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From the category archives:
CNN.com has a nice piece up about some new Ansel Adams prints that may (big MAY) have been discovered. It seems that a guy bought some glass negatives at a yard sale, kept them around for a few years (under his pool table), and then realized they may be pretty valuable. A LA art dealers [...]
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Lucas films is requesting that a Hong Kong based firm called Pro Arctic Laser pull their product series called “Wicked Lasers” from the market due to their resemblance to lightsabers used in the Star Wars movies. Lucas Films holds the trademark to the design, look and name of the lightsaber. Pro Arctic Laser’s claim that [...]
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The Daily Mail had a nice post up on June 26th that summarized 10 theories (Quantum Field Theory and The Finite Universe just to name two) in just a few paragraphs. This is a nice way to get a jump start on understanding some relatively complex ideas. Even if you don’t agree with, or even [...]
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I first heard about this big move this AM on the radio, tonight I found a story on WBIR about it. It seems that a 23 foot wide and 250+ long steam generator,and a cadre of support vehicles, is moving from the Forks of The River to a St Paul, Virginia. That is a 170 [...]
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Reuters has been busted again for photoshop’n a image. It is becoming harder and harder to believe the news and what we are seen. This time they took a knife and a blood pool out of a picture showing “peaceful” Palestinian’s confronting and holding Israeli Security Forces hostage. Full story at Little Green Footballs here.
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Looks like someone (the Korean’s in this case) has developed a means of proximity charging (charging batteries without cables) in a larger scale then cell phone batteries. In this case it is a trolley at the zoo, but such a method could really be interesting as it reduces battery size and does not requires stopping. [...]
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[H/T To Mark O. at The Stones Cry Out of this one] Walmart is offering a Mongoose Fixed Gear – Fixed Gear @ Blogspot here – Wal Mart site link here – for $149, thus marking the end of any coolness and cache in riding a fixie. Oh well I still love my single speed [...]
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Well the news came out today – 24 has been cancelled after this season (it’s ninth). FOX is cancelling it due to shrinking ratings and NBC passed on picking it up. Full story at the New York Times here. I will miss 24 and I am sad to see it go. Nothing left on TV [...]
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On the day when there are stories everywhere (NY Times story here) about a mint 1938 Action Comics #1 (the one which introduced Superman) selling for $1 million dollars, I thought some readers may also be interested in a piece I found at Popmatters about the reboot of the 70′s comic Human Target (i.e. Christopher [...]
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Engadget covered the release of a new laptop with USB 3.0 built in, though supporting devices are largely vaporware at this time. There are some out there now – a Buffalo external case, an Intel SSD are both mentioned, but more are coming soon. The Engadget piece also discusses competing standards, wondering if this could [...]
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ZD Net has a nice piece up about some of the wider implications of Apple’s new Ipad tablet computer that was announced eariler this week. This product will make other vendors expand and change their products and impact what future products in the Netbook, Ereader, and potentially Smartphones offer. Honestly I have no interest in [...]
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CNN Money has a nice piece discussing eight brands that disappeared in 2009 (or that their 2010 demise was announced in 2009) that they will miss. Though I will not miss Home Depot’s EXPO or Pontaic or Saturn or Max Factor, like them I will miss Circuit City retail stores, and the legacy of both [...]
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A friend of mine in the car parts business years ago told me never buy a car named after what you do once your buy it – i.e. SAAB. Today the news broke that GM’s deal to sell SAAB to Spyker feel through and the Swedish automaker will close. (Full story here). Personally I have [...]
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Evangelist Tony Alamo, who is 75 now, was sentenced to 175 years in prison for transmitting under aged girls across state lines for sexual intercourse. Alamo took numerous underages girls as his “brides” in the name of God and as his role as the ministry leader. Alamo even threatened the girls that they would lose [...]
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Vanity Fair has a great story up about Marc Drier. Most people have forgotten about Drier, due to Bernie Madoff, but Drier stole hundreds for millions from hedgefunds and ran a ponsi scheme that finally brought him done. Some claim he did it for the trill or because he needed the money to maintain his [...]
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The fact there are some coming out in Hollywood to say that Roman Polanski should not be extradited or have to face the sentence of rape that he plead to some 30 years ago should be a stinging indictment to the average American (regardless of political stripe / view) just how far out of step [...]
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It seems that terrorist have found a new means of bombing. This means involves the bomb being inside the bomber and it may completely defeat normal security means employed throughout the world. It’s first use failed to kill the Saudi prince that it was intended to take out, but the fact that the bomb passed [...]
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It seems that the piece of skull long believed to have from Adolf Hitlers skull may actually be from a woman. BBC story heree. The Russians are debating the claim though, based on access records to the piece of skull in question. Telegraph story here.
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First of all, I don’t play guitar. So, don’t start emailing / commenting about which guitar is better, etc. Moving on, Reuters has a very interesting story up about the story of Paul Reed Smith guitars. The piece discusses how PRS guitars are expanding in a bad economy, how their cost does not act as [...]
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