The 50 essential Canadian tracks
I think American Woman should win, just to confuse people.
A French woman rows across the Pacific
A French woman rows across the Pacific
It took her 72 days to travel the 8000 miles from Peru to Polynesia.
Mark Cuban will fund Grokster vs MGM case
Mark Cuban will fund Grokster vs MGM case
“This isnt the big content companies against the technology companies. This is the big content companies, against me. Mark Cuban and my little content company. Its about our ability to use future innovations to compete vs their ability to use the courts to shut down our ability to compete. its that simple.”
On Yahoo getting cool again
On Yahoo getting cool again
They bought Flickr and have been endearing themselves to geeks lately.
2005 Color Forecast
2005 Color Forecast
I like the desaturated colours, not such a big fan of the purples though.
Fox Blocker
The Fox Blocker
The device allows you to prevent Fox New casts from playing on your television.
New Decemberists video
Download the new Decemberists video
Eschewing traditional distribution methods, the video for 16 Military Wives is available via BitTorrent.
The New Deal
Went to The New Deal show at the Elixir last night, it was pretty solid. From a distance, it was akin to watching an iPod ad, with a silouetted crowd and musicians against solid neon colours. Throw in some flashing lights and some beer and you’ve got yourself a bumpin concert. The sound and intensity is pretty impressive for a drummer, bass and keyboards. Check them out if their in your neighbourhood.
Weird octopus camouflage
An octopus that disguises itself as a seacoconut
They wrap six of their limbs around their heads and use the other two to ‘run’ along the sea-floor.
New Conform Project image
I wanted a new desktop background, so I remixed an image from the Conform Project and ended up with this bright yellow shocker. There also hadn’t been much activity in the flickr group lately, so this kills two birds with one stone.
Renegade museum art
Banksy installed his own pieces in four famous New York Galleries
One remained up for a few hours, another for a few days, the other two are still hanging.
Oysters are an aphrodisiac
Oysters really are an aphrodisiac
“And spring, scientists say, is the time of year the shellfish have their greatest aphrodisiac quality.”