Announcing Froogle!

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Froogle Zen

Froogle Zen 05/02/2004 11:06 AM
BoingBoing reader Bobby points out that Froogle displays a list of recently-found things people have used the online service to successfully seek and buy. The resulting list is total funky Dada webzen that makes you want to refresh for hours. It's a little like those Target ads that smush together unlikely combinations of things one can buy at Target. So, just now -- pure poetry:

Fleece ferret hammock, golf balls, Kung-fu hamster.
Cheesecake, gas blower, belly button rings.
Barebone PC, donut maker, mouth guard.
Matrix sunglasses, cookie jar, stuffed monkey.
Zen alarm clock, hair bows.
Red dress, beef jerky, snake light.

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"Froogle"

"Froogle" 08/15/2004 03:59 AM

Froogle on Phone

Froogle on Phone 03/06/2004 02:07 AM
Google Labs: Wireless Froogle. "At an electronics store and shopping for a digital camera? Whip out your cell phone and search for lower prices online using Froogle. Never wonder if you paid too much again."...

Froogle Coming to the UK

Froogle Coming to the UK 09/25/2004 03:40 PM
"Froogle is going to hit the UK soon - Google is requesting datafeeds from their adwords customers."

Froogle Primer

Froogle Primer 01/07/2004 02:50 PM

Why isn't Froogle Catching on?

Why isn't Froogle Catching on? 08/01/2004 10:06 AM
"...people are saying Froogle is a major disappointment. ... the big question is why? Was it solely their implementation? Or is there more to it?"

Announcing the commonwealth

Announcing the commonwealth 08/16/2004 06:16 PM

A few weeks back, we unveiled a new list for discussing the intersection of Creative Commons licenses and business, dubbed Commonwealth. It's headed by Marshall Van Alstyne, an Associate Professor of Information Economics at Boston University. The welcome message to the list details the goals for the list and plans for exploring hybrid licensing systems. If you'd like to sign up, the list's homepage is the place to start.

Announcing adore-ng 0.31

Announcing adore-ng 0.31 01/05/2004 02:50 PM
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Announcing ReBlg.com

Announcing ReBlg.com 06/22/2005 02:41 AM

“Ever wondered why you can’t just click on an article and blog it?” – where’s the universal “Blog This” button?

“Concerned that while microformats and micro-content standards are taking off, our existing tools will lose the structure of these ‘chunks of reviews, events, media. Etc.?” – where are the ‘reblogging tools’ that maintain the structure of microformats and micro-content?
“Tired of being forced to use only the latest tool or utility to take advantage of a new standard – wish you could use ANY tool or utility instead?” - where’s a routing service to enable me to send posts to whatever tool I chose?

Well then – you know why we created ReBlg.com – a universal “Blog This” button and routing service.

With ReBlog.com end-users will be able to click on a ‘ReBlog’ button and send a piece of micro-content or microformat to their favorite tool for editing, annotating or just plain prettying up. End-users would specify what is their favorite tool at a simple web service or in a MIME handler that they downloaded and run on their own machine.

Even though it’s been possible for years, most of today’s aggregators and tools do not support the notion of displaying a button to easily allow end-users to “Blog This” particular post or article. Sure some aggregators enable plug-ins to kludge this option, but in general most bloggers are forced to ‘cut’ the source of a post and ‘paste’ it into their favorite tool. With each tool or environment comes a different kludge or hack, with its own rules and gotchas to contend with.

And now that microformats and micro-content standards are emerging around richly structured content, isn’t this dream of ease of use slipping through our fingers?

So how would a standard to enable a universal “Blog This” button to work? Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to click on a ‘ReBlg’ button and decide which tool I want to send that post to – irregardless of who produces that tool? Wouldn’t it be nice that this process NOT lose the structure of the microformat or micro-content I’m clicking on – thereby keeping in tact the structure of that post?

Wouldn’t it be nice to support a system of meshing together various kinds of tools, utilities or solutions – from a wide range of vendor’s – without forcing end-users to take sides or lock them into one tool vendors camp or product?

Well that’s what ReBlg.com will do. (http://reblg.com/ )

Broadband Mechanics will be utilizing this technology in all our future micro-content publishing systems and DLAs (digital lifestyle aggregators) so we thought it would be useful to the entire industry as well.

Here’s how it would work:

- a tool vendor or individual page creator would:

o a) make sure that each individual micro-content or microformat posts would have their own unique permalink or anchor URL
o b) we’d provide code that would display a ‘Reblg’ button next to that post ( http://gonze.com/bbm/source.html )

- when an end-user clicks on this button, the post is sent to a router screen which sends the post (via a web service called ReBlg.com or a MIME handler that was downloaded onto the end-users machine) to their favorite tool of choice.
- The micro-content structure would be maintained, while each ‘reblog’ tool would provide whatever features that tool vendor wishes. BBM will (for instance) enable end-users to add visual wrapper or borders, annotation, tags and URLK to the post
- That’s it ( http://reblg.com/ )

ReBlg.com would enable end-users to register their favorite tool of choice so that wherever they traveled on the web, by simply clicking on the ‘ReBlg’ button – they could easily send that post to their favorite tool. If the end-user doesn’t want to rely upon our web service, then they can simply download a MIME handler to do that routing for them.

We’ll soon to be putting out a FireFox Greasemoneky script – which will automatically sense micro-formats and display the ‘ReBlg’ buttons. An ActiveX control is also in the works.

By providing a simple way for end-users to send any richly structured post to their favorite tool, the microformat and micro-content revolution can take another step towards reality.

And where are these tools which will recognize the microformats or micro-content and not lose their structure? Well BBM will be providing one and plug-ins for WordPress and Moveable Type – as well.

Final NOTE: We feel horrible about being so close to Reblog.org. They’re nice people – but we use the term reblog completely differently. Hmmmmm.

Announcing XML::Atom

Announcing XML::Atom 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
I've released XML::Atom, a Perl implementation of all things Atom. The goal for XML::Atom is to provide an implementation of...

Announcing Blosxom 2.0

Announcing Blosxom 2.0 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that Blosxom 2.0 has been released today. For those not in the know, blosxom (pronounced "blossom") is a lightweight yet feature-packed weblog application designed from the ground up with simplicity, usability, and interoperability in mind.

The biggest change in this latest incarnation of Blosxom is a plugin architecture, allowing the core of Blosxom to remain small, sleek, and simpler-than-pie while providing room for extension and integration. The Blosxom Plugin Registry is already home to some 140 plugins ranging from authentication to Google search, click-through tracking to writebacks (read: combination talkbacks and TrackBacks).

There's also a brand new Blosxom for Mac OS X Installer, the simplest way to get Blosxom on your laptop, desktop, or closet Mac without any of the muss or fuss of installing it by hand. A couple-three clicks of the mouse and it'll skip lightly through the nitty-gritties, installing Blosxom itself, some sample flavours, documentation, and some useful plug-ins.

Also launching today is the new and improved blosxom.com. The site features updated, augmented, and just plain new documentation and an easier path download, installation, configuration, and blogging -- not to mention the snazzy layout. And the whole kit and kaboodle is built on and powered by Blosxom using nothing but what comes on board and the power of a selection of user-contributed plugins; for the niggly-naggly details, take a gander at the colophon.

Karma++, Brownie++, and gold stars to the Blosxom users and abusers on the blosxom mailing list for their patience, bug-fixes, suggestions, and plugins. You truly are a fabulous community within which to hack and learn.

Now Google May Have Lost The Froogle
Name Too...

Now Google May Have Lost The Froogle
Name Too... 07/23/2004 06:30 PM
It appears that Google has been having an awful lot of trouble lately with the names of its services and trademark issues. There was the company in the UK that complai ned they were using Gmail already when Google's Gmail came out. Then, there was the whole attack of the alien Googles thing earlier this month. Now, it turns out they have lost an attempt to take away the domain name Froogles from a guy who runs a shopping site there (which I imagine just had its traffic shoot through the roof, for all he complains about how troublesome this lawsuit is). Of course, Google runs a shopping site called Froogle. However, in this case, the challenge was whether or not the name Froogles was confusingly similar to Google (not Froogle). There's a pretty good reason for this. Froogles went online well before Froogle did, so if anyone has a claim it might be in the other direction. The fact that Froogles was not found to be confusingly similar to Google could open up the possibility of a reverse case where the owner of Froogles could claim that Froogle violates his own trademark. Yes, the lawyers are drooling. Of course, the most likely solution is that Google will end up paying off this guy and just buying the Froogles domain name to avoid all these other problems. In the meantime, it's a bit amusing that a Google search on Froogles doesn't have the Froogles.com site anywhere near the top (however, before the conspiracy theories start, Yahoo's search doesn't either).

FEO : Froogle Engine Optimization

FEO : Froogle Engine Optimization 12/17/2002 05:34 AM
Still warm on the server, FEO (Froogle Engine Optimization) is already in full bloom.

Cloud over Google's Froogle

Cloud over Google's Froogle 07/25/2004 12:54 PM
News 24 Jul 25 2004 4:28PM GMT

Froogle Traffic Growing

Froogle Traffic Growing 01/30/2003 10:30 AM
It's been almost two months since the introduction of Froogle. How is it working for you?

Froogle, aka "Google Shopping"

Froogle, aka "Google Shopping" 12/12/2002 12:27 AM
From the Google weblog: New, from Google: Froogle! "Froogle is a new service from Google that makes it easy to find information about products for sale online. By focusing entirely on product search, Froogle applies the power of Google's search...

Froogle Links On SERPs

Froogle Links On SERPs 12/06/2003 11:59 AM
Google introduces Froogle links at the top of the SERPs.

Froogle Links At Top Of SERPs

Froogle Links At Top Of SERPs 12/06/2003 02:46 AM
"what's related" like links at the top of Serps.

Will Froogle Be a Google for Shoppers?

Will Froogle Be a Google for Shoppers? 01/14/2003 02:16 AM
Google, the planet's most popular search engine, has now turned its attention to the most prevalent activity on the Internet (aside from viewing porn ...

Amazon A9: Froogle Competitor?

Amazon A9: Froogle Competitor? 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
AP: Amazon.com invades Google's turf with Silicon Valley startup.Seattle-based Amazon has dubbed its search startup "A9" and set up offices in Palo Alto, not far from Google's Mountain View headquarters. A9 hopes to launch in October with 30 employees and grow much larger as it develops a search engine that will be licensed to other Web sites, said spokeswoman Alison Diboll. [...] Unlike Google, A9 isn't trying to develop an all-purpose search engine that indexes billions of Web pages. Instead, the startup is focusing on a search engine sweet spot -- e-commerce.The article is very vague so it's hard to get a handle one exactly what A9 is, but it does sound a lot like Froogle, Google's shopping search engine. (Thanks, Ahmad.)...

Announcing the MarketingPilot Web Portal

Announcing the MarketingPilot Web Portal 07/21/2004 02:41 AM
The MarketingPilot Web Portal provides a browser-based solution for organizations that require a system for users to submit project requests to the marketing department. The MarketingPilot Web Portal also enables users to route, review and approve documents and digital assets. [PRWEB Jul 21, 2004]

Announcing Cooperative Linux

Announcing Cooperative Linux 01/25/2004 05:20 PM

Qwest Said to Be Close to Announcing New
Bid for MCI

Qwest Said to Be Close to Announcing New
Bid for MCI 03/31/2005 12:03 AM
Qwest Communications may announce that it is once again raising its bid for MCI as it tries to wrest the company away from Verizon Communications.

Announcing (and explaining) our new 2.0
licenses

Announcing (and explaining) our new 2.0
licenses 05/25/2004 06:04 PM

Last night, after many months of gathering and processing great feedback from all of you, we turned on version 2.0 of the main Creative Commons licenses. The 2.0 licenses are very similar to the 1.0 licenses -- in aim, in structure, and, by and large, in the text itself. We've included, however, a few key improvements, thanks to your input. A quick list of new features follows. All section numbers refer to the Attr ibution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license. (Corresponding section numbers may vary across licenses.)

Attribution comes standard

Our web stats indicate that 97-98% of you choose Attribution, so we decided to drop Attribution as a choice from our license menu -- it's now standard. This reduces the number of licenses from eleven possible to six and makes the license selection user interface that much simpler. Important to remember: Attribution can always be disavowed upon licensor request, and pseudonymous and anonymous authorship are always options for a licensor, as before. If we see a huge uprising against the attribution-as-stock-feature, we'll certainly consider bringing it back as an option.

Link-back attribution clarified

Version 1.0 licenses did not carry any requirements to add hyperlinks as attribution. Under the 2.0 licenses, a licensor may require that licensees, to fulfill their attribution requirement, provide a link back to the licensor's work. Three conditions must be satisfied, though, before a licensee faces the linkback requirement: (1) linking back must be "reasonably practicable" -- you can't string me up for failing to link to a dead page, for example; (2) the licensor must specify a URL -- if you don't provide one specifically, i have no linkback obligation; (3) the link licensor provides must point to the copyright and licensing notice of the CC'd work -- in other words, licensors who abuse the linkback as an engine for traffic to unrelated sites don't enjoy linkback rights.

Synch rights clarified

The new licenses clarify when licensees may or may not synchronize musical CC'd works in timed-relation with a moving image. Basically, if a license allows derivatives, it allows the synching of music to video. If no derivs, no synching allowed. (See Sect ion 1b.)

Other music-specific rights clarified

The default rules for music-related copyrights can be particularly complicated, and the 2.0 licenses go to greater length to clarify how various CC license options affect music rights. In a nutshell: If you pick the "noncommercial" provision, you retain the right to collect royalties from BMI, ASCAP, or the equivalent for performance royalties; from Harry Fox or the equivalent for mechanicals; and from SoundExchange or the equivalent from webcasting compulsories. If you allow commercial re-use, you waive the exclusive rights to collect these various revenue streams. This is not a departure from the policy embodied in the 1.0 licenses -- these same results would be extrapolated by any reasonable interpretation. But 2.0 just makes it all clearer, and using the language of the profession. (See Sect ions 4e and 4f.) Note: This music-specific language marks the first time we've referred to any specific statutes in the generic CC licenses. This means that future iCommons licenses will have to do the same somewhat complicated mapping exercise for each respective jurisdiction.

Warranties? Up to licensors

Unlike the 1.0 licenses, the 2.0 licenses include language that makes clear that licensors' disclaim warranties of title, merchantibility, fitness, etc. As readers of this blog know by now, the decision to drop warranties as a standard feature of the licenses was a source of much organizational soul-searching and analytical thinking for us. Ultimately we were swayed by a two key factors: (1) Our peers, most notably, Karl Lenz, Dan Bricklin, and MIT. (2) The realization that licensors could sell warranties to risk-averse, high-exposure licensees interested in the due diligence paper trial, thereby creating nice CC business model. (See the Prelinger Archive for a great example of this free/fee, as-is/warranty approach.) You can find extensive discussion of this issue in previous posts on this blog. (See Sect ion 5.)

Share Alike Across Borders

Version 2.0 licenses that feature the Share Alike requirement now clarify that derivatives may be re-published under one of three types of licenses: (1) the exact same license as the original work; (2) a later version of the same license as the original work; (3) an iCommons license that contains the same license elements as the original work (e.g. BY-SA-NC, as defined in Sect ion 1 of each license). The version 1.0 licenses required that derivative be published under the exact same license only. Our tweak means much better compatibility across future jurisdiction-specific licenses and going forward across versions. Less forking, more fun. (See Sect ion 4b.)

Otherwise, Share Alike Means Share Alike

After much very strong and eloquent argument from our readers and supporters, and notwithstanding the increased flexibility of Share Alike in the iCommons context, we decided not to make the BY-NC-SA and plain BY-SA licenses compatible. If you take a work under BY-NC-SA 2.0 and make something new from it, for example, you can re-publish under BY-NC-SA Japan, or BY-NC-SA 7.4 (when that comes), but you cannot republish it under any other license or combine it with BY-SA content. Similarly, a derivative made from a work under BY-SA 2.0 may be published only under BY-SA 2.0, BY-SA (iCommons license), or BY-SA 9.1, but it can't be mixed with BY-NC-SA or other noncommercial content and republished.

Nifty new Some Rights Reserved button

Check out the button at the bottom of this page. Wouldn't that look good on your site? Time for an upgrade, cosmetic as well as legal?

Announcing Userland Exec

Announcing Userland Exec 01/01/2004 03:52 PM
the grugq (Jan 01 2004)

Announcing Fervent Studio..To Go

Announcing Fervent Studio..To Go 12/19/2004 03:14 PM
Fervent Software would like to announce the immediate availability of Studio..to go! - a bootable Live CD of integrated MIDI and audio sequencing, score and synthesis software for the demanding musician and composer. Studio..to go! Offers one of the most sophisticated combinations of music software anywhere in a single value-for-money package. [PRWEB Dec 12, 2004]

Google Tweaks AdWords, Froogle

Google Tweaks AdWords, Froogle 12/15/2003 08:05 PM
Google has made changes to improve its advertiser experience and brought Froogle into the Google.com search mix. The AdWords interface ...

Google's Overblown Froogle Controversy

Google's Overblown Froogle Controversy 06/09/2004 01:16 AM
It looks like some folks are making a big deal out of the fact that Google searches on certain terms put links to the Froogle comparison shopping engine at the top of the results list. It's unclear why this is suddenly an issue - as they've been doing this ever since they relaunched their site a few months ago. The links are pretty clearly separate from the actual search results (though, not as separate as the regular ads) and are mostly designed to take a guess at whether or not the user meant to search in Froogle. They do the same thing with Google News. If the search term recently appeared in a news story, they'll throw the Google News link at the top as well. This seems more helpful than "evil" as the article suggests.

Froogle Upload Manager for OS X
available this week

Froogle Upload Manager for OS X
available this week 03/22/2005 04:52 PM

Kiel, Germany (March 21, 2005) - turingart is pleased to announce the upcoming availability of a new Froogle Upload Manager this week

turingart's 'Froogle Upload Manager' includes an SQL-based database system, a product listing editor and HTML-/image preview features. Besides standard products properties, the application supports the complete set of addional properties for music, videos and books.

Froogle turns to Web for product reviews

Froogle turns to Web for product reviews 12/19/2004 03:37 PM

Froogle Adding Auction Listings

Froogle Adding Auction Listings 02/08/2003 08:23 AM
Surfers notice a few auction listings showing up on Froogle searches.

Froogle, now a two-year test, gets new
features

Froogle, now a two-year test, gets new
features 12/29/2004 08:44 PM
InternetRetailer.com Dec 30 2004 12:10AM GMT

2004 Google (Froogle) Zeitgeist

2004 Google (Froogle) Zeitgeist 12/29/2004 02:25 PM

Damn it. I knew we should have been covering more electric scooters.

Top 2004 Froogle Zeitgeist [Google]

Froogle Links At Top Of Google Web SERPs

Froogle Links At Top Of Google Web SERPs 12/08/2003 09:29 PM
Search Engine Lowdown Dec 8 2003 8:38PM ET

Froogle Gets Thrifty with Product
Reviews

Froogle Gets Thrifty with Product
Reviews 12/17/2004 06:30 PM
Google has announced a beta preview of Froogle Product Reviews, as an add-on to its Froogle shopping engine that provides both product and store ratings. Froogle has also been updated with a "Shopping List" feature similar to what is found on most e-commerce Web sites.

Google integrates Froogle into web
search

Google integrates Froogle into web
search 12/17/2003 09:33 AM
Netimperative Dec 17 2003 8:52AM ET

Google has setback in challenge to
Froogle

Google has setback in challenge to
Froogle 07/26/2004 05:46 AM
Bday.co.za - Mon Jul 26, 08:56 am GMT

Google stirs controversy with Froogle

Google stirs controversy with Froogle 06/09/2004 01:11 AM
MSNBC Jun 9 2004 5:08AM GMT

Google seen announcing IPO plan within
days-WSJ

Google seen announcing IPO plan within
days-WSJ 04/23/2004 05:34 AM
Reuters Apr 23 2004 9:52AM GMT
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Master Replicas Anakin Lightsaber

Master Replicas Anakin Lightsaber 01/19/2004 05:04 AM
Master Replicas is announcing the Anakin Skywalker lightsaber from Attack Of The Clones, today. They were kind enough to send us one to look over and take photos of for the Photo Archive. Here's my thoughts on it, as well as a link to the detailed photos...

Photo Archives: ROTS Anakin Skywalker
(Lightsaber Attack!)

Photo Archives: ROTS Anakin Skywalker
(Lightsaber Attack!) 03/24/2005 04:59 AM
We've got another new series of updates to our Photo Archives today, and we start things off with the man around whom Revenge of the Sith focuses. Anakin Skywalker (Lightsaber Attack!) has become a full fledged Jedi Knight during the Clone Wars, honing his skills all across the galaxy!

There Is Another...Lightsaber

There Is Another...Lightsaber 07/01/2004 10:11 PM
Following up on a report from Rebelscum reader Caleb, I checked out my local Target store today and came across another lightsaber in the Original Trilogy Collection Role Play assortment: Anakin Skywalker's Electronic Lightsaber. This is the same toy that was released in the Saga and Clone Wars assortments, only this time in the black-and-silver packaging without the OTC logo. The basic lightsaber assortment was also hanging on the pegs, with a simple black-and-silver Star Wars logo.

Still Another OTC Lightsaber Found?

Still Another OTC Lightsaber Found? 08/17/2004 09:33 PM
In reponse to yesterday's report of a second prequel lightsaber being released in the Original Trilogy Collection Role Play assortment, Rebelscum reader JediDaxter writes in to let us know that he spotted yet another weapon in his local Wal-Mart in Mount Vernon, Illinois! This time it is Count Dooku's lightsaber. This is the same toy that was released in the Saga and Clone Wars assortments, only this time in the black-and-silver packaging without the OTC logo. Can Mace Windu's lightsaber be far behind?

QVC UK Lightsaber SOLD OUT

QVC UK Lightsaber SOLD OUT 09/21/2004 12:48 PM
The Master Replicas 0.45 Obi-Wan Kenobi light saber, exclusive to QVC in the UK, is sadly sold out and is only available through their Waitlist scheme.

Yet Another OTC Lightsaber Found

Yet Another OTC Lightsaber Found 08/16/2004 04:01 PM
During my toy run today, I came across another previously-unknown lightsaber in the Original Trilogy Collection Role Play assortment: Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber. This is the same toy that was released in the Saga and Clone Wars assortments, only this time in the black-and-silver packaging without the OTC logo. This is the second time a prequel lightsaber has been found in the new packaging.

FAOSchwarz.com Vader FX Lightsaber

FAOSchwarz.com Vader FX Lightsaber 01/16/2004 11:05 AM
Brian Levine snooped out this discount at FAOSchwarz.com: The Master Replicas Darth Vader FX is just $34.95 when you get to checkout on the site. $134.95 until you get there, but sure enough, it's marked down that far.

Palpatine Lightsaber Variations

Palpatine Lightsaber Variations 04/13/2005 05:17 PM
In a follow-up to our earlier report, here are photos of the two variations of the Palpatine (Lightsaber Attack!) figure. The early version had him packaged with a blue lightsaber instead of the correct red lightsaber.

Attakus News : Vader's Lightsaber

Attakus News : Vader's Lightsaber 01/10/2004 06:07 AM
Attakus has posted the first shot of the new Vader's lightsaber. The saber is made in red translucent resin.

Photo Archives: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lightsaber (As First Built By Obi-Wan)

Photo Archives: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lightsaber (As First Built By Obi-Wan) 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
Our Master Replicas Photo Archives is updated today with Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber in an As First Built By Obi-Wan Edition. This is the elegant weapon long before the Weathered Edition was seen in A New Hope.

Photo Archives: Obi-Wan Kenobi ROTS
Lightsaber

Photo Archives: Obi-Wan Kenobi ROTS
Lightsaber 04/07/2005 03:56 PM
We've got another update to our Photo Archives today from Master Replicas. Right out of Revenge of the Sith, it's the Limited Edition of the Obi-Wan Kenobi Lightsaber, which is an elegant weapon fo a more civilized day. Too bad those days are coming to an end...

Vintage Photo Archives: Artoo- Detoo
(R2-D2) With Pop-Up Lightsaber

Vintage Photo Archives: Artoo- Detoo
(R2-D2) With Pop-Up Lightsaber 01/06/2004 02:04 AM
Inexplicably, Kenner opted to package Artoo- Detoo (R2-D2) With Pop-Up Lightsaber on a card depicting the diminutive droid after today�s addition to the Vintage Photo Archive was shot on Endor instead of an image of him on Jabba The Hutt�s sail barge, where he was saving the day once again.

Photo Archives: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lightsaber Scaled Replicas

Photo Archives: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lightsaber Scaled Replicas 06/21/2004 11:39 PM
Our Master Replicas Photo Archives is updated today with the second in a new line of mini-sized props: Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber from Attack of the Clones. This .45 Scaled Replica version is based on the full-sized limited edition replica that was released in 2002, and is the second in a series of Scaled Replicas from the Jedi Collection.

Photo Archives: ROTS Darth Vader
(Lightsaber Attack!)

Photo Archives: ROTS Darth Vader
(Lightsaber Attack!) 03/25/2005 01:53 AM
The circle is now complete. We conclude today's series of updates to our Photo Archives with a figure that really needs no introduction. Darth Vader (Lightsaber Attack!) will finally have his origins revealed in Revenge of the Sith, but for fans of the Classic Trilogy, we've been admiring this guy for nearly 30 years. Welcome Back, Darth!

Photo Archives: Obi-Wan Kenobi ROTS Dark
Chrome Scaled Lightsaber

Photo Archives: Obi-Wan Kenobi ROTS Dark
Chrome Scaled Lightsaber 04/07/2005 01:06 PM
Today's Photo Archives update features the Celebration III exclusive from Master Replicas. It's a new .45 Scaled Replicas of the Obi-Wan Kenobi Lightsaber from Revenge of the Sith with a dark chrome finish.

Will The Air Force Buy Computers With
Little Green Men On Them?

Will The Air Force Buy Computers With
Little Green Men On Them? 08/30/2004 01:37 PM
Alienware has made quite a name for itself in the gaming world, making high end, stylish computers designed for (and built by) gamers. Now, however, they want to expand into other areas, including selling to government and military officials who need higher end hardware -- leading to amusing situations where Alienware's founder is showing off their "Area 51" computer, complete with the signature Alienware alien face with glowing eyes, to a group of Pentagon and Air Force officials. One other interesting point in the article is that Area 51 says they want to get customer service right -- and that means not doing it the way almost every other computer maker does. For example, if you speak to one customer service representative, you can always ask to speak to that same rep again, to avoid having to re-explain everything. Having recently needed to waste countless hours on the phone trying to explain some computer problems (and getting different, and often contradictory answers each time), this simple idea sounds quite intelligent (though, perhaps much more difficult to handle logistically as a company grows).

Photo Archives: Mace Windu Lightsabers

Photo Archives: Mace Windu Lightsabers 01/16/2004 11:05 AM
If you're a Jedi Master and the second deadliest warrior in the galaxy, you're entitled to have a unique weapon of your own. Mace Windu built his own personal lightsaber with an Electrum finish and a unique purple-hued blade. Our Master Replicas Photo Archives is updated today with two versions of the deadly weapon: a Limited Edition and a Signature Edition autographed by none other than Samuel L. Jackson, the actor who portrayed the master of the Vaapad fighting technique in Attack of the Clones.

ROTS Spotlight: Lightsabers 2-Pack (Red
And Green)

ROTS Spotlight: Lightsabers 2-Pack (Red
And Green) 06/22/2005 03:03 AM
Here's a detailed look at a new multipack of lightsabers perfect for reenacting those duels from Revenge of the Sith.

Purple and Green

Purple and Green 03/19/2005 03:24 AM

« Finns enjoying a walk out on the grasshopper-free ice in -20C weather thanks to St. Urho. »

Today is St. Patrick's Day but yesterday, yesterday was St. Urho's Day, both of which are goofy folklore that have metamorphosed into back-to-back drinking holidays. The only Urho people think of in Finland is the former president, Urho Kekkonen, not the guy who apparently drove the grasshoppers out of Finland in mid-winter and saved the grape harvest. I asked a bunch of people about St. Urho and every one said, "Kekkonen?". There's a statue of Urho in Minnesota where the dedication plate reads:

THE LEGEND OF ST. URHO

One of the lesser known, but extraordinary legends of ages past is the legend of St. Urho-Patron Saint of the Finnish vinyard workers.

Before the last glacial period wild grapes grew with abundance in the area now known as Finland. Archeologists have uncovered evidence of this scratched on the thigh bones of the gieant bears that once roamed northern Europe. The wild grapes were threatened by a plague of grasshoppers until St. Urho banished the lot of them with a few selected Finnish words.

In memory of this impressive demonstration of the Finnish language, Finnish people celebrate on March 16, the day before St. Patrick's day. It tends to serve as a reminder that St. Pat's day is just around the corner and is thus celebrated by squares at sunrise on March 16. Finnish women and children dressed in royal purple and nile green gather around the shores of the many lakes in Finland and chant what St. Urho chanted many years ago.

"HEINASIRKKA, HEINASIRKKA, MENETAALTA HIITEEN."
(Translated: "GRASSHOPPER, GRASSHOPPER, GO AWAY!")

Adult male, (people, not grasshoppers) dressed in green costumes gather on the hills overlooking the lakes, listen to the chant and then kicking out like grasshoppers, they slowly disappear to change costumes from green to purple. The celebration ends with singing and dancing polkas and schottisches and drinking grape juice, though these activities may occur in varying sequences. Color for the day is royal purple and nile green.

SULO HAVUMAKI

The only thing that's green and purple around this time of year is the vomit on the sidewalks. Honest. I found a paper online Ethnic Symbols: Their Role in Maintaining and Constructing Finnish American where the Finnish author tries in earnest to figure out what the American Finns are on about but fails.

Lastly, I will point out that the item St. Urho was ranked as the most controversial item on this list. St. Urho is the fictional Saint of the Finnish Americans who supposedly stopped an invasion of grasshoppers. It seems that there is great debate as to whether St. Urho should be considered a true symbol of Finnishness.

Finnishness? The only Urho these people think of is Kekkonen and he has a fountain. Not to mention where are the vinyards in Finland? In March? This has Hallmark Drinking Holiday written all over it. It is Finnish only in the 'hey, it's cold out, let's go drinking' aspect. :)

Another Finn in the US critques the whole St. Urho's thing which is pretty funny. There are also St. Urho's kitsch for those who really embrace the holiday. I nearly wet my pants reading the Ode to St. Urho which sounds more like some Irish brogue gone wrong more than Finnglish...

Ooksi kooksi coolama vee
Santia Urho is ta poy for me!
He sase out ta hoppers as pig as pirds.
Neffer peefor haff I hurd tose words!

He reely tolt tose pugs of kreen
Braffest Finn I effer seen
Some celebrate for St. Pat unt hiss nakes

He kot tall and trong from feelia sour
Unt ate kala moyakka effery hour.
Tat's why tat kuy could sase toes peetles
What krew as thick as chack bine neetles.

So let's give a cheer in hower pest vay
On Sixteenth of March, St. Urho's Tay.

And then, and then, and then...then there is the Urho carol which is tragic at best....

Urho Boy

(To the tune of Jingle Bells)

Dashing �cross the yard
With a pitchfork in one hand,
Urho sees his foe
Munching all his land.

Grapes both green and red
Falling from the vine,
Urho has to get those hoppers
Or there will be no wine.

Oh, Urho boy, Urho boy,
The bravest that we�ve seen
Use the sisu that you�ve got
To get those bugs of green.

Hey!

Urho boy, Urho boy,
Our future�s in your hands.
Stop those hoppers in their tracks
And save our mother land!

So, no, St. Urho's isn't Finnish, not in the least, but drinking holidays are always welcome around here so in that respect it might be adopted someday. And, for those Americans with their pictures taken in front of St. Urho's pub, I regret to inform you that it was named for Kekkonen. :)

Happy St. Patrick's Day :)

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