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Color, joy and excitement

I stumbled upon the Whitney Music Box this morning. You really have to see it to understand what it does. It’s open-source so you can check it out if you’re feeling saucy. There are also a few other neat applets available here.

Mr. T - Treat Your Mother Right

Please, treat your mother right!

Dance, Dance, Dance Your Email Away

Microsoft Research has come up with a new way to read and organize your email — by dancing. StepMail allows you to read, delete and flag your email using a DDR-type pad. There is also StepPhoto which allows you to organize your photos using the pad. Microsoft cites the CDC study that 65% of U.S. […]

Yahoo! Music Engine Updated

I have been using Yahoo! Music Engine for a few months now to stream unlimited music. It’s something like $6/month to have unlimited music on up to three computers. I don’t use the transfer to portable device options because Yahoo! does not support the iPod. I love my iPod and will not be switching to […]

Scottish Band Gets It

The Scottish band Looper really gets it. They said that they’ve made enough money to live off of songs that they licensed to be used in advertisements so they are giving away their music for free to fans.

DRM Hurting Sony Sales

Following the Sony fiasco is like watching a soap opera. I can’t get enough. Fully understanding the technology and the situation makes it even more entertaining. I saw this article today reporting on how the artists are being affected by Sony’s rootkit exploits. Nice job, Sony. Just like the article says, how long before one […]

Bare Naked Ladies

Now here is a group that *gets it*! Bare Naked Ladies is releasing an album on a reusable memory stick without any DRM. I, for one, will be boycotting Sony until they get their act together or apologize for the rootkit fiasco. That sucks too because I was planning on buying a new Sony digital […]

Google TV

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Google TV, originally uploaded by superic.

Google Video now features full length television shows — well, one at least! You can watch online the pilot episode of Everybody Hates Chris for free. Is this […]

Latin Phrases

I came accross this Handy Latin Phrases site during a search for something on Google. It made me laugh — it’s well worth a read!

Bug Bash

I stumbled upon a funny comic called Bug Bash the other day. It’s some very quality nerd humor and I highly recommend checking it out.