interesting piece on cnet today about a new company that , allowing you to track and collect payment no matter how the videos are played through embedded tags. could become scary huge, opening the doors for the copyright-holding associations to free up a flood of online video content.

The Spam Museum, renovated K-Mart, Austin, Minn.

Do you ever think about what happens to the space that is left behind when Wal-Mart, K-Mart, or Target skip town? Well you may be interested to know that early this afternoon I was delighted to find in my inbox an invitation to attend a . To my dismay I will most likely miss the discussion because of prior committments. However, I must suggest that you check out the and if you are in NYC on November 1, 2005 check out the discussion.

familyeducation.com explains how to make an for your kid. oh yeah, happy halloween.

“that’s a wrap!” – another slammin’ podcast up and running.

from $10 to $30,000, you can have your own podcast studio, . all that money spent does no good if your content is crummy, so make sure to save some energy aside for your killer ideas. (reg. req’d)

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mainstream records put out countless great records in the early 70s. lots of funky and just plain good jazz and soul music. one example is doing a really nice version of . from it’s the right thing. 1973. mainstream records.

fresh from his smash success in the movie domino (he played himself).

brian austin green co-stars as chris, in the new sitcom .
(thanks, sizod.)

robots and sushi – a heavenly combination. makes all sorts of sushi robots, from simple little hat boxes that squirt out slices of rice ready for toppings and eating, to industrially huge machines that make the full shebang for selling in japanese fast food sushi joints. if they could make it smile and say hello they’d be bigger than google.

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there’s a swell article in today’s ny times about aaron mcgruder bringing to adult swim. some nuggets: 1) regina king took over as the voice of both riley and huey after alicia keys dropped out. 2) it’s the most expensive show ever produced by the cartoon network. 3) jayson blair was the first person to put the boondocks in print, back when he was the editor of the campus paper where he and mcgruder went to college.

Years later, Mr. Blair … would be lampooned in the strip he help[ed] put on the map. “You can actually look at Jayson Blair and say, ‘Wow, you set black people back,’ ” Mr. McGruder said, shaking his head. “A lot of people are accused of that, but he actually did it.”

check out artist jason kronenwald’s – he does portraits of famous blonds made out of chewing gum. and they’re good!

Each Gum Blonde is 100% chewed bubblegum on a plywood backing. No paint or dye is used. The colour is inherent to the gum – the mixing of colour takes place inside the mouth during chewing using an endless variety of flavours made by an endless variety of companies.

he’s got paris, britney, avril, pam anderson and a lot more.

the mix: slowly steamrolling, heavy rock (with melodic undertones). ghoulish guys in haunting robes. softball playing macho girls. and if you wait long enough, maybe even a robot cameo. what is it? goblin cock’s . two other things you might want to know: these guys opened for the wrens at cmj in nyc this past september (with jypu), and the singer also sings for pinback.
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