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Thu Oct 29

Sesame Street - Episode 4162 (Street Scene) 2/2 (via MarshalGrover): NPH as shoe fairy

Sesame Street - Episode 4162 (Street Scene) 1/2 (via MarshalGrover):  NPH as the Shoe Fairy

Wed Oct 28
TashaMarie has posted photos of a M·A·C Cosmetics makeup artist turning a model into a real life comic book character for Halloween. (via Real Life Comic Book Character Makeup )

TashaMarie has posted photos of a M·A·C Cosmetics makeup artist turning a model into a real life comic book character for Halloween. (via Real Life Comic Book Character Makeup

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Tue Oct 27
‘we’ve got some work to do now’ alt. version (via Dr. Monster)

‘we’ve got some work to do now’ alt. version (via Dr. Monster)

Mon Oct 26

Get a sneak peek of Astonishing X-Men, Gifted Episode 1 with this exclusive clip! | Marvel.com News | Marvel.com

listening to "The Sivs - Let it Go 3"

Boo YAH!!! RB @BonVox: “The Sivs are now live on Blip.fm #musicmonday”

listening to "Flogging Molly - Devil

HELL YEAH!

listening to "Dropkick Murphys -

I’m wearing my Black #utilitkilt today for the first time in a weeks.

“ So it’s a very high-specced, brand new panel that’s apparently not being mass-produced yet (since no other monitors for sale are using it). That must be expensive. How much of the base 27” iMac’s $1700 retail cost does this represent? The closest existing panel for comparison, spec-wise, is the 30” IPS panel that Apple uses in their Cinema Display. It has the ultra-high resolution and size, but doesn’t compete with the 27” iMac’s panel for brightness, contrast, power efficiency, or color range. It’s overpriced by today’s standards at $1800, but not by much — Dell’s original 30” monitor with the same panel is $1200, and a newer version with better specs (although still not as good as the new iMac’s) is $1700. A standalone monitor with the new iMac’s panel would be perfectly reasonably priced at about $1500. From Dell. Apple’s only charging $200 more than that for theirs, and there’s an entire high-end computer stuck to the back of it. When they mentioned on last week’s quarterly earnings call that they expected lower profit margins for a new product, I don’t think anyone expected a change of this magnitude. How are they making anything — or even not losing money — with the base-model 27” iMac? My guess: a massively successful negotiation with the panel’s manufacturer (most likely LG) to get not only an incredible price on these panels, but also apparent exclusivity for a while. It’s a hell of an accomplishment, and presumably a hell of an effort, for a computer that isn’t even Apple’s most-selling model (or even product line). That raises a more interesting question: Why? Until we know why the panel is so cheap, I bet we’re going to see a lot of Mac Pro owners buying 27” monitors for $1700 and trying to figure out what to do with the free computer stuck to the back. For new-computer shopping, a lot of people are going to abandon whichever laptop or Mac Pro they were considering and get this instead. That helps answer the “why” question: Maybe Apple wants to push more buyers away from today’s default system-type choice — laptops — and show them why they should consider getting a fast, spacious desktop instead. And, for the time being, it’s a desktop with absolutely no equivalent in the PC world. Marco.org - The more I think and learn about the curious…

Dressing up as Balloon Boy, Kanye West or some other Internet hit this Halloween? Don’t even bother: these real life iPhone costumes already took 1st and 2nd place for best novelty outfits ever. The costumes took 3 weeks to build, with each weighing 85lbs and requiring a car battery to be worn between the wearer’s legs. An iPhone 3GS is attached to a 42″ LCD screen (not touch screen, alas), turning the wearer into a human-sized iPhone. Co-creator John Savio writes: This all started two years ago Reko Rivera and Bobby Hartman created a wearable large iPhone costume with a real 37″ lcd tv. An iPod was attached with a looping video of a real iphones screen in normal use. This time with the help of John Savio and John Matthews the team created yet another amazing rendition of the new iPhone 3GS…The team has about $2000 into the two costumes and has no regrets! Does geekery know no bounds? (via Real Life iPhone Costumes Put Your Crappy Halloween Outfit to Shame [VIDEO]

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Sun Oct 25
Jacob Grier may have won first prize with yon Sleeping Scotsman. Dr. Demento listeners should get the reference. If not, you have Google there, people. Use it. The smoky and salty quaff pictured here has my mouth watering. Also, Embury while being a font of great information, is a snotty purist who needs to be taken with these grains of salt. ;) (via Colonel Tiki’s Drinks » Blog Archive » Mixology Monday Wrap-up December 2008 – Spice )

Jacob Grier may have won first prize with yon Sleeping Scotsman. Dr. Demento listeners should get the reference. If not, you have Google there, people. Use it. The smoky and salty quaff pictured here has my mouth watering. Also, Embury while being a font of great information, is a snotty purist who needs to be taken with these grains of salt. ;) (via Colonel Tiki’s Drinks » Blog Archive » Mixology Monday Wrap-up December 2008 – Spice

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Fri Oct 23
Each pivoting bottle door is 9’-6” wide and 9’ tall and consists of a welded aluminum frame and 1,590 horizontally stacked empty beer bottles, some of which were original Blatz bottles found in unopened boxes in the basement of this old brewery. Using CNC technology, the bottles are held in place by a thin web of precision-milled neoprene rings that are suspended between the members of the aluminum frame. (via Blatz Brewery Bottles Get A New Life | SustainaBrew )

Each pivoting bottle door is 9’-6” wide and 9’ tall and consists of a welded aluminum frame and 1,590 horizontally stacked empty beer bottles, some of which were original Blatz bottles found in unopened boxes in the basement of this old brewery. Using CNC technology, the bottles are held in place by a thin web of precision-milled neoprene rings that are suspended between the members of the aluminum frame. (via Blatz Brewery Bottles Get A New Life | SustainaBrew

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MYRTLE BEACH Take note of this, beer-thirsty beach vacationers: A Piggly Wiggly grocery store in Myrtle Beach is becoming the first in South Carolina to sell 64-ounce glass containers that you can fill by using in-store beer taps. Once the operation is up and running, customers will have a choice of four selections to fill the capped containers, known as “growlers.” To start, the store will offer Founders Breakfast Stout (marketed as a “coffee-lovers” beer), Bell’s Best Brown Ale (a fall and winter seasonal), Moylan’s Hopsickle Imperial IPA (a triple-hops brew) and Hercules Double IPA (a 10-percent high-gravity developed by the Great Divide Brewing company). The growlers will range in price from $11 to $20. Considering a 22-ounce bottle of the Hopsickle normally sells for $9.99 plus tax at Piggly Wiggly, the increased volume should appease the consumer already set on that beer, said Michael Byrd, assistant store director at Piggly Wiggly in Market Common, off U.S. 501. (via Care for a draft beer with your groceries? - CharlotteObserver.com )

MYRTLE BEACH Take note of this, beer-thirsty beach vacationers: A Piggly Wiggly grocery store in Myrtle Beach is becoming the first in South Carolina to sell 64-ounce glass containers that you can fill by using in-store beer taps. Once the operation is up and running, customers will have a choice of four selections to fill the capped containers, known as “growlers.” To start, the store will offer Founders Breakfast Stout (marketed as a “coffee-lovers” beer), Bell’s Best Brown Ale (a fall and winter seasonal), Moylan’s Hopsickle Imperial IPA (a triple-hops brew) and Hercules Double IPA (a 10-percent high-gravity developed by the Great Divide Brewing company). The growlers will range in price from $11 to $20. Considering a 22-ounce bottle of the Hopsickle normally sells for $9.99 plus tax at Piggly Wiggly, the increased volume should appease the consumer already set on that beer, said Michael Byrd, assistant store director at Piggly Wiggly in Market Common, off U.S. 501. (via Care for a draft beer with your groceries? - CharlotteObserver.com

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Thu Oct 22
A Cheshire Kitten (Halloween Night) | Vladstudio.com - free desktop wallpapers, widescreen, dual monitors, iPhone wallpapers, backgrounds for mobile phones, wallpaper clocks, e-cards

A Cheshire Kitten (Halloween Night) | Vladstudio.com - free desktop wallpapers, widescreen, dual monitors, iPhone wallpapers, backgrounds for mobile phones, wallpaper clocks, e-cards

The Nightmare Before Christmas In 3D - Making Of | SPIKE