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IceOrb

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:49:59 -0400

The IceOrb is an impressive little container. It makes ice cubes, stores them, can chill your drink or keep other foods cold.

The IceOrb can make 21 cubes at a time. Remove the…

IceOrb

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:49:50 -0400

IceOrb:

The IceOrb is an impressive little container. It makes ice cubes, stores them, can chill your drink or keep other foods cold.

The IceOrb can make 21 cubes at a time. Remove the…

Man Takes Land, City Takes it Back

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:40:20 -0400

Man Takes Land, City Takes it Back:

Shared by Nichol
What do you want to bet that they are seizing it at the behest of a developer?

This land is your land, this land is…well, it’s The Man’s land. One budding entrepreneur in…

Chipotle Goes Loco for Local Produce

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:40:20 -0400

Chipotle Goes Loco for Local Produce:

Chipotle is hopping on the locavore bandwagon by promising to buy from small to mid-size local farms a significant amount of the produce used at its 730-plus locations. The starting commitment is…

Conecakes, Yay or Nay?

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:28:39 -0400

Conecakes, Yay or Nay?:

Photo courtesy Blondie and Brownie.

Cupcakes in ice cream cones? Has the whole world gone crazy? It does appear to be the case; blogger Blondie and Brownie spotted the innovation (or…

Anthrax Probe Gets Weirder

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:27:07 -0400

Anthrax Probe Gets Weirder: While the FBI is being pressured to release evidence about why it believed government biodefense scientist Dr. Bruce Ivins was behind the 2001 anthrax letter attacks, salacious tidbits are…

Motorcade Map Found in Probe

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:22:19 -0400

Motorcade Map Found in Probe: Police find presidential route to Camp David, shooting instruction inside home of Md. teen.

Comcast Buys DailyCandy For $125 Million; Beats Out Viacom For Newsletter Business

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:22:19 -0400

Comcast Buys DailyCandy For $125 Million; Beats Out Viacom For Newsletter Business: As previously reported, Comcast (CMCSA) was indeed interested in buying Daily Candy. But they ended up paying much more than the $75 million we head about earlier this month — the cable company…

Adaptive Path and Mozilla: future of Web-browsing video

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:22:19 -0400

Adaptive Path and Mozilla: future of Web-browsing video:

Design firm Adaptive Path worked with Mozilla Labs to create an engaging concept video, titled Aurora, to communicate a forecast of future Web-browing experiences. From Adaptive Path:

With…

IAC building power outage kills New York tech meetup, spares us all [New York, Minute]

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:22:19 -0400

IAC building power outage kills New York tech meetup, spares us all [New York, Minute]: New York wantrepreneurs preparing for a night of rejection and glazed looks can relax — tonight’s New York Tech Meetup is canceled due to a power outage at IAC. “We tried to find a replacement…

Will's theorem

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:20:01 -0400

Will's theorem:

(a) energy is not scarce; the historically most efficient sources (oil, coal, etc.) are;

(b) a well-functioning price system will shift energy consumption to (cleaner) alternative energy sources…

We Live In A Moon Base In The 31st Century

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:16:23 -0400

We Live In A Moon Base In The 31st Century:

It is a moon of Jupiter. and the air is clean now, and standing on the balcony we can remember what it was like in the 21st century — remember India?

yes

And then we drink liquid…

‘I Hack, I Ruin, I Make Piles of Money. I Make People Afraid for Their Lives.’

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:16:23 -0400

‘I Hack, I Ruin, I Make Piles of Money. I Make People Afraid for Their Lives.’:

Photo: Courtesy NYT

There’s been a lot written about blog commenters lately, but not as much about “trolls,” the sociopathic Internet users who wreak actual havoc in online communities. That’s…

Murdered Restaurant Owner Suffered From Economic Downturn, Mafia Ties

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:16:23 -0400

Murdered Restaurant Owner Suffered From Economic Downturn, Mafia Ties: The Post, always the leader in mob-related coverage, tells today of the “execution-style” murder of Frank Fresca, owner of a notoriously Mafia-friendly Staten Island restaurant called Fresca’s on…

NASA: "We have water" on Mars.

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:16:23 -0400

NASA: "We have water" on Mars.:

NASA confirms, beyond any earthly doubt, that water really really really does exist on Mars.

Laboratory tests aboard NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The…

Wikinvest Gives the World Embeddable, Interactive Stock Charts

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:15:54 -0400

Wikinvest Gives the World Embeddable, Interactive Stock Charts: Embedable stock charts are nothing new, and neither are interactive charts that give you price information as you mouse over different dates. Both Yahoo Finance and Google Finance offer…

Delicious 2.0 Launches. Really. It Totally Launched.

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:15:54 -0400

Delicious 2.0 Launches. Really. It Totally Launched.:

YAY! The long awaited, much promised, never delivered Delicious 2.0 will launch in the next few minutes, just like they promised again last week.

The new Delicious is just like the…

Next-Gen Prius Is More of the Same, But Bigger

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:15:04 -0400

Next-Gen Prius Is More of the Same, But Bigger: Toyota abides by the old rule “don’t fix it if it ain’t broke” and makes the 2010 Prius a little bigger and a little quicker but otherwise the same as those it’s selling today.

Vigster Sets Out to Become IMDB for Video Games

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:15:04 -0400

Vigster Sets Out to Become IMDB for Video Games:

Vigster is a new gaming community that launches to the public today, and it’s setting out to become an online resource for video game lovers everywhere. Similar in format to Shelfari,…

Cougar on the Loose at the University of Maryland?

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:15:04 -0400

Cougar on the Loose at the University of Maryland?:

Thanks to a reader for forwarding this email from the University of Maryland Department of Public Safety:

CAMPUS ALERT
July 31, 2008

There have been several reliable sightings of an animal…