Elemental

show me your grill... 
2007 Honda Element SC
Honda pulled ahead again in our race for the next car. Retuned suspension, 18" rims, ground effects, slicker interior, and 5-speed automatic putting out 22/27 number. Where do I sign? It's not 4WD (yet), but the mpg's and the fact that we have two other very capable 4wd's makes that a nil issue.

bringin' sexy back? 

Fogs

Baby Foxes Going to the Dogs
"Each generation has been selectively bred for tameness—fearlessness and nonaggression toward humans. By now the foxes in the project behave like pet dogs, barking and wagging their tails at humans."
Nsational Geographic
"As Belyaev had predicted, other changes appeared along with the tameness, even though they had not been selected for. The tame silver foxes had begun to show white patches on their fur, floppy ears, rolled tails and smaller skulls."
NY Times

Finally...

Try putting this on your feet... 
STILETTO 100 SL100
"# Live portable reception of SIRIUS programming
# Stores up to 100 hours of live SIRIUS Satellite Radio programming (2 GB)
# Automatically records your favorite SIRIUS Satellite Radio 100% commercial-free music
# One touch recording of up to 10 hours of live, individual songs from SIRIUS Satellite Radio’s 100% commercial-free music
# Schedule & record up to 6-hour blocks of your music programming, talk or news from SIRIUS Satellite Radio broadcasts.
# Listen to SIRIUS Internet Radio over an accessible WiFi network
# Download and manage MP3/WMA files with included My SIRIUS Studio™ software for Windows PCs
# Bookmark your favorite songs and easily purchase though
# Yahoo! Music Jukebox™ provides a simple and easy way for you to purchase, download your favorite SIRIUS songs
# Compatible with most internet music providers download and subscription services (Not compatible with AAC files)
# Exclusive Aurora user interface provides easy access to your favorite SIRIUS live and stored content with a bright 2.2' full color display
# Enhanced media dial with six-way navigation control that puts everything at your fingertips
# SIRIUS Replay™—Pause, rewind and replay 44 minutes of live radio
# 30 channel presets
# Audible channel names
# GameAlert™—Prompts when your favorite games are being broadcast and alerts you when the scores change
# GameZone™—Lists all your favorite teams in one category and lets you select a different team from each of the various sport leagues including NFL, NBA, NHL� and college sports"
Via Gizmodo

4INFO Mobile Search - Free SMS Search, Fast Mobile Internet Search

4INFO Mobile Search - Free SMS Search, Fast Mobile Internet Search

I wonder if Fox News is biased?

DailyShow on Fox News on Clinton

Super Dooper Preview

Look over there, no... look over there! 
Heroes
Yahoo TV has the entire 1st episode of the new show Heroes on NBC. When it starts, right click the video and zoom-in for a bigger pic. Watch it, it's worth it. LT approved.
Update: I also read about it being a free download on iTunes.

Blondes on Video

AmandaAcrossAmerica
Post Rocketbooming Amanda Congdon and her stretchy shirts are doing a sponsored 5-week trip across this great land of ours on her way to LA. It's got to be more entertaining than the hot British chic that took over the Rocketboom reigns. I would give her a week to get into the swing of it though.

Breath and stop.

Cool Tool: Rebreathers: "Rebreathers are underwater life support systems that permit you to stay longer at deeper depths. It's not hard to make a normal scuba tank last for an hour (or more) very near the surface. At 60 feet, this duration drops to less than half an hour. At a hundred feet, maybe 15-20 minutes. A recreational-grade rebreather, however, will give you several hours at any depth in the 0-100 ft. range. So the deeper you dive, the more advantageous the rebreather becomes. Rebreathers always give you more time, but especially give you more time at greater depths."
We're talking about possible 3 day underwater life support. Freakin' crazy!
Via Cool Tools

She's Dead Sexy...

Wis. necrophilia case

It's so....smalll

for reals 
Apple - iPod shuffle
1GB, Same 12 hour battery, and an Assload smaller. Oh, and it's a clip.

It is bettah

My other favorite mac! 
New Apple - 24" iMac
Sweet! Proving yet again, she is lying to you.

This Sofa is Bunk

Where you will be sleeping 
The DOC-sofa bed that converts in to a bunk bed in two secounds
This is sweet. Some day when I have money you all will be sleeping on one of these instead of the pergo floor. Rock-Paper-Scissor for the top bunk.

Southpark does Universal

Universal Studios Employee Video Directed by Matt Stone and Trey Parker

A Tale of Two Muppets

Ernest and Bertram

Add to list: Caterham SevenSV

Nice... 
Caterham USA
Just put it together and you'll have one of the fastest cars on the road. A purist wet dream. I want the SV with a Civic Type R engine and drivetrain. Possibly south of $40,000. I would just be getting it so others would think I was successful. That, and I'd be going freakin' fast.

Pluto Voted Off the Island!

Pluto downgraded
After Neptune discovered Pluto's plan of alliance with Xena, Ceres and Charos...well, you know the rest.
Via Cnet News

Customize Google and More

CustomizeGoogle: Improve Your Google Experience -- Firefox Extension
This is the next extension you MUST have for Firefox. Here's the Features:
* Use Google Suggest (suggest words while you're typing)[This is nice...]
* Add links to competitors [check out other search engines straight from google]
* Rewrite links to point straight to the images in Google Images [Straight to the Jena picture]
* Removes image copying restrictions in Google Book Search
* Secure Gmail and Google Calendar, switch to https NEW [not sure what https is, but it sounds really secure]
* Block Google Analytics cookies [prevent private search info from going out]
* Hide the Gmail spam counter NEW
* Remove ads [yes, no ads]
* Anonymize your Google userid [privacy]
* Add a result counter in search result
* Filter spammy websites from search results [also nice]
* Add links to WayBack Machine (webpage history)
* Remove click tracking [more privacy]
* Add links from Google to your bookmark manager
* Use a fixed font for Gmail mail bodies

There is a nice flash movie to explain how easy it is.This is tentatively LT approved. So far it's pretty frickin' sweet (and simple).

Update: Full LT approval!

10 Dollar bill yall!

Badcat,is that you?

Threadless T-Shirts
Threadless is having a back to school sale and you are a sad clown if you miss it. $10/shirt??? WTF Click on the pic to link to entire shirt design.

Breast implants save woman's life

They're alright... 
Yahoo! News
Need I say more. Now what are you all waiting for? Oh, warning: Fake boobs OK, Lindsay Lohan not OK.

Trained Goldfish.

Yahoo! Video

Some people can't even get their dogs to listen to them.

Girl takes pic of herself every day for three years

Do I have to explain it.
Via Cnet

Sweet DV

I'm soooo laaaaame! 
SAMSUNG's SC-X210WL/XAA
First person scenes will never be the same. With the new wireless lens the camera can be anywhere with 15 ft. 1 GB (~34 minutes) flash memory with a SD card slot. Sub $700 in sept. Me likey.

RocketCopy

where's the other seven? 
The 9
Yahoo's got a new polished take (read: bigger budget rip-off) of the now Amanda Congdon-less Rocketboom. But it's entertaining and there's some other hot blonde.

Most influential albums

The 50
I can't disagree with most of them. Yes, kraftwerk and nirvana are there.

What's your house worth?

Find Your Home Value, House Values
This place gives you an estimate and some comps with just an address. I don't know how correct it is but I hope it's close.

NameVoyager

The Baby Name Wizard: NameVoyager
Want that name that no else is using? Gaylord still isn't up there. This java ap will tell you the popularity of diffent names in the last 150 years.

What is the internet?

DJ Senator Ted Stevens Techno Remix
For those wondering how your email gets to the other PC, Senator Ted Stevens is here for the inservice. I'm glad the people running this country have everything under control.
Via Jalopnik

Sic Harp

the miller brothers
LD Miller giving hope to fat kids everywhere.

Pitch a tent...hahahahahaha

You're free!!! 
Quechua : 2 second tent
After that monstrosity that we took camping the last time (not that I used it much). This is that way of the future. It take two seconds to pitch this tent. It's got me beat by about 7. And it sounds like its under $100.

Paradise Lakers

Monkey Sea, Monkey Doo, Monkey Throw Monkey Doo 
Seadoo Speedster Wake
The Lakers are in Southern California known for their abundance of lakes. Well man-made ones. If by any chance we end up staying here for more than a year after nursing school I was informed we were getting a boat. If that horrible thing happens this is the one we will get. Here's a bunch of boat propaganda courtesy of Seadoo:
"Everything on the new Speedster Wake was designed for extreme sport and serious air. A new ballast tank allows you to fill and empty water in minutes at the touch of a button. It also comes with PerfectPassTM Pro Speed Control with eight different speed controls to help you personalize and create the perfect wake for different riders. Spotters can also speak to boarders through a P.A. system connected to two tower speakers. On the Speedster Wake, you'll take the sport to another level."
Did ya read that, "Another level". That'll get me to level 2! Where do I sign.

Ecstasy [still] Rising

I know I've posted this before, but it's just good TV.

RocketBust?

It's bad news for those of you that like your news in a tight sweater. Amanda Congdon is no longer on Rocketboom. Here's a possible replacement. [Tip: if you've never watched the boom, check out the the archives first]
Via Amanda Unboomed

Robotany

Breezy (rap for breeze) 
Breeze Maple
Welcome to the world of cyborg trees.

"Breeze can visually sense and react through 360 degrees, allowing her to reach out to you and others whenever you are near. This is not a dancing bush, the motion is subtle and artistic, and at the same time, surreal."

This is done with nitinol wires that bend when exposed to a current. This is going to have some interesting tech apllications in the future. Think: guard trees, temp sensors, online activity, plant droops when B is on a pron site, etc.
Via Robot Gossip

RIP...Now gimme my money

RipMobile
I know you have old cell phones in a drawer somewhere. You were totally gonna sell them on eBay, but now what? RIP Mobile will recycle your phone and give you credit that you can use at some pretty decent stores. And if you're feeling green, you can use it to for Terrapass credit to offset your gas guzzler.

Holy Shnikeys!!!

One more reason to feel lamer than Laird Hamilton. Well this and that his wife can kick your ass.

Boom shaka laka

  
Oddica
Somebody found a sic T-shirt site before Kleverasever.

X-mas list

mewan meizu 
MEIZU MP3 PLAYER
Please help us celebrate the birth of Santa Claus by buying me the Meizu Portable Media Player. Only $219 for 4 Gigabits of flashy goodness. It's not even made by Apple. Now if B started to like women, the apocalypse would be just around the corner.

Herbie the Love Golf?

Hello Dave. 
The self-driving Golf
So the Stanford Darpa Crawled along to win the challenge and VW has a GTi Golf that can self-drive to it's 150 mph max speed? Better than it's own drivers? WTF?

I'm boxy

Bling Box 
Scion t2b Concept
I would buy this, even if they called it a minivan.

Web Page Peep Show

Browster 
Browster - Fastest Way to Browse
I've been trying this out for about a week now. And my verdict is: So nice. You just mouse over any link (in Firefox and Explorer) and it pops up in a clickable preview window without having to open the whole page. Saves time in searches and it's a free download (with no spyware), so just go try it. LT approved.
Update: I ended up uninstalling it. It's very annoying. It would be better if it were only on the search pages.

Thou shall not steal...Especially if you're a skeevy Idiot

How NOT to steal a SideKick II
Hahahhaa some dumb chic stole a T-mobile sidekick that she found in a taxi and proceeded to take sleezy pictures of herself. The problem is Sidekick send any pics taken to the users account, so they have pics of this so very intelligent perp.
"Some people are asking how we have their pics and AOL name. The way a Sidekick works, is that when u use it, all the data on it get’s uploaded automatically to the T-Mobile server. So pictures u have taken, AOL names and passwords u have used, etc are all on the server. So when my friend turned on her new Sidekick and put her new SIM card in, all the data downloaded on to her phone. And that’s how we have everything. "
Update:"Tonight, the NYPD picked up Sasha, the girl that either paid for the Sidekick from a cabbie, on the subway, or got it from her mother—their story isn't quite straight yet."
Via Gizmodo

06-06-06

nananannaaaa sataaan nanananaaaa 
Curiosity, humor surround June 6, 2006: "In 1980, a TV host and others rigged the number 666 to come up in a Pennsylvania lottery drawing. It's a number that is part of every UPC barcode on groceries (a coincidence according to the code's inventor). With biblical coding, 666 also is the number for the WWW of the World Wide Web.

The math of 666 is also open to biblical interpretation and manipulation. Just points out that 666 is the sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel. Other oddities include variations on pi and products of prime number multiplication."

And from the more reasonable Mind Control forum:
"EVERY BARCODE HAS THIS 666 MARK OF THE BEAST.

PART OF THE SECRET WORLD GOVERNMENT AGENDA TOWARD THE NEW WORLD ORDER IS TO HAVE EVERYONE IN THE WESTERN WORLD MICROCHIPPED BEFORE THE YEAR 2005. EACH INJECTED MICROPCHIP WILL CONTAIN COMPLETE DETAILS OF THE INDIVIDUAL INCLUDING A PERSONALLY NUMBERED BARCODE.

MICROCHIP RESEARCH SCIENTISTS DECLARE THAT THE MOST EFFECTIVE PLACE IN THE BODY TO BE MICROCHIPPED (DUE TO BODY TEMPERATURE) IS IN THE BACK OF THE HAND OR FOREHEAD.

A MICROCHIPPED PERSON CAN BE VERY EASILY LOCATED AND MONITORED WHEREVER THEY ARE FROM ANY OF THE MIND CONTROL COMPUTER CENTRES ALREADY IN OPERATION AROUND THE GLOBE.

TECHNICALLY, THIS IS ACHIEVED VIA THE (SO-CALLED) MOBILE PHONE NETWORK AND MOBILE PHONE ANTENNAS AND MASTS NOW COVERING EVERY DENSELY POPULATED AREA IN THE WESTERN WORLD AND ARE CONTINUALLY BEING ERECTED AT AN ALARMING RATE.

MORE IMPORTANTLY HOWEVER, A MICROCHIPPED PERSON CAN EASILY BE (AND WILL BE) MANIPULATED AND CONTROLLED BY THE TRANSMITTING OF SPECIFIC MICROWAVE AND ELF FREQUENCIES TO THE BRAIN VIA THE MICROCHIP THAT CAN TOTALLY ALTER A PERSONS NORMAL THOUGHT AND EMOTIONAL PATTERNS AND THEREFORE BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSES.

DON'T BE A ROBOT - DON'T BE MICROCHIPPED!! "

Personally I think that ALLCAPS quote deserved THREE EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!

Freckle past a hair.

What time is it? 
Fossil
I think I've put this one up before but I dig it so much. I might start wearing watches again.

And it'll open your beer (maybe)

let's magyver this bitch, where's the duct tape? Shippert Medical Technologies Corporation:
"Lifestat Emergency Airway Device
LifeStat is an emergency airway device for use in respiratory obstruction or failure. This innovative device facilitates a lifesaving method (cricothyroid notch) in emergencies when other efforts have failed. LifeStat is small and light enough to fit on your key ring, in your pocket, or in your emergency kit."
Yes, I finally get to live out my ER fantasy (nothing to do with George Clooney you sick batards) and trache someone in public.

100 miles on four ounces of water

Found On Road Dehydrated 
Water Power
So there's this guy, and he says he's converted a Ford (why?) Escort to run on 4 ounces Water (H20) which is converted to to HH0 (sounds like h2o?) and it will drive 100 trouble-free miles (farther than most Escorts). I haven't heard any top speeds, but things are looking up in Hummer-land.
Via Mobile Mag
Upon further research, this really isn't adding up unless he found a new and more efficient version of electrolysis. If this is the case, then that (electrolysis) would be the breakthrough.