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• Why (and How) Apple Killed the $9.99 Ebook [Apple] February 8, 2010
  Publishers joining Apple's iBooks store are turning their back on Amazon and its vision of the flat $9.99 ebook. Apple forced the music industry to charge 99 cents per song, so why are they helping publishers set their own prices? To screw Amazon. The difference between Amazon and Apple is this: Amazon is very much in the ebook business to sell ebooks. […]
  matt buchanan
• 35 Most Ridiculous SkyMall Items February 8, 2010
  This list, compiled by BuzzFeed, features not one but two variations on the snuggie -- the "poshAir" sleeping bag, which is sort of a reverse snuggie, and the "saimese slanket," which is a snuggie for two. Our favorite, however, is the wine glass holder. 35 Most Ridiculous SkyMall Items [BuzzFee […]
  Meg Marco
• Is the Adverb Dying? February 8, 2010
  For more than a century, a war has been waged against adverbs by advocates of good writing, by the likes of such literary luminaries as Mark Twain, who said — I am dead to adverbs; they cannot excite me … There are subtleties which I cannot master at all — they confuse me, they mean absolutely nothing to me — and this adverb plague is one of them. â […]
  Ransom Riggs
• Secret Credit Card Backdoor Numbers To Get Your Credit Increased, APR Changed, Etc! February 8, 2010
  Want your credit line increased, APR lowered, or your declined credit card application approved? Begging and pleading with customer service not getting you anywhere except front row seats to your personal puddle of shame? Then give some of the "backdoor numbers" a shot. These are unpublished phone numbers that give you a […]
  Ben Popken
• Avatar, The Videogame (Atari 2600 Edition) [Image Cache] February 8, 2010
  I don't want to say that ILM and Weta did a bad job on Avatar's visual effects, but an Atari 2600 edition of Avatar would still get most of the point across. [Penney Design via GameSetWatch via Kotaku] […]
  Mark Wilson
• Music is Getting Louder February 8, 2010
  A Visual History of Loudness: Christopher Clark graphed the peak levels and RMS level of three hit songs from every year since 1979 to illustrate the rising use of compression in music production. Also on the chart is a nice discussion of dynamic space and perceived loudness. Related NPR article. Coincidentally, I just made an appointment with my ear doctor […]
  Dustin
• This Is What Happens When Apple Fanboys Start Rapping (NSFW) - I'm on a mac - Gizmodo February 8, 2010
  Remember the original Mac or PC rap? Well, it looks like the guys behind it are back with another Apple-themed tune. This time it's a spoof of "I'm on a Boat," and it's unfortunately kinda catchy. (Heads up: NSFW lyrics.) […]
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• If Star Wars had Facebook February 8, 2010
  Its a good thing that Star Wars was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. It explains why they are not taking advantage of earth’s technological advances. Like for instance, if Star Wars had Facebook, statuses might have looked like this: This was made of awesome, and came from here. […]
  Rodney
• Disney and CBS interested in Apple's subscription-based iTunes TV idea? February 8, 2010
  Disney and Apple -- now, where have we heard about these two mingling in content related activities before? Sure enough, whispers of a potential tie-up regarding a $30 per month TV service for iTunes are turning into more of a gentle roar, with The Wall Street Journal reporting today that both CBS and Walt Disney Company are "considering participating i […]
  Darren Murph
• Avatar technology being used for new Jackass movie February 8, 2010
  James Cameron's Avatar has created new filming techniques and heralded a new age of storytelling and artistic endeavors. And it's being used to film evolution's little mistakes getting hit in the beanbag with a golf club. MTV's Jackass will reportedly take Cameron's film techniques and implement them into Jackass 3D, the third movi […]
  Danny Gallagher