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Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Beating around the Bush

G.W. Bush looks excited while watching the latest shuttle launch on his new T.V.
For some reason this just cracks me up.

Now you can Rasterbate at home

The Rasterbator is a web service which creates huge, rasterized images from any picture. The rasterized images can be printed and assembled into crazy looking posters up to 20 meters in size. For the best quality download the free standalone application.

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Sunday, July 24, 2005

Truths and Myths About the Radio Broadcast of "War of the Worlds" in 1938

Article dispelling and confirming some of the urban legends that have grown up around Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio drama that shocked a nation in 1938.

Mass panic? Maybe. Mass suicides? Hmmm...

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Saturday, July 23, 2005

Proof that the Ionic Breeze Air Purifier is Junk

Sharper Image has agreed to pay Consumer Reports $525,000 in legal costs after a judge dismissed its libel suit. Consumer Reports stands by their claim that not only does the Ionic Breeze not perform as advertised, but that it is also potentially hazardous to your health. (Plenty more to read at ConsumerReports.org if you have a membership.)

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Friday, July 15, 2005

Switching to Digital

U.S. local television broadcasters said on Tuesday they would accept a 2009 deadline to switch to airing only higher-quality digital signals, a date being considered by lawmakers. Current law requires local television stations to give up their analog airwaves only when 85 percent of the country can receive the new digital signals or on Dec. 31, 2006, whichever comes later.

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