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Filed under: Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews(S07E07) Things were a little different for the results show this week. The unfortunate injury that forced Misty May-Treanor out of the competition left the producers in a quandary. If they were to eliminate another team, they would be…
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Filed under: OpEd, The Shield, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free(S07E06) "I'm not Shane." - Vic There are way too many layers to that quote. For Vic to say something like that and to actually believe it just goes to show you how delusional a person he truly is. For him to actually believe that he's somehow…
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During a discussion about energy, McCain punctuates a contrast with Obama by referring to him as "that one," while once again not looking in his opponent's direction (merely jabbing a finger across his chest)
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Visne saltare? Viam Latam Fungosam scio. That’s how you say “Do you want to dance? I know the Funky Broadway.” in Latin. Courtesy of MIT, you can learn how to say handy Latin phrases such as: Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me? The designated hitter rule…
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If you've turned your $60 router into a user-friendly super-router with open-source firmware Tomato, you already know that Tomato can boost your Wi-Fi signal, track bandwidth usage, and set Quality of Service rules with ease. But if you're a big fan of Adblock Plus—the most popular Firefox extension…
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In the world of competitive barbecue, the team that calls itself Transformer BBQ stands above the rest… at least for its logo! It makes sense. The pig transforms into dinner! Link -Thanks, raphael!
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Windows/Mac/Linux: Free application RTM Notifier periodically checks in with popular to-do list web site Remember the Milk and displays notifications for time-sensitive tasks. The goal of the application is two-fold: On one level, it's just a notification tool, displaying pop-up alerts for due tasks.…
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Have you ever had an episode of drunk emailing that backfired on you? Once sent, an email message cannot be “unsent” when you sober up. A new Gmail feature from Google may prevent that from happening again. When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you’re really sure you want…
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If you’re not too busy playing online games today, you can help Jason Morrison and his wife name their baby! My wife and I are expecting, and thus we have to pick a name for our new baby. We’ve perused baby name websites and tried the Freakonomics tactic of predicting popular names, but to be…
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Matthew Inman, who created 9 Reasons Not to Date a Tyrannosaurus Rex and 10 Reasons It Would Rule to Date A Unicorn, has illustrated The 8 Phases of Dating. I think this may apply to marriage, too. Link -Thanks, Matthew!
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Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars. CBS has a new NCIS at 8. NBC has a new Biggest Loser at 8. There's a new Nova on PBS at 8. The CW has a new 90210, then a new Privileged. ABC Family has a new Lincoln Heights at 8, then a new Greek.…
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Windows only: Free, open-source application WebWallpaper loads images from any URL or desktop location and swaps out your desktop background on a schedule. Originally designed for use with webcams, the application works with any image URL you point it to. WebWallpaper comes with a few webcam URLs baked…
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HandBrake took home the top prize in this weekend's Hive Five Best Media Converters despite its limitation to converting just DVDs. (It's just that good!) If you want to convert media from a source other than DVD video, check out the rest of the Hive Five Best Media Converters for some great alternatives.…
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Windows only: ChromeMailer, a free email utility for users of Google's Chrome browser, pops open a Gmail compose window by default when you click an email address in Chrome. Actually, ChromeMailer seems to replace the default mailto: handler at the system level, so it's advised only for fans of Gmail's…
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Interactive map for the upcoming 2008 presidential election. Use it to predict which candidate will reach the necessary 270 electoral votes. The road map to 270 lets you see all remaining combinations. Historical maps and state facts provide a history of
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by Mike Krumboltz She's only 26 years old, but Britney Spears has already had more comebacks than Rocky, John Elway, and the American economy combined. This Friday, she'll launch her latest attempt with the video debut of "Womanizer."The song has been on the radio for a weeks, but so what. When it comes…
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Vladimir Putin, the "world’s most manly leader," has yet another display of his masculinity: a new "Let’s Learn Judo with Vladimir" DVD! Today he presented the instructional judo DVD that shows him throwing an opponent to the mat. ‘Let’s Learn Judo with Vladimir…
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If the service is bad at this Japanese restaurant because the waiters are monkeying around that’s because … they’re monkeys! Here’s the story of Yat-chan and Fuku-chan, two macaque monkey pets that serve customers hot towels and drinks (for soy bean tips!): "Yat-chan first…
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There was a bit of excitement in the usually stodgy Imperial Palace in Tokyo: a fat and naked tourist went for a skinny dip in the palace moat! The man, believed to be in his 40s, jumped into the moat and started throwing rocks and splashing two policemen. Police subsequently chased him in a rowing…
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Frozen human eggs at a fertility center. Photo: Mark Boster / LA Times After successfully conceiving a daughter through in vitro fertilization, Gina Rathan and her husband Cheddi was faced with a moral dilemma they didn’t expect to encounter: what to do with the "leftover" preserved…
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When Eve the chicken got cancer, her owner didn’t warm up the oven and prepare her for dinner. Instead, they spent £1,400 on radiation therapy to cure her! The couple, who are self-employed accountants, took her to the vets who told them that Eve had developed the disease in her remaining…
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In these tough times, it’s easy to forget that the economic crisis isn’t limited to the United States. In England, many property owners were frustrated with tenants who do not pay their rent, so one real estate agency decided to get a little creative: Merseyside-based Sutton Estates has…
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Filed under: Industry, The Office, Celebrities, Reality-FreeThe Office star Steve Carell has inked a first-look deal with the WB. My guess is this was done to sweeten the pot for Carell to appear in a sequel for Get Smart.Talk about being the "it" man for comedy nowadays. He's in one of television's…
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Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Firefox extension Geode adds experimental geolocation features to your browser. We've already seen how a location-aware iPhone can change your life, and the idea is very much the same with Geode. You’ve arrived in a new city, a new continent, a new coffee shop. You…
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So you think you know pop culture (or more exactly, YouTube pop culture). Quick, what’s the most popular fan-made music video on YouTube? It’s Canon Rock, a rendition of Pachebel’s classical music played by Jeong-Hyun Lim (better known as his online handle funtwo). The video clip has…
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Photo: Erwan Fichou Photographer Erwan Fichou has a really neat gallery of photos he took of people wearing sweaters and coats made from … their pet dogs’ fur! Link (click on Dogwool) - via If It’s Hip, It’s Here, thanks Marilyn! Previously on Neatorama: Couple’s Beloved…
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by Claudine Zap "Misty May" (+109%). The lindy hop did it. Olympic gold medalist and "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Misty May-Treanor is out of the competition after injuring herself during dance practice. "Martini" (+387%). We'll take ours shaken, not stirred. The iconic gin or vodka cocktail…
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Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, TV Squad Lists, Reality-FreeThis news totally makes me want to go re-watch old episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210: Shannon Doherty sorta hinted that she may have hooked up with Jason Priestley, who played her on-screen brother. Brenda and Brandon might've been…
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YouTube has added two new features to long videos: Theater View and Lights Out mode. These features aren't available on all videos yet (here's an example of a video with the new features). Similar features are already available on Hulu and a few other of the best TV-streaming sites, but it's a welcome…
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For those who are not yet familiar, B.J. Lawson is a wonderful young candidate running for Congress in North Carolina's Fourth Congressional District. B.J. is a medical doctor, family man, Constitutionalist and a fierce defender of individual freedom.
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IBM is offering the public a peek at Bluehouse, an online office portal aimed at making it easier for employees to share documents and desktops, host web conferences, and reach out to clients from one location. Any sized business can sign up to try out the service, though not everything works at the…
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Filed under: Industry, Programming, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-FreeThe brain behind Arrested Development is now developing an Absolutely Fabulous remake for Fox. For those unaware, the British series is about an immature, hippie-era mother, her best friend and her intelligent daughter (played respectively…
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Software engineer and Lifehacker reader William Bartholomew loves previously mentioned Firefox extension Ubiquity, but would prefer it were a bit more... well, ubiquitous. One of the biggest limitations I see is that its keyboard shortcut is only available from within Firefox; I really want to be able…
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Windows only: Bandwidth monitor NetWorx is packed with tools to help you keep on top of what's happening on your network. As shown above, Networx offers network Statistics, Incoming Traffic, and Speed Meter readouts; it also includes traceroute, netstat, and a ping module to help you keep an eye on…
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The MSI Wind, the normally $600 mini-notebook/netbook that can bechacked to run OS X, amongst other tricks, can be bought through Live Search's rebate program, using some creative searching and rebate offers. Found other great deals through Live Search's paid search offerings? Share 'em in the comments.…
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Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Early Looks, Reality-FreeWith a healthy stable of hits including The Shield, Rescue Me, Nip/Tuck, and Damages, you can easily make the argument that FX has a pretty good idea of what makes a good drama and what doesn't. Unfortunately, you can't say the same thing…
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Windows only: ExtractNow is a free application with a singular focus: extracting your files lightning fast. Sometimes it's worth eschewing all the bells and whistles of more robust program for a feature that works extremely well. ExtractNow is a bulk extraction tool that supports ZIP, RAR, ISO, BIN,…
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Filed under: News, Industry, OpEd, Reality-FreeIf you're like me, the first thing that you do after you wipe those crusty things out of your eyes is turn on CNBC, Fox Business Network or Bloomberg to see how much more the economy is in a tailspin. Sometimes you watch to see how far oil has fallen. Other…
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Free Ubuntu app search site Appnr is a great way to find and install a huge range of applications and tools, especially for Linux newcomers. Faster and more explanatory than the default Synaptic installer, more expansive and up-to-date than the "Add/Remove Programs" tool, Appnr uses Ubuntu's apt-url…
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Filed under: Episode Reviews, Chuck, Reality-Free(S02E02) "His liver must look like camouflage." - Chuck Bartowski As amusing as he is, I can't say that I'm excited about Lester becoming a douchebag now that he is assistant manager. Haven't we already seen this on shows like The Office? Of course, everyone…
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Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-FreeWith Rescue Me failing to bring in the ratings FX really needs or wants, and even this final, and for the record brilliant, season of The Shield under-performing, it's pretty awesome that new series Sons of Anarchy seems to have found…
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Streaming video site Hulu will host its first-ever live broadcast tonight by airing the presidential debates at its Election '08 hub. You can also catch up on past debates, convention speeches, and related clips from The Daily Show and Colbert Report. [via]
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The Photojojo photography site parcels out 10 tips for looking good in portraits, whether you're setting the timer and running or handing over your rig to another shooter. Along with choosing the right time of day (morning or late afternoon) and a vibrant background, the site recommends a trick I've…
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For the iPhone app addicts out there: 148Apps not only reviews and offers up lists of the (top 148) free apps, free games, and other categories, but offers an feed-friendly list of apps that have dropped in price, sometimes all the way to free. Got a better source for app news and deals? Tell us in…
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Hooray (and a barrel of simians!) - it’s time for this week’s Neatorama and Hobotopia’s Caption Monkey game. But first, the story of the wheelbarrowful of orangutans. From the Daily Mail: Orphaned by Man’s folly, [the orangutans] are unable to rely on their parents to teach them…
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A new Gmail Labs feature dubbed "Mail Goggles" has Gmail ask you a series of math problems before allowing you to send out emails late on certain nights—like, say, those nights when you're artificially motivated to tell your boss/significant other/frenemy just what the deal is. You can adjust…
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Windows only: The free Emerge Alternative Desktop Shell replaces Windows' taskbar, Start menu, and right-click context menu with a super-minimalistic version. In short, Emerge leaves you with essentially an empty desktop, a clean slate for some killer customizations. For example, yesterday you saw how…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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
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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!
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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,…
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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…
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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.…
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