links for 2008-02-29

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Apple trailers: when 720p isnt always 720p

One of the best places to look for high-quality movie trailers is Apple Trailers. They have lots of bandwidth and a large selection (altough they don’t have e.g. the new Indiana Jones 4 trailers, which are exclusively on Yahoo HD trailers).Apple typically offers its HD trailers in 3 formats: 480p, 720p and 1080p. The “p” [...]

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links for 2008-02-28

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links for 2008-02-27

The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 - 2007 - The New York Times#Summer blockbusters and holiday hits make up the bulk of box office revenue each year, while contenders for the top Oscar awards tend to attract smaller audiences that build over time. Here’s a look at how movies have fared [...]

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links for 2008-02-26

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links for 2008-02-23

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Janet Jackson Discipline

The Janet Jackson Discipline album is due out February 26, 2008 and provides a fresh take on fantasy and eroticism. With masochistic overtones and a heavily digitized sound, the Discipline recording will put many good Janet slaves in their place.The title song, Discipline, which is the 20th track on the album, shows off Janet as [...]

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links for 2008-02-19

Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: HD DVD RIPWal-Mart finally gave the thumbs-down on HD DVD a couple of days ago, mercifully driving a stake into the wounded technology’s heart. Yesterday, Toshiba made it official: It betamaxed HD DVD. Sayonara.(tags: hddvd bluray hd movie format standard sony)History’s Greatest Replies: drmardy.comWhen Groucho asked “Why so many children?” [...]

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American Idol Predictions

Let me put on my Carnac the Magnificent thinking cap for a moment and make a few American Idol predictions. This years American Idol predictions may be a bit tougher than years past because the competition is arguably the best yet. But, since Ive already thrown Kristy Lee Cook into the pot as well as [...]

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Bob Flora is a spammer

Dear Mr. Bob Flora,you are probably a collaborator for the “Linkeroever” movie. I see you were a sound designer for “Dju!” by Daniel Lamberts, who’s a friend of mine. So you’re connected to the Belgian cinema scene. But might I point out that we have never talked or met in person. So when you send [...]

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links for 2008-02-20

tangoprinciples.comTango is a model relationship in which one can experiment and learn more safely, for failing to dance a good tango is not as terrifying as failing in a real-life love affair.(tags: tango info essays)Six Principles for Making New ThingsI like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to [...]

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links for 2008-02-21

Love Lasts Only 4 Years | NewsThe scientists surveyed a large number of loving people and have also found, that love has all the characteristics of the obsessive-compulsive neurosis: when one is in love, they often lose sleep and appetite and cant think of anything else, but their(tags: love relationships sex)Meet iPaper | ScribdiPaper is [...]

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Songwriting Contest at Raymond Walters College

The second annual songwriting contest at Raymond Walters College (RWC) is now open to high school and college students in the Cincinnati, Ohio and Northern Kentucky areas. Any theme, style or subject matter will be accepted and songs will be judged anonymously.The quality of the music and lyrics and especially the relationship between the two [...]

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links for 2008-02-14

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links for 2008-02-17

Project Resolution: Four 1080p Projectors Tested and RatedMitsubishi HC-4900 - $3000Sony VPL-VW60 - $5000Epson Powerlite Home Cinema 1080UB - $3000Sanyo PLV-Z2000 - $3000(tags: projection projector home cinema 1080p hd Wired)Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Why S3 failedLate last night, Amazon issued a statement explaining the cause of the problem that hobbled its S3 storage system [...]

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Josiah Leming Almost Jumps Shark on American Idol

Josiah Leming was almost a lemming marching off to sea, following the other fallen contestants on American Idol last night. The only thing that saved Josiah Leming was the likability factor that he had already established with the judges.The usually, surly Simon the Scowl Cowell, gave the Leming an uncharacteristic break by giving the lad [...]

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links for 2008-02-16

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Grammy Praises Mammy

Its no surprises that Amy Winehouse and Kanye West both came home with a handful of Grammys last night. Its also no surprise that Kanye West loves his mother. What was a little surprising is the extent to which he wore his love on his sleeve.Instead of wearing his love on his actual sleeve, Kanye [...]

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links for 2008-02-13

23 surprising things you can get for free - CNN.comOn one day every year (this year, April 17), all of the more than 600 Ben & Jerry’s stores worldwide offer free cones, with no limit — eat all the Cherry Garcia you’d like.(tags: free icecream benjerrys)Quote Details: Sir Arnold Bax: A sympathetic Scot summed… - [...]

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links for 2008-02-12

defective yeti: The Bad Review Revue: The Siege of Paris“It’s not like Paris Hilton to rise above her material, but The Hottie and the Nottie sinks so low that all she has to do is stand upright.” — Sam Adams, LOS ANGELES TIMES(tags: parishilton movie review funny)

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Amy Winehouse Finally Granted Visa, But Too Late for Grammys

British singer Amy Winehouse was finally granted a visa to enter the United States, but a little too little, too late to perform at the Grammys on Sunday. The embattled singer has been her own worst enemy of late with stints in rehab (like her song) and caught on video snorting illegal unmentionables.Nominated for six [...]

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Screenshots of a DVD with ffmpeg

I’ve been playing around a lot with video conversion lately and one of the tools I use often is the Swiss armyknife for video manipulation ‘ffmpeg‘. It does format conversion (MPEG1/2/4, Quicktime, AVI …) , rescaling, recompressing, frame rate conversion … almost everything. It exists for all flavours of Linux/Unix, and also for Windows.To give [...]

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links for 2008-02-08

Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Spies in Second Life“The challenge that we face,” writes the author of the IARPA paper, “is to be able to distinguish the fanatics from the average person looking for some simple enjoyment.”Dude, welcome to the internet.(tags: secondlife terrorism)Three food tips: roll your own soda, order the D-roll, and use fresh [...]

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links for 2008-02-10

Fabricated or Induced Illness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaFabricated or Induced Illness (FII), or factitious disorders, originally and more commonly known as Munchausen Syndrome or Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP), are insidious disorders in which injury is deliberately and gradually inflicted upon a person u(tags: munchhausen proxy psychology)Cabinet Magazine Online - From Western Marxism to [...]

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links for 2008-02-09

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Snoop Dogg Ego Trippin

The Snoop Dogg Ego Trippin album due out March 11, 2008 features the artist himself with no big name guest appearances. Snoop Dogg Ego Trippin studio album will be the Long Beach rappers ninth to date.Snoop Dogg appeared on CNNs Larry King Live show recently and talked about the new Ego Trippin CD along with [...]

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links for 2008-02-07

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links for 2008-02-06

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Lil Boosie Gets Florida Teen Sent to Jail

This is what happens when freedom of speech meets public decency. A Florida teen was arrested for singing the rap lyrics to a Lil Boosie song in public. Now, Lil Boosie will get a boost in popularity because of this and yes, this blog post is helping in this endeavor.The Florida teen, a 19-year-old Christopher [...]

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links for 2008-02-03

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Lil Wayne Tha Carter III

The Lil Wayne Tha Carter III album is one of the most anticipated yet worst kept secrets on the Internet. Songs from the Lil Wayne Tha Carter III CD has been flying around cyberspace so quickly that a Leaked version was actually put out and available from several vendors.On the Leaked version of Tha Carter [...]

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links for 2008-02-01

A tour of Google’s new Experimental Search. Verdict: awesomethese experiments are all successes in their own right, and we don’t see much of a reason not to include them all in a future update. A good case could perhaps be made for not enabling every one by default, but these are all great tools that [...]

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New lens for my Canon camera

My current favourite lens for my Canon 350D is the Canon EF 50mm F 1.8 II 52 mm. I really like the wide aperture (f/1.8) that allows me to take pictures without flash in dark environments like tango events, and the small depth-of-field that brings out the subject really nice. Plus, it was only [...]

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