March 2008
43 posts
NBC greenlights Knight Rider weekly series →
If you saw the two hour movie pilot, you’ll know this can be nothing but a bad thing.
“Another problem for Top Gear in America is the biting humour and criticisms of...”
– Jay Leno describing why Top Gear will never work in America (via Times Online:FinalGear)
Google Maps Street View Expanded
Google Maps Street View has been updated, as of the 27th. Now included:
Albuquerque
Anchorage
Austin
Cleveland
Fairbanks
Little Rock
Madison
Nashville
Richmond
Rockford
Spokane
Tampa
Yosemite National Park in California
(listing via Wikipedia)
Cops Bust High School Root Beer Kegger →
marco: Why is bottled orange juice always so terrible? Because you didn’t buy Simply Orange, or Tropicana Pure Premium.
Egg McMuffin inventor dies at 89 →
My breakfasts would be far more boring if it wasn’t for his work.
“This breakdown of the cost of a typical major-label release by the independent...”
– Rolling Stone:/.
Manipulating individual notes in recorded music →
Someone has created software that allows you to modify individual notes within recorded music, like you would do with MIDI. That means you can modify a strummed chord on a guitar by editing individual notes within that chord. I’m no audio engineer, but that’s insane. The video is long, but very cool to watch for a few minutes. Via hilker:syzlak
Rock Band Wii on June 22nd →
Finally. I’m stoked. If you haven’t played this game, it isn’t anywhere near as lame as it looks.
GT-R does 60 in 3.3 and Quarter Mile in 11.5 (!) →
That’s utterly tremendous.
“I went to the Apple store last night to look into the iTouch. I brought my own...”
– My dad
Woman Goes for Leg Operation, Gets New Anus... →
Headline of the day
Type Counts and Graphs in the .NET Framework →
Some very interesting statistics and graphs regarding the number of types/namespaces/instructions/etc in the .NET Framework. As a .NET developer myself, this was particularly interesting. (via /.)
Telsa Roadster Begins Regular Production →
“If you’ve ever visited the ultra-orthodox Jewish communities of Jerusalem, all...”
– Joel Spolsky on Standards Compliance
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In honor of Pi Day. “Lose Yourself (in the...
Woman Sat on Toilet for 2 Years →
Mario Kart Wii: April 27 →
Remove Band-Aids Painlessly with Vodka →
Seems like a waste of vodka to me…
2008 M3 Coupe being marked up to $100,000 →
The new M3 coupe is being marked up to $100k. That is asinine. I’ve driven the last generation M3, as well as the one before that. They’re great cars. However, they’re not $100k great. Yet another reason why despite being the “Ultimate Driving Machine”, I doubt I’ll ever drive a bimmer.
Subprime Primer →
marco: An MSPaint-drawn explanation about the subprime mortgage problem. (thanks, dihard) I didn’t find the time to look at this until just now, but this was awesome. Doubly so, since my wife and I are trying to buy our first home currently.
WatchI don’t even know what to say. (via Autoblog)
WatchMario Kart Wii multiplayer footage. Can you tell I’m excited about this game? (via Nintendo Wii Fanboy)
Buddhist Monks Warned To Stop Using Social... →
“The [Mario Kart Wii] Channel lets you register friends and check their online...”
– Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Duh Moment
If you try to compress 11.1 GB of compressed data, you end up with 11.0 GB of compressed compressed data.
Said differently, there’s no need to compress your mp3s.
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“Volvo. Makers of cars for the middle aged—rolling Valium.”
– Tom Ford of Fifth Gear
“TMI’s assumption of North American [Ariel] Atom manufacturing and support...”
– New company adopts Ariel Atom in the U.S. - Autoblog