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So, Frank Turner is a little, uh, touched, which is something I didn’t know. Not “stab you on the subway” touched (we don’t have a subway… sheesh), but “God has told me to do this really, really silly thing” touched. Frank wants to host a radio show on 1340 WEXL-AM (AM?) and needs the prayers [...]

SXSW (that’s South by Southwest) is going on. SXSW is a huge media festival, for lack of a better term. It’s tons of indie bands, movie makers, and media types (a growing number of which are Web media types) gathering in Austin to be… well.. corporately sponsored.
But, they do draw an incredible amount of [...]

Check out the interface on this!
CeBIT ‘06: Asus R2H Keyboard Interface - Gizmodo

I don’t know why, but this made me laugh this morning. Requires sound and low expectations.
[ via Wired:Table of Malcontents]

“Kevin O’Connor of University College Dublin and his colleagues heated polystyrene foam, the generic name for Styrofoam, to convert it to styrene oil. [...] the scientists fed this styrene oil to the soil bacteria Pseudomonas putida, which converted it into biodegradable plastic known as PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoates).” It’s about time because 2.3 million tons of polystyrene [...]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A criminal justice professor at Grand Rapids Community College has resigned after showing a video in class of a man having sex with a pig, students and a faculty representative said.
Ah, home. Grand Rapids, that is. Not GRCC or video-making facilities of such repute.
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I’m not big on this AJAX-y, Web 2.0, pre-bubble 2.0 crap, but I have to admit, Coastr is a pretty clever twist. Think social bookmarking (ala Flickr) crossed with Beer Advocate, plus a better web-designer. While Coastr isn’t likely to replace BA or RateBeer anytime soon, it’s a nifty little experiment. I’ve tossed a few [...]