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Key moments in Barbelith history...
Key moments in Barbelith history...
12/02/2003 01:34 AMWhile I'm speaking of Barbelith, I thought
I'd mention the latest craze circulating through its dank and musty
corridors. Essentially the premise is this - (i) find an old thread
with particularly good and entertaining dialogue in it (ii) go to the Red Meat Comic
Strip generator and (iii) represent the thread in question as a
Red Meat strip. It's really capturing some of the spirit of the board
(albeit mostly the bits that are most vibrantly foul-mouthed and
politically dubious). Here are some of the latest examples of actual
Barbelith conversations edited down to the nub (Warning - many of
these aren't particularly work-friendly):
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Great moments in microprocessor history
Great moments in microprocessor history
12/27/2004 05:50 PMThe microprocessor changed the world: how did we get from the first
4-bit models in the 1970s to today's 64-bit multicore monsters? This
article covers the history of the micro from the vacuum tube...
[[ Visit http://www.macmegasite.com for full article ]]
Other News: Great moments in
microprocessor history
Other News: Great moments in
microprocessor history
12/28/2004 03:33 AMAn IBM article chronicles the history of the microprocessor from the
period from before the Intel 4004 up through RISC and the beginnings
of the 21st century.
The greatest sexual moments in video
game history
The greatest sexual moments in video
game history
03/25/2005 01:35 AM
The
greatest sexual moments in video game history. From Rampage to the
cheapest japanese NES games to Mortal Kombat and beyond, someone out
there took the energy better spent on... anything else to create a
list of sexuality in societys black sheep: Video games.
Does not
hold preference to any sexual preference,
NSFW.
Search Engine History - The Early Years.
Search Engine History - The Early Years.
01/04/2003 01:58 AMWhat Were The First Search Engines?
Benjamin-Popular.com –
http://benjamin-popular.com/ announced
Grand Opening the Computers and
Electronics store.
Benjamin-Popular.com –
http://benjamin-popular.com/ announced
Grand Opening the Computers and
Electronics store.
09/11/2004 03:37 AMBenjamin-Popular.com – http://benjamin-popular.com/ announced Grand
Opening the Computers and Electronics store. Benjamin Popular has
thousands of computers and electronic entertainment which fit your
need and budget. [PRWEB Sep 11, 2004]
Car Shaped DVD Player
Car Shaped DVD Player
03/24/2005 04:51 AM
This Sports Car DVD Player made me guffaw for a
couple seconds, then I realized something dreadful: it costs 250
pounds, or "too many" American dollars. Sure, it has a 5" LCD, plays
DVDs and MP3 files, and even has a front bumper as a DVD tray. I even
recall seeing something along these lines at The Sharper Image or an
equally gimmicky establishment, but I don't remember if it actually
had a screen or not. Also, this player is "so cool it's almost
frozen!" Now I have to buy one.
Product
Information [gobaz via TRFJ]
Oddly Shaped Televisions
Oddly Shaped Televisions
06/24/2005 04:00 PM
The sky is the limit when it
comes to televisions. Thanks to shows like Pimp My Ride, the
adolescent understands that televisions of any size and shape can be
placed anywhere. Hannspree has decided to take the idea and run with
it by manufacturing LCD televisions into various shapes and locations.
Over 100 different designs are available right now with prices
starting at $450.
New
Hannspree TVs to Take Various Shapes [DesignTechnica]
Ladybug Shaped MP3 Player
Ladybug Shaped MP3 Player
04/08/2005 10:39 AM
Add "ladybug" to that list of bizarre MP3 player shapes.
Evergreen Corporation releases 128MB and 256MB models of the player,
which are polished to look like a real ladybug. The spots aren't just
for show, either — those are the buttons you use to control
play, pause and so forth. They're somewhat crappy as far as MP3
players go, with support limited to 256kbps playback and USB 1.1
transfer, but that's not a huge deal given the 256MB limit of space.
They will play music for about 5 hours after recharge by USB.
Product
Information [Evergreen]
Undecagon-Shaped Abit PC
Undecagon-Shaped Abit PC
04/15/2005 09:59 AM
If you've longed to own a
computer case that looks just like a module from the International
Space Station, look no further. The 3XS ACON Isotope PC, made by Abit,
provides you with a 3.2GHz P4, ATI X700 Pro, and 1GB of RAM. I think
it'd be something of a personal struggle against the temptation to
roll it back and forth across my desk, eventually rendering it a
tangle of wires and PCB, but for $1,500, it's the first
undecagon-shaped case I've seen. And so, you see, you get a piece of
trivia along with a decent system from Abit.
Catalog Page
($1,500, plus VAT & shipping) [Scan via GearLive]
Another thumb-shaped thumbdrive
Another thumb-shaped thumbdrive
06/22/2005 01:49 AMMark Frauenfelder:
Here's a more realistic version of a thumb-shaped thumbdrive, which
Cory
wrote about last November.
Link
(thanks, Bonnie!)Is the Universe Shaped Like a Funnel?
Is the Universe Shaped Like a Funnel?
04/16/2004 10:25 AMSanyo's Pin-Shaped Battery
Sanyo's Pin-Shaped Battery
03/17/2005 03:51 AM<
img src="http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/images/sanyo_battery.jpg"
alt="sanyo_battery.jpg image" width="200" height="138" class="border
right"/>Sanyo has announced a new shape of battery called "pin"
style. Shaped a sort of like an thinner AAA battery, the "RU665" is a
rechargeable lithium ion cell intended to be used in MP3 players,
wireless headsets and pretty much anything else in need for a
small(er) battery. At half the volume of AAA and a quarter the volume
of AA, expect a capacity of 120mAh and voltage of 4.2V from this
series set to be introduced summer of this year.
P
ress Release [Sanyo]
Markets Shaped by Consumers
Markets Shaped by Consumers
12/03/2003 03:01 AMbusinesses commercialize it .. Interesting NYT
story
nytimes.com/2003/12/01/technology/01neco.html
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55,000 people who shaped Britain
55,000 people who shaped Britain
09/22/2004 11:20 PMAlmost 55,000 people who shaped British society are profiled in a new
60-volume book that has taken 12 years to write.
How the 1960s shaped the personal
computer
How the 1960s shaped the personal
computer
03/19/2005 03:09 AMComing on April 25: What the Dormouse Said: How the 60s Counterculture
Shaped the Personal Computer, by John Markoff. Now of the New York
Times, Markoff and I were in adjoining cubicles in 1981 at InfoWorld.
We shared a single...
Ban on dog biscuits shaped like posties
(Reuters)
Ban on dog biscuits shaped like posties
(Reuters)
07/22/2004 06:11 PMReuters - Dogs chomping on mail carrier-shaped treats is no laughing
matter for Canada
Post.
Animal-shaped rubber bands
Animal-shaped rubber bands
05/01/2004 04:49 AM
I never thought I'd find myself drooling over a premium rubber-band,
but these animal-shaped rubber bands from the Japanese design firm
Plus-D are super-cool.
Flash Link
HOWTO: Knit dim-sum-shaped toys for your
cat
HOWTO: Knit dim-sum-shaped toys for your
cat
01/05/2005 10:25 PMXeni Jardin:
Catnip-filled kitty toys shaped like won tons and eggrolls are the
subject of this online HOWTO, with step-by-step instructions and
photos. I'm not really the knitty type of chick -- I mean, the needles
I'm around generally have something to do with tattoos, piercings,
travel vaccines, or the kind you drop on vinyl. But
knitty.com is such a great site, I'm
almost tempted to try. OK,
almost.
Link to
feature. (
Thanks, Mara!).
Absolutely, The Universe Could Be
Funnel-Shaped
Absolutely, The Universe Could Be
Funnel-Shaped
04/16/2004 10:16 AMBig Bang Glow Hints at Funnel-Shaped
Universe
newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns99994879
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Walking human-shaped robot going on sale
Walking human-shaped robot going on sale
04/12/2005 11:49 PMBoston Globe Apr 13 2005 4:32AM GMT
Sanchez Shaped by South Texas Childhood
Sanchez Shaped by South Texas Childhood
12/21/2003 10:41 PMReuters via Wired News Dec 21 2003 9:35PM ET
Boffins trumpet horn shaped universe
Boffins trumpet horn shaped universe
05/27/2004 07:49 AMCalled Picard. No, really.
Walking Human-Shaped Robot Going on Sale
(AP)
Walking Human-Shaped Robot Going on Sale
(AP)
04/12/2005 07:33 AMAP - A small walking man-shaped robot for home security and
entertainment is going on sale in Japan for 588,000 yen ($5,450).
Diversity Plan Shaped in Texas Is Under
Attack
Diversity Plan Shaped in Texas Is Under
Attack
06/12/2004 01:56 PMWealthy parents complain that their children are not getting a fair
shake under a plan that guarantees admission to the top 10 percent of
the graduating class from any high school.
300 private islands shaped like world
map, near Dubai
300 private islands shaped like world
map, near Dubai
04/04/2005 06:24 AMCory Doctorow:
A developer near Dubai is building a supervillain lair straight out of
the funnybooks -- a collection of private islands arranged to look
like a map of the world, with African game preserves, luxury hotels,
McMansions, condos, etc etc etc. Also, a fleet of (heavily armed?)
water-borne private coppers patrolling the islands for crooks, and,
I'm guessing, hidden missile silos, or possibly a labroatory for
breeding a race of superbeings.
The World will consist of between 250 to 300 smaller private artifical
islands divided into four categories - private homes, estate homes,
dream resorts, and community islands. Each island will range from
250,000 to 900,000 square feet in size, with 50 to 100 metres of water
between each island. The development is to cover an area of 9
kilometers in length and 6 kilometers in width, surrounded by an oval
shaped breakwater. The only means of transportation between the
islands will be by marine transport.
Link
(
Thanks, Jake!)
Update: Pablo sez, "here is the official page. At that
website you may download a PDF file of every island (country). E.g.,
United
Kingdom."
Cosmos "shaped like Eiffel Tower"
(Reuters)
Cosmos "shaped like Eiffel Tower"
(Reuters)
05/26/2004 03:02 PMReuters - The universe looks like the Eiffel Tower topped with a
never-ending spire, a German physicist says.
"
Big Bang Glow Hints at Funnel-Shaped
Universe"
"
Big Bang Glow Hints at Funnel-Shaped
Universe"
04/16/2004 09:02 PMThe explosive device is a foot long and
shaped like a cigar
The explosive device is a foot long and
shaped like a cigar
08/21/2004 07:11 AMWeekly World News: AL QAEDA PLANS TO DROP GAY BOMBS .. making more
Americans gay .. headlines like this .. nieuwe
wapens
weeklyworldnews.com/conspiracies/61525
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Putting the Bite on Mailman-Shaped Dog
Treats (Reuters)
Putting the Bite on Mailman-Shaped Dog
Treats (Reuters)
07/23/2004 09:50 AMReuters - Dogs chomping on mail carrier-shaped
treats is no laughing matter for Canada Post.
Blue movie How film technology shaped
vintage-look Sky Captain
Blue movie How film technology shaped
vintage-look Sky Captain
09/27/2004 04:41 AMBBC Sep 27 2004 8:02AM GMT
"The 25 Best Futurama Moments Ever"
"The 25 Best Futurama Moments Ever"
09/14/2004 08:27 PMHelsinki Moments
Helsinki Moments
08/18/2004 07:02 PM
« A cute kid at Linnanmäki who wasn't so thrilled to watch the
Olympic Torch being carried past him. Perhaps if the torch were made
of ice cream.... »
Last year there was a story about Eeva and Simo Rista, a couple of
amateur photographers, who gave a lifetime
of photographs to be digitized and shared with the public. The
other day we were walking past Lasipalatsi where I noticed a few
random pictures in the window and it turns out that Lasipalatsi has
started to accept pictures from other people who wish to submit their
photos for the collection/archive. The show, Mo
ments in Helsinki is free and open from 12-6p Tuesday through
Sunday through the month of August. There are some really great photos
and, aside from the Rista's photos, I particularly like the photos of
Tapio Mäkiö as his 300 pictures tell a story and he has a good eye.
The photo Life returns to normal after the chaos of moving
taken in February 1966 is a lovely vignette. There are 10,000 or so
more to browse through online (only a tiny fraction of which have been
printed for the gallery) which is a really interesting view into life
in Finland in photographs taken not by photojournalists but everyday
people.
And, note to self...when heading out into the bush in Finland to
photograph things that glow in the dark during the warmer months,
remember to take a giant stick of bug-off, a can of raid spray, a
mosquito net, a citronella candle (or 5), and an extra pint of blood.
Damn, I can't wait for the -20C weather with dry wind and snow since
at least with frostbite there are no bloodsucking evil vampires on
gossamer wings involved. Of course, when it took nearly 2 hours for me
to get all the feeling in my fingers back after photographings the
Kide in -20C weather I was thinking how wonderful summertime would be.
:)
Moments of transition
Moments of transition
07/19/2004 04:56 PMHad my last riding lesson today. I'm going to Iceland in three weeks,
so I'm taking a short break before that. Darn, one gets really
attached to those horses. Even though I only was there for six weeks,
I strangely enough already miss
them
. Especially
these two. *sigh*
The syrupy moment of the day: When Outi was last week, a friend of
mine brought us lollipops - heart-shaped, of course - but they were
forgotten in the bags. So, today, we chatted on IRC and enjoyed those
lollipops, knowing that the other person was doing the same thing far
away.
I'm degenerating rapidly, and decomposing into sugar and honey. Whee
:)
Awkward moments
Awkward moments
07/09/2004 08:34 AMWe are both married men and good friends, but I think he wants to kiss
me.
Videobl0gging "Moments"
Videobl0gging "Moments"
05/03/2004 09:39 AMJay is videoblogging what he calls "moments": very short
videos, empathically not telling a story but showing a moment.
Jay used to work for CNN, then quit and went to public access TV, and
now is starting this videoblogging thing. One to look out for if
you're interested in the evolving language of videoblogging.
Momentshowing: Meet Mason
(Note: please stop making yourselve look silly by calling this
vblogging or vidblogging or something like that.
Videoblogging is good enough.)
Those Eureka Moments
Those Eureka Moments
04/13/2004 08:49 AMThe Ekip, a pita-bread-shaped,
stubby-winged, wheel-less, unmanned ship
The Ekip, a pita-bread-shaped,
stubby-winged, wheel-less, unmanned ship
12/21/2003 06:15 AMFlying Saucer May Yet Take
Flight
wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,61681,00.html
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Great moments in podcasting
Great moments in podcasting
12/25/2004 05:31 PM
Yesterday while driving in Arizona, I tripped across a very
short clip of an Adam Curry podcast that I wished every person who was
interested in podcasting could hear, yet I am sure that only a very
small number have actually heard it.
Adam was doing a podcast while driving in Holland. He's talking
about how podcasting today is like college radio, everbody, when a guy
pulls up next to him and flashes his iPod. They roll down their
windows, have a brief conversation, in Dutch. I won't spoil the fun in
case you haven't heard it, it seems that day the good lord was
godcasting, and Adam and Raymond were just channeling.
An excerpt from Adam's Octobe
r 7 podcast everbuddeh.
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