Thursday, 15. March 2007

The Magic of Movie Editing


The is a documentary about the unappreciated art of film editing. It shows how film editing came about, and explains all the groundbreaking ... all » ways it has changed the film watching experience. There are a bunch of interviews from big names in the film industry including Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, Jodie Foster, and many more. This is really a must see for any big film buff

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Mashup of the Week


Party time people, Simon Iddol is here with the best mashup of these days. It comes from San Francisco, as many other great bootlegs and it was produced by non other than the legendary mashup warrior, the fan of classic bikes and nice women, DJ Mei - Lwun.

attuworld.com

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Congressman Mike Doyle defends mash-ups and mixtapes


Congressman Mike Doyle gave a great speech about mash-up artist Girl Talk and mixtape king DJ Drama as part of last week’s Future of Radio congressional hearing. The 463 has the transcript and some teriffic analysis; SplashCast has the must-see video.

creativecommons.org sddialedin.blogspot.com old shit

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Subwoofer Chair For Music Lovers


Nourishing our appetite for the visceral, music provides for us a feast of sensation. The savory sounds that exude from this compression loaded design will feed that hunger for experience. Relish in the robust lows that emanate from the calcium carbonate poly-coned woofer seated in the belly of the chair. This delectable design is certain to add a little flavor to any dining experience.

Subwoofer Chair For Music Lovers

mathewaudio.com

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Chiquita to pay $25 million to settle terrorism probe


Banana company Chiquita Brands International said Wednesday it has agreed to a $25 million fine and admit paying a Colombian terrorist group for protection in a volatile farming part of the country. The settlement resolves a lengthy Justice Department investigation into the company’s financial dealings with terrorist organizations in Colombia.

bostonherald.com

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Model plane: Down in flames


A MODEL-maker saw the plane that cost him a wife, £15,000 and two years of his life crash in flames on a test flight.

Simon Steggall spent all his spare time building the 16ft replica of a nuclear bomber.

His wife got so fed-up with the project they DIVORCED.

Model plane: Down in flames

thesun.co.uk

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The girl whose hair was too big for her mugshot


Anna Clifford's brush with the law proved a hair-raising experience for all concerned. Particularly the police photographer.

He had to take several steps back to incorporate the full extent of her 18in-high Mohican.

The girl whose hair was too big for her mugshot

dailymail.co.uk

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Austrian hunter makes a pig mistake


This little piggy should have gone to market instead of staying home. A housebroken pet pig with an unusual black hide was mistaken for a wild boar and shot by a hunter in woods near its owner's farm in northwestern Austria, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

miamiherald.com

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Honey, I broke my penis


A husband pleasured his wife so passionately he broke his penis. Robert McClenahan, 38, was left writhing in agony after his mishap.

'We were having sex and he missed and broke his willy,' said his 32-year-old wife, Emma.

'We turned on the light and it was bent.'

The couple, from Colchester, Essex, went to hospital and Mr McClenahan ended up having surgery two days later.

'He laughs about it now, but he didn't at the time,' said his wife.

metro.co.uk

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Suicide squirrels driving utilities nuts


Every year, Neil Engelman carefully collects his data, stands before his company's board of directors and is asked the same question: What caused more outages? The lightning or the squirrels?

Four of the past five years, the answer has been the squirrels, says Engelman, vice president of operations for the Lincoln Electric System in Nebraska. Nebraska is not alone. Many states are grappling with a big increase in the number of power outages caused by squirrel electrocutions.

Squirrels that fry themselves on power lines and transformers cause tens of thousands of blackouts every year.

Suicide squirrels driving utilities nuts

usatoday.com

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Adobe eyes fraud-busting tools for Photoshop


Adobe Systems' Advanced Technology lab is working on plug-ins for Photoshop that would detect whether a photo has been tampered with, according to an Adobe representative. So far, the company has two plug-ins that are in a fairly advanced stage of development. Adobe is working with Dartmouth professor Hany Farid, an expert in photo fraud detection.

news.com.com

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Improve Your Blog's Reach With These 20 Essential Web Utilities


You’ve spent hours setting up your blog on your favorite blog platform just right. Good for you! So how do you maintain your blog so that it remains at the top of its game?

It turns out, there are a large number of free web utilities useful for improving your blog’s effectiveness outside of your blog engine.

haacked.com

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