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I Love Stars
via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) by Steven Sande on May 16, 2008
Filed under: Freeware, iTunesPotion Factory brainiac Andy Kim has just unleashed a new free app on the world - I Love Stars.This little app does two things very well. First, it displays your iTunes rating (from zero to five stars) in the menu bar for the song that is currently playing, and second, I Love Stars lets you change the rating. All this is done without having to flip between programs....
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Fox TV: Buy 30 Seconds From Us, And A MySpace Banner, Too (NWS)
via Silicon Alley Insider by Michael Learmonth on May 15, 2008
... the collaboration is a shift in sales strategy for both Fox Entertainment and MySpace, which until now have operated independently. And it's at least a tacit recognition MySpace needs some help selling the kind of high value packages that are crucial to the site's success, as it struggles to turn the bulk of its very low-value inventory into slightly more valuable inventory.As News C...
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Arby's Coupon Entitles You To Save 1 Cent [Coupons]
via Consumerist by Jay Slatkin on May 15, 2008
Reader Brent wanted to pass along this valuable coupon that entitles you an Arby's Flatbread Melt Combo for $4.99. Brent thought he would get in on the action himself and headed down to Arby's, but then realized the normal price for the combo is $5.00, merely 1 penny more. He used the coupon anyway. Brent's letter, inside...Let me start out by saying that I love your site. I try to...
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ESPN.com offers new football widgets
via DigiSpo by Joel Price by Joel on May 15, 2008
ESPN.com has launched many new football widgets that offer scores, stats, news and interestingly enough the official NFL.com widget is being offered on the same page. Here’s a Chargers specific widget offered:
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JJ Abrams’ Fringe and Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse: New Info, Photos, Posters,
via |Film by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
Shared by Joe Some pretty weird, high concept shit.We reported a couple days back in Page 2 that both JJ Abrams‘ Fringe and Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse were picked up by Fox. We have new information and the first batch of marketing materials including posters, photos and trailers for both shows. So let’s take a look into the future of geek television.Official Plot SynopsisFRINGE: From J.J....
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Scary sign for giant edible "wings" in New York
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on May 15, 2008
Photoshop disasters posted this ad for humungous "wings." The Monte Python sketch below is a good fit: Customer: What flavor is it? Man: It's a bird mate, it's a bloody bird, it's not any bloody flavor. Albatross!Customer: It's got to be some flavor, I mean everything's got a flavor. Man: All right, it's bloody albatross flavor, it's bloody sea bloody bird bloody...
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Lightning Review: Aliph's Spankin' New Jawbone (Verdict: Better and Better) [Lightning Review]
via Gizmodo by Benny Goldman on May 15, 2008
The Gadget: Aliph's second-gen Jawbone has a revamped design, improved noise-blocking technology, and is 50% slimmer than Aliph's original Bluetooth headset.The Price: It's out today in black for $130. Silver and gold models will be available soon.The Verdict: The new Jawbone beats its predecessor from top to bottom in comfort and sound. While the original earpiece set the standard...
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Cowards! Facebook Pulls Out Of Beer Pong Tourney With CollegeHumor
via Silicon Alley Insider by Dan Frommer on May 15, 2008
After challenging IAC's (IACI) CollegeHumor/Vimeo/BustedTees to a beer pong tournament, Facebook has backed out at the last minute. Why? "For 'now we're a big corporate company and not a fun small internet company that can have fun' reasons," Vimeo staffer Andrew Pile writes. "We even made these awesome balls!"See Also:Jake And Amir: CollegeHumor's Lo-Fi Funny GuysCollegeHumor...
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Did Gnarls Barkley's video producers "swipe" a photographer's work?
via Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin on May 13, 2008
Clayton Cubitt, whose photography I've blogged about a bunch of times here on BoingBoing, writes...“Lagos Calling”, (above right) mixing African tribal style with working class British skinhead punk style. My good friend and constant collaborator, René Garza, and I had this idea about five years ago, and just finally got around to doing it last year. It felt good to get it out of our...
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Flash Player 10 beta available now
via Download Squad by Christina Warren on May 15, 2008
Filed under: Internet, Utilities, AdobeAdobe has just made the prerelease version of Flash Player 10 available for download. Almost as impressive as the player itself is the fact that the beta is available for Windows, OS X AND Linux (including Ubuntu support)!For the full list of features and known issues, check out the release notes, but some of the highlights are:New text engine Ubuntu OS...
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