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Firefox 2 Officially Released!
GO GET IT! More info over at Gen’s
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Call Me! – Futurephone
David Pogue explains how you can call from the US to overseas, from a regular phone, for free: Free Overseas Phone Calls There’s an interesting back end to this story as well, which he covered in his e-mail newsletter this week: From the Desk of David Pogue: The Final Word on Futurephone ////////////////////////////// By now, you might be sick of hearing about Futurephone, the company I recently profiled in my blog http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/10/09/09pogues-posts-4/ because it offers totally free international phone calls to over 50 countries. No signup, no fees, no surrendering your name or address. Man, we’re a cynical bunch these days. Very few of you were persuaded that Futurephone’s business…
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Anousheh Ansari
Did everyone read her Space Blog? This has to be one of the most inspirational blog posts ever.
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Speaking of shit sandwiches…
BREAKING NEWS ALERT! Chinese like to gobble a dick all kinds of dick: Beijing’s penis emporium I will admit to having eaten bull penis and testicle soup (respectively, cartilaginous and spongy), poached cod sperm (creamy), and a few other weird things, but I absolutely draw the line at seal penis (I once saw a walrus’ penis and it was like a beige fire hydrant) and aborted reindeer foetus.
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neave.tv
Whoa Keanu, you gotta check out this experimental video site: http://www.neave.tv Too cool for words.
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Quick note on contemporary cop/spy shows
I like The Wire a lot (especially the first season), but it’s somewhat overrated – I personally think The Shield is a better series. Likewise, the British series Spooks is pretty good at times, but it’s very overrated – and to call it “better than 24,” as I’ve seen on a few boards is just a joke – fuck thee not with the JB, yo. “Just another day in the LBC CTU”
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The Girl from Ipanema
Almost 50 different covers of Garota de Ipanema in mp3 format. The original, of course, was written by Ricky Martin and performed by Menudo. I’ve always secretly hoped for a cover by Napalm Death. (thx bree)
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Jonesing for Homer?
Watch all 18 seasons of the Simpsons for free: LINK
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Earthsea in Japan
From the desk of Ursula K. Le Guin: A First Response to “Gedo Senki,” the Earthsea film made by Goro Miyazaki for Studio Ghibli. I think I may want to watch this one sometime (as opposed to the steaming pile that the Sci-Fi channel created a couple years ago) (wow, 2 gandaaalf-ish posts in a row!)
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Fo the G-man
Yo man, this is the kind of shit I mean when I say Oregon is weird. That’s not to say that Cali isn’t weird, either, because it is – it’s just less… GANDAAALF!!! You just know they gotta have a community elvinweed/entshroom patch up in there.
