Posted by Rob in Arts and media 
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TITLE: Voice-Activated R2-D2 talking, dancing companion - Engadget - www.engadget.com<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 11/30/2005 09:32:00 AM <br>
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<a href="http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000153070043/">Voice-Activated R2-D2 talking, dancing companion - Engadget - www.engadget.com</a>:

Someone find one for me and get it NOWNOWNOW!
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TITLE: World of Warcraft: the Board Game est arrivee<br>
AUTHOR: Kristian<br>
DATE:  11/30/2005 09:30:00 AM <br>
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27987">World of Warcraft: the Board Game est arrivee</a>:
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Interesting. I just paid a lot of money for the first board game for Joel.

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DATE: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11/01/2005 08:56:00 AM <br>
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