Welcome to ‘Zombie of the Week,’ folks, where each week we’ll present you with a different brain-eating member of the undead that has captured our fancy. There is no methodology to our Zombie Awesomeness meter, just our own piqued interests. Got a zombie we should see? Comment below. No zombie is too small, too short-lived, or too …
Streamys E-mail Chain: Our Take On “Rebuild the Trust”
Yesterday, we got word of the rebuildthetrust.org – an attempt by the Streamy Award’s producers to repair the show after this year’s fiasco of glitchy streaming, incorrect or unplayable clips, crude jokes and –what else?– streakers. We were a little surprised the group is still pushing their problems into public light, but still, …
The Loadout for April 27, 2010: New Games to Attack the Week With
Welcome to the Loadout. Our philosophy is that the working week is a recurring boss battle that you’ll need the proper weapons to take down. The supplies at hand won’t always be pretty but you might just be able to hold out until the weekend. Green means add it to your arsenal, yellow leaves it up to your discretion and red means …
This Mark Twain Ghost Story Might Be Bunk, But Does it Matter?
Last Wednesday marked the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain’s death and while many quoted Tom Sawyer, attendees of his centennial death day party were hoping he’d come back to celebrate along with them.
The Mark Twain House & Museum played host to some 200 paranormal hopefuls (and a few skeptics), who came to celebrate the legendary …
Ben Heckendorn Finishes His Second PS3 Slim Laptop Mod
Modder extraordinare Ben Heckendorn has just wrapped up his second PS3 Slim laptop. This one has a 17-inch 720p display, built-in speakers and headphone jack, and McMaster-Carr friction hinges.
The display’s HDMI cable can be detached from the PS3 in case you want to hook it up to a bigger TV and the headphones allow you to play
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A Drop of True Blood: Minisode #1 Debuts Online
True Blood fans: Your first dose of the show since the season two finale hit the Web today. In the first True Blood Minisode, Eric and Pam audition dancers for vampire club Fangtasia and of course, a parade of crazy is the first in line. It’s nothing too special, but it’s very True Blood: sexy and slightly off color. (Probably …
Good Grief: Peanuts To Sell For $175 Million?
Today, the E.W. Scripps Co. announced that Snoopy has a new owner. The company, which owns the licensing rights to Charles Schulz’s Peanuts, will sell them to Iconix Brand Group Inc. for $175 million, the same company that owns the Joe Boxer brand.
It’s not unusual for big brand names to switch hands, but what makes this sale unique …
They Should Make It: Netflix for Purses
My wife and I live on a somewhat modest income—she’s a teacher, I’m a world-famous blogger—and she still owns well over 1,000 purses. I haven’t counted them all by hand, so my math may be off. Whatever the case, I can only imagine that people in higher economic classes than us have entire rooms in their homes for the sole
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Comics on Our Pull List 4/28/10
Here’s a few of the books that I’ll be picking up for sure this week. As I mentioned yesterday this is a great week for crime comics and Stumptown and Last Days are not to be missed. There’s some Asgardian on Robot action as well as some of the Ultimate in Avengers drama. Check back later in the week to see if any of this makes the cut …
Conventional Weapons Are Bringing the Sexy Back
War, what is it good for? Sexy sexy weapons with exploding tungsten rods absolutely nothing.
Now that the U.S. and Russia have completely solved the problem of nuclear proliferation, with no possibility that the world will ever be destroyed by loose-nuke-wielding terrorists, conventional weapons are making a comeback. Screw that …
BlackBerry 6 User Interface Demo Video Emerges
RIM has tapped the Black Eyed Peas’ Boom Boom Pow to show off its upcoming BlackBerry 6 operating system. A fashionable business lady, a man in a suit, and a kid at school all dance behind the transparent interface and push various buttons. It’s all very hard to watch. The final few seconds with the three of them in a B-Boy stance is the …
Google Maps Gets Earth View With Official Google Earth Plugin
Available as a developer tool since 2008, Google has now officially opened up Earth View in Google Maps to everyone. You need to install the Google Earth plugin for your browser but once it’s up and running, you’ll have access to three dimensional views of certain places of interest (search for Stonehenge and zoom in, for example).
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