Month: June 2005

Forget Sony’s PSP, and mock Nintendo’s Play-Yan, because here’s the real hardcore experience for movie fans: a movie played on the Atari Lynx. Sure, right now it only runs at 12fps and lasts about 4 seconds, but the Lynx has never been the bastion of long playtime anyway...[via] Link.

DVD Jon’ Breaks Google Video Lock- Google has released Google Video Viewer, a browser plugin based on VLC. Here’s one of the features they’ve added: msg_Warn( p_access, “invalid host, only video.google.com is allowed” ); This “”feature” prevents you from playing videos that are not hosted on Google’s servers. Download and run this patch I wrote to remove this restriction. Running the patch requires a .NET runtime. [via] Link.

It’s not better with the Butterfly it seems. Update: it’s a Firefox thing, stop sending this in :-] Msn.com updated to filter mouse click events such that right-clicking functionality is only provided by IE. Firefox user’s attempt to open links in another tab find themselves SOL as a right click attempt simply behaves as a left click thereby proceeding to the Msn site in the current window. This is completely uncalled for. To fix this- go to msn.com, open adblock, block the script http://hp.msn.com/scr/home/msnmoz1021.js, problem solved. Link.

Imagine trying to assemble a full suite of communication tools: When you need extreme mobility today…When an emergency severs your ties to home base…When you set off on an expedition or a world cruise…When you decide the night before to operate Field Day…When your life suddenly depends on what you can pack…When you are moving to an RV, boat, or bicycle…When there’s no more AC power, no cellular phone, and no Internet…When it’s time to grab your stuff and GO!
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The CD Sequencer is an innovative new concept for interactive CD packaging. You can use printed postcards to remix music and store your mixes or share them with friends. Connect…draw…remix uses conductive ink to let you control music using a simple pencil. The object includes cardboard packaging, an enhanced audio CD and a set of printed postcards. Link.

FedEx Furniture is(was) furniture put together by empty FedEx Boxes, and held together by fedex packaging supplies. All of the furniture seen here is 100% functional. The couch is standing/sleeping approved, I sleep on the bed every night, I eat at the dining table, and I work at the desk almost 20 hours a day. The site is gone, rumor is FedEx sent them a Cease and Desist letter? Previous. Dead site.

This fellow is selling thousands of records he has collected all of his life. I’m 60 years old next month and I’ve been collecting (hoarding) records since I was a kid. For years I sold records in Goldmine and Discoveries magazines as Steal-A-Record, all the while buying more and more records. When eBay started I began selling records on eBay. But somewhere along the way I switched over to selling comic books (as Steal-A-Comic) and for a few years now I’ve been wondering what to do with the thousands and thousands and thousands of 45s I’d accumulated. Link.