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Filed under: Scrubs, Casting, Reality-FreeIf you wonder if Scrubs will still feel like an NBC sitcom when it moves to ABC in January, the answer is probably yes. That's especially true since the January 6th one-hour premiere -- back to back episodes -- will be the start of Courteney Cox's guest role…
Posted 1hr 23mins ago by TV Squad.
Microsoft's Live image search tool added a new button underneath every image result you mouse over: "Show similar images." Close to the functionality of previously mentioned engine TinEye, but with a much wider scope and reach. The complexity of the image, and cleverness of its knock-offs, will of course…
Posted 1hr 29mins ago by Lifehacker.
Just-released webapp Freckle isn't, as it proclaims, a whole-cloth re-thinking of time tracking, billing, and client management, but it is refreshingly light, agile, and easy to get into. Like Remember the Milk and other text-aware apps, it doesn't require learning an entirely new input system, but…
Posted 2hrs 39mins ago by Lifehacker.
Macro pictures of spiders
Posted 5hrs 56mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
A Family Law Attorney represents its clients in various issues including adoption proceedings, rights of fathers, mothers, and the different statutes of each state, paternity.
Posted 7hrs 58mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
Whether your circumstances limit you to a stealth office party or you're set on planning the happy hour blowout of the year for your friends after work, these 100 web tools are for you.
Posted 8hrs 53mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
Filed under: Episode Reviews, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Reality-Free(S02E11) If ever the show Cold Case did an episode involving killer robots from the future, it would be tonight's Sarah Connor Chronicles. The reverse is also true.Cameron certainly earned her "most efficient killing machine on the…
Posted 9hrs 42mins ago by TV Squad.
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Chuck, Reality-Free (S02E09) This season we've met Sarah's high school nemesis, who turned out to be a rogue spy, Chuck's ex-girlfriend, who turned out to be a rogue spy, and we had a return of Bryce, who was a spy from an opposing agency. This week, we met John Casey's…
Posted 10hrs 13mins ago by TV Squad.
I’m not a fan of chainsaws as anti-zombie weapons, despite their use by the great Ash. But this variant of the chainsaw intrigues me. It’s a small chainsaw mounted on a semi-automatic rifle as a bayonet. It would make the rifle absurdly heavy, but it would also provide some safety in the…
Posted 11hrs 41mins ago by Neatorama.
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl(S02E12) "I'm leaving him." - LilyIf you are keeping up with Gossip Girl spoilers like me, the shocking ending of "It's a Wonderful Lie" was not surprising and you know what will happen next week (don't worry, I won't spoil the fun here for…
Posted 12hrs 35mins ago by TV Squad.
by Mike Krumboltz If a story is on the front page of Yahoo!, chances are it's a pretty big deal. We dove into a year's worth of data and tracked down the ten most popular articles from our front page in 2008. It's an intriguing mix. There are beautiful women (of course), sudden tragedies, and minor…
Posted 12hrs 55mins ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
Windows only (running Google Desktop): If you want access to your Gmail on your desktop (literally) without running a full-blown email client, now you can download the Gmail Google Desktop gadget. You'll need the free Google Desktop software installed first, and then you can dock your Gmail gadget to…
Posted 13hrs 2mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: Industry, Programming, OpEd, Casting, Reality-FreeCan I say something here that some of you will disagree with? There are way too many procedurals on the air right now. Criminal procedurals, medical procedurals, criminal-medical procedurals...the networks are popping them out faster than…
Posted 13hrs 10mins ago by TV Squad.
Psst - you’ve got a secret admirer. Well, actually not yet … but you will, if Jake Bronstein of Zoomdoggle has his ways. The always-fun Jake (who came up with ideas-so-wacky-they’re-brilliant like the Fun-O-Meter and randomly thanking customer service reps posted previously on Neatorama)…
Posted 13hrs 15mins ago by Neatorama.
Can you believe it, 2008 is almost over! Yahoo! Buzz takes a look back at 2008 (well, so far anyways) in terms of what people are most interested in searching. Taking number 1 spot is Britney Spears (no surprise there, she’s been at the top search for both Yahoo! and Google for years). The list…
Posted 13hrs 16mins ago by Neatorama.
Cleans cavities where conventional cleaners fail and kills germs. Clearly enhances the performance of your keyboard and other devices!
Posted 13hrs 30mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Celebrities, Reality-FreeIf you are anything like me, then you have been dying to see the second season of Flight of the Conchords since the last credits rolled. I was starting to doubt my ability to make it until January, when Bret and Jemaine officially return to HBO, so…
Posted 13hrs 49mins ago by TV Squad.
If you'll be without your personal assistant when webapp Sandy closes its doors next Monday, you may not have to wait long for a replacement: A group of developers are working to build a free, open-source Sandy, and they're hoping to resurrect as much of Sandy as they can from the startup graveyard.…
Posted 14hrs 4mins ago by Lifehacker.
Software developer Gustavo Duarte explains exactly what your computer does while you wait, in a thorough, technical answer to the question "Why the hell is my computer taking so long to do something when I have such a fast processor?" This post isn't for anyone who glazes over at measurements of throughput…
Posted 14hrs 25mins ago by Lifehacker.
This cool building in Osaka, Japan actually has a freeway going through it.
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Posted 15hrs 20mins ago by Neatorama.
A fan of I Can Has Cheezburger sent them this delightful postcard he found in an antique store. The print is from 1905. The grammar may have been nicer back then, but those poor LOL Kitties are have been being denied food for over 100 years. What a shame. I think someone needs to start a charity organization…
Posted 15hrs 37mins ago by Neatorama.
Filed under: TV on DVD, Reality-FreeHere are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.For some reason, I didn't know that Jake and the Fatman was out on DVD (or I knew at one point and just forgot). Is this something I want on DVD? I'm tempted, because it's a show that you'll probably never see in syndication…
Posted 15hrs 39mins ago by TV Squad.
Windows only: Free text replacement application PhraseExpress updates to version 6.0, sporting a handful of new time-saving features and stability improvements. If you're unfamiliar with text replacement apps like PhraseExpress, they're like digital shorthand for your computer; the user defines small…
Posted 15hrs 39mins ago by Lifehacker.
Anon always delivers
Posted 16hrs 1min ago by Mixx: Popular.
Firefox with Greasmonkey (and other browsers): The Helvetireader theme for Google Reader strips away the bells and whistles and offers a minimal interface redesign for keyboard shortcut users. Install Helvetireader in Firefox with the Greasemonkey extension, Opera, a Chromium nightly build, or Safari…
Posted 16hrs 9mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: OpEd, The Shield, Reality-FreeLast week another terrific cable drama, The Shield, took its final bow in a series finale that still has fans talking. The talk is mostly about the last three minutes, which featured Vic Mackey's silent contemplation of the life he now leads after losing his…
Posted 16hrs 37mins ago by TV Squad.
Online language translation app Frengly autodetects the source language of text and quickly translates it into your language of choice. Just paste any piece of text into Frengly, hit translate, and let Frengly take care of the rest. Frengly actually plugs into the Google Translate API to both detect…
Posted 16hrs 39mins ago by Lifehacker.
An FBI team visited a restaurant and luxury hotel in Mumbai on Monday where Islamist militants struck last week in an attack that killed 188 people, including six Americans...
Posted 16hrs 50mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
Ever wish a squid could sit on your head all day? Well, here’s your chance. It’s even better than a real squid, since it won’t make you stink and doesn’t feel slimy. Instructables has all the details you need to create your own squid hat.
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Posted 16hrs 51mins ago by Neatorama.
On the heels of Sandy's closure announcement, another small startup announces its shutdown and acquisition: previously mentioned file-sharing service Pownce has been acquired by blogging software maker Six Apart, and the service is shutting down on December 15th. Pownce users can export their messages…
Posted 17hrs 22mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 8, ABC has Shrek the Halls, followed by How The Grinch Stole Christmas, two new episodes of Samantha Who? and a new Boston Legal. NBC has a new Chuck at 8, then new episodes of and HeroesMy Own Worst…
Posted 17hrs 34mins ago by TV Squad.
What's a good webcam setup for my technophobic relative?How can I change white web pages to a darker color?What's a good call forwarding service?Any great ideas for reducing my computer clutter?What's the best way to stream HD media from a PC?
Posted 17hrs 39mins ago by Lifehacker.
Google has published official documentation detailing their plans to bring extensions to their beta web browser Chrome. When we asked you a few months back whether Chrome with extensions would convince you to switch, 28% said yes, while a whopping 22% of you said that as long as an Adblock extension…
Posted 18hrs 21mins ago by Lifehacker.
When you find yourself glancing worriedly from your bank account balance back to the calendar this holiday season, it's time to ditch the catalogs and commercials, roll up your sleeves and get to doing it yourself. Everyone's cutting down on expenditures this year, but that doesn't mean you can't give…
Posted 18hrs 39mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Reality-FreeBaby, if you've ever wondered, wondered whatever became of WKRP...well, it didn't really exist. It was a TV show. But now it's back, and it's even in Cincinnati.However, there's a twist: this time it's the call letters of a small TV station. WBQC-TV…
Posted 18hrs 39mins ago by TV Squad.
Things - Edith Kollath Creates Books that Breathe from Bre Pettis on Vimeo.
Breathing books by Edith Kollath. How long until someone makes a functional Monster Book of Monsters? Via Bre Pettis.
Posted 18hrs 44mins ago by Neatorama.
In the effort to take better care of our hair, many of us follow tried and true rules and tips. Of course many of these have been carried down from generation to generation and somewhere along the way, some of the information gets a bit exaggerated or...
Posted 18hrs 47mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
iPhone/iPod touch only: Television and movie streaming service Joost officially finds its way to the iPhone and iPod touch. Joost started out as a desktop application, was quickly overshadowed by online offerings like Hulu, then recently moved to the web in an attempt to keep up with the competition.…
Posted 19hrs 39mins ago by Lifehacker.
Web site Notify Me When It's Up performs a very simple but worthwhile task: It sends you an email when a downed site you want to visit returns to the internet. Similar to previously mentioned Down For Everyone or Just Me—which helps you figure out if a site you're having trouble reaching is really…
Posted 19hrs 39mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: OpEd, 30 Rock, Reality-FreeHave you ever loved a TV show so much that it hurts, and when other people criticize it you truly wonder if they're even watching the same TV show that you're watching?That's how I felt when I read this new piece in The New Yorker by TV critic Nancy Franklin.…
Posted 19hrs 48mins ago by TV Squad.
Thank goodness our brother site Gizmodo did all the work of digging up the best online shopping deals today, "Cyber Monday"—and saved us the trouble. Go getchyer Monday-after-Black-Friday discounts on.
Posted 20hrs 13mins ago by Lifehacker.
On Monday most of Mumbai, India attempted a return to normal activity, in the wake of the 60-hour-long siege last week. Some facts about the attacks are a bit clearer now, others still hazy.
Posted 20hrs 17mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
The problem with many online to-do list managers is that they don't support sub-lists for tasks that involve several steps—but outliner webapp Checkvist does just that, and with a clean interface that supports tons of keyboard shortcuts. Sign up for a free account at Checkvist to make your first…
Posted 20hrs 39mins ago by Lifehacker.
Virtual machine application VMware Fusion—popular for running Windows and other operating systems on Macs—is for sale at 50% off the regular price today only—down to $40 from the regular $80. Sounds like a good time to grab a copy of Fusion, one of our top 10 new and improved apps…
Posted 20hrs 40mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: News, Casting, Reality-FreeMeet the Press, NBC's venerable (six decades!) political affairs news program and a staple of Sunday morning TV, has been in flux ever since the untimely death of Tim Russert. Tom Brokaw has been sitting in the big chair, brought out of semi-retirement and keeping…
Posted 21hrs 27mins ago by TV Squad.
The Wall Street Journal reports that outgoing FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants to offer free Wi-Fi to all—porn-free Wi-Fi, to be more specific. The no-smut specification is a little troubling, since drawing a straight line through the massive gray area of propriety isn't a simple task, but the…
Posted 21hrs 39mins ago by Lifehacker.
Today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss will tell how well you really know your American history. Who was president at the time these events occurred? Not easy! I scored 77%, but that’s only because I’m old enough to remember the events as they happened! Link
Posted 21hrs 59mins ago by Neatorama.
Filed under: OpEd, Animation, South Park, Reality-FreeThanksgiving isn't just about completing your Seven Deadly Sins check list before the year runs out. Thanksgiving is about family; learning where they've been, where you are, and where everyone in your life is going. Food and football are just gravy…
Posted 22hrs 20mins ago by TV Squad.
The Get Rich Slowly blog details the ins and outs of the cooling-off period, a three-business-day window the (U.S.) Federal Trade Commission enforces to cancel purchases of $25 or more. There's a good deal of fine print, as J.D. explains: If you make a purchase entirely by mail or telephone, the rule…
Posted 22hrs 22mins ago by Lifehacker.
Free alert service Exactfactor tracks search engine results by key words, and can email anyone interested in how any web site is doing in the battle for the top Google, Yahoo, or Live.com spot. After signing up for an account, you enter one or two web sites and key words to track them by. You'll see…
Posted 22hrs 54mins ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: Celebrities, Casting, Reality-FreeSteve Buscemi is in talks to star in Martin Scorsese's new HBO drama Boardwalk Empire. The series chronicles the rise of Atlantic City as a gambling haven in the 1920's. Buscemi has never been a leading man, to my knowledge; however he's an extremely versatile…
Posted 23hrs 9mins ago by TV Squad.
Under pressure to fight terrorism or to pacify repressive governments, Google could track everything we’ve searched for, everything we’re writing on gmail, everything we’re writing on Google docs, to figure out who we are and what we do.
Posted 23hrs 20mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
Windows only: The Giveaway of the Day web site is featuring a small, simple, but effective macro recording tool for free until 3 a.m. EST on Dec. 2. Windows Automation Macro Recorder (WAMR), normally $30, has a nicely clean interface that focuses on two main buttons, Record and Execute, and it records…
Posted 23hrs 39mins ago by Lifehacker.
The Josephson Institute Center for Youth Ethics surveyed 29,760 American high school students about their ethics and activities. The results are disturbing. *a total of 30 percent overall — admitted stealing from a store within the past year. *More than two of five (42 percent) said that they sometimes…
Posted 23hrs 59mins ago by Neatorama.
That’s one expensive chunk of fungus! A 1.08 kilogram white truffle was sold at an auction Saturday for $200,000. A total of $284,000 was raised for charity at the auction held simultaneously in Abu Dhabi, Macau, London and Rome. Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho was the highest bidder for the 1.08-kg…
Posted 1 day ago by Neatorama.
There are places more remote, but Tristan Da Cunha is inhabited, even though the 270 residents only see a mail ship once a year! When Napoleon was sent to St. Helena by the British, they annexed the closest chain of islands to prevent the French from attempting to rescue him. After all, who wouldn’t…
Posted 1 day ago by Neatorama.
Think of Krampus as the “anti-Santa”, the demon who comes to punish children who misbehave during the year. Krampus Night is celebrated on the eve of St. Nicholas Day in Europe, particularly in Austria. The Krampus tradition, whilst once done with a modicum of sobriety is now used as an…
Posted 1 day ago by Neatorama.
Firefox only: Easy DragToGo is a Firefox extension which enables interaction with highlighted text and images via mouse gestures. Text actions are determined by whether or not the highlighted text is a URL or not, and by the variables you assign in the preferences menu. An example setup, and my current…
Posted 1 day ago by Lifehacker.
http://MakeDatCashonline.com/tissa.htmHow search engines make money review. Learn how to make money online with you own search engine. 30% of all searches ...
Posted 1 day ago by Mixx: Popular.
UK magazine Custom PC reports that Windows 7 will feature WARP, which lets any computer with an 800MHz processor run Aero-style desktop transparency and, with a certain performance hit, the Direct3D requirements for video games. Microsoft seems to have learned something from the "Vista Capable/Ready"…
Posted 1 day ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Reality-FreeDo you have those things on your favorite shows that just make you smile when they happen? It's not like it's the highlight of the show or anything; maybe it's just giving you those warm fuzzies inside. Maybe it's when Earl crosses something off his…
Posted 1 day ago by TV Squad.
The team at the Phoronix site benchmark tested the newly-released Fedora 10 Linux distribution against Ubuntu 8.10 on 32 and 64-bit machines, and found the results nearly identical. Interesting find, and nice to know it's really the features and interface that sets most Linux distros apart these days.…
Posted 1 day 1hr ago by Lifehacker.
Filed under: Animation, Reality-FreeHey, it's December!That means that the Christmas specials are about to start, if they haven't started already. Tonight we have How The Grinch Stole Christmas (8:30pm on ABC) and on Wednesday we have Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (8pm on CBS). And still to come, of…
Posted 1 day 1hr ago by TV Squad.
by Claudine Zap You read it. You liked it. You buzzed it up.In the remarkable mix of stories that circulated through Y! Buzz in 2008, people voted on the ones they thought were particularly important, funny, or just worth reading. Let's review the 10 that garnered the most attention—and votes—in…
Posted 1 day 1hr ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
We've already pointed out a Greasemonkey script that hides Google's new SearchWiki ranking buttons, but there are viable work-arounds for those not using Firefox or its page-styling Greasemonkey extension. The Google Operating System blog points out four other methods. Most clever and convenient among…
Posted 1 day 1hr ago by Lifehacker.
Ryan Estrada wrote to us about his website, Cartoon Commune, where you can get your own made-to-order (and very reasonably priced) custom comic books, children’s books, illustrations, animations and songs. Cartoon Commune has a team of 5 illustrators, each with their unique styles, so you can…
Posted 1 day 2hrs ago by Neatorama.
Windows only: Free utility Gladinet Cloud Desktop removes the web interfaces from Google Docs, Picasa Web Albums, Windows Live SkyDrive and Amazon S3 Storage, mounting them instead as folders you can add, remove, or open documents from. Gladinet hides most of the back-end technology that pulls it off,…
Posted 1 day 2hrs ago by Lifehacker.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one. -…
Posted 1 day 6hrs ago by Neatorama.
This whole video is great, it keeps getting better. Make sure you watch long enough to see the ultimate frisbee tattoo. Now, the real question is, is that a frisbee tattoo that’s ulimate or a tattoo dedicated to ulimate frisbee? The world may never know.
Link Via Gigglesugar
Posted 1 day 7hrs ago by Neatorama.
Good old timey music with Eddie Thomas and Carl Scott playing uke, washboard and kazoo playing “My Ohio Home.”
Link via BoingBoing
Posted 1 day 7hrs ago by Neatorama.
(For Lol-cat connoisseur, this pic is funny in so many levels!) Picking up where John left off with the cat haiku, here are some zombie haikus at ZombieRama: Playing fetch with Spotis dangerous when the boneshe brings back still move. I felt your lips, teethbrush against my shoulderblade,but it was…
Posted 1 day 8hrs ago by Neatorama.
Photo: Badger 23 [Flickr] - via Miss Cellania
No, "Turd Baby" isn’t just a pejorative (look it up at Urban Dictionary, if you must) it is a store in Danshui, Taipei, Taiwan, selling stuff out of little vending machines! It certainly has a unique name!
Posted 1 day 8hrs ago by Neatorama.
Amy Jones has a really, really smart dog - and she can prove it: her 6-year-old service dog Skeeter actually has a "dog"tor degree from Baylor University School of Law! The 6-year-old service dog received an honorary law degree from Baylor University two weeks ago, when his owner, Amy Jones,…
Posted 1 day 8hrs ago by Neatorama.
Photo: Michael Heilemann [Flickr] Earlier this month, we told you about Early Star Wars Storyboards which Michael Heilemann of Binary Bonsai uploaded to Flickr. Well, Michael has just uploaded hundreds more of Star Wars photos to his Flickr account, many of which are fantastic behind the scenes photo…
Posted 1 day 9hrs ago by Neatorama.
I love this little humidifier shaped like Stitch, the little blue alien in Disney’s Lilo & Stitch cartoon! The water vapor looks like Stitch is belching off something foul, but the only bad thing about it seems to be the price tag. At $120, this Stitch humidifier may just be leaving your wallet…
Posted 1 day 9hrs ago by Neatorama.
If you live in Australia, then you’ve probably already know this: tonight, a cosmic alignment of the planets and the moon will result in a smiley sky! From soon after 8pm until just before 11pm the planets Venus and Jupiter will stare down from the western sky like two brilliant eyes. Directly…
Posted 1 day 9hrs ago by Neatorama.
First it was the bees. Then, something strange is happening to acorns: this year, there are no acorns in "I’m used to seeing so many acorns around and out in the field, it’s something I just didn’t believe," he said. "But this is not just not a good year for oaks. It’s…
Posted 1 day 9hrs ago by Neatorama.
Nicole McClelland conducted an experiment where she buys only American-made goods. It seems simple, but it’s anything but. Going "Made in America" for a week left her hungry, broke, and half-naked: In 1990, when I was in grade school, I watched a union-sponsored commercial in which a…
Posted 1 day 9hrs ago by Neatorama.
Photo: Mucha Man @ Forumosa forum
What did the Corleone family do after they got tired from all that mafia stuff? Well, they moved to Taiwan and opened a credit service!
Posted 1 day 9hrs ago by Neatorama.
Quick: what do Agatha Christie, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Woodrow Wilson and Mozart got in common? They’re all homeschooled! Here’s a neat quickie article at our pal mental_floss about 10 famous people who were homeschooled. For example: 1. Agatha Christie. Agatha was a painfully…
Posted 1 day 9hrs ago by Neatorama.
Filed under: Dexter, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free(S03E10) So much is going to happen in the last two episodes of Dexter, and this episode set it all up. It was a tense one, and I enjoyed watching Dexter's and Miguel's little game of cat and mouse.However, I really missed some of the lighter moments…
Posted 1 day 9hrs ago by TV Squad.
Filed under: OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free(S05E09) "We're going to protect our son." - Lynette to TomTwo weeks ago, we were treated with what was supposed to be an