Topic: HOLLYWALD - on April 17, 2012 at 10:21:00 AM CEST
Let's remember the birthday of one of the greatest filmmakers/movie icons ever. Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era.[2] He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I. Chaplin used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies, though his films decreased in frequency from the end of the 1920s. His most famous role was that of The Tramp, which he first played in the Keystone comedy Kid Auto Races at Venice in 1914.[3] From the April 1914 one-reeler Twenty Minutes of Love onwards he was writing and directing most of his films, by 1916 he was also producing them, and from 1918 he was even composing the music for them. With Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith, he co-founded United Artists in 1919.[4]
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Topic: LEGO - on April 17, 2012 at 10:15:00 AM CEST
Epic Mario: a Lego Kickstarter
What would you do with 780,000 Lego studs?
Zachary Pollock wants to combine them with another childhood classic. He’s started a Kickstarter project to build an enormous mosaic, recreating the entire level 1-1 of the original Super Mario Brothers video game.
This project has a couple goals. First and foremost, I want to inspire a new generation of Lego enthusiasts. I also want to show people what they have forgotten, that building with Lego can be done at any age. My second goal is to use this project to test the waters for a foundation I would like to start that will work with children doing healing art projects using Lego bricks. This project aims to push the limits of imagination about what you can do with Lego bricks and particularly to break down stereotypes people have about both Lego and video games only being toys. I want to show the world Lego and video games can be works of art as well. Last but certainly not least I, and I think many other people, really want to see the entire level 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. made from Lego because it is just FUN! Right now I think we all need a little more fun in our lives.</p>
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Topic: MUSIK - on April 17, 2012 at 10:13:00 AM CEST
Gema fordert 1000 Prozent mehr Geld
Eine "Verarmung der Veranstaltungskultur" befürchtet die Bundesvereinigung der Musikveranstalter angesichts neuer und oftmals höherer Tarife der Verwertungsgesellschaft Gema.
Die Folge der steigenden Kosten ab Januar 2013 seien deutlich weniger Musikveranstaltungen, sagte Stephan Büttner, Geschäftsführer der Vereinigung. Viele Diskotheken seien bei teils extremen Steigerungen in ihrer Existenz gefährdet.
Die Gema wandte ein, dass für 60 Prozent der Musikveranstaltungen keine höheren Gebühren anfallen oder diese sogar sinken würden. Insbesondere kleinere Veranstaltungen würden profitieren. Büttner verwies hingegen darauf, dass sich für Diskotheken die Gema-Gebühr durchschnittlich um 400 bis 500 Prozent, in einigen Fällen sogar um mehr als 1000 Prozent erhöhe.
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Topic: DRUGS - on April 17, 2012 at 10:11:00 AM CEST
Feds shutter online narcotics store that used TOR to hide its tracks
Federal authorities have arrested eight men accused of distributing more than $1 million worth of LSD, ecstasy, and other narcotics with an online storefront that used the TOR anonymity service to mask their Internet addresses.
"The Farmer's Market," as the online store was called, was like an Amazon for consumers of controlled substances, according to a 66-page indictment unsealed on Monday. It offered online forums, Web-based order forms, customer service, and at least four methods of payment, including PayPal and Western Union. From January 2007 to October 2009, it processed some 5,256 orders valued at $1.04 million. The site catered to about 3,000 customers in 35 countries, including the United States.
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Topic: Phone - on April 17, 2012 at 10:09:00 AM CEST
Moody's Downgrades Nokia Debt to Near Junk
Moody's ratings agency downgraded Nokia's debt grade to near junk status on Monday, citing a sharp decline in first-quarter cell phone sales that led to a 35 percent fall in revenue.
The agency lowered Nokia Corp.'s long-term credit rating by one notch to Baa3 — just a step above non-investment grade — following last week's profit warning which had caused Nokia's shares to plunge by more than 20 percent.
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