Steve Irwin fans turn on stingrays | The Register
We shall have our REVENGE!!!! Hi-larious…

Newsvine – Sen. Feingold Faults Bush’s War Language
Is he right? Has he read the Koran? Of what am I saying, he’s a democratic liberal, of course he completely understands the Muslim people. It’s a shame the book I’m reading (which highlights the approved Koran) points out that the Koran is a very dark and violent history of a dark and violent man who did basically whatever he wanted because “God told him to.” How many pyschos with that mentality have we put away?

Son Gets Marijuana for Doing Homework
Uh huh. Great rewards program at that house…sheesh.

Beijing Big Brother gets bigger | The Register
Something’s wrong with China…I’m glad Wikipedia had the guts to stand up to them, unlike Google and Yahoo…I’ve flipped sides, but mostly I think the position I took when Google caved was based on my lack of information/understanding…

Boing Boing: Tiny hand-painted metal people photographed in London
Ha ha!

BetaNews | Windows Sever ‘Longhorn’ Updated
Yeesh! I remember when Longhorn was Vista…oh well. At least they keep chugging along towards the next big release!

Newsvine – Calderon Wants Mexico Ballots Preserved
Why does preserving the ballots instill confidence in the people? Then again, I don’t understand how Mexico even stands up in the morning…it’s so corrupted and bloated it should just lie in bed.

Newsvine – Crichton to Release `Next’ in November
Can’t wait…too excited…love Crichton’s books. But wait, he criticizes fears of global warming and President Bush loves him? Is this political hackery or is it genuine? Who cares! I love the guy for blowing down global warming fears. State of Fear was an awesome book.

Newsvine – Study: Gulf War Syndrome Doesn’t Exist
Post-tramatic stress disorder used to be shell shock. Language is killing us…

Live from the Steve Jobs Keynote — “It’s Showtime” – Engadget
Pretty interesting walkthrough…will be interesting to see how people react to the movie downloading phenomenon (Newsvine). If you’re hungry for more photos, here’s the CNET news story.

Microsoft delivers ‘Save as PDF’ add-on | CNET News.com
It’s about damn time!!!!

Boing Boing: Wikipedia founder debates Britannica editor-in-chief
A glorious day for battle!

Steve Irwin’s cameraman shot the moment when a stingray’s barbed tail stabbed the legendary conservationist through the heart. His family is determined to respect his last wishes and allow the harrowing footage to be broadcast.

Tuesday, September 5, 2006

The footage of late Australian naturalist Steve Irwin being killed by a stingray could be shown on TV.

Charismatic Irwin, dubbed the “Crocodile Hunter” after his internationally acclaimed TV show, died Monday while diving on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

Irwin was filming a new documentary when he lost his life, and his cameraman shot the moment when the stingray’s barbed tail stabbed the legendary conservationist through the heart.

The tapes are currently being held by Queensland police – but Irwin’s family is determined to respect his last wishes and allow the harrowing footage to be broadcast.

Irwin once insisted, “My number one rule is to keep that camera rolling. Even if it’s shaky or slightly out of focus, I don’t give a
rip.

“Even if a big old alligator is chewing me up I want to go down and go, ‘Crikey!’ just before I die. That would be the ultimate for me.”

What conclusion are you drawing from Steve Irwin’s death?

It was a matter of time before Mother Nature got him. 27.89 %

He died the way he wanted to. 69.64 %

I don’t care. 2.47 % Courtesy of KFI AM 640 . com

Boing Boing: Jimmy Wales to Beijing: Wikipedia won’t censor
YAY! Props to Wikipedia’s founder for standing up where Google sat down.

Slashdot | Toshiba Develops 3-Layer DVD and HD-DVD
Hmmm…interesting.

Become a del.icio.us Power User at David Brunelle: Geek for Life
Tips and trick to using del.icio.us (which I just use to backup my watched wikipedia columns).

Column from PC Magazine: Lance Ulanoff vs. the Bloggers – Columns by PC Magazine
“He caught a young hot-star, coming into town, and then he hid behind his typewriter and gunned the boy down. Here come the letters, the e-mail, the faxes. They raised him to 20,000 dollars after taxes. He’s a happy critic now” (Toby Keith – The Critic).

Official Google Blog: Download the classics
WOOHOO! I don’t have to buy old books anymore!

Original Signal Web 2.0 Frontpage
Interesting articles on this thing called Web 2.0

lonelygirl15: fact or fiction? | MetaFilter
The never-ending debate continues…

MyChurch – The Facebook of Churches
Interesting…I just might try this out…as if I’m not on enough social networking sites…but this one might actually help me spiritually.

ParentsConnect Launches Social Network for Parents
But don’t Parents just keep a profile on the social network of their child’s choice? That’s what my mom does….

Box.net Launches Free Hosting for MySpace, Facebook
Yay! Now if only they would teach HTML and English in kindergarten, we’d be set! Oh wait…that’s a debate about governmental policy I don’t even want to bother with (they have enough trouble teach English and Spanish in public school…grrrr).

ProjectOpus Releases MySpace Music Player
Interesting….

GigaOM Web Office Vs Microsoft Office «
Wait…if The Red Herring is reporting it, is it even valid?

MySpace Hacked
When ISN’T Myspace hacked?

MySpace Codes Bring Adware Payload
This is just depressing…Myspace is like the PC of the social networking site…always under attack even though it practically started the social networking trend.

Tape ‘shows Irwin’s death’
“Videotape of the moment Steve Irwin was hit by a stingray’s tail shows the Australian naturalist pulling the barb from his chest, his manager has said. ‘The tail came up, and spiked him here [in the chest], and he pulled it out and the next minute, he’s gone,’ Mr Irwin’s manager, John Stainton, said.”
Just goes to show you can’t keep a good man slow…
Crazy coincidence that the crocodile hunter would be the one in a million shot to get stabbed in the heart by a stingray….
Rest in peace buddy!
(imagines Irwin riding crocodiles in heaven)…

Penny Arcade! – Prinny Please
Commandment No. 11.5 – Thou shalt not keep demon penguins…

Optimus: Clearer And Upper Closer!!
Cool…..

AICN-DOWNUNDER: THE HOBBIT, AVATAR, ANT BULLY, AND LADY IN THE WATER!!
Wow…I guess Peter Jackson ran out of things to do between producing Halo and a Dam Busters remake…looking at what he did with LOTR, I am excited to see him tackle the prequel…as long as he uses Ian Holm (Bilbo) and Ian McKellan (Gandalf the Grey) again…he needs them both or I’m boycotting.

KILLSHOT Trailer Online!
From author Elmore Leonard, writer of such hit classic books at Get Shorty and Be Cool comes this thrilling and harrowing tale of a mob hit that isn’t finished yet…wait, what? I thought he wrote comedies?!?! Well that’s what I get for paying attention…

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Lohan’s political hopes for Bobby
This from the girl who got drunk and stoned at a private party in Disneyland on her 20th birthday….

BBC NEWS | Americas | Calderon declared Mexico winner
Great…Vincente Fox 2.0…just what we need…although I do wonder about this parallel government nonsense…as John Ziegler (KFI evening host) said when he heard about this (I think it was him, or John and Ken or Bill Handel), where was Al Gore? Why didn’t he do this?

Crocodile man, Steve Irwin, dies – National – theage.com.au
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Newsvine – Bond Star Craig Has Cinematic Gay Kiss
…in another film. Thank God, for a minute I thought they were REALLY redefining James Bond. It’s bad enough he’s blonde.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Belgian town bans school French
The official language of that province is Dutch, so on government property (schools, government buildings) you’re only allowed to speak Dutch. This makes perfect sense. This is what we need to do in America! I mean the official language here just became English, so let’s stop pandering to the illegal immigrants who raise Mexian flags over OUR POST OFFICES!

Newsvine – Someone Posts Bogus ‘No Parking’ Sign
I’ve had dreams of posting bogus traffic signs, but only to make life easier…I mean the traffic system is already FUBAR’d, so lets try guerilla fixing…I don’t know.

Christopher Walken wants more cowbell with his HAIRSPRAY!!!

Cool….although John Travolta in drag is NOT something I’m excited to see…but hey, anybody (and I mean anybody) is better than Harvey Fierstien. Don’t get me wrong he’s got a place in my hall of fame for his comedy…but I hate his rendition of Edna Turnblad…almost made me crash my car when it popped up for the first time.

SWEENEY TODD sharpens his scissors as Burton directs Depp to cut… hair again!

I can only pray it’s a musical rendition (I have no idea the singing talents of the cast) and not a dramaticized version of the show sans singing. Also praying it’s not another Planet of the Apes.

Oh God… are they SON OF THE MASKing ACE VENTURA???

Let’s hope not…

The Dilbert Blog: Relativity
Scott Adams proposes a theory by which human stupidity can finally be understood using…Einstein?

Penny Arcade! – Almost Startlingly Retro
Ping pong is fun…but not in economy class.

We created our own POTC – MiceChat
A nice harbor cruise can’t truly measure up, but it’s nice to pretend.

I finally understand Tomorrowland – MiceChat
An intriguing analysis regarding the cartoonization of Disneyland.

One-minute audio vacations – Lifehacker
A nifty little site that lets you get away from it all without moving…wait, is that a good thing?

How To Build A Touchless Lightswitch – Gizmodo
This makes a lot more sense than lights that turn off unless the sensor is active…very cool.

Apple’s Reason to Go Back to School: Free iPods – Gizmodo
Wait, explain this to me. If you buy a computer AND an iPod, you can get another iPod free? Why is that way too little for way too much from over here in PC-Land? (As I sit here listening to my iPod).

Jim Hill : Can “Cars” crash through the $75 – $80 million barrier?
Jim analyzes Cars’ expectations and what will happen in this economics based corporate culture. But then his commentators start ragging on him for looking at it from a realistic busines perspective rather than an ideal business perspective. Wait, what?