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The Mojave Experiment

2008-07-29T22:56:00.002+02:00

Focus groups in San Francisco were recently part of a Microsoft experiment. With all of the hate for Windows Vista, what if people used Vista but didn’t know it was Vista…would they still hate it?

The answer? No.

Participants of the focus groups were all Windows XP users and they were told that they would be testing out a new operating system called “Mojave”. More than 90 percent of the participants gave positive feedback on their experience with “Mojave”, with one user exclaiming “oh wow” while using it.

When each of the groups were finished they were told that they had been using Windows Vista all along, to which they replied “Vista sucks”. No, not really. =)

Something this illustrates is the public perception problem Vista has and while Microsoft has an uphill climb to change that perception, at least this research shows that it’s possible.

As hard as it was for many to believe, that’s what they claimed and now they’ve released a video to prove it.

Keep in mind that the Mojave lovers in the video aren’t your typical geek, some with years of Windows hate lodged firmly in their mind. They’re normal computer users that hated Vista because everyone else did.

Pretty interesting. To see the video for yourself check it out at Mojave Experiment.

The Pussycat Dolls - Wait a minute

2008-07-29T22:49:00.001+02:00

Everybody listen all over the world
I got a story 'bout my favorite girl (Wait a minute)

Oh, my baby sexy for sure
I had to have him when he walked through the door (Wait a minute)

She was 'bout to drive me insane
She come with drama while I'm giving her chains (Wait a minute)

I'm focused but I'm losing control
He only wants me for my body and soul (Wait a minute)

Girl, why you do me like that?
You take all my money
Can't even call a player back (Wait a minute)
Boy, why you tripping like that?
You think 'cause you tricking you get it just like that? (Wait a minute)

Minding my business, I was doing my dance
Got my attention, so I gave him a chance (Wait a minute)
Did I mention he was buying a bar?
Gave him my number, he was trying so hard (Wait a minute)
Bought me some things I didn't want, didn't need
Dropped down his jeans like I'm supposed to drop to my knees (Wait a minute)
He been blowing up my phone like he know me
Been leaving messages "You know what you owe me" (Wait a minute)

Girl, why you do me like that?
You take all my money
Can't even call a player back (Wait a minute)
Boy, why you tripping like that?
You think 'cause you tricking you get it just like that? (Wait a minute)
Girl, why you do me like that?
You take all my money
Can't even call a player back (Wait a minute)
Boy, why you tripping like that?
You think 'cause you tricking you get it just like that? (Wait a minute)

What is your problem daddy?
Slow your roll
Who you think you jiving?
You're disturbing my flow (Wait a minute)
Why you be bugging?
Like I'm some kind of hoe
Got no more questions now I want you to go
So break (Break)

Hey, let me talk to you for a minute
Shut up...shut up

I love the way you strut
Girl, you already know
But, I'm feeling like you don't want me
You just after my dough

Baby, please, I'm fine
I'm not one of these hoes
Chasing dreams not diamond rings
So don't call me no more
(Wait a minute)

Girl, why you do me like that?
You take all my money
Can't even call a player back (Wait a minute)
Boy, why you tripping like that?
You think 'cause you tricking you get it just like that? (Wait a minute)
Girl, why you do me like that?
You take all my money
Can't even call a player back (Wait a minute)
Boy, why you tripping like that?
You think 'cause you tricking you get it just like that? (Wait a minute)

See, I don't want your money
Yeah, I seen you rolling up here
In your cadillac
But, I don't need all that
It is a nice color though
(Wait a minute)

What they call you, Mr. Tin man or something?
See, I don't want your cars
I don't want your jewelry
You can't buy this
So you can keep that
Wait a minute...
Uh yeah, you can give me that back

Threat of seizures in Zimbabwe

2008-07-29T22:42:00.003+02:00

Zimbabwe’s troubled business leaders recently summoned Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Paul Mangwana to seek clarification over renewed government threats to seize foreign-owned enterprises.

Informed sources told this reporter that representatives of the country’s bruised business community on Monday sought Mangwana and his permanent secretary Ozias Hove’s explanations following reports that President Robert Mugabe’s administration had compiled a list of close to 500 foreign owned companies targeted for a hostile takeover.

The sources said the meeting took place at the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) offices in the capital city. Mangwana and Hove reportedly reassured the business leaders that any takeover of companies would be carried out in an orderly manner.

CZI President Callisto Jokonya confirmed the meeting took place.

“We were seeking clarification and Mangwana told us that in no uncertain terms that the implementation of the takeover will be done professionally. As CZI we are not opposed to indigenisation,” Jokonya said.

Zimbabwe’s Parliament recently passed a controversial law which compels all foreign owned enterprises operating in the country to surrender more than half their shares to local citizens in a programme aimed at empowering the country’s marginalised citizens.

President Mugabe recently renewed threats to seize the foreign owned companies, particularly British owned ones after London refused to recognise his victory in last month’s single candidate presidential election which he won after Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out citing political violence against his sympathisers.

Meanwhile, the business leaders hailed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Mugabe, MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, the leader of a breakaway faction of the MDC. They said such negotiations would help end the country’s agonising economic crisis.

“This is indeed a historic event which should augur well for our nation and everyone who has the best interests of Zimbabwe at heart applauds this calibre of statesmanship,” said Jokonya.

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New York subway romance

2008-07-29T16:17:00.004+02:00

CANBERRA (Reuters) - A modern-day love story of a man spotting the girl of his dreams across a New York subway train and tracking her down over the Internet has failed to have a fairytale ending with the relationship over.

For Web designer Patrick Moberg, then 21, from Brooklyn, it was love at first sight when he spotted a woman on a Manhattan train last November. But he lost her in the crowd so he set up a website with a sketch to find her — www.nygirlofmydreams.com.

Unbelievably in a city of 8 million people, it only took Moberg 48 hours to track down the woman, with his phone ringing non-stop and email box overflowing as usually cynical New Yorkers took sympathy on the subway Romeo and joined his hunt.

The mysterious brunette was named as Camille Hayton, from Melbourne, Australia, who was working as an intern at the magazine BlackBook and also lived in Brooklyn. One of her friends spotted the sketched picture on the Web site and recognized her.

But after finding each other, appearing on TV and getting international press, the couple took their romance out of the public eye, with Moberg closing down the Web site and with both refusing to making any more comments — until now.

Hayton told Australian newspaper The Sunday Telegraph that she dated Moberg for about two months but it just didn’t work out.

“I say we dated for a while but now we’re just friends,” Hayton, now 23, told the newspaper. “It’s really nice that people embraced the story. It is part of my life now.”

Hayton said she is still recognized about three times a week on the streets of Manhattan as “that girl”‘ and the question is always the same: “So what happened?”

“I think the situation was so intense that it bonded us,” she said, adding it “bonded us in a way that you could mistake, I guess, for being more romantic than it was. I don’t know. But I wanted to give it a go so I didn’t wonder what if, what if?”

Hayton told The Sunday Telegraph that she is enjoying single life in New York, keeping busy with acting classes, working in two vintage clothing stores and as a waitress.

Last week she had a small role as a waitress in the long-running daytime soap “As The World Turns” and last year she was an extra in a “blink and you’d miss it” scene in the hit movie “Sex And The City.”

“I just can’t believe it happened. It feels like a long time ago,” said Hayton.

Moberg, however, was still refusing to comment on the relationship.

“We’ve decided not to do any more press,” he wrote in an e-mail to Reuters.

Thanks to: Plonc

Joker arrested in Michigan

2008-07-29T16:12:00.005+02:00

THREE RIVERS, Mich. - Police in Michigan have arrested a man who they say tried to steal posters and other items related to the new Batman movie from a cinema lobby while dressed up as the Joker.

Detective Mike Mohney said Monday 20-year-old Spencer Taylor of Three Rivers has been booked for investigation of larceny and malicious destruction of property.

Taylor is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 5 in St. Joseph County District Court.

There is no telephone listing under his name in the Three Rivers area.

Mohney says officers who were dispatched early Sunday to the theater arrived to find employees restraining a man wearing a purple suit, a green wig and face paint in the style of Batman’s nemesis in “The Dark Knight.”

Thanks to: Plonc

Suicide instructions on Wikipedia

2008-07-29T16:02:00.002+02:00

Wikipedia, the online “free encyclopedia” written and edited by its users, now includes dozens of detailed suicide methods with descriptions of ways in which people can mutilate or kill themselves.

The following are among such techniques described in vivid detail: beheading, cutting oneself, drowning, suffocation, electrocution, use of explosives, hanging, vehicular impact, jumping from bridges and towers, drug abuse, inhaling and ingesting poisons, suicide by fire, stabbing, shooting, starvation and suicide attack.

When WND contacted a representative of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, she said, “A site detailing the different methods someone could use to kill themselves could definitely be harmful to the public.”

However, Jay Walsh, head of communications for the Wikimedia Foundation, said the organization does not take responsibility for editing the content of its pages.

“The Wikimedia Foundation operates the software and maintains the servers that power Wikipedia; however the entire Wikipedia project is maintained exclusively by volunteers,” he told WND. “No paid staff make edits to content, rather members of the volunteer community will add or remove information at their discretion and within the auspices of the editorial pillars of Wikipedia, which generally include: noncensorship, neutral point of view, no original research and, to a similar extent, addressing the question of ‘notability.’”

Thanks to: Plonc

We are scientists on tour

2008-07-29T15:55:00.002+02:00

We Are Scientists’ new video for third single “Impatience” is now up.

If you are familiar with We Are Scientists’ excellent news archives, Keith’s first glance at Chris’s ear should be sufficient foreshadowing for what is about to occur in the video. Although that kills the “big surprise”, I was undaunted by being given what I expected and watched more until I found myself chuckling at Keith pulling out his shoe to beat the shit out of Chris; then of course, Chris’s antics properly pulled me to feelings of endearment when his charade-winning gestures cried:

“yo d00d I’m not gonna shred ur hair apart lez take pixx cause liek, this only happens once a month”

Adam and Max busting in as police officers (Keith merely had to send a telekinetic message fraught with emotional strife for them to take action) put the cheese on the cornball. It’s not my favorite video (still a big fan of Inaction), but I am glad to know that Keith and Chris are making their dreams come true with making parody b-movie themed music videos.

Thanks to: Plonc

Suburban Legends - 2008 - Let’s Be Friends

2008-07-29T15:41:00.004+02:00

Suburban Legends - Let’s Be Friends… And Slay The Dragon Together!

Artist……………: Suburban Legends
Album…………….: Let’s Be Friends… And Slay The Dragon Together!
Genre…………….: Ska Punk
Source……………: CD
Year……………..: 2008
Ripper……………: Easy CD-DA Extractor 11 & NEC ND-2510A
Codec…………….: LAME 3.97
Version…………..: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality…………..: VBR, (avg. bitrate: 268kbps)
Channels………….: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags……………..: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information……….: http://www.suburbanlegends.com/

Ripped by…………: BangDon on 29/7/2008
Posted by…………: BangDon on 29/7/2008
News Server……….: -
News Group(s)……..: -

Included………….: NFO, SFV, M3U
Covers……………: Front

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Tracklisting
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1. (00:03:26) - (VBR 283 kbit/s) Suburban Legends - Let’s Be Friends
2. (00:03:23) - (VBR 274 kbit/s) Suburban Legends - Girls Got What I Want
3. (00:03:08) - (VBR 263 kbit/s) Suburban Legends - Together
4. (00:03:52) - (VBR 275 kbit/s) Suburban Legends - Polyester
5. (00:03:41) - (VBR 285 kbit/s) Suburban Legends - Fire
6. (00:03:37) - (VBR 274 kbit/s) Suburban Legends - Favorite Face
7. (00:03:26) - (VBR 271 kbit/s) Suburban Legends - Unbelievable
8. (00:04:12) - (VBR 279 kbit/s) Suburban Legends - Getting Down To Business
9. (00:03:25) - (VBR 284 kbit/s) Suburban Legends - Villain
10.(00:03:44) - (VBR 266 kbit/s) Suburban Legends - Took My Breath Away
11.(00:04:12) - (VBR 282 kbit/s) Suburban Legends - Lucy
12.(00:06:26) - (VBR 185 kbit/s) Suburban Legends - Don’t Wanna Wait
13.(00:03:26) - (VBR 269 kbit/s) Suburban Legends - Natasha

Playing Time………: 00:50:01
Total Size………..: 94.49 MB

NFO generated on…..: 29/7/2008 20:06:28

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Thanks to: Plonc

Miley Cyrus is sorry

2008-07-28T22:58:00.003+02:00

Miley Cyrus has issued an insincere sounding apology to fellow Disney Channel chicks Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato that begins with the phrase, “I mean..” and incorrectly attributes Elvis with having coined the phrase “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”

The apology comes after Cyrus and her girlfriend, backup dancer Mandy Jiroux were caught mocking a video Gomez and Lovato published on YouTube a couple of months ago.

Here is the video from Youtube:

Gomez is now dating Cyrus’ ex, Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers. So, Obviously, the only thing Miley is sorry about is that she got caught.

Her is her own words:

”I mean if we offended (Gomez and Lovato), we’re super sorry, but we were, like, just having fun,” Cyrus said in an interview with Popstar! magazine.

That’s our thing, to be funny,” she said. “They were being funny on their show, and (besides) Elvis says imitation is the greatest form of flattery, so we were, like, imitating them. You know, like, being funny.”

Tags: Apologies, Demi Lovato, Disney, Feuds, Miley Cyrus, Nick Jonas, Selena Gomez, The Jonas Brothers

Video - Amazing Catch by Carlos Beltran

2008-07-28T22:46:00.002+02:00

Watch this video (Youtube) of Carlos Beltran making an amazing catch. Beltran robbed a homer by Ryan Ludwick by leaping over the center field wall and pulling the ball back into play. This play will no doubt go down as one of the best plays of the year in 2008.

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2008-07-28T11:00:00.003+02:00

Lemonade Prank

2008-07-28T10:53:00.003+02:00

Kids do lemonade prank on unsuspecting adults. How nice to buy a glas of lemonade, but oops what's the lemonade made of... (Clip on Youtube)

Oops!

2008-07-28T10:44:00.003+02:00

Kung Fu and Karate expert gets a backlash. Uploaded to Youtube.

Idiots from India

2008-07-28T10:38:00.003+02:00

These idiots from India almost gets killed by the train while crossing the railroad tracks. Idiots!

Air Combat

2008-07-28T10:32:00.005+02:00

I uploaded this fighter pilot operation clip to show you how ugly war can be. Hope Youtube can process the clip good.

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2008-07-28T10:08:00.001+02:00

Tags: Pictures, Humor, Fun, Funny, Animals, Auto, Cows, Transport

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2008-07-28T10:03:00.002+02:00

Tags: Pictures, Humor, Fun, Funny, Outdoors, Train, Trainspotting

Review: The Exorcist

2008-07-28T09:09:00.002+02:00

Title: The Exorcist
Author: William Peter Blatty
Genre: Horror

The Exorcist. The title alone is enough to conjure up nightmares of how demonic possession ruins a pretty complexion and what split-pea soup looks like as projectile vomit. But these visceral images are from the movie; does its source material, the 1971 book by William Peter Blatty, pack the same kind of punch?

For those of you hoping for those lurid scenes and shocking moments that made the movie infamous, fear not. It’s all there.

The movie remained very faithful to the book; the plotlines match up point for point. Famous actress Chris MacNeil has a sweet young daughter named Regan who inexplicably undergoes a series of changes, each more devastating and disturbing than the last. As both psychiatric and physical examinations fail to reveal the cause for Regan’s bizarre and terrifying symptoms, her mother comes to believe she may be possessed, and clutches to a last hope of performing an exorcism to get her daughter back.

It’s a disturbing novel, no doubt about it. Regardless of whether you have or haven’t faith, there’s something intrinsically disturbing reading about a twelve-year-old masturbating with a crucifix. And we won’t even go into what she does to her mother in that scene. If you want something more than shocks and perversions that make you wince and shudder, though, you won’t get much.

Sure, you could drag out some kind of message about the power of hope and faith overpowering even the filthiest demon, but let’s be realistic. The main pull of The Exorcist is its notoriety for being horrific and profane, and it delivers.

The characters are well-defined down to their dialogue patterns and mannerisms, and their stunned, frightened reactions to the grotesque experiences are what drive the horror home. The prose is sometimes clumsy (several similes just made me go “huh?”), but it’s a fast-paced read.

Rating: B+. A great horror novel, but it doesn’t transcend its genre.

Not accepting credit cards

2008-07-28T09:00:00.002+02:00

Andorra Bahrain Bosnia Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Egypt Estonia Gibraltar Hungary Iceland India Israel Jordan Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Malta & Gozo Monaco Montenegro Morocco Oman Poland Qatar Romania Russia San Marino Saudi Arabia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates Vatican:

If you are from any of the above countries then you will not be able to use your credit card to purchase Metal Gear Online’s gene expansion. There is currently no word on exactly why Konami is not accepting credit cards from these countries. I certainly hope that Konami hears all of their fans comments. It is not fair to be able to purchase a game and then not be able to purchase content that goes with the game. The listed countries do bring numbers to Konami’s purchases, so I think that the gene expansion’s loss in sales will hurt.

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110 million year old amber

2008-07-26T07:14:00.003+02:00

The remains of several unknown insect species which became extinct long before dinosaurs stopped roaming the earth have been discovered in pieces of 110-million-year-old amber found in Spain, researchers said Thursday.

Palaeontologist Enrique Penalver said the amber discovered in the El Soplao cave in the northern province of Cantabria was in "exceptional" condition.

"The conservation is incredible. You can study the details," he told a news conference in Santander according to the Europea Press agency.

Several types of arachnids, as well spider webs and plant remains, were found fossilised in the amber discovered at the site, added Penalver, a researcher with the science ministry's Geology and Mine Institute.

It is the most important amber find to date in Spain and possibly in all of Europe, he added. There are few other amber finds from that era in the world, he said.

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Danity Kane - Bad Girl

2008-07-26T07:06:00.004+02:00

The sexy hot ladies of Danity Kane are back with a new video for their single Bad Girl. This will be the follow-up song to Damaged off their Gold selling CD Welcome to the Dollhouse. Shannon Bex, Aundrea Fimbres, Aubrey O’Day, Dawn Richard, and Wanita “D. Woods” Woodgette have been making the rounds at celebrity functions, tabloids, and the gossip pages as their success grows. Aubrey is by far the break out sex symbol of the group so far.

Watch their video from Youtube.com:

And here you go. I throw in the lyrics also:

When the red light comes on I transform
When the red light comes on I transform

[Aubrey]
Look in my eyes covered in Maybelline
Looking like something fresh out a magazine
I can be part of your deepest fantasies
You’re the detective, come solve my mystery

[D. Woods]
Some say that love is all that I’m missing
Some call it jezebel, I call it attention
But what they don’t know they can’t even imagine
Say I don’t have no self-esteem but it’s my fashion

[Chorus]

Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl, a bad girl

I can be your addiction if you wanna get hooked on me
I-I can be your addiction if you wanna get hooked on me

Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl, a bad girl

When the red light comes on I transform
When the red light comes on I transform
When the red light comes on I transform

[Dawn]
Something about me has got you hypnotized
Examine my body like you’re the science guy
Watching my every move you anticipate
What ya thinking about, boy I can recreate

[Aundrea]
Some say that love is all that I’m missing
Some call it jezebel, I call it attention
But what they don’t know they can’t even imagine
Say I don’t have no self-esteem but it’s my fashion

[Chorus]

Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl, a bad girl

[Missy Elliott]
I know you hear me boy…
B-A-D-C-H-I-C, lookin’ so sexy
Make them bitches hate me
She not me cause there’s just one me
I’m the M to the I-double S-Y-E
Lights come on, I tr-transform
Gimme that dick, baby, com-come on
I can do it all night ’til the break of dawn
On-On and on, I keep on goin’
They call me a jezebel cause I freaks, I does it well
Got extensions in my hair, bad girls is ya’ll up in here? (Yeah)
Tonight we just gonna let it do what it do
I can put this pretty young thing on you
I ain’t lookin’ for attention, I just want you
Let me be your addiction, I can be that too

I can be your addiction if you wanna get hooked on me
I-I can be your addiction if you wanna get hooked on me

[Chorus]

Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl, a bad girl

When the red light comes on I transform
When the red light comes on I transform
When the red light comes on I transform

[Shannon]
From a caterpillar to a butterfly
I know I got something that you’re gonna like
(Don’t be afraid I won’t let you down)
I’m the one that’ll make you come around

[Chorus]

Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl, a bad girl

I can be your addiction if you wanna get hooked on me
I-I can be your addiction if you wanna get hooked on me

Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl
Maybe I’m just a bad girl, a bad girl

When the red light comes on I transform
When the red light comes on I transform
When the red light comes on I transform

Excellent sources for free, legit, online music

2008-07-25T22:32:00.001+02:00

There are few words sweeter than “free.” Pair that with “music” and it’s like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups: two great words that taste great together. If you dig tunes, you know there are quite a lot of free music sites — some legit and some not. Here are three that fall in the legit category, one of which is sure to please.

Jango: There’s no sign up necessary to start enjoying Jango. Simply type in an artist or genre from the front page and the service builds a “station” for you in seconds, delivering streaming music that attempt to match your tastes.

Once a song starts, you’re presented with several options. Three rankings, based on “smilies,” determine how often a given song might play. A list of links to other user-built stations that include the current song or artist are listed. If you enjoy the current artist, you can click any of the other songs that Jango has by that artist. You can also check out lyrics, buy a song, or share a song (sign-up required for this feature) via IM or email from the player.

Jango also has a social network, allowing you to add friends. The stations — and you can build as many as you care to — are very customizable, letting you can add or remove any artist. Finally, you can create a badge called a “Jango Jukebox” to embed on your website or blog. Jango is ad-supported, and the ads are … ah … plentiful.

Pandora: Email and profile registration is required for this free streaming music service. Create stations on the fly by typing in a song or musician. Here’s the cool part: the station’s playlist is based as much on what the song or artist typically sounds like, rather than genre. There are also a number of pre-built genre stations that go pretty deep, giving you well over a hundred choices.

Pandora refines your stations based on a your ratings; you can give songs using a “thumbs up” or “down.” There’s also a button to let you bookmark a song, buy it, or add a station based on the current song or artist. Another option lets you discover some cool facts about the music you’re hearing, and why. There are players available for your mobile phone (Sprint, AT&T and iPhone)k and you can share songs/stations with friends via email or the Pandora community. Pandora is also ad-supported.

Stumbleaudio: This is the indie music cousin of the online radio world, and a new player in this space. There is no sign-in required to get started. Stumbleaudio’s library contains 2 million songs by 120,000 artists. At present, you can only listen to stations based on genre, though an “I like” search box lets you search for music similar to an artist you — wait for it — like.

A “stumble” button lets you shuffle to another album, otherwise you listen to the entire album by the current artist. Skipping tracks is allowed. A thumbs up/down rating system lets you control whether a song plays again during a future listening session.

The “share” button copies the current website address to the clipboard and you can paste from there into email, chat, or wherever you please. You can also purchase music via Stumbleaudio; options include buying the current track or the entire album. There are no ads on Stumbleaudio currently.

We know this is just the tip of the free music iceberg, but for the newcomer, these three services are great places to start.

iPhone 3G explained

2008-07-25T22:30:00.001+02:00

Have you seen those pictures where they take apart the iPhone to show you what it looks like on the inside? This is sorta the same thing but this time they have the courtesy to explain to you what you are looking at. Maybe with this sort of diagram one could mod a CMDA iPhone? Follow the links below and happy Moding.

EETimes

EETimes Video

AppleInsider

Activating iPhone 3G

2008-07-25T22:28:00.001+02:00

To purchase and activate iPhone 3G, you need the following:*

- Credit card
- Social security number
- Valid government-issued photo ID
- Current wireless account number and password or PIN (if you’re new to AT&T)

My cool iPhone

2008-07-25T22:25:00.001+02:00

How cool is my iPhone? Pretty cool. I f'ed over the protective cover for it, so I'm going to have to look into alternatives.

Anyway, I got Shazam (Midomi sux), which is an Application I've been waiting for... Basically you're sitting in a restaurant, in your car with the radio on, etc... You simply hit a button on the phone, and let it work it's magic. 10 seconds later, based on the what the App just picked up, the song that's playing around you is displayed on the screen... Works like a charm so far. Ah technology.

The iPhone just wouldn't be complete without the lightsaber App. It has its moments. Ha. Every geek's dream.