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Lego Death Star

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:31:10 -0700

http://gizmodo.com/photogallery/deathstardiorama2/1002238776?viewSize=thumb1280x1280

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ASPCA: Meet the Feline-alities

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:00:59 -0700

I'm working undercover to keep an eye on you and your household. You may not even know you're under surveillance. I can vanish into thin air if anyone or anything interferes with my investigation. If you need a cat who knows how to stay out of trouble...

http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=adopt_mym_meetfelinealities

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Argo Nautika

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:56:18 -0800

Tony Award-winning director Mary Zimmerman returns to Berkeley Rep for the West Coast premiere of Argonautika. This time, Zimmerman joins Jason on his ancient quest for the Golden Fleece—an epic journey of love and loss, hubris and honor, danger and ...

http://www.berkeleyrep.org/season/0708/index.asp

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Working Class Cats » Blog Archive » Antique cat...

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:24:59 -0800

Grandma Mista is the oldest cat by far I’ve ever met, and still working to boot. She is 22 years old, but has only been working for just six months at a Greenpoint shop of faux and vrai antiques . Besides being the poster child…er…cat for social security reform, she seems very happy for a senior citizen still punching a time clock. She’s very affable though. In my experience my Grandmother’s cat, who lived till she was 19 wanted nothing to do with people. She would just sit under the bed and sleep, and sneak out for food every once in awhile. Maybe she was arthritic maybe anti-social but I learned my lesson early on don’t mess with Grandma’s old kitty. Mista on the other hand will greet customers. She even purrs and leans her frail body into an out-stretched hand en route to pet her. Mostly, though, she takes refuge in a blanket that nearly camouflages her completely. I thought the blanket had come alive, when I saw her emerge out of its folds for the first time.

http://workingclasscats.com/?p=76

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Was Radiohead's name your own price release of "In Rainbows" a failure? - djchall.com

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:12:55 -0800

Comscore announced a study today that many news sites are spinning negatively, including Billboard (a publication who have at least somewhat of a vested interest in the current industrial organization of the music industry.)

http://djchall.com/2007/11/was_radioheads_name_your_own_p.html

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Genesis 3 - LOLCat Bible Translation Project

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:03:54 -0700

Pretty much as funny as you think it would be.

http://lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Genesis_3

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Daily Life at Leland Stanford, Jr. University: I'm back

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:03:48 -0700

...if Facebook and the news feed has taught me anything, it's that humans can easily deceive themselves when given too much information. I know in my heart that I was a much happier facebook user before the news feed. And yet, while having the choice to...

http://andrewbhall.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back.html

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blork blog » Blog Archive » I can has waste land?

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:10:34 -0700

Corprew Reed, over at Corprewland, has painstakingly re-written T. S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” in LOLcat-speak. (Found via Stony Curtis). Below is my side-by-side comparison of the beginning of the first section (IM IN UR WASTELAND BURYING UR DEAD). I don’t think I need to tell you which version is the Eliot one:

http://www.blork.org/blorkblog/2007/10/20/i-can-has-waste-land/

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Spielberg Talks Indy 4, Transformers & Tintin! - ComingSoon.net

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:13:19 -0700

In addition to Transformers and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the industrious director talked about Tintin, a project he's working on with Peter Jackson, based on the popular graphic novels by Belgian artist Hergé. He said that ...

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=38211

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Hog Blog » The Starbuckian Handbook

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:17:41 -0700

You know all those people who use Starbucks as their office? The ones with laptops, powercords, cell phones, and papers spread out, holding meetings across tiny wooden tables? They used to annoy me. Until I became one.

http://www.radicalcareering.com/hogblog/?p=80

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Open letter from Steve Jobs

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:39:25 -0700

Therefore, we have decided to offer every iPhone customer who purchased an iPhone from either Apple or AT&T, and who is not receiving a rebate or any other consideration, a $100 store credit towards the purchase of any product at an Apple Retail Stor...

http://www.apple.com/hotnews/openiphoneletter/

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Vancouver, BC - Joel on Software

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:38:15 -0700

“Do you intend to provide free versions of FogBugz for open source projects, non-profits, or small teams of 2 people (like Perforce does with their products)?”. Yes, it's called the Student and Startup Edition. We'll announce it soon, but it's availa...

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/09/05.html

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Vancouver, BC - Joel on Software

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:37:59 -0700

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/09/05.html

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Kristen Bell Joins NBC's Heroes - ComingSoon.net

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:49:17 -0700

Bell will make her first "Heroes" appearance in October. She'll play Elle, a character described as a sexy, mysterious young lady who has ties to the supposed death of Peter, H.R.G.'s past and the future of Claire. Elle will kick off her arc by commi...

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=36478

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Plant, Krauss Cover Everlys, Waits On New Album

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:19:19 -0700

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss put their collaborative stamp on an eclectic repertoire of material on "Raising Sand," due Oct. 23 via Rounder. Among the tracks appearing on the T Bone Burnett-produced project are the Everly Brothers' "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)," Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan's "Trampled Rose" and "Please Read the Letter," first released on the 1998 Plant/Jimmy Page album "Walking Into Clarksdale."Plant and Krauss first performed together in 2004 at a Leadbelly tribute at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, but it took several years before they found time to team up in the studio with Burnett in Nashville and Los Angeles. Among the musicians contributing to the project are guitarists Marc Ribot and Norman Blake, multi-instrumentalist Mike Seeger, drummer Jay Bellerose and bassist Dennis Crouch.As previously reported, "Raising Sand" will be released just ahead of a Led Zeppelin retrospective and a deluxe reissue of the live album and film "The Song Remains the Same."Here is the track list for "Raising Sand" (with songwriter): "Rich Woman" (Dorothy LaBostrie/McKinley Millet)"Killing the Blues" (Rowland Salley)"Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us" (Sam Phillips)"Polly Come Home" (Gene Clark)"Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)" (Phil and Don Everly)"Through the Morning, Through the Night" (Gene Clark)"Please Read The Letter" (Robert Plant/Michael Lee/Jimmy Page/Charlie Jones)"Trampled Rose" (Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan)"Fortune Teller" (Naomi Neville)"Stick With Me Baby" (Mel Tillis)"Nothin'" (Townes Van Zandt)"Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson" (Milt Campbell)"Your Long Journey" (A.D. Watson and Rosa Lee Watson)

http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003621190

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Led Zeppelin.com

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:55:02 -0700

Looks like Led Zeppelin are going to finally join the digital are this November. Not only are they releasing a new greatest hits album and remastered Song Remains the Same, but rumors are they will finally be putting their music on iTunes, thought it may only be the greatest hits collection "Mothership" and not their entire catalog.

http://www.ledzeppelin.com/

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Led Zeppelin Readies Fall Reissue Bonanza

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:51 -0700

As for the "The Song Remains the Same" soundtrack, it now sports six songs not included on the original album: "Black Dog," "Over the Hills and Far Away," "Misty Mountain Hop," "Since I've Been Loving You," "The Ocean" and "Heartbreaker." The album a...

http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003617745

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The Invasion - ComingSoon.net Film Database

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:03:19 -0700

"The Invasion" is a nightmarish journey into a world where the only way to stay alive is to stay awake. The mysterious crash of the space shuttle leads to the terrifying discovery that there is something alien within the wreckage. Those who come in c...

http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=11352

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Mac Rumors: iPhone as a Widescreen iPod + Wifi without Contract? [Updated]

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:20:48 -0700

How to convert your iPhone into a widescreen ipod/wifi surfing device.

http://www.macrumors.com/2007/07/03/iphone-as-a-widescreen-ipod-wifi-without-contract/

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Larry Ellison to be big winner in NetSuite auction IPO - MarketWatch

nobody@vox.com(djchall) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:38:24 -0700

By design, an auction-based offering whose price reflects broad demand for a stock reduces the aftermarket gains of IPO investors. That could dampen enthusiasm for NetSuite among professional money managers. Recall that Google's investment banks -- a...

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/larry-ellison-big-winner-netsuite/story.aspx?guid=%7B5C8D133C-D17B-42F3-881F-35FBDC10386F%7D

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