It’s been a long semester, but we’re finally at Christmas Break and we have sold a few more books than last year. We also have more pages done than ever before. And finally, last night I had a dream of more snow in Houston. Not likely I know, so I’ll have to deliver a blizzard of links. 1 – While 2009 may not have been a wonderful year for most, it was a […]
Last year we shared a clever hack for turning a Stolmen storage pole into a compact and apartment-friendly bike rack. The hack didn't work on carpet, but this modification makes it more adaptable. The problem with the original design was that it relied on consistent tension between the ceiling and the floor. Great for firm floors like hardwood, tile, or […]
The New York Times' jazz authorities have weighed in with their Top 10 lists for 2009 jazz:Ben Ratliff's picksNate Chinen's picksThe pick in common was Historicity from the Vijay Iyer Trio. Making the hard big-band choice that stumped me when I made my list, Ratliff opted for eternal interlude from the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, while Chi […]
When we go to bed at night, are the contents of our refrigerators, utility shelves and medicine cabinets throwing wild parties, getting amorous, acting out plays and engaging in cannibalism? Maybe not, but it’s fun to imagine them getting up to all kinds of mischief behind closed doors, and that’s exactly what a photo series called “Bent Objects” by Terry B […]
One of the many interesting things about James Cameron's Avatar is how utterly and completely it implicates the human race -- and thus its own audience -- in the atrocities that certain human characters commit against the N'avi, the humanoid species that lives on the alien moon of Pandora.The evils of humanity are made pretty explicit in the script […]
1) Stride pianist Chris Dawson gifts us here with impeccable renditions of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and Here Come Santa Claus. 2) A set from Dave Douglas Quintet's hit last week at the Village Vanguard can be downloaded here. 3) Montreal pianist Geoff Lapp offers a disc's worth of live tracks from an August 2009 trio concert here.4) […]
With only a few weeks left until we close out the 'naughts and move into the teens, it's almost obligatory to take a look back at the best and not-so-best of the last decade. With that in mind, I polled the O'Reilly editors, authors, Friends, and a number of industry movers and shakers to gather nominations. I then tossed them in the trash and […]
Mike from Milwaukee puts together an epic review of “Star Wars: the Phantom Menace”. This is not just a blathering fan-boy rant, but a well crafted and often side-splittingly funny review of the suckage that was episode 1. “In this opening segment I discuss the major flaw of The Phantom Menace which is the characters and the lack of connection with the audie […]
Posted by randfishFirst off, apologies for my absence from the blog these past few days. It's been an incredibly busy time, trying to wrap things up before I leave for San Diego over the holidays. So much for a December lull... In this post, I'm going to try tackling a lot of the recent trends we've been observing from the engines and talk abo […]
Dan goes into “the cloud,” with Encoding.com COO Jeff Malkin in this episode. The online company specializes in simple upload, processing and download of multiple file types you choose for any source file. Itʼs a new age in media, and Encoding.com helps you fit square pegs into round holes easily. Jeff Malkin is a serial entrepreneur with a background in launch […]
A few years back my mom called from California asking for help with her PC. She was having some sort of problem with an application (really, on a PC?) and as she struggled to explain what it was she finally asked, "Can you just get onto my computer through your computer and fix it?" She explained she had seen someone do just that in a movie or TV s […]
Reports News 9, "She says she is not sure how her 4-year-old managed to get out of the house, open a beer, and steal the neighbors' presents from under their tree" : This is so sad: a 4-year-old Chattanooga boy got out of the house, somehow got hold of and opened a beer, then wandered the neighborhood and snatched a few gifts from under a tree […]
We've mentioned this extraordinary case before, but it's only just become available for purchase and there's some good news. The finished product looks almost exactly like the concept we saw in March. Read Full Post
by Patrick Jarenwattananon Where we're swimming in top ten lists of all stripes ... --The Top Tens Keep Coming: JazzTimes unveils the top 50 new jazz releases of 2009 on its critics' poll aggregation -- and you can browse the individual ballots too. Elsewhere, there's: Fred Kaplan for Slate Will Layman and Andrew Zender for PopMatters Karl Sta […]
Alex Michaelis es arquitecto y muy buen padre, y diseñó una escalera resbalín a petición de sus hijos. Pueden ver más fotos de su casa aquí. [English] This creative slide next to the staircase was designed by London architect Alex Michaelis at the request of his children. More pics of his house here. Via fysf
Every week we bring you fresh workspaces from the Lifehacker Workspace Show and Tell pool, all supplied by you—the awesome Lifehacker readership. Today we're highlighting the 25 most popular workspaces of 2009. Featured workspaces cover a wide range of designs, budgets, and occupations. We've featured entire offices, individual offices, home office […]
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4 novembre, 2008 à 1:48
je donne 100% à ce costume!
les guillemets vide donne une touche très ”inquiétante étrangeté”