Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of Beer and Microsoft


Google Maps Facelift
Scoble Sellout Part Three? - Twitter Adverts
R/C Cooler Brings The Beer To You
LED cape
Yahoo’s Tumbling House Of Cards
LinkedIn vs. Facebook 6 Months Later
How to Thief-Proof Your Laptop
Swiss Company Selling America in Late May
Microsoft donates special 360 kiosks to children's hospitals
Shape-Shifting Robots
Robot Laser Deathmatch Is Just Practice For World Takeover

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Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of Tail Communicators and Wheelchairs


Amazon Gives $50 Credit to HD DVD Player Purchasers
Your Dog Wants An LED Tail Communicator
Getting Yourself Fired, the Easy Way
Pedal Powered Wheelchair Seems So Wrong
A word of caution
Man repeatedly calls late wife's voicemail
Zac Browser for Autistic Children
Functional Dollhouse Television
Luxury Gas Masks
USB Smart Cable Cellphone Strap Not Inaptly Named

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Monday, April 07, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of accodians and Street Views


Make Your Own Temporary Tattoos from Your Printer - Great way to test out an idea before it becomes permanent.
Accordian retracting USB flash drive - GENIUS! No cap to lose.
Who Says Print is Dead? Local Blog Finds Success Offline
DIY etching tank
Capturx Digital Pen Turns Jotted Notes to Text
Snakes, Rovers and Googly Eyes: New Robot Masters Take Many Forms
Pittsburgh couple sues Google over Street View
Buy a 'Surface' Computer, but Not From Microsoft!
FIRST robotics competition
Pizza.com domain name fetches millions - One of the few who got lucky with a domain purchase years ago.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of TV Stands and Hulus


Ex-Googler Launches Search Engine Community, Topicle
Automatic Etch-A-Sketch Clock
The Idea Behind "Can Google Hear Me"
Thanko Motorized TV Stand For Getting Your Wii On - There are lots of Wii gadgets popping up.
Oil paintings inspired by Internet memes
If It Doesn't Rot, Don't Eat It - I guess that means no more Mountain Dew.
Asus MS71 - USB Flash Drive and Mouse - Good combo.
CSS Minifier : A simplified and performant version
Bringing down an ASP.NET Application for updates
Hulu to offer lulu of a video selection

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Monday, March 10, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of Bloxes and Codes


Padded Lamposts Cause Fuss in London - For GPS using people who never look up from their cell.
May Day Boycott Looming, EBay Revises Impact of 'Bug' - DO NOT USE EBAY ON MAY 1ST!
British Security Camera Can See Through Clothes - Brits rights are quickly disapearring.
1.15: Code Security - This is how crappy code started.
How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips) - Good tips for any business really.
Bloxes Cardboard Modular Building Blocks - These would be awesome to use in a loft.
Gmail Assistant: Keep Tabs on Your Gmail Accounts - Does what it says.
Porcupine Flashlight Weaponized For Your Pleasure - Blind and mame your foes.
Elgan: Making the phone-PC connection - We all want a cell that works seamlessly with our PC.
Savvy Circle Monitors Your Wishlist for Price Drops - Yet another way to get the best price.
Review: Ultimate Ears iPhone Earbuds Let You Talk Pretty, Today - Because earbuds suck.

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Thursday, March 06, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of Dual Sync Outlook and GCal


Tactile Wand For The Visually Impaired
Cheapo Keyboard Has a Hidden Secret -The new junk drawer.
Flexii Vista Compatible Portable USB Paperless Digital Fax Machine-Plug and Play!
Haptic Maglev Controller May Be Coming To Unaffordable Market
Underground 'SneakerNet' Growing In Cuba - Think about how mad you get when your internet kicks the bucket. Imagine not having any access ever, not at all.
Peephole Video Camera
Sync Your GCal to Outlook and Back Automatically - Here we go guys. We have been waiting on this for a long time.
Passively Cooled PC Uses Giant Heat Sink for a Case
Internet Explorer 8 Has Arrived
Top 10 Ways to Get Cables Under Control
AOL Releases Open AIM 2.0
Foiled by the Dictionary - We have all had clients like this.

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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of Mints and Soaps


1.13: Bad News - Comic strip poking fun at Wikipedia.
Google Cleans Up With Gmail Soap - So fresh and so clean, clean.
Take Your iMac Anywhere In This Indestructible iMcruzer Case - And everyone will think you are transferring a weapon of mass destruction.
Portable Clip On Printer For Notebooks - Could come in handy but most hotels have printers you can use.
Mint Gets A Mint
Toast Appliances Are Either Best Or Worst Thing Ever
Lynxmotion DIY Hexapod Kit - We want one now.
Bronze PSP in Japan - AKA Brown.
ClipFinder searches, streams, and downloads - Search all video.
Microsoft LucidTouch Gives Touch Technology the 'Reach Around' - Very neat screen senses your fingers on the back of the device.

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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of Webcams and Androids


Create Video Tutorials with Free Screencasting Software
Philips' Interactive LED Installation at Arkansas Children's Hospital
Kiddo Kidkeeper Proximity Alarm
DIY Tin Can Speakers
Brando USB Flexible Webcam
Surveillance Light -- lamp made from CCTV housings
Beanie features built-in headphones for rocking out in the cold - It has been insanely cold here so we want one of these.
Google Shows Off GMaps Street View on Android
RSS FWD - RSS to your inbox
Network Solutions Sued For Front-Running Domain Names - Good but they are not the only registrar guilty of front-running.

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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of Emoticons and Comcasts


Power Sellers Extend eBay Boycott - It is going to take a lot to get across to eBay.
Download a Gmail Conversation
PageOnce Organizes Your Online Life - Another site to help you keep track of all your sites.
Easily Convert Your Vinyl To MP3s
Some Expert: “Killer Robots Pose Latest Militant Threat”
Realistic, Animatronic Lion Mask with stereo night vision and amplified hearing
LEGO Block as USB Flash Drive - It's LEGOMANIA!
Undocumented Emoticons in Gmail Chat - The crab is great.
Mecha Cellphone, Because Why Not - It is a like a Transformer cell.
Favorit fixes some of Google Reader's shortcomings, adds own
Wireless home router with analogue utilisation meter - Keep an eye on your banwidth usage.
FCC contemplating do-over Comcast hearing at Stanford - Comcast is gonna get it.

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of Buzzes and Flexi-Bendys


Gmail the size of your living room
LINX B-Tube Wireless Speaker In A / Is A Can
Youtube Outage: How Pakistan Broke the Internet
Xdrive releases AIR-based file manager
MyPunchbowl Has Its Own Buzz: News Feed for Parties
Yahoo's Digg-like Buzz
Easily Mount Up To Eight Monitors To Your Desk
EBay Listing Numbers Drop Slightly During Boycott - Not a big impact.
Google Heads Under The Sea With Cable Investment
Why CompUSA Is Selling Broken Merchandise at High Prices - I don't see how this is so shocking.
FCC chief grills Comcast on BitTorrent blocking
Nokia Goes Nano for Flexy-Bendy Handsets - Will this be available in our lifetime?
Manage Your Online Reputation
Unofficial LEGO MP3 Player
Plants that Twitter when they need to be watered - Still funny.

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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of Hostings and LEDS


DIY Remote Camera Trigger
Report: Social network shrinkage in the U.K.?
CCTV Busting Infra-Red Headset Makes You Invisible - All criminals need another means of beating detection.
Google to sell Display Ads in Web Videos
Disable the Right Mouse Button? - Helpful for young children using the computer.
How Has Web Hosting Changed in 10 Years? Not Very Much
Cleveland Clinic to Test Google Health
Retrieve Any File on Your Home Computer via Email, Windows Edition
Commodore 64 Titles To Be Available On Wii’s Virtual Console - Paddle Controllers Will Hopefully Return
Olympic Committe Rules Revealed: No Posting of Media Allowed - This is going to make for some interesting news.
Strap On a Bluetooth Wristband, Stop Missing Calls - We need one of these.
Duty Calls - This guy must use digg.

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of DreamSparks and Camcorders


Convert Your HD DVDs to Blu-Ray - There is hope for those that chose the wrong side.
USB Vacuum Mouse
The Surprisingly Thoughtful Design of a Cheap Camcorder
Monster Cable Defends Overpriced Cables: The Short Form
Network cable macrame - The World will be riddled with these when our generation hits retirement.
DreamSpark, Software for students for free ... seriously
Convert Your Google Calendar to PDF
eBay sellers start weeklong boycott
Double Your Reading Speed with WorldFlashReader
Microsoft Giving Away Zunes - Everybody likes free things.
Yahoo outlines golden parachutes for employees
Transcend StoreJet Keeps Your Mobile Data Safe
Peerflix: Keep Track of Your Movies and Get More, Too
GPS for Women: Go Ahead and Be Offended - Some companies really aim to offend their target consumer.
Strengthening Fluids With Nanoparticles

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Friday, February 15, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of MacGyvers and Kijijis


Google Sees Fifty Times More Traffic From iPhones Than Others
Manage Your Del.icio.us Account from Your Desktop with Netlicious
Motorola Dips Bluetooth Headset in Gold and Rolls it in Diamonds - Made for the Paris Hilton wannabes.
Watch out Craigslist, Sister Site Kijiji Is Taking Off. - Our first look was promising.
Rinspeed Creates Car that Drives Underwater
Can Scotch Tape Really Boost iPhone Signal Strength? - Picked for the awesome pic of MacGyver.
BBtv: Speed Cabling -- competitive ethernet detangling sport.
PDFEscape: Free, Easy, Web-Based PDF Editing
Add On-Screen Display and Key Triggers to iTunes with iTunesControl - Getting this today.
CompUSA Employees Jerking Off As They Await Store's Death
Pocket-Sized Guitar Hero from Basic Fun Lets You Rawk Out on the Subway - We all know a Guitar Hero junkie.

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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of LinkBunches and Postcrossings


Shrink Multiple Links to One URL with LinkBunch
10 Handy Numbers to Save in Your Mobile Phone - I am going to work on this.
Finally: Philips AAA-Enabled Cellphone In Production - Never ever run out of power again. You could carry a whole pack of AAA's with you all the time.
High-tech Social Security Cards: The Answer to ID Fraud or Future Gadgets Waiting to be Abused?
Google releases new Android SDK
Find Legal Forms and Info at The Public Library of Law
37Signals' Backpack Getting Major Upgrade - Losing Focus?
Imeem Acquires Snocap
Postcrossing - Send a (paper) post card to a random person and another random person will send you one. What fun!
Video: Amazing Oscilloscope Hack
Wi-Fi Detector Shirt - Glowing animated shirt dynamically displays the current wi-fi signal strength.
Firefox 3 Beta 3 Now Available
Now dry out with your favorite Tee with eco-friendly care

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of 404's and Snaps


Tired of Blackberry Outages? Run Your Own Blackberry Server Instead
Your Phone is Your Mic: SpinVox Lets Users Talk to Twitter, Facebook, and Jaiku (Europe Only) - We love anyting using speech to text tech.
Gadget Lets You Record Phone Calls to PC
Quickly Compose New Gmail Messages with Launchy - Sweet!
Dean Kamen’s Robotic “Luke” Arm
iGTR Lets You Rock Out Anywhere With Your iPod
Study: 6% of People Online Contribute 50% of Display Ad Clicks
Google Toolbar and 404 Error Pages - We don't see anyting wrong with it.
Auto-Loading Toaster With Motorized Slot Cover Is Way Cooler Than I Make It sound
Snap Instant Communicator: The Web intercom - Very handy for anyone who telecommutes.
Sandwich Maker for your Car - Nothing liking making a grilled cheese at 90 mph.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of Crates and Players


UK tries to sneak in redonkulous new anti-piracy legislation
Swift does mobile blogging for the LEGO generation
My Weight Loss Coach For The Nintendo DS To Include Pedometer Accessory - Maybe our nation will lose some weight.
Who Owns What: Keep Track of Web 2.0 Mergers
Casulo: Complete Furniture in a Crate - I want one.
Send Text Messages With The D:Scribe Pen
Bill Gates gives up on Facebook
Blackberry Email Server Malfunctions, Takes Down User Email and Net Browsing
MySpace Quietly Launches Games Site
Going Paperless at Home? - What paper do you "have" to keep?
Energizer's "Light on Demand" LED Rechargeable Lamps
Dynaflex Powerball Docking Station Seems Like Cheating
JotYou: Location-Based Mobile Phone Messaging - Never again forget the milk.
Sick: Heart-Shaped MP3 Player For Devoted Lovers of Tastelessness - Perfect Valentine's gift for YOUR MOM!
Microsoft Responds - It's not over.

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Friday, February 08, 2008

Daliy Link Roundup of Home Theaters and Sharks with Laser beams on their heads


Explay's Tiny Projector Goes on Show
Lock Up Your USB Ports With PC Guardian
$6 Million Home Movie Theater is "The Greatest Show on Earth" - I need to become friends with Jeremy Kipnis.
Internet Cables And Sharks With Laser Beams On Their Heads
British Hovering Chair Floats on Magnets
Generating Power From Revolving Doors
Yahoo Board To Determine Fate Of Company Today
AT&T Says iPhone Upgraders Can Keep Existing Contract and Phone Number
What to do when you've lost your berry - Very useful for the crackberry users out there.
Moroccan Man Jailed For Fake Facebook Profile
Wiretracks - Hide Unsightly Cables Behind Crown Molding Or Baseboards - Dispeals fears of every wife of nerd.

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Thursday, February 07, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of Converters and Seedpeers


Five Email Addresses that Convert Documents - Very useful in a pinch.
Yahoo! Begins Offering Unlimited Web Hosting
Check Gmail from the Couch with Your Apple Remote - For those of us too lazy to walk in the other room.
So much for whitespace: AdCamo launches background ad network
Three Solar Chargers on a Mountain - Neat but takes away a good excuse "Sorry I missed your call, I was on a mountain".
Remove Stains from a Macbook with Toothpaste
New R/C Car Is Powered By Hydrogen Fuel Cells - Toys were not this cool when we were little.
TSA apologizes to "blogesphere" for arbitrary gadget screenings
Avoid Downloading Fake Torrents with SeedPeer - Have any of you had this happen?
Google Thought To Be Out Of The Running In The Wireless Spectrum Auction
CSS3 ::selection used to hide any image in text - Not very useful, but very neat.
Ex-Googlers Launch Instructional Video Site Howcast, Raise $8 Million A Round
Cosmos: An open-source .Net-based microkernel OS is born - w00t!
A dozen free & essential apps for Windows

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Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of BodiBeats and Disruptions


America's Most Wired Cities - ATL! Top of the list baby.
Col-Pop: Fast Food Drink Caddie for Snacks
Kodak Reinvents the Pixel
Migrate All Your Old Gmail to a New Gmail Address
Yamaha BodiBeat Plays Music at Your Pace - I might start running just so I can use this.
Virgin will use biodiesel in test flight
MySpace Unveils Test Version of Developer Platform
iPod Blamed in Train Death - Yet another iPod related death.
Manage Your Tracking Numbers with Track My Shipments
Disruption began to affect much of the Middle East on Wednesday- Parts of India are without internet.
Speed Up Disk Access by Disabling Last Access Updating in Windows XP
History's Greatest Gadgets
Google releases Social Graph API
Is Google's Social Graph API a Creeping Privacy Violation? - Skip to "Issues and Objections" for the meat.

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Friday, February 01, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of Yahoos and Internet Radios


Keyboard With Trackpad Is Perfect For Your HTPC
Photo: Belgian Swarm Bots
Microsoft Makes $44.6 Billion Bid for Yahoo - What new apps will come of this?
Working Class Heroes "Unfold" Laptop Bag
Make Your Own Mooninite LED Sign
Go-One Recumbent Tricycle - We can not figure out how you see where your going.
Leica Introduces Perpetual Update Program for M8
Slacker Portable Internet Radio
Belvedere Automated File Manager Gets New Features, New Look
True Gadget Love: Old Game & Watch Nintendo Handheld and Cellphone Get Together
Cell Phone Powered By 'Supercomputer' Demoed
iPods Don't Kill Elderly After All
Nuviphone: Garmin Announces First Credible iPhone Competitor
New Highly Efficient ‘Solar Panels’ Could Work Day And Night - Solar energy at its best.
Amazon Strengthens Its Digital Hand With $300 Million Purchase of Audible

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Daliy Link Roundup of iPod Translators and Phantom Mice


Give a Presentation like Steve Jobs
Army's iPod Translator Coming To Consumers
Google Introduces Three "Experimental" Searches
Stylophone Reborn - It just looks annoying.
Always Look Busy With The Phantom Mouse
NEC Fuel Cell Phone Looks Like a Bic Lighter - I would be afraid that the TSA would try to keep my phone the next time I flew.
Save Ink, Paper, and Money with GreenPrint - We like this cuz were cheap.
Why the Music Industry is Lying to You
If Apple Sold Sheets Of Paper... - It's funny cuz it's true.
Dear Google: 2000 Called, It Wants Its Ad Format Back - Not real sure if we agree with this view.
Has Your Cell Phone Replaced Your Watch? - Our office is split on this one.
Crunchies. Ingredients: Fail - More importantly, "Oh, right. One more thing. This is the last Uncov. Ever." Can this be true?!?!
Apple I Need My Wireless Access - USB 3G modems won't fit in the MacBook Air. So funny.

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Friday, January 25, 2008

Daily Link Roundup of Micro-Printing and Digital Clouds


New Robotics Challenge Aims To Develop Friendly Highly Autonomous Robots
Fine Print: New Technique Allows Fast Printing Of Microscopic Electronics
Create Business Cards for Free with Deyey
Troika’s Digital Cloud - An amazing kinetic sculpture
OTTO Hears All
Google May Knee Cap Domain Tasting
Art of data-center cabling
Walking chair sculpture isn't a chair, but it walks
Camera In A Pill Offers Cheaper, Easier Window On Your Insides
DIY Roll-Up Keyboard
Australian girl switched blood type after transplant

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Daily Link Roundup


[NAIAS 2008] Camaro Bumblebee - As seen in Transformers
P2P movie site Jaman signs deal with TIVO
AT&T's Retarded Plan to Filter the Internet
Yahoo Implements OpenID; Massive Win For The Project
CES: Demo: WowWee Wrex The Dawg
Triggit: Weird but handy blogging tool
Garmin Forerunner 405 GPS Watch
Flickr to host Library of Congress photos
[NAIAS 2008] Saturn Flextreme Plug-in Concept - With built-in Segway storage.
Top 10 Telephone Tricks
Jobs: Kindle Will Fail. Why? People Don't Read!
How Do You Deal with Gadget Lust?
How to Boost Your Productivity with Jott
Disposable Microscope Cards
Siemens Touch Sensitive Stovetops
Better Gmail 2 Firefox Extension for New Gmail - New release of "Better Gmail" FF Extention.
Sun acquires MySQL; Adds to its software stack - Holy poo that's some big news.
Exploration Of Lake Hidden Beneath Antarctica's Ice Sheet Begins - Getting into the lake is a huge technological challenge.
Ancient "Lost City" Discovered in Peru, Official Claims
Gmail Adds New Shortcut, Archive from Inbox Every Time

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Daily Link Roundup



The Danger of Free - A critical look at the ad-supported internet.
FDA Gives Cloned Beef And Dairy The OK
Replace Bulky Document Binders with Chicago Screws -
Faucet Buddy checks water temperature - As it comes out of your faucet.
Bag of rice with new baby's photo
Dreamhost Overbills Customers $7.5 Million; Uses Homer Simpson To Deliver Apology
Budclicks Add Personality to Your iPod Buds
Macworld: iTunes Movie Rentals And Apple TV is Now a Standalone Box
iGoogle Theme Directory - Lots of new themes added, and soon you'll be able to add your own!
Pluggd Lets You Search Inside Podcasts and Web Video - And pave the way for context-sensative ad placement during video playback.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

50 Google Calendar Tips

The folks over at VirtualHosting.com sent us their list of 50 tips, tweaks and hacks for making the most of Google Calendar. These include Basic Tips, Scripts, Extensions & Add-Ons, Hacks & Tricks, and Calendar Syncs. It's worth at least a glance to anyone who uses Google Calendar, but where's our Jott to Google Calendar on the list, guys?


Which tip is our favorite? Probably the Display Current Timeline Greasemonkey script:
This simple Greasemonkey script creates a floating red line that displays just where you are during each day so you can keep up to the minute on what appointments are coming up.
Thanks for the tip. Link

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Friday, January 11, 2008

Daily Link Roundup



ATAX Survival Tool
The MP3 speaker jacket - Although jackets integrating MP3 players are nothing new, this is the first we’ve seen that makes wearers look like they’ve just washed up from a shipwreck.
CES: Big, Bad-Ass Speakers We Wish We Could Afford
Review: Eye Fi 2GB SD Card Wins CES Award For a Good Reason
Nintendo cross-stitches
Tiny Camera Stand Is Flexible, Fits On Your Keychain
Dreamflyer - Personal Flight Simulator Machine
Network Solutions Using Questionable Tactic to Sell More Domain Names - aka DO NOT SEARCH FOR DOMAIN NAMES THROUGH NETWORK SOLUTIONS!
Import Your Hotmail Messages into Gmail
Nintendo Wii Mii-Shaped Chocolates for Valentine's Day - The figures aren't based on your own Mii avatars... Sorry.
Steal Download Music From Any Shared iTunes Library with OurTunes
Flyby Of Mercury Coming Up In NASA's Messenger Mission - Exploring some of the last unexplored terrain in the inner solar system at 141 thousand mph!
Video of people from 1 to 100 hitting a drum - Not exactly tech-centric, but rather neat.
Swedish MPs call for legalized file-sharing - Seven Swedish Members of Parliament from the Moderate Party have written a stirring call for the legalization of file-sharing.
CES best of show winners from ZDNet.com

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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Daily Link Roundup

Today brings us some gorgeously geeky artwork, a brew baking Bender and (of course) more new neat gadgets from CES.




"Supersonic" Zeppelin-Shaped Theremin by Björn Schülke - Visit the link to his site for more geek-savvy sculptures.
Take Screenshots of Complete Web Pages with Screengrab (Firefox)
CES: LG Watch Phone Prototypes - A watch phone that doesn't suck?
Saitek’s New Cyborg Gaming Keyboard Lets You Assign Colors To Key Zones
CES: Flir's Predator-Vision Security Cam Defends Conference Hall Table
The beer brewing Bender replica - Robots and beer!
Naps Help Your Memory, New Study Suggests
CES: Hands-on with the Philips 'WOW vx' 3D Display - True 3D without the glasses.
CES: Panasonic's Enormous 150" Plasma TV Dwarfs All Competitors
Case holds stun gun and iPod
Bombshell: Google and Facebook Join DataPortability.org - The group is working on a variety of projects to foster an era of Data Portability - where users can take their data from the websites they use to reuse it elsewhere.
Sceners Threaten to Destroy BitTorrent, “One Step at a Time”
TV star publishes bank details in anti-privacy editorial, gets ripped off

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Friday, January 04, 2008

Daily Link Roundup