Category: Linklog

Transformers Trailer. Finally we get to see big robots and stuff, and even though I’m still not convinced and feel this is ruining my childhood memories, I’ll still be there, first in line on opening day.

“You” have been named as Time magazine’s Person of the Year for the growth and influence of user-generated content on the internet. Well done! Go ahead and put it in your CV/Resume!

Ten players, including NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony, were ejected for fighting during a wild brawl near the end of Saturday night’s game between the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks. Players ended up flying into the stands in the NBA’s ugliest scene since the brawl between Indiana Pacers players and Detroit Pistons fans in 2004. See the ugly incident here…

John McCain’s war on Blogs. John McCain has made clear that he doesn’t like the blogosphere. Now he has introduced legislation that would treat blogs like Internet service providers and hold them responsible for all activity in the comments sections and user profiles, not to mention stiff fines for not doing so. [via]

An American woman officially recognised as the world’s oldest person has died at the age of 116. Elizabeth “Lizzy” Bolden died at a nursing home in Memphis, Tennessee. Born in 1890, she married at 19 and was widowed in the 1950s. She suffered a stroke in 2004 and spoke little after that.

A Charlie Brown Christmas as performed by the cast of Scrubs. No really, A Charlie Brown Christmas as performed by the cast of Scrubs…

The body of missing CNET editor James Kim has been located. Kim had been missing in the remote southwestern Oregon wilderness for 11 days.

Wild rumor: Apple & TiVo partner for iTV. An Apple/TiVo partnership or an Apple DVR? It may just be a wild rumour and 99.99999% fake, but it would be an interesting proposition if that 0.00001% is actually true.

NBA players have been complaining for two months about the new synthetic basketball, prompting their union to file a grievance last week with the National Labor Relations Board about the league’s unilateral implementation. Now the NBA have admitted their mistake… What happened to “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?” [via]

The Top 20 of Wikipedia vandalism. At the moment, the topics include Wiki, Muslim, MySpace, D-Day, Death, Thanksgiving, Heroes (TV series), Mental retardation, Theory of everything and Pay per click.

Kevin Smith’s long ass iTunes playlist. Apple rejected it for having too long descriptions… A fine example being “Track: Cold Sweat (Live (1968/ Dallas Memorial Auditorium)) Artist: James Brown Album: Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68 – This is James Brown doing his best Eddie-Murphy-Doing-James-Brown impression nearly twenty years in advance of Eddie Murphy actually doing any James Brown impression. It’s one of the greatest live recordings of a single in history, and with a running time of twelve minutes and fifty one seconds, you’d be hard pressed to find a better bargain for ninety nine cents on iTunes. It’s like getting four songs for the price of one! If you act now, we’ll throw in a set of steak knives.”

Rupert Murdoch’s media companies have cancelled plans for a controversial book by OJ Simpson and televised interview with him. Common sense? From News Corp.? Who woulda thunk it…

Hungary and Real Madrid legend Ferenc Puskás has died at the age of 79. Puskás led Hungary’s golden team of the early 1950s, before taking Spanish citizenship and becoming part of Real Madrid’s all-conquering team.

US Airways has made a $8bn offer to merge with rival Delta Air Lines, in a deal that would create one of the world’s largest airlines. Under the terms of the deal, both airlines would combine once Delta emerged from bankruptcy protection. I wonder how this will affect my SkyMiles…

Spider-Man 3 Trailer. Oh wow, this looks all kinds of awesome…