Homeless fashion model writes book using computers in Apple store

Isobella Jade is a struggling fashion model who wrote a book about her experiences -- using only the computers available in Manhattan's Apple store. She's currently living out of a suitcase, so they were the only computers she had.

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Podcast Player in Second Life

hmmm so do we get see Hollywood movies?

Apple celebrates 1 year of podcasting on iTunes

To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of podcasting on iTunes, Apple has created a special celebratory page which lists some of the bigger and better podcasts out there. Of course Diggnation is there, check it out...

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Greenpeace anti-whaling ad (video)

This Greenpeace TV commercial aired in Australia before the International Whaling Commission meeting on June 16, 2006.

The video combines footage of tourists on a whale watching cruise with shots of a harpooned whale in the Southern Ocean.

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Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop

Interesting

MIT Super Battery recharges "in a matter of seconds"

"It could be recharged many, many times perhaps hundreds of thousands of times, and ... it could be recharged very quickly, just in a matter of seconds rather than a matter of hours"

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Does Aspartame Cause Cancer? You Decide: "Sweet Misery - A Poisoned World"

The FDA would not approve a poison to put on grocery store shelves and in hundreds of products just because a few political favors were pulled in... would they? Find out for yourself...



OMG i knew MSG was bad but had no idea how bad.......
I gave up artificial sweeteners a few yars ago and alwasy look ae the lables as i was experiencing headaches.... since i gave it up, i have cut down the headaches dramaticly



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The two speeds of our brain

Neuroscientists have used a robotic joystick to discover how our brain controls movements and have found that our brains contain two series of components which learn at different speeds. The first ones learn and forget fast while the second ones learn slowly but have a better \'memory.\'

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What the world would look like without the RIAA

This is what the RIAA is _really_ worried about: a new business model for bands. This band, called "The Fall" gets most of its promotion work done for free by its online community. Imagine what would happen if this continues to spread -- no big nasty record labels, no nasty RIAA. Just bands, music and fans.

Isnt this Podshow

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The UK announces it's last payment of WW2 debt to the USA

On 31 December, the UK will make a payment of about $83m (£45.5m) to the US and so discharge the last of its loans from World War II from its transatlantic *ally*.

Really interesting write up about it on the BBC.

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Warner Bros. to sell films via BitTorrent

Warner Brothers sees the light and embraces the best file trading system out there. Here's the link:


wow, where does that leave the DVD battle!

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iPod City Guides

"Pod CityGuides combine the world class content of Wcities with the functionality and portability of the world's most popular device: the iPod."


Cool i'll try it and let you know

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Web Will Run Out of Addresses by 2012

"the Web will be out of IPv4 addresses. It may be time to consider migrating to IPv6"

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Aston Martin reveals James Bond's DBS for "CASINO ROYALE"

Aston Martin has unveiled the new DBS which will be driven by James Bond, the legendary British secret agent, in the next 007 film, �CASINO ROYALE�, to be produced by Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli for EON Productions.


I think i'll cancel mine, getting tooo common

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Lookout Youtube! UN Cooking Podcast-Killing Treaty

The UN's World Intellectual Property Organization has reconvened to discuss a treaty that will kill innovative Internet audio/video offerings -- like podcasting, YouTube, Google Video, and Democracy Player.

This has legsl letas see waht happens. Mind you, I'd predict a huge art of the web community moving on and working without the establishment!

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