Category: Linklog

First look at the newly announced Nintendo Gameboy Micro. So… Tiny…

How Battlestar Galactica killed broadcast TV. “October 18th, 2004 is the day TV died. That evening, British satellite broadcaster SkyOne ran the premiere episode of the re-visioned 70s camp classic Battlestar Galactica.” [via]

The BBC has a really lame Star Wars quiz. If you don’t get 100% then shame on you. That said, they obviously have no true nerds in the BBC Online office these days if this is the best they can muster…

Sony PlayStation 3 images and specs leaked. Nice specifications, ugly looking thing…

Is assembling Ikea furniture the epitome of masculinity? “The book, published later this month, attributes much of the store’s success to the fact that its self-assembly furniture allows men to reclaim their hunter-gatherer roots, and so keep their relationships healthy – by demonstrating to their wives and children that they are capable of masculine tasks.” Damn straight! [via]

The iTunes Music Store can’t even bring it’s self to say Napster. “During the N*****r flap of 2000, Durst become one of the most outspoken advocates of online music trading; that summer Limp Bizkit embarked on a free, N*****r-sponsored tour.” I find that kinda funny and sad at the same time… Just dont ask why I was looking at the Limp Bizkit biography, ok?

Flickr has moved away from Flash to Ajax in order to display pictures. That explains the errors over the last few days, also means things load a bit faster now…

Is Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith an anti-Bush movie? “Revenge of the Sith’s two greatest moments tap into the uncertainty of our own political climate: the dazzling battle between Yoda and Darth Sidious inside the beautifully spiraling Senate hall evokes Democrats and Republicans scrambling for power and, during an obscenely over-the-top duel in Mustafar, Obi-Wan declares, ‘Only a Sith Lord deals in absolutes,’ after Anakin says, ‘If you’re not with me, you’re my enemy’.”

Dave Chappelle reportedly in mental health facility. Chappelle apparently checked himself into an unnamed treatment center in South Africa on April 28.

The White House and Capitol Hill building in Washington are being evacuated due to a security alert. No reason was given for the evacuation, and it is not clear whether or not it is a drill. Witnesses reported seeing fighters jets flying overhead.

Wendy’s are giving away free Frostys this weekend. Friday through Sunday… Completely free!

There is an interesting discussion going on in Flickr about the good and bad of digital zoom in cameras. Personally, I use my 6x digital zoom whenever possible. I don’t particularly care about pixelization as I’m not anywhere near a professional photographer, it does me just fine, infact I’d say that over 50% of the images on this site are done using digital zoom…

My page on the Internet iTunes Registry. Shows all the songs currently residing in my iTunes playlist and also on my ever present iPod, might be fun to poke around with… [via]

The new Star Wars movie is being described as “a bloodbath”. Less than two weeks to go, things are reaching fever pitch…

Tony Blair has won an historic third term in government for Labour. Though their majority in Parliament is expected to fall from 167 to 66