Geekosystem 9/27/10 12:29 PM Robert Quigley Uncategorized Bluegrass The Bangles The Cleverly Trio The Cleverlys Walk Like An Egyptian
Cover of The Bangles’ “Walk Like an Egyptian” by West Virginia-based bluegrass act The Cleverly Trio; even better than it sounds.
(via Neatorama | Band Website)
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Here is a collection of time lapses that Simon Christen took around the San Francisco.
Boing Boing 9/23/10 10:45 PM Cory Doctorow cookie food happymutants maker ninja
Instructables user Jayefuu likes the EpicWinFTW ninjabread cookie makers, but wanted to try his hand a DIY version. Now Jayefuu has shared the results, which are damned impressive. Ninjabread Men (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
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Irwin Allen, creator of Lost in Space, probably wasn’t expecting the series that only aired from 1965 to 1968 to make television history, yet it remains one never-ending cheese plate of space adventure to this day.
If you guessed the series was based on Disney’s Swiss Family Robinson, you would be correct, but did you know there was also a comic book inspiration (Space Family Robinson) that took off once the series aired and survived to the ‘80‘s? There is little doubt that the execs at CBS were kicking themselves a few years after passing on the original Star Trek in favor of Lost in Space. That dynamic duo of Batman and Robin also influenced the direction of the series once Allen realized their unique brand of humor seemed to appeal to audiences.
Get more fun facts at Neatorama.
Space out with TV.
PDF OCR is a simple drag-and-drop utility for Mac OS X, that converts your PDFs and images into text documents or searchable PDF files. It uses advanced OCR (optical character recognition) technology to extract the text of the PDF even if that text is contained in an image. This is particularly useful for dealing with PDFs that were created via a Scan-to-PDF function in a scanner or photo copier.
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In a Boing Boing comment thread around the launch of Google's new "Google Instant" search feature, BB reader Robert compiled a little alphabet ditty based on what typing in each letter of the alphabet yields in the way of suggestions. The results vary by country, and it seems also by state or region, and other more personal factors: say, cookies stored for your prior Google searches. Robert is in the USA. Enjoy.
A is for Amazon, to get all your books.
B is for Bank of America, which holds all your crooks.
C is for Craigslist, no services adult.
D is for Dictionary, to define your result.
E is for eBay, to spend all your cash.
F is for Facebook, web pages like trash.
G is for Gmail, world domination ambition.
H is for Hotmail, Gmail's competition.
I is for Ikea, for a lamp named Bljampäjese.
J is for Johns Hopkins, where they cure your disease.
K is for Kohl's, a store that's old-school.
L is for Lowe's, to buy your tool.
M is for MapQuest, for the place you go to.
N is for Netflix, to add to your queue.
O is for Orioles, a Baltimore obsession.
P is for Pandora, an audio digression.
Q is for QVC, for goods without esteem.
R is for Ravens, another Baltimore team.
S is for Sears, appliances and more.
T is for Target, a Wal-Mart like store.
U is for USPS, where mail you submit.
V is for Verizon, Steve Jobs should use it.
W is for Weather, for forests in flames.
X is for Xbox, a console for games.
Y is for Yahoo, a home page for Chrome.
Z is for Zillow, to value your home.
(Image: a page from the children's French-language alphabet book "Grand Alphabet Amusant," by E. Morel, ~1890; from Bibliodyssey)
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Home to a quarter of the planet's marine life, wonderfully weird-looking, and of course brilliantly colourful, coral reefs are often hailed as one of the greatest ocean wonders.
Reefs have been seriously under threat for years from global warming and other human impacts, but the discovery of an ancient coral reef in the South Pacific and the amazing practice of 'coral gardening' could mean a turnaround for the ocean's reefs.
Read the full story on the BBC Earth Blog, including a video of coral gardening.
Dive in at the BBC Earth - Life Is website for more cool videos, photos and stories.
Brendan“I made an iTunes icon for you” Alan Clarke
Iain “I am better than Steve Jobs because my icons have even more photoshop effects” Henderson
Kanwa “iTunes10 icon from JAPAN” Nagafuji
Mike “Steve Jobs is colorblind” Potra
Daniel “Steve Jobs has more money than me, but only because I refuse to wear mock turtlenecks” Reneer
EyeTunes (get it?) logo by reader who wanted to remain anonymous.
Dario” iRaptor” Fisher
Claes “vinylTunes 2.0” Kallarsson
Alessio “I am better than Steve Jobs — Not really” Zito Rossi
Chris“The Replacement” Carlossi
Is it just me or has there been a lot of logo hate going around lately? Apparently hell hath no fury like an armchair graphic designer scorned, if you go by some of the comments on the “Hate The iTunes 10 Logo? Think You Can Do Better?” post. Along with haters doing what they do best (hint: it’s hating) we also got a ton of alternative submissions. Here are ten of the most noteworthy above. And in case you want to switch the current iTunes 10 logo out, here’s how to do it on a Mac and on a PC.
