Entries from October 2006

October 19, 2006

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Wired News: Straight Dope on the iPod’s Birth
Traces the history of the iPod
(tags: apple ipod innovation design)

The new Sony BRAVIA commercial
An incredible display of exploding paint
(tags: advertising)

Making of the new Sony BRAVIA commercial
Behind the scenes of the new Sony BRAVIA commercial
(tags: advertising)

Ariston “Aqualtis” commercial
The coolest washing machine commercial that you will ever see (via Pogue’s [...]

October 19, 2006

YouTube > Album Cover Galore

Fun with album cover art (sort of NSFW)…

October 17, 2006

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Newsweek > ‘Good for the Soul’
“With iPod’s fifth birthday around the corner, Steve Jobs discusses the MP3 player’s design, the cool factor and the impact on how we listen to music.”
(tags: design innovation apple ipod stevejobs interviews)

SFgate > A’s After the ALCS
Who will the A’s bring back next year?
(tags: mlb baseball oaklandathletics a’s)

October 16, 2006

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NY Times > Wallflower at the Web Party
Why Friendster failed
(tags: entrepreneurship vc)

How do you pronounce Pujols?
I had to laugh at this.
(tags: humor mlb baseball)

The Amazing YouTube Tools Collection
(tags: youtube)

YouTube > The Album Leaf Mini-Documentary
An 11 minute mini-documentary documenting the making of their latest album – Into the Blue Again.
(tags: music video)

Carson Workshops > The Future [...]

October 15, 2006

Another Album Leaf video

Here’s another video from The Album Leaf show that I attended at Mezzanine last weekend. One of the cool things about their live performance is the accompanying background video. Warning: The audio is pretty rough on this video. Check out Hype Machine for a preview of this track, which is called Outer [...]

October 15, 2006

It’s over for the A’s

Well, it’s over now. The A’s were outplayed by the Tigers and their season is over. Milton Bradley was one of the few bright spots for the A’s in this series. He batted .500 in the four-game series, had 35 % of his team’s total bases (17 of 48), and he played hurt during [...]

October 15, 2006

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Colbert on Demand
(tags: humor video)

October 14, 2006

Eric Chavez has thrown in the towel

The A’s were smacked around again by the Tigers today and they are on the verge of being swept out of the playoffs. This quote from A’s third baseman Eric Chavez really bothered me:
“We’re running into a better team, and they’re knocking down everybody in their path,” A’s third baseman Eric Chavez said. “It’s [...]

October 13, 2006

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CellarTracker
Track your wine collection
(tags: wine)

Wine Library TV
A wine tasting video podcast
(tags: wine videoblog)

MappyHour
Good Happy Hour deals on a Google map
(tags: bars googlemaps)

One True Media
New service for editing and sharing video
(tags: videosharing videoediting photosharing)

October 13, 2006

ALCS Game 1

I went to ALCS Game 1 on Tuesday. More photos on Flickr.