Swimming through a River of feeds using Google Reader
Robert Scoble demonstrates how he goes through his 600+ RSS reads daily.
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New VLC player supports Windows Media 9
VLC 0.8.6 was released today. Among the prominent features are support for Windows Media Video 9 and Flash Video. The newly improved playlist now supports Audioscrobbler and last.fm Other important changes are improved H.264 support and fullscreen controller.
Update - Dec 20, 2006 Fullscreen controls are only available on Mac OSX. 
“Me like balloons”
The Borat fever is high as ever. Here’s the proof - a balloon borat is on sale on ebay for …$20,000. The balloon also comes with a certificate of authenticity stated that it was handmade by the original artist. Also included is ‘bragging rights’ - the owner gets to drag that she was the first to buy Borat related art.
Children of Men
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Afonso Cuaron’s newest science-fiction movie ‘Children of Men‘ has been receiving a lot of buzz lately from the press and the bloggers worldwide. The movie has been adapted from P.D.James’ 1993 novel of the same title which tells the story of a chaotic world (seti n 2027) where women have lost the power to procreate. A former activist (played by Clive Owen) agrees to transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea where her baby can save the future of mankind. The movie releases in the US on 29th December (with limited release on Christmas day)
Cisco telepresence system
Robert Scoble has a neat video post of the new Cisco
telepresence system in which Guido Jouret, Cisco CTO explains the system to a group of journalists.
http://media.podtech.net/media/2006/10/PID_001243/Podtech_ciscofinal.mov
(The link will open in a browser if you have Quicktime installed)
Cisco’s page on their telepresence system
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Letterman vs. O’Reilly. Part deux
Bill O’Reilly was again on David Letterman show last night. This time to promote his new book ‘Culture Warrior‘. What happened afterwards was pretty much like his previous visit.
For a video of the interview and transcripts visit CrooksandLiars
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‘Saw’ trivia: Playing by the numbers
In anticipation of the third installment of the ‘Saw’ franchise, VH1 published a ‘trivia by numbers’ list. I am yet to see ‘Saw II’ so some references went over my head.
My favorite trivia from the list is.
“25: Age Whannell was when he finally moved out of his parents’ house — immediately preceding the worldwide success of “Saw.”
VH1: Think You Know ‘Saw’? This Gory Trivia Would Make Jigsaw Proud …
Getting your voice back: with rhyme and reason
Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strips lost his voice 18 months ago from a rare condition known as Spasmodic Dysphonia. Doctors told him no one had ever recovered from this condition. After retraining his brain through numerous self-created exercises, Scott was able to get back his voice. His blog on the condition and what transpired afterwards is truly an inspiring story. Do read the user comments as well.
http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/10/good_news_day.html
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to digg for: Who owns what in the media world
Adage has build this impressing Media Family Tree, showing ownership and relationships among the top 100 media brands. Thanks to Vassa Eggen for this find.
Turns out Vista license transfers are not so severe after all
Microsoft will allow its Vista license to be re-activated up to ten times. Windows Vista will not require a system re-activation unless the hard drive and one other component is changed. This means that enthusiasts will be able to swap CPUs, memory and graphics cards out without any worry about having to re-activate with MS, either on the internet or by phone. This is good news to PC enthusiasts. You still can only use the license on only one machine at a time.
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In related news, the Acer, the World’s number four PC maker calls Vista Home a lemon
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2006-08-13 22:51
Mos Def's accent is annoying. Bruce Willis is now too old to 'Die Hard'
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2006-08-13 22:49
Performances by Clive Owen and Denzel Washington plus the Spike Lee touch manages to entertain
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