August 2009
41 posts
AP: Disney to acquire Marvel for $4 billion →
The Walt Disney Co. says it is acquiring Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing characters like Iron Man and Spider-Man into the Disney family. Under the deal, Disney…
Newt Cuts Itself to Use Ribs as "Concealed... →
Like the X-men’s Wolverine extending his claws, the Spanish ribbed newt slashes through itself with its sharp rib bones to create defensive spines, according to a new study. Scientists were already…
The Five Biggest GOP Lies in the Health Care... →
This is a must read for everyone, but especially for our Republican friends…
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Cheese & Burger Society
Cheese & Burger Society We are the Cheese & Burger Society. We believe that cheese is the Grand Poo-bah of every cheeseburger grilled at a backyard barbecue or…
How Our Ancestors Outlasted (and Ate) the... →
Why our ancestors won out over the Neanderthals is an important anthropological question. Some say we were better at acquiring resources, we bred faster and we adapted better to a changing climate….
RIBA -- robot nurse bear →
RIBA — short for “Robot for Interactive Body Assistance” — was developed by researchers at Japanese Institute. Designed primarily to assist nurses by lifting patients in and out of their beds and…
Its A Meme! Get Photoshop Warmed Up And Win A Bing... →
It started off as an innocent marketing mistake: Microsoft photoshopped a black man out of a picture for their Polish website and replaced …
If Famous Graphic Artists Were Web Designers →
In this article well explore inspirational paintings and artists who have influenced modern design. In reading this article, you will see some true evolution in design.
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Calibrated Software
Face.com - Face recognition for the masses.
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CarltonBale.com » Western Digital My Book – Opening the Case – Removing the Drive
Lazyfeed
Mariner Paperless - Unclutter your life.
CSSquirrel: Kyle Weems
Love the header on this site.
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The Writing Show - Information and Inspiration for Writers
Blake Snyder tribute podcast.
Kids In The Hall Return For 8 Part TV Series →
Fifteen years after The Kids in the Hall aired on CBC Television, the five original members of the Canadian sketch comedy team have reassembled in North Bay, Ont., to shoot an eight-part TV series.
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Twitter Followers Stats for @apollak by TwitterCounter
Nice dashboard for tracking yout Twitter follower and visitor history.
Artician - Your Creative Network for Art, Graphic Design, &…
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Publishers Marketplace: Wendy Goldman Rohm
Rohm offers an acclaimed 12-week online Book Development
class a few times a year for authors who wish to perfect,
develop, or fine tune their…
CBS launching first-ever video-in-print ad--The... →
Imagine opening up a magazine and watching video clips of new fall TV shows.
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Adventure Maker (freeware) - Create games for Windows, PSP, iPhone, and iPod touch without writing a line of code
DianeBirch.com - The Official Diane Birch Site
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Envato
StoryLink: An Interview with Robert McKee
Why humans can't navigate out of a paper bag →
Birds, rats and even hamsters are able to find their way around with ease, without maps or satnav. So how come we get lost so often? Researchers are unraveling how our navigation system works, and to…
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WilliamShatner.com :: The Official Shatner Website (News)
LBOI Design Blog » 39 Amazing New Social Media Icon Sets
Screenjelly - What’s on your screen?
cool new site to do short 3 minute…
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Champions Online Official Site
This looks nicely done. Makes me want to make games.
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Hosted Kerio Mailboxes | Microsoft Exchange Alternative | Get Sync’d | www.GetSyncd.com
Flash CS3 video tutorials 3
the wild musings of a web celebrity by yuri baranovsky
Yuri Baranovsky’s…
Online Video Surges: 11.2 Billion Video Streams in... →
We thought that online video usage growing by 53 percent was impressive back in May. New numbers released today from Nielsen really put that growth into
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DiSo Project
SocialSafe | Your Facebook photos, profile and friends saved to your machine or device - now with Time Capsule!
Ronald Chevalier
Fox Searchlight - Gentlemen Broncos -…
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.. { Cat Jahnke.com } ..
singer songwriter - created music for the NBC web series CRTL
http://betterfoodchoices.info/
Better Food Choices from the Kid Kritics
Lemonade
Advertising…
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Furry Puppet Studio
Shooting People : Independent Filmmakers Network
Blind Search
Interesting side by side “blind taste test” that pits Google, Yahoo and Bng search against each other. Try…
Kepler telescope makes quick discovery →
NASA scientists who put the telescope through a 10-day test after its March 6 launch said this week that Kepler is working well. Its ability to detect minute changes in light has enabled scientists…
Mysterious Object Rips Through One of Saturn's... →
An unknown object appears to have punched through one of Saturn’s rings and left a calling card in the form of trailing debris. Such a photo opportunity only became possible because of tomorrow’s…
Company Says Subscription Downloads Outperform... →
Subscriptions for online video downloads generate 20 times the revenue and three to five times the monthly fees of comparable pay-per-download (PPD) business models, according to content aggregator…
"Drained" Oceans Reveal Epic Landscapes →
See pictures of how earth would look if we drained the oceans.
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foursquare
OK so I’ve got a ticket for the foursquare train. No guarantees that I’ll keep this one up but we shall see…
Lemonade Illustration Agency - Representing The Best Illustration…
Prepare Yourselves: Augmented Reality Hype on the... →
Augmented reality, or the concept that you can add an additional layer to the world before your eyes, aka the “real world,” using technology, is the next big tech trend.
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EZ Clear™ Acne Stick – Best Acne Treatment
Yes - it is on the Web and out there in the world. Check out EZ Clear and get a free stick. If you try it out let me know what you think…
StartPR…
RIP Blake Snyder 1957-2009 →
As a part of my self-syllabused screenwriting education I have been considering attending Blake Snyder’s workshop in NYC in mid-August this year. Now that chance lost along with so much…
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TwitZap What’s Happening
Twitbin | Twitter Firefox Add-On | Twitter Sidebar
http://translationparty.com/tp/
The Five-Day Freeze: Batch Cooking for the Rest of Us | Wise Bread
The whole…
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yellowBird | See the world like never before
Dot Eco
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Games Alfresco
Official Brandon Hardesty Web Site
Great movie re-enactments.
Squarespace - Journal Module Customization - Hanging Date
Like Quicktime VR but for Video →
I still remember seeing Apple’s immersive Quicktime VR technology for the first time in the mid ninties at MacWorld Boston. I stood in front of the display for an inordinately long time, mezmerized…
Four Kick-Ass Clips From Comic Con Leaked! →
Check out these five clips from movie adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic book “Kick-Ass” shown at Comic Con 2009
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Ransom Riggs - Home
gOffice
blender.org - Home
Public Theater - Tickets & Visitor Information - Account
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SEQUENTIAL PICTURES \\ “I Ran Against Us” feature film coming soon…
Google Checkout - Merchants
NASA panel may propose 'deep space' crewed... →
A committee reviewing NASA’s goals has outlined a scheme to send astronauts on progressively longer space trips – including docking with asteroids and flybys of Venus – to prepare for an eventual…
