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from the GeekSugar.Com page - “Courtesy of Muppet creator Jim Henson, who created the “computer monster” sketch in the early 1960s. The skit was allegedly developed for IBM and was such a hit that Henson redid it later. Word is the computer-eating-monster is a predecessor of the infamous Cookie Monster, who you might remember is more blue than green. “

I remember the Cookie Monster, talking of which, I now have to go out and buy some cookies. I do like 24 hour supermarkets, but please support your local farmers market during day light hours. Thanks

Added June 28, 2006
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1. Ian’s Shoelace Site - Introduction - Shoe-Lacing.Com

   Lacing Shoes - Are all of your shoes, sneakers and boots still laced up the way they were when you bought them? Why not take the plunge? Whip out those laces and re-do them to suit your needs or personality. How do you lace yours?

2. Facebook work ban - Mirror.Co.UK

   A source said: “The hours we were losing to people using Facebook were getting ludicrous.” Now even the 84 elected councillors cannot use the authority’s network to access the site, also banned by the Met police and Transport for London.

3. Bebo.com becomes the most visited social networking site in the UK - PublicTechnology.Net

   UK property Bebo.com became the most visited social networking site from within the UK in July, attracting 10.6 million unique visitors. The fastest growing social networking was Facebook.com, which grew 366 percent since the start of the year.

4. UK web use hits all-time high in July - TimesOnline.Typepad.Com

   The number of Britons online reached its highest ever level in July with 31.8 million unique visitors flocking to the net. The summer season usually sees a lull in net usage. Not so in 2007, the year summer never arrived.

5. All of MP3 prepares to play it again, Samantha - TheInquirer.Net

   America said Russia couldn’t accede to the WTO without ditching the site. The Russians pulled it down - only to find that since they hadn’t actually acceded to the WTO yet, their copyright laws still meant that the site was legal, and a judge ruled as suc

6. Apple faces new class-action suit over locked iPhones - AppleInsider.Com

   Kliegerman is asking the Court to award a judgement barring Apple from selling locked iPhones, requiring Apple to provide unlock codes to all iPhone owners and disclose the fees charged for using the data features while traveling internationally.

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1. Venture Vehicles gets $6 Million to produce 100mpg 3-wheel car - EgmCarTech.Com

   The company’s VentureOne is a 3-wheel, tilting, plug-in Hybrid vehicle. The two-passenger flex-fuel Hybrid will achieve 100mpg. Accelerate from 0-60 in 6 seconds with a top speed of over 100 mph. Retail price of under $20,000.

2. YouTube Makes Video Ads Optional for Content Owners - Mashable.Com

   Only videos from content owners that have registered for InVideo, the new advertising program on YouTube, will display ads. This will leave the majority of YouTube clips ad-free, which should make a lot of users happy again.

3. Balloon In Space: Ordinary Guys Send Picture-Taking Balloon 22.27 Miles High - Gizmodo.Com

   The view from 117,597 feet, taken on August 11, 2007 by a camera hanging from a helium balloon launched by a group of guys in Alberta, Canada. Called the SABLE-3 (Southern Alberta Balloon Launch Experiment #3)

4. 50 terabyte flash drive made of bug protein » USB Powered Gadgets and more.. - GetUSB.Info

   Renugopalakrishnan says the new protein-based DVD will have advantages over current optical storage devices. It will be able to store at least 20 times more than the Blue-ray and eventually even up to 50,000 gigabytes (about 50 terabytes).

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1. YouTube fans rant, threaten to leave over new ads - Macworld.Com

   To be sure, the idea is new and some people could get used to it over time. But the overall tenor of the responses was negative, and indicate most YouTube users would rather find another video sharing Web site than be forced to watch advertisements.

2. Let Me Tell You A Story about a kid named Spidey - OliYoung.Com

   This group, and all you wonderful people, was the result of a practical joke at about 9am on a normal monday morning in sunny Adelaide, Australia. I am web developer with a web company (Good Dog Design) Yes. This is a parody.

3. If 100,000 people join, my wife will let me name my second child Spiderpig - Facebook.Com

   Type: Just for Fun - Facebook Classics Description: For we believe Spider-Pig unites us in a way nothing else ever has

4. Finnish boy fined for YouTube video - 08/24/2007 - MiamiHerald.Com

   Vesikko, who took the video of his teacher singing karaoke at a school party on April 30, admitted posting the video on the popular video-sharing site YouTube a day later. He said he did it as a prank and had not intended to insult the teacher.

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1. 170MPG Hybrid Scooters By Piaggio - MetaEfficient.Com

   The underseat batteries can be recharged on the fly by the engine or through regenerative braking. Riders can choose between three different hybrid modes - optimizing performance, mileage and battery charge, fully electric or reverse.

2. Profitable Precycling of 12V Batteries - TreeHugger.Com

   A nifty trick with 12V batteries; you simply split them open to reveal eight 1.5V button-cell batteries; these can cost up to $5 if purchased singly. A two pack of the 12 Volters cost $1.66, which will produce 16 new button batteries worth around $80.

3. The Joost Bandwidth Problem - FreePress.Com

   Whether or not bandwidth is the primary issue for services like Joost, IPTV will fill an important void in the marketplace by delivering video quality and services never seen before. This article is from Daily IPTV.

4. YouTube Cranks Up Ads - Computing News - DigitalTrends.Com

   Overlay ads that fill the bottom 20% of the screen and appear 15 secs after a user begins watching a video clip. The user can ignore the ad, which will vanish after around 10 secs. Ad revenue will be split between the media partner and YouTube.

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Link to Video’s posted in 2007

Natalie Portman, Kyra Sedgwick, Chloe Sevigny and others explain how changing one lightbulb can help the whole world, as featured on National Geographic’s Green page. Featuring music by Aimee Mann and footage from National Geographic.

So how many light bulbs can you change in your own home and at work?

Orignal found via GreenThinkers.Org

Added August 18, 2007
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1. Mark Jenkins: Street Installations - XMarkJenkinSX.Com

   Great semi real life art installations with links to more photos and videos of each installation under the main photo

2. The Software Awards Scam - SuccessfulSoftware.Net

   This is hardly surprising when you consider that it is just a text file with the words “this program does nothing at all” repeated a few times and then renamed as an .exe. The PAD file contains the description “This program does nothing at all”.

3. TripAdvisor: Facebook App Acquisition “Untrue” - Mashable.Com

   “The sense of disbelief at TripAdvisor’s reported $3 million acquisition of the Facebook app ‘Where I’ve Been’ may be well founded. We just got an official statement forwarded to us, “This is untrue. Beyond that, we do not have any comment.” “

4. Reality-Checking at Heathrow - TheStar.Com

   “I missed my family. I hadn’t been home in three years. So I went home.” By Harvey’s calculation, one such flight every four years is at the very outer limits of acceptable, based on the premise that everyone in the world has an equal right to pollute.

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A car inspired by a caravan? Designers are always telling us that their ideas for the latest vehicles have come from the unlikeliest of places, but an old caravan?

Perhaps the most serious part of this car is the power source. Just like the Ford Edge we have already driven it features the firm’s electric- hydrogen fuel cell HySeries Drive.

The lithium ion battery is charged up from the mains supply. When this runs down to 40 per cent of its power, the hydrogen fuel cell seamlessly steps in to recharge it. This gives the vehicle a range of about 225 miles, until both the batteries and hydrogen are exhausted.

The system works remarkably well, with instant power delivery, thanks to the Airstream’s two electric motors – one over either axle, offering all their available torque in one lump. It’s quiet, too.

I just hope that they start to build something similar to this using the drive train and power soucres from the Airstream soon.

Source -AutoExpress.Co.UK

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1. Top 100 Tools for Learning - c4lpt.co.uk

   FireFox 1, del.icio.us 2, WordPress =5, Blogger =9, Facebook =25, IE7 =39, twitter =45, TypePad =52, Flock =63, PageFlakes =90. It’s funny that MySpace or Jaiku didn’t make the top 100 (actually 132 are listed)

2. Police to use terror laws on Heathrow climate protesters - Special Reports - Guardian.Co.UK

   Up to 1,800 extra officers will be drafted in to prevent an estimated 1,500 people disrupting the airport over the period of the camp for climate change, begin on Tuesday. Protesters pledged to take direct action on Aug 18-19 but not to endanger life.

3. Japanese Sewer System (Tokyo Flood Control System) - MegaBunny.Com

   Japan is a heavily-urbanized country. Over 35 million people live in the Greater Tokyo Area, making it the most populous metropolitan area in the world. As one can imagine, this huge concentration of people requires a massive amount of infrastructure.

4. G-Cans: massive underground water system in Japan - BoingBoing.Net

   The underground waterway is the largest in the world and sports five 32m diameter, 65m deep concrete containment silos which are connected by 64 kilometers of tunnel sitting 50 meters beneath the surface

5. Hybrid Lighting Applications - ornl.gov

   Each collector is mounted on a 4 inch schedule 40 pipe that penetrates the building roof, and is preferably centered above the 8 to 10 light fixtures to which it supplies light.

6. Full-time and freelance job opportunities for designers and developers - AuthenticJobs.Com

   Authentic Jobs is a targeted destination for standards-aware designers and developers and the companies seeking to hire them. Since 2005, qualified candidates have been applying for great opportunties.