Category: Linklog

Seven months after it was leaked onto the internet, Fiona Apple’s 3rd album, “Extraordinary Machine,” is getting a proper release in October. Of course, those who knew better already have it, so it proves my original point that the “leak” was nothing more than a “marketing ploy to see how a 2 year old recording will go down in current music conditions.”

The dream is over for Steven Spielberg. Just 11 years after the world’s most successful film director founded his own studio, DreamWorks is on the block. NBC Universal is deep in negotiations to buy the DreamWorks’ slate of forthcoming releases, the television library and a back-catalogue of 60 films, for a putative $1bn (£551m).

Christopher Walken for President in 2008. “It’s time to get America back on track.”

A South Korean man who played computer games for 50 hours almost non-stop died of heart failure minutes after finishing his mammoth session in an Internet cafe, authorities said on Tuesday. The 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had planted himself in front of a computer monitor to play online games on Aug. 3. He only left the spot over the next three days to go to the toilet and take brief naps on a makeshift bed.

Former UK Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, who resigned after opposing the Iraq war, died while hill walking in northern Scotland taday, aged 59. It is believed he was taken ill while walking with his wife Gaynor near the summit of Ben Stack.

Just what is going on with the Atlanta Hawks? “Steve Belkin, as the Hawks’ representative on the NBA Board Governors, was given final say on player signings and trades when the new three-pronged group assumed control of the franchise March 31, 2004. Not every team empowers its governor in this manner, but Belkin – in what ranks as a swap of monster significance given how far Atlanta has fallen – is refusing to sign off on a sign-and-trade with Phoenix that has the support of everyone else in the organization who matters.” This is just crazy… A talented player WANTS to play for the Hawks, but the deal is continually stalling…

A man who got angry with his wife because she wanted to cuddle after sex when he wanted to watch sports on television was sentenced to death for killing her with a claw hammer. Apparently he hit her 70 times with the hammer, that’s just cold… I bet he even watched the end of the game and the post match analysis afterwards.

Adidas buys Reebok in a $3.8 billion deal, creating a formidable competitor to Nike for the first time in more than a decade. With sales of $11 billion, and a glittering roster of endorsement contracts, ranging from Allen Iverson and the NBA to David Beckham and World Cup soccer, the combined company will be close to Nike in size and arguably more powerful in its links to star athletes and teams.

President Bush is getting the kind of break most Americans can only dream of — nearly five weeks away from the office, loaded with vacation time. “I’ll be doing a lot of work. On the other hand, I’ll also be kind of making sure my Texas roots run deep.” What Texas roots are these exactly? [via]

Celtic fall just short of making European footballing history as they beat Artmedia Bratislava 4-0 to go out of the UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round 5-4 on aggregate. From my point of view, it’s insanely hilarious, but it’ll screw up the Scottish UEFA co-efficiant for years to come…

The blogosphere is continuing to grow, with a weblog created every second, according to blog trackers Technorati. Infact, in the time it took me to post this, 63 new blogs were created…

Rafael Palmeiro gets busted for having steroids in his system and banned for 10 days not 5 months after standing up and telling congress he’s never used banned substances. OK, the suspension should be longer than missing 5 or 6 games, but the best part comes from Commander-In-Chief, President Bush, who weighed in with a cracking quote. “Rafael Palmeiro is a friend. He testified in public and I believe him,” Bush said in an interview with the Knight Ridder news service. “He’s the kind of person that’s going to stand up in front of the klieg lights and say he didn’t use steroids, and I believe him. Still do.” I guess the President doesn’t want to look bad as Palmerio was part of the Texas Rangers during Bush’s stint there…

Interestingness, besides being a five syllable word suitable for tongue twisters, it is also an amazing new Flickr feature. And just like that, the Flickr addiction got cranked up a few notches…

Team PAD set a new world record for a WiFi connection by achieving an unamplified 125 mile, 11Mbit connection for 3 hours. The team shot their signal a distance of 125 miles from outside Las Vegas, Nevada to a location near St. George, Utah. Kinda crazy, huh? [via]

Police believe all four 21 July London bomb suspects are now in custody after armed raids in the capital and Rome. Swift work by the Met there…