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Photographer and Goliath Grouper
via Neatorama by Alex on February 07, 2008
Photo: Michael Patrick O’NeillMichael Patrick O’Neill took this fantastic photo of a photographer/diver and a Goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) - it won the People in Nature Award at the Nature’s Best 2007 Photography Competition.Link - Thanks Lee!
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Firefox 3 Beta 3 Now Available [Early Adopter Featured Download]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on February 12, 2008
All platforms: Mozilla has just published the latest iteration of Firefox 3, Beta 3. Intended for testers and early adopters who are willing to live on the edge, Firefox 3 has fewer memory issues than its predecessor, but most likely your most important extensions aren't yet compatible with it. Our previously posted Firefox 3 Beta 1 screenshot tour doesn't include Beta 3 changes, but...
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iTunes Store adds 99 cent weekly movie rental specials
via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) by Mat Lu on February 21, 2008
Filed under: iTS, Apple TVAlong with the iTunes update we noted earlier, Apple has introduced a new weekly special movie rental for 99 cents. Macrumors reports that each Thursday Apple will make available a new movie at the special price, good until the following Monday. You'll have the standard 30 days to watch it. The first special this week is The Hours (iTunes link).This looks like a...
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Google Maps Adds More: Wikipedia Entries and Geo-Coded Photos
via TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld on May 12, 2008
If you go to Google Maps, you’ll notice there is now a “”More” button right next to “Street View”" and “Traffic.” If you click on it after getting a map, you will be given the options to tick “Photos” or “Wikipedia.” Ticking the first option populates teh map with geo-tagged photos provided by Panoramio. Ticking the second gives you geo-coded Wikipedia articles. For...
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Taking pictures on LA's Red Line violates the "9/11 Law"
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 13, 2008
... You mean the Patriot Act?Him: No pictures.Me: Could you explain? What law do you mean?Him: You are lawyer?Me: No.Him: No pictures. You could be a terrorist. Very strict!Me: How about I take a picture of you?Him: F**k you...(I couldn't believe it either)He then proceeded to huddle in the corner and speak into his radio. Next thing I knew, a booming female voice very loudly announced over th...
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Pesky Human Spotted Climbing On Top of Googlebot (Fiction)
via Google Blogoscoped by Philipp Lenssen on May 29, 2008
“We have asked you here to appear before the robotic tribunal to defend your case, human.”“I was ...”“Quiet! You will speak when you’re asked to. R27161, please read the accusation.”[human bows his head, momentary silence]“R27161 speaking. The human #281738 is accused of having climbed upon an early Googlebot model around 20 years ago. Human?”“It was 2008, those were just...
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Stormtroopers v. London cops
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 29, 2008
On Kiku's Tumblr page, this photo of Stormtroopers and London cops uneasily eyeing up one another.Link(via Wonderland)
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EGAD!
via Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? by ichctcf on June 05, 2008
Record your own or Listen to other Audio Clips!EGAD! We’z been spelling cheezburger rong!u noe hao 2 spell bath tho.picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: Lunacte » Recaption This
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Make a Best Music of '07 List with Smart Playlists [ITunes]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on January 31, 2008
Weblog Internet Duct Tape has put together a clever iTunes Smart Playlist to build a Best of 2007 playlist. The idea is simple—just create a Smart Playlist matching all tracks added in 2007. I also narrowed down this list by filtering by songs I played most often. For my list I used over 20 plays, but you may want to tweak that number depending on the results. If you use the iTunes ratings, you...
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BBC Content Coming to iTunes and AppleTV
via Mashable! by Kristen Nicole on February 17, 2008
The BBC has rolled out a handful of initiatives in the past year to gain profits from online distribution. After the dismal and rather limited release of the BBC iPlayer, which features recent episodes for free, the BBC kicked things up a notch, especially through its commercial arm. A branded channel on both YouTube and MySpace are both part of this push, but even updates to the launching of...
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