NY Teen bites RIAA back!

Posted by Pete on January 31st, 2007

The RIAA clan decided to sue a New York 16-year-old boy accusing him of being a pirate and thief. So the boy in turn is counter-suing the recording industry accusing them of violating antitrust laws, conspiring to defraud the courts and making extortionate threats. Yah!

I’ve had enough of the RIAA and their BS! I won’t be buying another record from that bunch of idiots. F*&% THEM and the people who are involved with them!

Robert Santangelo and his lawyer, Jordan Glass, responded at length on Tuesday, raising 32 defenses, demanding a jury trial and filing a counterclaim against the companies for allegedly damaging the boy’s reputation, distracting him from school and costing him legal fees.

This kid needs all the help he can get.

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Apple splashes on some colors over the iPod Shuffle!

Posted by Pete on January 30th, 2007

Apple puts some color onto their Shuffle. This includes an orange I haven’t seen on the nano. I love my iPod (not the shuffle - it’s the video).
Does the job exactly how I need it to. :-)

iPod Shuffle commercial

See iPod shuffle new colors

BumpTop 3D Desktop Prototype Video

Posted by Pete on January 27th, 2007

I really like it! Looking forward to see if this desktop technique will be the one to use as a 3D feel becomes more and more part of our everyday computer experience.

BumpTop aims to enrich the desktop metaphor with expressive, lightweight techniques found in the real world.

Watching the video shows it is very flexible in how we would use it, to be able to resize icons, place them or pile them up as we see fit. Definitely something to keep an eye on as it develops.

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Giant Fish caught!

Posted by Pete on January 27th, 2007

Wow! This is what I call a big fish!

A fish vendor inspects a fish of 2.4 metres long and 340 kilograms at a seafood market in Wenzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province January 23, 2007. The large fish was caught by a fisherman in the East China Sea. [Xinhua]

Fishy

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Wordpress 2.1 Ella Released!

Posted by Pete on January 24th, 2007

Lots of changes in this release, including smoother looking administration! Lots of extra ajax too!

  • Autosave makes sure you never lose a post again.
  • Our new tabbed editor allows you to switch between WYSIWYG and code editing instantly while writing a post.
  • The lossless XML import and export makes it easy for you to move your content between WordPress blogs.
  • Our completely redone visual editor also now includes spell checking.
  • New search engine privacy option allows you take you to indicate your blog shouldn’t ping or be indexed by search engines like Google.
  • Installed on the site and things went well without a hitch!

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    Global warming is here!

    Posted by Pete on January 23rd, 2007

    Wake up people! This seems to be a big problem needing some attention. Global warming is happening now and scientists see doom coming very soon. What can you do?

    A draft copy of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, obtained by The Observer, shows the frequency of devastating storms - like the ones that battered Britain last week - will increase dramatically. Sea levels will rise over the century by around half a metre; snow will disappear from all but the highest mountains; deserts will spread; oceans become acidic, leading to the destruction of coral reefs and atolls; and deadly heatwaves will become more prevalent.

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    Falls 16 stories and lives to tell the tale

    Posted by Pete on January 21st, 2007

    An amazing story of a Minneapolis man somehow falling out a 16 floor window and surviving with only a broken leg. The 29-year-old man was apparently horsing around with his pals when he ended up crashing through a double-paned window with safety bar in front of it and landing on a roof overhang.

    When rescue crews arrived, firefighters had to first extricate Hanson from the awning and metal grating while paramedics worked to stabilize him, said Assistant Fire Chief Ulie Seal. Hanson was conscious and communicating as he was taken off the overhang, according to the police report.

    Quoted
    Have another drink!

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    Homeless people get thier property destroyed by police in St. Petersburg, Florida

    Posted by Pete on January 20th, 2007

    I have to say this is one of the most disturbing things I’ve seen this week. Apparently they (Florida government officials) haven’t found a better solution to their homeless problem other than using box cutters to destroy the only home these people have in Florida.

    Was this really necessary? You be the judge.

    St. Pete’s battle against homeless video

    Tarzana? Half-animal woman found in Cambodian Jungle!

    Posted by Pete on January 19th, 2007

    First thing I thought.. yeah right. After reading about the once 8 year old girl lost and found 19 years later, makes me want to see a video.
    A documentary later down the road would be great. Would be interesting to see how the woman behaves in her new environment along with her story once she learns how to talk again.
    Is an amazing story if true. Time will tell.

    Read more about jungle woman found in Cambodia

    Inkjet waterfall by Jeep

    Posted by Pete on January 18th, 2007

    Printers getting more innovating as each day goes by. This video shows what a water inkjet is capable of.

    Jeep waterfall video


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