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This guy gets in pissing contest with that guy, then this guy's new widget looks a lot like these folks' widget (at least that's what this other guy says). And now these folks give that guy a job.
I love the web! (Just not for the right reasons)
posted by wendell at 7:50 PM PST - 40 comments

Superfriends. True Dat.
posted by Awol at 5:05 PM PST - 3 comments

Only in L.A.?: Bad LAPD cops could cost the city $125 million; I just hope they aren't the same cops who successfully sued the city for $40 million. Yeeesh.
posted by wendell at 2:41 PM PST - 7 comments

Use #1002 for your palm pilot. Sure, there are the obvious uses - calendaring, contact lists, cribbage, email, reading rebeccablood's blog... but what else can you do with a palm pilot? How about building a robot using brainstem technology? Guaranteed to recognize, analize, and vaporize your cubemate's wussy little Lego Mindstorm.
posted by CrazyUncleJoe at 2:06 PM PST - 0 comments - Post a Comment

Everybody is blogging the intraoral camera link on Wired today. When I first saw it I was like "EEEEEEW!" I mean, it's bad enough I have to *hear* them drilling a(nother) hole in my head - I sure don't want to WATCH! I suppose as long as they don't use the same camera they use for this, it doesn't really bother me too much.
posted by CrazyUncleJoe at 1:39 PM PST - 0 comments - Post a Comment

X-Men the Movie trailer was released recently. I didn't even realize they were working on this.
posted by TuxHeDoh at 1:20 PM PST - 6 comments

Here are two of the anti-smoking commercials Philip Morris succeeded in getting taken off the air. (News story via Rebecca's Pocket. I'm still looking for the "Body Bags" spot; if you know how I can get it, let me know.)
posted by jjg at 11:18 AM PST - 6 comments

Do we all need to get out more? Although they're putting the "too much time with computers, not enough social interaction" spin on this study's findings, there are actually some good results of it. Heavy internet users spend less time in traffic (because they look up traffic before going anywhere?), less time in malls (shopping online instead, duh), and less time watching TV (this is the best news of all, I barely watch it anymore because it's mostly inane garbage, whereas on the internet, I can find interesting things to read and enjoy). As for the less face time with friends and family, I have a growing number of friends online that I consider to be as close as any Real Life friend could be.
posted by mathowie at 10:41 AM PST - 11 comments

I guess this is proof you can web-enable anything. The New York Taxi.com company launched this site to accompany their internet-connected cab which features live shots from the streets of NYC. While not exactly as exciting as HBO's Taxi Cab Confessions, it is an interesting use of the web.
posted by mathowie at 10:05 AM PST - 0 comments - Post a Comment

Watch the Win2K launch live courtesy of Microsoft.com
posted by TuxHeDoh at 9:40 AM PST - 0 comments - Post a Comment

And thanks to all the fish? British researchers say fans of loud music may be responding to a 'pleasure-inducing hearing mechanism' passed down through evolution from fish to humans. Well, slap me with a large trout!
posted by prolific at 12:38 AM PST - 4 comments