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Should be homosexuality considered as a sin?
Filed under: How I Met Your Mother, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free(S04E03) As a native and resident of New Jersey, I was very offended by this episode.Actually, that's not true. As most Jerseyans will tell you, we have a sense of humor about our state and make fun of it all the time. But when outsiders…
Posted 1hr 59mins ago by TV Squad.
Filed under: Episode Reviews, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Reality-Free(S02E05) The game of time-travel chess continues. It seems that whenever Sarah and the gang foil one Terminator plot, another two crop up in its place (or they fulfill some sort of objective from Skynet and bring things one step…
Posted 2hrs 42mins ago by TV Squad.
Filed under: Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews, Episode Recaps(S07E06) Week three did not get off to a great start down at Dancing With The Stars HQ. The ten performances we were expecting had been reduced to nine. It seems that while training on Friday night, Misty May-Treanor suffered…
Posted 3hrs 10mins ago by TV Squad.
People see faces when they look at the fronts of cars. What they see can influence what they buy. A consulting group arranged a research study to find out what personality traits cars appear to have, and which ones people would prefer on the car they drive. Study participants assessed cars based on…
Posted 3hrs 39mins ago by Neatorama.
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Oh yeah, Take on Me by the Norwegian group a-ha, a big song in 1985. But wait… this song has been altered to match the video! That makes it worth a listen, doesn’t it? -via YesButNoButYes
Posted 3hrs 41mins ago by Neatorama.
Jeffrey Augustine made this mixed media artwork called Dream Captcha -a play on Native American dream catchers and the captcha process. Hang one of these above your computer and it will sleep without nightmares! Link -Thanks, Jeffrey!
Posted 3hrs 43mins ago by Neatorama.
Filed under: Heroes, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free(S03E04) A lot of people have said in the comments that it appears as if I don't like Heroes. Believe me, that's not true. I'm actually a huge fan of the show. As a huge comic book junkie for more years and dollars than good sense will allow me to admit,…
Posted 3hrs 45mins ago by TV Squad.
Yankee Pot Roast, a blog of literary satire, has a great spoof on poet William Carlos Williams, assuming that the famous modernist poet is your really bad roommate. Not as bad as the nudist obsessive-compulsive insomniac roommate that I had in college, but pretty bad. Here’s a sample: This Is…
Posted 4hrs 37mins ago by Neatorama.
Photo: monkeybar73 [Flickr] When Terri Irving got married, her friend suggested that she make a cake topper based on one of her favorite video games, Katamari Damacy, with the bride and groom stuck to the Katamari. Later, Terri said that the whole thing was sort of like a metaphor of the marriage process.…
Posted 5hrs 5mins ago by Neatorama.
Miss Cellania has an oldie but goodie list of literary rules (the sort of thing that circulated on Usenet). Here are a few: * Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.* And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction.* Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.* Do not be…
Posted 5hrs 6mins ago by Neatorama.
There are a lot of fun USB flash drives, but most of them don’t look quite fashionable enough for that black tie event. What’s a fashion conscious geek (is that an oxymoron?) to do? GeekAlerts blog has compiled 13 of the most fashionable USB Flash Drives that will fit in just fine with the…
Posted 5hrs 7mins ago by Neatorama.
Kansas City-based artist Dylan Mortimer combined a telephone booth and a prayer station into this art piece titled Public Prayer Booth. If you ever came across one, you can pull down the kneeler and pray on the spot. Link - via Locust & Honey
Posted 5hrs 8mins ago by Neatorama.
Instructable user PandaMania wrote a pretty nifty (and looks pretty easy to do) instruction on how to make your own Space Invader belt buckle from LEGO bricks.
Link - via walyou
Posted 5hrs 9mins ago by Neatorama.
The good folks and our pals over at mental_floss are coming out with a new book: The Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp Through Civilization’s Best Bits. The book is coming out October 28th, but if you pre-order one at Amazon, mental_floss will throw in a 6-month subscription…
Posted 5hrs 10mins ago by Neatorama.
Tech Cult blog has lovingly compiled 150 of the best Flash games available on the Web. If you have, oh, say a week off, then you can probably play all of the games listed here: Link - Thanks Daniel Scocco! The game on the left is insanely addictive Desktop Tower Defense, which is probably the most popular…
Posted 5hrs 10mins ago by Neatorama.
We’ve covered Etienne Meneau’s unique wine decanter before on Neatorama, so when she emailed us her newest work, I knew it’s going to be good. And Etienne doesn’t disappoint: here’s Petit Coeur or Little Heart drinking glass. I know that red wine is supposed to be good…
Posted 5hrs 10mins ago by Neatorama.
Ummm When you pull into Burger King this is not the kind of sign you want to see? Epic Fail x 2!
Posted 5hrs 29mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
An energizing bunny boosting the base on the world stage. So much winking and wonking crammed into 90 minutes was a sight to behold.
Who cares what they ask? One -- two -- three -- KICK!
Posted 6hrs 42mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
Filed under: OpEd, Saturday Night Live, Reality-FreeNew York magazine has reported that the Saturday Night Live team is brainstorming some way to involve the real Sarah Palin in one of the upcoming "Weekend Update" episodes. Word is, she might play Tina Fey in a spoof of her American Express commercial.…
Posted 8hrs 5mins ago by TV Squad.
RealDVD, the DRM-laden, DVD-copying commercial software from the folks who brought you RealPlayer, has been taken out of commission by Hollywood studios. Luckily you already know how to rip full DVDs to your hard drive for free without the nasty DRM, so you should be just fine. [via]
Posted 8hrs 18mins ago by Lifehacker.
OpenOffice.org's third release candidate of version 3.0 is now available for testers; the official release is due out next week. Here's our first look at OpenOffice.org 3.0. [via]
Posted 8hrs 23mins ago by Lifehacker.
by Mike Krumboltz Tell us if this sounds familiar. You're 15-years-old. Your five page essay on Copernicus is due tomorrow and you have very little to say and even less motivation to say it. What's a slacker to do? Simple—seek out the largest font your word processor allows. When each word is larger,…
Posted 9hrs ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
Filed under: TV on DVD, Reality-FreeHere are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.Wow, this is quite a list of shows this week, though I think the only one I'm definitely going to buy is the second season 30 Rock set. Maybe the Three Stooges set too. Those are good sets to have. I'm tempted to buy the…
Posted 9hrs 4mins ago by TV Squad.
Calculating costs for solar panels on your rooftop is difficult. But you can get help.
Posted 9hrs 30mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
As time marches on, it becomes more and more difficult to recall our world before the invention of the computer. For those who tire over answering an infinite number of daily emails, imagining this world may seem like a pleasant dream.
Posted 9hrs 57mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Casting, Reality-FreeYou know that scene in the movie When Harry Met Sally, when Meg Ryan is in a New York deli and simulates having an orgasm? Then Estelle Reiner looks over and says to the waiter, "I'll have what she's having."?Well, that's how a lot of actors in…
Posted 10hrs 2mins ago by TV Squad.
The Web Worker Daily weblog rounds up a handful of useful tweaks for using an instant messaging application at work without letting it ruin your productivity. For example: Many IM programs allow you to be “invisible” to different contacts or contact groups when you come online. You can also be invisible…
Posted 10hrs 8mins ago by Lifehacker.
by Jon Brooks What with stock portfolios a study in red, home values sinking to Mediterreanean Avenue levels, and the nation still fighting two wars, our personal Fetal Position Index is through the roof. These days, we’re scared of everything and everyone: Bush, Cheney, Obama, McCain, earthquakes,…
Posted 10hrs 11mins ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
Lately, the stock market feels a lot like a roller coaster ride. So if you’re jittery about the market, this is the shirt for you at Neatorama’s Online Store: Link (Plus, at only $9.95, it won’t break the bank!)
Posted 10hrs 14mins ago by Neatorama.
The developer-only iPhone 2.2 software sounds promising so far, boasting hidden features like Google Street View, auto-correction toggle, and emoji icons. It better be good, considering Apple is already breaking promises, having missed the September deadline for push notification.
Posted 11hrs 6mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 5, TBS has the Rays/White Sox game, followed by the Red Sox/Angels game. At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, then a new Boston Legal. CBS has a new Big Bang Theory at 8, followed by new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Two and…
Posted 11hrs 8mins ago by TV Squad.
Are there any good exercises I can do while playing video games?How can I change my very bad study habits?How can I stop my Xbox 360 from scratching discs?What's the best font-management application?How can I change all of my computer's drive letters?
Posted 11hrs 8mins ago by Lifehacker.
In the midst of the global banking crisis, a small Japanese city has a secret weapon to boost its economy: Tama the cat! Tortoiseshell Tama is the "stationmaster" of the unmanned Kishi train station where she was born and raised on the provincial Kishigawa Line. But it is not her labours on…
Posted 11hrs 51mins ago by Neatorama.
When fredmiranda.com forum user sbv20 found himself with a broken Canon 17-85 mm zoom lens after the aperture became stuck he decided to have a little bit of fun: he took it apart!
And thankfully, he documented his disassembly of the zoom lens for all of us to see: Link - via Gizmodo
Posted 11hrs 51mins ago by Neatorama.
When Jean Kelly’s cat Cadbury stopped meowing, the vet diagnozed a paralysed larynx which was blocking its throat. So what did the pet lover do? After a stint in intensive care, six days in an oxygen tent, four months nursing care and regular check-ups, the 13-year-old Moggy had run up a bill…
Posted 11hrs 52mins ago by Neatorama.
Ted Hunter of Roarockit Skateboard Co. made this flower sculpture with skateboards as petals titled "Reach for Light": It’s a good example of free hand vacuum veneer bending. The flower petal designs are actually printed using photo’s of real tulip petals. The inside is printed…
Posted 11hrs 53mins ago by Neatorama.
Here are some speakers that any music worshippers need: the Midnight Mexico Minigod speakers by vinyl toy maker Marka27. Now the only things you need are a volcano speaker and a virgin (Barbie, maybe?) to throw down into the boiling lava: Link - via BB Gadgets
Posted 11hrs 54mins ago by Neatorama.
Cleaning the cage of a really hungry 12-foot, 126-lb tiger python. What could go wrong? Here’s the story of one Renate Klosse, zoo owner, who just had an intimate tour of a python’s mouth: ‘The jaws of the snake opened so wide that, with one lunge, she was able to completely cover…
Posted 11hrs 54mins ago by Neatorama.
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-FreeLooks like CBS has a hit on its hands.The Mentalist, the Tuesday night Simon Baker drama, has just been given the green light for a full season. The show is averaging 15.4 million viewers an episode, which is great considering it's…
Posted 12hrs 2mins ago by TV Squad.
Hum = We
Bolen = Talk
Mohabbat = Love
Zaban = Language
OR
We Speak the Language of Love.
Message from the People of Pakistan to everyone in the world.
Posted 12hrs 3mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
Mac OS X only: Free preference pane application Fruux syncs Address Book, iCal, and tasks between different Macs. To use it, just install the preference pane and create a new account with Fruux. Once you've verified your account, go ahead and run your first synchronization. Fruux uploads your contact…
Posted 12hrs 8mins ago by Lifehacker.
by Claudine Zap "Hebrew harvest festival" (+731%). Festivals celebrating bountiful harvests aren't just for Pilgrims. The Jewish festival Sukkot comes five days after Yom Kippur and commemorates the fall harvest and surviving 40 years in the desert. "Tina fey as sarah palin on snl" (+289%). She's not…
Posted 12hrs 56mins ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-FreeI don't know if the rumors about View host Elisabeth Hasselbeck going to Fox News Channel are true or not (Hasselbeck and the show deny it), but at this point I wouldn't blame her one bit.Hasselbeck has had a lot of battles on the show…
Posted 12hrs 59mins ago by TV Squad.
Windows only: Free computer cleaning application AtomicCleaner has the standard roster of cleaning tools like temp file deletion and cookie removal, but goes a step further and includes a cleanup option for gamers. The Gamer Cleanup clears out the sometimes monster-sized temporary gaming cache files.…
Posted 13hrs 8mins ago by Lifehacker.
Google Spreadsheets has rolled out a new and improved spreadsheets editor complete with a full file menu similar to the Google Docs refresh. According to Webware, the update also speeds up Spreadsheets and opens the door for more advanced functionality.
Posted 13hrs 38mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: Entourage, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-FreeJust five episodes into Entourage's long-awaited fifth season, and HBO has already pulled the trigger on a sixth. This morning the pay cable network announced that a sixth season of the popular comedy is in the works with a summer 2009 premiere…
Posted 14hrs 3mins ago by TV Squad.
Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Popular Firefox extension Tab Mix Plus has finally released an update supporting Firefox 3, meaning that the tabbed browsing enhancements you'd come to know and love with TMP in Firefox 2 are now ready for your updated Firefox install. This update is the extension's…
Posted 14hrs 8mins ago by Lifehacker.
Despite the ballyhooed $700 billion (actually, with pork it’s closer to $852 billion) bailout deal, for the first time in four years, the Dow falls below 10,000: Investors around the world have come to the sobering realization that the Bush administration’s $700 billion rescue plan won’t…
Posted 14hrs 30mins ago by Neatorama.
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Smallville, Reality-FreeOn KryptonSite, the producers of Smallville have written an open letter to all the fans of their show. This letter is about the potential upcoming spin-off or complementary series of Smallville called The Graysons, about the life of Dick Grayson…
Posted 15hrs 5mins ago by TV Squad.
Former financial planner Nora Dunn knows that lots of folks are itching to do something after seeing their latest investment statements—maybe to the point of axing their advisor. Not a great idea, she writes, unless he or she is unresponsive, pushy, or, even worse, trying to sell you a fortune-telling…
Posted 15hrs 8mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: TV on DVD, How I Met Your Mother, Contests and Giveaways, Reality-FreeOn this Monday morning, we've got three copies of How I Met Your Mother - Season Three on DVD for three lucky, random commenters. The DVD is available in stores starting tomorrow.To enter, leave a comment below before…
Posted 16hrs 2mins ago by TV Squad.
Web site VCD Quality tracks videos distributed online and provides a wealth of information about each release—including a screenshot or two demonstrating the quality of the video and separate video and audio ratings. The site also links to the movie's IMDb page, lets you know what group released…
Posted 16hrs 8mins ago by Lifehacker.
I have a headache after looking at these. Link -via Metafilter
Posted 16hrs 14mins ago by Neatorama.
Iconic celebrities rendered in typeface, using whatever font will work. Folha de S. Paulo newspaper in Brazil used these images to advertise the movie posters they included in Sunday editions. Brilliant! See Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, and James Dean as well. Link -Thanks, Tal Siach!
Posted 16hrs 15mins ago by Neatorama.
What does a president do after his term in office ends? If history is any indication, there are a lot of opportunities. See how well you know what past presidents did after leaving office in today’s mental_floss Lunchtime Quiz. I scored 60%, better than I expected. Link
Posted 16hrs 28mins ago by Neatorama.
Last week we asked you to tell us about the best keyboard you've ever used, and the testimonials came pouring in. Today we've compiled the most popular keyboards into a handy list for your perusal. Consider yourself warned: reading the list may lead to you staring balefully at your generic OEM keyboard…
Posted 16hrs 38mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: Celebrities, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-FreeIt looks like more period dramas (such as The Tudors) are headed to pay cable. And this time, "Booth" will not refer to a character on the TV show Bones.Kevin Bacon will be executive-producing The Booths, a period drama about the Booth brothers,…
Posted 16hrs 43mins ago by TV Squad.
Andrew Pitt, World Supersport Champion
Posted 16hrs 53mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
Linux Journal has a nice, short retrospective on Sunday's 17th anniversary of the Linux kernel, which started as an attempt by Linus Torvalds to replicate the MINIX OS. Got an age-old story about your first Linux experience? Join the belated celebration in the comments.
Posted 16hrs 53mins ago by Lifehacker.
Wordpress co-founder Matt Mullenweg provided the keynote address and I was able to capture all of it on video. I've split the videos into three parts: current state of Wordpress, a walkthrough of the upcoming 2.7 release and the future of Wordpress.
Posted 17hrs 5mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
Windows only: WakeupOnStandBy, a free automation and timing tool for Windows systems, can be put to seriously helpful use by anyone who regularly puts their computer to sleep/suspend or hibernate for a quicker start instead of shutting down. The utility lets you set a schedule for waking up your system,…
Posted 17hrs 8mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Mad Men(S02E10) This seemed an oddly structured episode, with the emphasis more on Betty than Don, with a splash of Pete and Kinsey thrown in. The idea that life was simpler in the old days, should anyone still think that adage applies, is disproved with every…
Posted 17hrs 39mins ago by TV Squad.
Windows/Mac/Linux (all platforms): Livestation, the previously invite-only streaming television player, has released its free desktop client for all platforms. The app cites an available 1,275 channels, but the majority are—how should we say—not essential viewing. Still, there's live CNN,…
Posted 18hrs 1min ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free(S05E02) "I think I just heard the milk go bad." - Andrew to Bree and OrsonThat line Andrew said to escape an uncomfortable situation was funny but not that important in the overall episode. However, many Desperate Housewives characters…
Posted 18hrs 8mins ago by TV Squad.
Etsy seller trixiedelicious has all seven deadly sins featured on quaint vintage English and Japanese china plates. They are food safe and come with hangers for display. Link -via The Seven Deadly Sinners
Posted 18hrs 15mins ago by Neatorama.
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Of course, an engineer would build a simple machine to do the task! -via Geek Like Me
Posted 18hrs 17mins ago by Neatorama.
Consumer Reports has a checklist of seven things people do that compromise your online security. Are you guilty of any of these? 1. Assuming your security software is protecting you 2. Accessing an account through an e-mail link 3. Using a single password for all online accounts 4. Downloading free…
Posted 18hrs 18mins ago by Neatorama.
This weekend's reader poll of common DIY skills everyone "should" have turned up interesting results: most of you know how to iron a shirt, put out a fire, and install a graphics card. But the fewest poll respondents know how to tie a bowline knot (where are the sailors?!), remove bloodstains from fabric,…
Posted 18hrs 38mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: Dexter, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free (S03E02) Maybe the tone of this season seems slightly less sinister, but I am liking it all the same. Then again, with Dexter creeping around in the dark rain, murdering another victim, how can we claim less sinister?What do you think about the way…
Posted 18hrs 43mins ago by TV Squad.
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race, Episode Reviews(S13E02) "He's a ball of emotion." - Sarah about TerenceSure, Terence could very well be a "ball of emotion." But this week's episode of The Amazing Race might be better titled a "Ball of Confusion." I'm not talking only about the inevitable airport…
Posted 19hrs 7mins ago by TV Squad.
The Liquid Mongoose site has a neat bookmarklet tool that creates fold-able cases for audio CDs or movie DVDs from AOL Music or Netflix DVD pages. Simply copy the bookmarklet to your bookmarks, head to a relevant AOL Music or Netflix page, and click the bookmark. The page is now formatted for printing…
Posted 19hrs 8mins ago by Lifehacker.
Starbucks has today been accused of wasting more than 23 million litres of water every day. The coffee chain, which prides itself on being green, has a health and safety policy of leaving taps running in all of its 10,000 branches worldwide it has been
Posted 19hrs 46mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
Windows/Linux: Picasa, Google's photo management tool, has quietly announced a new beta that adds basic movie editing, fuller syncing to Web Albums, and many other features and changes. Actually, the biggest change in the new Picasa isn't in the software itself—it's a new "quick view" utility,…
Posted 20hrs 8mins ago by Lifehacker.
Yesterday when I was watching the great film Juno, one of the characters mentioned Tony Little. Don’t ask me how, but somehow I had managed to forget about this crazy TV fitness guy, so I just had to take a look at YouTube. This was one of the better clips I came across.
Link [YouTube]
Posted 20hrs 45mins ago by Neatorama.
Reader MERSC tricked out a Windows desktop with ObjectDock's full-sized taskbar thumbnails, which previews open documents (including live video) on the dock. Above the left-docked taskbar, MERSC has an embedded to-do list pinned to the desktop, always in view, along with system monitoring tools and…
Posted 21hrs 8mins ago by Lifehacker.
The unemployment rate is at a five-year high and the economic news just keeps.
Posted 22hrs 34mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
Curious about how Google's upcoming mobile phone operating system Android will work? Give it a spin on a free online G1 Android emulator on T-Mobile's web site. Not all features in the emulator work, but it does give you a good idea of Android's look and feel. [via]
Posted 1 day 1hr ago by Lifehacker.
