Archive for November, 2006
Trailers of 10 interesting movies.
10 films the US Government would rather you not see.
The only one of these (”V”), but I’m a bit of a documentary nut so I’d love to see them all. I’m going to pick up “An Inconvenient Truth” first time I get a chance to.
Jones Soda ditches high-fructose corn syrup
From BoingBoing:
The change at Jones Soda comes at a time when high fructose corn syrup, which became a common sweetener for sodas in the late 1970s and early 1980s, has received negative publicity as being linked to obesity and diabetes.
Link to whole article.
CNN reviews the Zune…
CNN reviews the Zune and it turns into an iPod Shuffle ad.
Link to the video on YouTube.
Sonoma looking out of the window
Link to the video on YouTube.
Teachers emphasize the Indians’ side
Teacher Bill Morgan walks into his third-grade class wearing a black Pilgrim hat made of construction paper and begins snatching up pencils, backpacks and glue sticks from his pupils. He tells them the items now belong to him because he “discovered” them.
The reaction is exactly what Morgan expects: The kids get angry and want their [...]
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Dude surfing indoors
A new store opened up over at the Florida Mall with an indoor surfing thing-a-ma-bob. Here’s a video I took with my cell phone of some guy trying to surf it.
Link to the video on YouTube.
Civil Wardrobe hits the top 300!
Civil Wardrobe’s one of the top 300 selling books in October!
Hooray!
How the holidays are going to look for Microsoft?
Had to go to Walmart with a co-worker (he was looking for a controller/fishing rod/BDSM device for his newly purchased Wii) and I noticed these:
Glass case filled with Zunes:
Glass case for iPods, but all iPods seem to be out (even the display models!):
Civil Wardrobe review from ShotgunReviews
Some nice words from J. Caleb Mozzocco from ShotgunReviews about Civil Wardrobe:
While it’s the Marvel characters who get the parody treatment, the true target seems to be today’s comic industry—creators, companies, readers, Internet columnists—that is the true butt of the jokes. Johnston’s skewer is rather sharp, but the book’s very timeliness should make for a [...]
Sonoma jumping in the air
Link to video on YouTube.
My dog Sonoma chewing something
Link to the video on YouTube
Brain Scan Studios to publish Fiendish Fables
Brain Scan Studios proudly presents Fiendish Fables, a new horror filled
anthology from the mind of John Schlim Jr. and friends. A collection of
creepy short stories inspired by the classic horror comics that defined
the genre! Marauding zombie kids, a bloodthirsty vampire horse,
vengeance-seeking storybook creatures, a wild west monster, the debut of
“Goth Ghost Girl,” a ghastly [...]
w00t!
Democrats win control of Congress
In a rout once considered almost inconceivable, Democrats won a 51st seat in the Senate and regained total control of Congress after 12 years of near-domination by the Republican Party.
Link to the whole article.
More PeopleMover (Part 2)
Part 2 of fun with camera phones on the PeopleMover!
Link to the video on YouTube.
