Category: Linklog

Warner Brothers and CBS Corp. announced plans Tuesday for the creation of a new broadcast television network, called CW, that would replace the WB and UPN networks in the fall of this year. How dumb is this? Where am I gonna get my Reba fix now? So many questions…

A 360° panorama of an Xbox 360 screenshot. This is how game screenshots should look… If only more people would do the same.

Seminal sitcom Friends is returning to television after each of its six stars agreed multi-million dollar deals to star in four one-hour specials. In a secret meeting before Christmas, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer and Matthew Perry reportedly agreed a $5M apiece deal with NBC bosses in Los Angeles and scriptwriters have already started penning lines for the four double episodes, which are due to air next year. So I guess final wasn’t exactly final afterall…

Kobe Bryant drops 81 on the Toronto Raptors, the second highest scoring performance in NBA history. Depending on your point of view on Kobe it’s a fantastic individual performance or it’s proof he’s nothing but an egotistical ball hog who tries to shoot every shot for the Lakers…

Whale spotted in London. Seriously, a Northern Bottle Nosed Whale has found it’s way up the dirty Thames into Central London… How bizarre…

Heather Graham’s new TV show “Emily’s Reasons Why Not” gets ditched after 1 episode. Ouch! Yet they continue to make junk like “Jake In Progress,” “Freddie” and “Crumbs” so go figure… [via]

Konica Minolta announces withdrawal plan for camera business and photo business. They will be transferring assets related to their camera business to Sony who will continue to develop digital SLR’s based around the Konica Minolta lens mount.

In need of a quick tripod? Use a water bottle. “The world’s first bottle cap tripod by Yodobashi. It magically turns a bottle into a tripod, ideal for night shot and self protrait.” Surely it’s really just a monopod?

Hugh MacLeod lists the ten reasons why no one reads your blog. “4. A secret cabal of A-Listers got together and decided that you should be excluded from the conversation. Yeah, they sit around sipping champagne, eating caviar and laughing about you.” I KNEW it… [via]

A stabilised video of the John F. Kennedy assassination. Very creepy, I didn’t know his head exploded like a ripe watermelon before…

Intel Pentium Processors 1993 – 2006. Intel has made a final decision to get rid of one of its oldest and most valuable brands, “Pentium,” unveiled in 1993 for its P5 processor generation, will begin to quietly disappear in the current CPU generation such as the single-core 600 series as well as the D 800 and D 900 families.

Reggie Bush has declared himself available for the upcoming NFL Draft. Hmmmm… Reggie Bush, Vince Young, Matt Leinart, LenDale White and Marcus Vick, to name a few. It looks like an interesting class of 2006

Watch out kids, Jack Thompson, that crazy Grand Theft Auto hating lawyer, is out to ruin your fun… “Video gaming is an escapist activity and you’re being exploited by these companies. It’s not healthy; I worry about someone who would play Grand Theft Auto for ten hours a day. It’s a masturbatory activity, and it would be better if people put down the controller and went outside.”

Chuck Norris responds to the “Random Facts About Chuck Norris” site… All very cool, but did you know “If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can’t see Chuck Norris, you may be only seconds away from death.“

Has Angelina Jolie been impregnated with what could possibly be the sexiest baby ever born? OK, that sounded weird… But at least it keeps Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes out the headlines…