2008 NFL TV maps (12)
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New for the 2008 NFL season: the NFL TV distribution maps that tell you which football games are going to be broadcast is which parts of the country. They're using zoomable Google Maps this year...here's what a typical coverage map looks like: During football season in a TV market like NYC, which is dominated by coverage of two local teams (Giants and Jets), this is an essential tool for determining if you're actually gonna get ...
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Dan N. said:
I don't find myself in a market where this is frequently in doubt, but this is for all the Packer fans who watch Fox / CBS in Minneapolis.
Google Chrome EULA Claims Ownership of Everything You Create on Chrome, From Blog Posts to Emails [Google Chrome] (31)
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So, are you enjoying the snappy, clean performance of Google Chrome since downloading yesterday? If so, you might want to take a closer peek at the end user license agreement you didn't pay any attention to when downloading and installing it. Because according to what you agreed to, Google owns everything you publish and create while using Chrome. Ah-whaaa? Here are the juicy bits in question: 11. Content license from you 11.1 You retain copyright ...
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Aaron said:
This EULA is so unreasonable that the state of Washington would throw it out in a second. There's legal precedent here, so I'm not terribly worried about it.
Alec Baldwin, an appreciation (13)
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A profile of Alec Baldwin by Ian Parker for the New Yorker. He recalled a day, a few years ago, when he was driving through L.A., saw a car run a red light, smash into another car, and keep moving. Baldwin gave chase and, eventually, blocked the culprit in a cul-de-sac. Before the police arrived, the driver got out of his car -- "Typical drug-addict, alcoholic, fuckhead look on his face. He was, 'O.K., what? ...
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Rick Umali said:
The excerpted paragraph is awesome!
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Josh said:
I didn't really appreciate Baldwin's greatness until 30 Rock.
Old iPhones still valuable (6)
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Before the iPhone 3G came out in July, I did a quick price survey on the 1st generation iPhones being sold on eBay. A quick search reveals that used & unlocked 8Gb iPhones are going for ~$400 and 16Gb for upwards of $500, with never-opened phones going for even more. After the 3G came out, the prices on the old iPhone remained about the same. I just checked eBay again and those prices are down ...
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Yan said:
iPhone an antique?
Vegas Star Trek Experience Closing Down (2)
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Leebert writes "Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton is closing its doors today after the attraction owner and the hotel could not work out a renewed lease deal. In its 10-year tenure, more than 3 million people have visited the Trek themed exhibit. 'Trekkies are incensed. They've scrawled reminiscences about the exhibit on the walls inside, and they're calling Cedar Fair and the hotel to complain. But their online rumor that the ...
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dknowles said:
@ksw: oh noes! now what will you do in vegas now that the only cool thing there is gone?!?!?
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nathos said:
sad :(
Vegas Star Trek Experience Closing Down (9)
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Leebert writes "Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton is closing its doors today after the attraction owner and the hotel could not work out a renewed lease deal. In its 10-year tenure, more than 3 million people have visited the Trek themed exhibit. 'Trekkies are incensed. They've scrawled reminiscences about the exhibit on the walls inside, and they're calling Cedar Fair and the hotel to complain. But their online rumor that the ...
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Clint said:
such a shame - we did this on our honeymoon. we were "transported". the room really did change, i didn't notice it happen, and still don't know the trick :)
PAX East coming late March 2010, venue revealed (3)
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Filed under: Culture Well, that was fast. After revealing that the East Coast iteration of Penny Arcade Expo is heading to Boston in 2010, we now have more specific details care of BigDownload and PA director of sales Mike Fehlauer. In an interview with BigD, Fehlauer confirmed that the window is "late March 2010" and will be at John B Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center, a venue with 193,000 square feet of exhibit space, roughly ...
Stardock drafts "The Gamer's Bill of Rights," steals my heart (1)
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Not only does independent developer/publisher Stardock put out some great strategy games, they’re also somewhat well known for completely omitting any sort of DRM in their releases. Building upon this idea of actually, y’know, treating PC gamers with some modicum of respect, they’ve released a list entitled “The Gamer’s Bill of Rights,” a collection of standards that we can expect to see the company employ from this point on.Gamers shall have the right to return ...
Tired of GameStop? Amazon now offers release date delivery for select games (1)
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"Would you like to pre-order Rock Band 2? No? Then how about reserving Gears of War 2? It's going to be INTENSE! Well then, perhaps I can interest you in the Edge Card? It comes with a free subscription to Game Informer and ..."I try to limit my visits to GameStop for obvious reasons these days, so this bit o' news about Amazon offering up "release-date delivery" for $5.98 is intriguing. Even better is the ...
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"Even better is the fact that Amazon Prime members can get this shipping upgrade for free." Sweet.
Tokyoflash Rogue Proves Tokyoflash Still Has the Flash [Watches] (6)
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Just when we'd sort of gotten over Tokyoflash's watch design, they announce the Rogue, a wristpiece that refreshes their LED-driven sci-fi style while staying true to their confounding time-telling design. The death-green flavor LCD is standard on the Rogue, but the watch comes in silver and gunmetal (otherwise known as the two official best man colors evar). However, even with Tokyoflash's helpful cheat sheet, just how one actually tells time with this watch left us ...
Gamepark Holdings Officially Announces the WIZ Handheld (2)
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Croakyvoice writes "Gamepark Holdings, the makers of the GP2X Console, have today announced the successor, which is called the WIZ. The new GBA Micro-sized console features a touchscreen, Linux OS, an Arm9 533MHZ 3D processor with 64MB of ram and will have commercial games on sale at launch in October. Best of all for fans of homebrew and emulation on the GP2X, all that needs to be done is recompiling of sourcecode."Read more of this ...
Brain Transplant (1)
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So today, I upgraded my 17" MBP to a 500GB hard drive, a Samsung HM500LI. It's only 5400 RPM, but I'll trade space for rotational speed, esp. when I'm going from 300GB to 500GB. Not much I do cares about drive speed. For anyone, a brain transplant kind of sucks, but on a laptop, it can be especially tedious, since you have to deal with external drives in some form. In my case, the only ...
Wall-E Blu-ray details seep out, it's unsurprisingly getting the royal treatment (2)
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Filed under: Blu-ray To say that Wall-E was a hit for Disney would be grossly understating it, and that's evidenced by the robust Blu-ray release that's being primed for a November 18th release. Unsurprisingly, Disney and Buena Vista Home Entertainment will be releasing this one just before the holiday shopping season really gets going, and we have a hunch it'll probably do some record smashing of its own. The 3-disc BD package will include Digital ...
DirecTV launches HD locals in Rochester, NY and Lincoln, NE (1)
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Filed under: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, SatelliteNo surprises here, but we figured you'd be interested in knowing that DirecTV is indeed keeping its promise of rolling out HD locals in a few new markets this summer. According to an attentive local in Rochester, New York, high-def locals have been fired up in his area, and according to official verbiage from the satcaster, Lincoln, NE can say the same. With 44 DMAs on tap, we suspect ...
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Yesterday, Serious Eats reported on the Hot Beef Sundae trend that's sweeping the country. The dish can be found across the nation at state fairs from Florida to Nebraska. The Hot Beef Sundae is comprised of mashed potatoes, roast beef, more mashed potatoes, gravy, cheese, and a cherry tomato. Image from BeefSundae.com. --SpannoShared by nathos (12)Contribute commentDaring Fireball (1017) permalink
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